Blog for Sat. 1/2
Playing catch up on the blog. Friday night we decided to do something fun and start the new year off right. So we booked a hotel on Priceline for Sat night. We got a great deal at the Hyatt in Newport. Of course we had to pay for parking, ugh. Anyway Sat morning we went to the train expo in Anaheim. Justin loved it and Nicole did for a while. The kids were able to ride on a trackless train that was cute. I think Justin could have stayed there all day just watching trains. He also got to race slot cars. Nikki cheered for him.
We came home and packed up for the hotel. The kids couldn’t get us out of the house fast enough-they were so excited. The kids just wanted to stay in the hotel and play. We did go out and explore. We played with sand toys in the volleyball court and then kicked soccer balls in the golf area. That night we headed down to Balboa. We had a great time going across the ferry, playing games at the arcade, and Nicole doing the trampoline jump thing. Nicole watched this for about an hour and couldn’t decide whether to do it or not. Finally she decided to be brave and do it. While dad and Nikki were in line Justin and I went into the nautical museum. We did a puzzle and were able to touch some sea stars, etc. Nicole loved doing the trampoline thing. I may have to figure out how to get the cell phone video dad took on my blog. She was laughing and loving it. She wanted to do it again and again.
It got later and later so we ended up just grabbing pizza for dinner and heading back to the ferry. We got back to the hotel and had wild crazy kids. They were having a blast running up and down the hallways. It was so funny. And more hyper they decided after brushing teeth they were hungry again.
Finally around 8:30ish we thought about bedtime. I told lots of stories since I forgot books. Right after the stories Justin went right to bed. Nicole on the hand is a while different story. She stayed up until 10:00. We couldn’t believe it and we just ended up going to bed as well.