Monterey/Lincoln
The kiddos and I are in Lincoln right now. We miss daddy. Yesterday we had a great time in Monterey. The kiddos did great in the car as Kristi’s car has a dvd player. Justin’s eyes were glued to the TV. We went to the aquarium. The kids loved the sea otters as they swam by the kiddos squeled in delight. They loved looking around at all the fish, the play areas, etc. They loved watching the waves and loved touching all the ocean stuff, sea grass, sea stars, etc.
We walked to the beach and the kids had a great time playing on the sand. It was fun watching the kiddos be kids. We grabbed dinner and brought it to this awesome park but it was just a tease as it was getting too dark to play. Nicole got to sit next to baby Brennan in the car so she was thrilled. The kiddos fell asleep on the way home. This morning we packed up and got ready to stay in Lincoln for a few nights. We caught up with some old friends at the park this morning, Jen and Katie from the Gap and Global Center days. It was great as we all got to meet each other’s kids.
We played at the park for a while. Nicole and Justin were melting down a bit as it was getting too close to lunch. I always feel bad when it is my fault for them melting down. I knew if I gave then snacks they would never eat lunch and I wanted them to eat well. Luckily I had an apple and Katie had some fruit. What do you know the kiddos survived and we stopped and got sandwiches. I have never seen my kids eat so much of a sandwich. Then we headed for Lincoln, about a 3 hour drive. Overall the kids did really well in the car. When we got to Kristi’s my kiddos did not want to eat much dinner-they were too excited to go out and play with the swing set. It was so cute watching all the kiddos swing together. We picked out some books and Justin loved Danny’s saw and wanted to sleep with it. Nicole is idiolizing Isabelle. Nicole is all of a sudden interested in dinasours because Isabelle loves them. We read a ton of books and Justin went right to bed, snoring. He has a little runny nose. It took Nicole a while to go to bed-ugh. Now we are just hanging out watching some TV and I am getting my dog fix with Abby.