California Vacation pics - 1

Better late than never, here are some pics from our trip to San Diego.

Parker did really well on the plane. She was VERY excited to get to California. In the pic below, she's reading the seat-pocket brochure with the instructions for evacuation. Parker *loves* instructions.

Happy and cheerful on the plane. She has to sit by the window, and Bob sits in the middle and does kid management. I sit on the aisle and dole out gum, snacks, magazines, coloring books, ipods and toys. We put some episodes of her favorite Disney shows on the video ipod and that really helped burn up some time.
The view outside the window isn't flash glare, it's fog. The day we got to San Diego it was so socked in with fog that the pilot had to make 2 approaches to land. But since we were coming from 100 degree heat, we were thrilled to see fog, clouds and highs in the 70's.

Day 2 on the beach. It's amazing how much entertainment miles and miles of sand can be.

This was the day of hole digging. Parker and her cousin spent pretty much the whole day digging a huge hole. I think Bob might have given them a head start though.

July 4th

This weekend was the annual neighborhood 4th of July Extravaganza. It always kicks off with a parade. Since Bob and I always run on saturday mornings, it's a bit of a race to get our runs done before the parade starts. This year we had a drum line that marched in the front. The rest is kids with decorated bikes, folks showing off their classic cars, and people on lawnmowers.

Drum line

Decorate Golf Carts

New this year: a gal on horseback

And so I don't get complaints, here's a picture of Parker

She had a very full day on the 4th. After the parade there were kid games and other activities that she attended. The evening ends with fireworks and a band, which we attended. Parker and her friends were only mildly interested in the fireworks, they were way more involved in playing with the glow necklaces we brought. We were all up until midnight, which does nothing to help our lingering California jetlag. Hopefully we can finally get back on a normal sleep schedule this week.

I'm still working on the vacation pictures/posting. Hopefully by Tuesday I'll have something up.