Birthday Weekend Festivities

Isaac turned six yesterday. Time flies when you are watching your own kids grow and learn new things daily! For his birthday he decided he wanted to go to Sea World with some friends of ours who also have passes so that is what we did yesterday.

He opened his presents and had birthday cupcakes when we got home. I was excited to have relightable candles this year; he and his friends were not so sure about them since they spark quite a bit if you wait too long to blow them out. Maybe he will like that kind of candle a litte bit better in a few years...As you can see from the picture, he was very spoiled this year. (Thanks to Dad & Vicki's visit, he was convinced that one of the packages had an Ipad in it since he put it on his list.) To back up, though, Isaac's birthday seemed to last this entire weekend since Paul and a friend cooked up some fun family plans starting already on Friday. He informed me midweek that I would not need to make dinner on Friday and that we were doing something that would involve being out late that night. Our friends brought over pizza, and we all headed to the Padres game after we finished eating. We had such a fun night, and the Padres even won the game (in extra innings which we missed b/c we had to get the kidlings to bed so they had some sleep before our big Sea World day).At one point in the game Caleb stood up and batted from his seat. He carefully watched the pitcher, waited for the pitch, and then swung as the ball passed over home plate. He has really been into baseball lately and plays by himself in the back yard--running like mad around the yard when he hits a "home run" and letting me know when he hits the ball over the fence.

Because it is Mothers' Day today, Paul and his co-conspiring friend also decided to take us ladies out for breakfast yesterday before we went to Sea World. They took all of us to The Cottage in La Jolla where we enjoyed a lovely breakfast on the patio. Here is a picture of my eggs benedict which were delish!

From there we headed to Sea World. We had a fun-filled day--rode the sky tower ride which was surprisingly interesting and fun, saw lots of animals and a couple shows, played in the Sesame Street play area, and survived the day with no serious meltdowns (despite four very tired children). The boys even bought things for themselves--a beluga whale in a jacket for Isaac and a stopwatch for Caleb (no buddies for him--he actually had a set of binoculars as well but changed his mind when I told him it would cost all the money he had in his wallet). Below are pix of us with the boys in two rides in the Sesame Street play area. Today we went for lunch at Dairy Queen--Isaac's birthday choice--since we did not have time on his actual birthday. I thoroughly enjoyed my hot fudge shake (thanks, Dad, for getting me hooked on the taste of this years ago!).