Geoffrey had been talking for weeks about staying in a hotel. So we gave him the option of taking a birthday trip instead of having a birthday party. I explained that this meant he wouldn't have a party and he wouldn't have as many presents, and he said, "That's ok! I'll have other birthdays!"
I was quite happy about this - I didn't really have it in me to plan another birthday party and we really didn't need more toys, so it worked out really well.
We went to San Diego for Geoffrey's birthday trip! We took the train down as soon as I got out of school on
From the train station at Old Town, we walked to our hotel, the Old Town Marriott Courtyard. We were all pretty tired, so we had pizza delivered.
The next day, we went to the San Diego Zoo. We had breakfast first, and then took the bus. We got annual passes to the zoo so we can go back and visit all year. Geoffrey wanted to see the elephants and the giraffes, so we took the sky way up to the top and then worked our way down passed Elephant Odyssey. THen we went to look at the giraffes. We headed back up and then took the moving walk way back to the top. We had a snack, and then rode the sky way down. We visited the petting zoo and played on the playground. Then we took the skyway back up and down again before heading out for the day!
We took the bus to dinner at Fudd Ruckers, and then went to the grocery store to get some snacks. We had thought about going swimming, but we were so tired that we just went to bed!
The next day, we went to Sea World, too! We got annual passes there, too - teachers get free passes! Sea World was awesome - we saw the dolphin show and the Shamu show, saw the sharks, turtles, and penguins, visited the arctic express, and played in Sesame Street Bay of Play. We also rode the sky way and the tower. Lots of fun!
We went to dinner at Blue Water Grill, and then back at our hotel, we went in the jacuzzi before we went to bed.
On our way home, we went to Old Town and got candy from the candy shop. We also ate lunch at "Bentowich," a yummy new restaurant in Old Town.Then we took the train home!
We also celebrated Geoffrey's birthday with a family dinner at Stonefire Grill. Nonna, Grandpa Gary, Blake, Grandpa Bob, Grandma Dee Dee, Tammy, Lexi, Andy, Angie, Cori, and Drew came to halp celebrate!
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