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A Sort-Of Vacation

We went on vacation to Monterey last week...sort of. It would be more accurate to say that 3/4 of the family went on vacation while the remaining 1/4 worked. Brayden, Benjamin, and myself enjoyed all that Monterey had to offer while Nathan went to class each morning. However, by 4:00, he would join us back at the hotel for dinner and evening activities.

Some highlights of the trip inlcluded the children's museum, the aquarium, and a great park. We skipped the beach due to the cold and foggy conditions (that's the coast for you), but had some good water play in the hotel's giant jacuzzi. Some lowlights, if you will, would definitely be sharing a room with they boys (causing us all to have an 8:00 bedtime) and having nowhere to escape to when Brayden was crying it out in his crib. The best solution we could come up with was to wheel his crib into the bathroom, turn the fan on, and close the door. He was asleep in three minutes. Hmmm...I wonder if that would work here at home?

Ahh, we have reached the age of picture rebellion.

Brayden had a great time playing with the penguins.

Since Ben thought the eels were cool, he agreed to let me take his picture with them.

Grandma & Grandpa joined us for the day at the aquarium. Thank goodness they did, because it was packed and I would've been exhausted trying to do it by myself.

This is the best park I've ever been to. I highly recommend it to all those who have children under the age of 12.

It had a real steam engine for the kids to play on, which thrilled our little train lover.

Really? Good luck with that, City of Monterey.

There were five, five, different play structures, a swinging bridge, a rock wall, a maze, and an awesome slide. Benjamin couldn't decide what to do first...after the train, of course. That was a no brainer.

Even the adults had to try out this slide, Grandma & Grandpa included. It was pretty sweet.

He tried out pretty much everything.

Even Brayden got in on the action.

Benjamin was a blur on the bridge...he wouldn't stop running on the thing!

Brayden agreed the park was great fun, especially when Daddy joins us. 
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