Summer Re-Cap
This summer we:
We ate tiny ice creams from Trade Joes.
We went to CAL TECH for a visit.
We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific.
We went to Peter’s first baseball game. Go Angels!
We met Elmo and the Count.
We went to Seaworld in San Diego.
If you haven’t tried them, go get some of those little cones. They are fantastic — especially for little kids. Very little mess and 100% satisfaction!
CalTech is an awesome West Coast nerd mecca. It is not a education whore like some schools (ahem, Cal State Long Beach) so many people haven’t heard of it. We saw where Kurt’s favorite physicist used to roam.
When we were in old town Pasadena, we ate at this place. While we were sitting there a guy and his wife walked by and Kurt said, “Look!” It was the actor Christopher Stanley, who plays Henry Francis on Mad Men. Then of course, we went to The Container Store! I actually went to help set it up when they opened. I was asked specifically to go. Fancy, oh, la dee dah.
The Aquarium of the Pacific was in a word, PACKED. Mix: a whole lotta people, heat, fish and you get a gross situation in my humble opinion. It was gross and I left thinking, I would not enjoy going to a while. (Plus, they don’t have animals doing FLIPS! More on that later.)
Grandpa wanted to take Peter to his first game. We discovered that Peter looks AH-MAZ-ING in a baseball hat. Oh and these were the stats of the game. It was serious amounts of fun. Peter had a blast with Grandpa and Grandma. Then there was a home run. We celebrate big and BOOM fireworks!! So, Peter kinda-sorta freaked at the “NOISE, loud, MOM!” But never-the-less, Gooooo Angels.
Elmo and the Count were at Seaworld. Peter said, “Oh Count, beard and mustache.” It was a funny observation and completely unsolicited.
We ate lunch with a WHALE. Legit. We were at a table and oh hello whale on the other side of a thin sheet of glass, doing flips and tricks. It was called Dine With Shamu. It was cool. The last time I saw an Orca (aka Killer Whale) was on the Alaskan cruise. You know, as in, their natural habitat. Although, these show whales seem like they are having a pretty fun time, you know, minus all the seal killing they enjoy so much. Well, we need to see FLIPS!
On another note, the dolphin show was of course over the top. Again, please show us the FLIPS! So?…the Japanese people kill and eat these animals. True, we saw that film too. But we Americans breed, raise and treat them like humans so that they can do FLIPS and tricks. USA! USA! USA!
Another sidenote/truth confession. I started watching Jersey Shore and I like it, sorry world. I know it is “killing books.” But as I snarkily replied (on Twitter or Facebook), “that’s okay, I have a Nook.”
You know us… always having fun.
Please let me know if I can answer any of your reader questions on how to have an awesome fun time in life. Great thanks.
