Rule #147: Billiards trump toys

Not all of our fun happened at parks in San Diego. A lot of it did, yes, but there were highlights all through out the trip.

After we had landed and gotten into our rental cars, we drove to have lunch with Aunt Doreen. (Doug's aunt) We went to eat at a soup/sandwich/salad place. It was really good. Outside the complex there was a water fountain. Graham is drawn to all things water, so we ended up playing there for a while.

I should have taken pictures of the boys swimming. We did lots of that also. There were 5 different pools at the resort. Two with splash pads (which my boys again avoided) and two with water slides. The newest pool was the best. It had a gradual incline so that the little kids could play in the water that was only 4 inches deep. They loved the "hot pool" and spent their time walking around the seat edge.

One night we went to their club house to give the boys a different view.  There we found a couple of pool tables, air hockey and Foosball. We ended up "playing" pool. Which amounted to rolling the balls by hand down the table, knocking them into other balls. I wish the video we had taken of this had turned out, because I have never seen Graham so excited before. Not even for the animals :) He was so excited, he couldn't even smile. He just had this serious face, widest eyes I've ever seen, and jumped around non stop.

The pictures make me laugh. You can tell that he never stopped moving. :) Who knew pool could be that much fun?

We only ventured to eat out with the boys one night. It was a lot of work! It was much more enjoyable to eat in the condo where the kids could be kids.

It was an adventure picking a restaurant. We wanted to go to old town, looked up good reviews and drove to our destination. Which was a hole in the wall. Slightly scary neighborhood of Old Town. Susan refused to get out of the car :) Not that we blame her. So we walked down the main street of Old Town and picked a mexican restaurant. The food was yummy, even if the event itself was hectic because of the kids.

While in Old Town we discovered that Susan was running for congress! She sure kept it a secret from the rest of us! :)

We had a wonderful time with family and are so grateful for their generosity to help make memories like this possible. My children adore Doug and Susan. Just being with them for a straight week was exciting enough! Add on animals and swimming' and rides, well....who can ask for more?