La Jolla Spring Break Days 4 & 5

During the rest of our La Jolla trip, we soaked up the sun and played endlessly at the beach.

Ready to venture out in the morning.

Looking for our squirrel friends.

A perfect foggy morning walk. We loved being walking distance to all the prettiest sights in La Jolla.

On the hunt for more shells to take home.

 

April is National Poetry Month and we had been working on memorizing some poems throughout the month. We thought it was fun to have a contest and see who could remember the poems at random times on our vacation.

“A Word” by Emily Dickinson:

Meredith gets so upset when she thinks it’s her turn to recite!

“I’m Nobody! Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson

Tally ho!

Meredith was fascinated with all the bright green moss.

Selfies with each of my favorites.

On the way out of La Jolla, we checked out the Birch Aquarium. It was the perfect size for little kids and the girls loved the tide pools outside and the cool seahorses, jellyfish, sharks and colorful fish inside.

I didn’t take many pictures, but the aquarium had a huge playground overlooking the ocean. A see-saw, merry go round, sciency games, the works.

This aquarium had the best views!

We had such a lovely girls’ trip and were excited to see Eleanor and Jake when we returned. That weekend, the girls put together a birthday breakfast extraordinaire, complete with a menu.

The treasure map led to my cards and presents.

And they wondered why I needed help deciphering this…

Always interesting to see what they have to say!

Lots of love,

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Spring Break La Jolla Day 3

On Day 3 of our La Jolla trip, we walked along the coast to the world famous La Jolla Caves. At the end of the path, there’s a little souvenir shop and after paying $5, we went down the shop’s basement stairs and into one of the caves. The girls had a fun time trying to spook each other.

 

We saw lots of kayakers come into the cave and we also waved to many scuba divers and snorkelers.

Back up to the light.

We walked to the beach and explored more of the caves. The girls were occupied for hours exploring the tide pools, caves, and watching the enormous sea lions.

We watched this little guy sunbathing.

The girls thought it was hilarious to see sea lions randomly popping out of the water.

The sea lions were obviously very used to people. I kept having to grab Meredith and pull her away because she kept getting too close.

Amelia was proud to have found so many little crabs.

We did naps in our room and then headed out to walk around the downtown, which was adorable and trendy. We ate some delicious tacos at Puesto and the girls wolfed down their very large kids meal.

We had our fair share of tantrums, bumps and bruises.

Gelato makes everything better.

The grassy park right by the cliff had so many fun trees to climb. Dr. Seuss lived in La Jolla and the trees at this park were supposedly the inspiration behind the Truffula trees in the Lorax. s

We love La Jolla.

Lots of love,

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Spring Break La Jolla

For the twins’ Spring Break this year, we had a relaxing week in La Jolla. I could 100% move here and be happy forever. From the gorgeous coastline to the cute shops, we LOVED it.

 

Last minute, Jake had to attend an ex parte hearing the day after our first day of the trip was planned, so the girls and I did a girls’ trip and Eleanor alternated between going to work with Jake, Jake working from home, and Eleanor staying at home with a babysitter while we were away. We missed Jake and Eleanor, but I have to say the trip was a thousand times easier without a baby in tow! I had forgotten how easy it was to change plans on a dime, not be constricted to two naps a day, and not have to have all the baby gear in tow while we were traveling.

We stayed at a boutique hotel called the Pantai in La Jolla, which was lovely. If we went again, I would definitely get the ocean view rooms as those looked amazing. We loved the great location, kitchen inside our room and because it was such a small hotel, the service was really personalized. The staff brought us beanie baby stuffed animals for each of the girls upon our arrival and our kitchen was stocked with free water and juice and all the snacks we could ever need.

This grassy area and beach walk was right across the street from us and we walked here several times a day.

Exploring rocks at sunset.

Day 2: After a yummy breakfast al fresco at the hotel’s patio, we explored the coastal path to see La Jolla’s famous sea lions and seals.

Who cares about seals when there are squirrels?

I could stare at the aquamarine tidepools forever. Can you spot the seals?

“Ew, stinky!” commented the girls. They really were pretty smelly.

The Children’s Pool beach is closed to the public because it was breeding season, but we could still spot all the seals sunbathing from the pier.

What a life.

We explored the coves and climbed rocks looking for crabs and other sealife.

La Jolla Shores beach had a cool park we played in for a bit before heading to the water. We were there on a weekday, so it was uncrowded with just local moms meeting up with their toddlers. It was fun doing my normal mom thing in a different location!

Fighting over the coveted seaweed jump rope.

 

Lots of love,

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Easter 2019

We love spring and Easter!

Our little Easter egg.

  

Yearly mandatory Easter photo torture. At least the bribe of the Easter egg hunt makes it a little more palatable for them.

Eleanor’s first Easter!

And they’re off!

We did our Easter egg hunt at the pocket park across the street, and it ended up being a little muddy, so I was constantly yelling at everyone to not get their dresses dirty.

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