Seth and Sakura reunited and playing in the soft play area
Do you want to build?
Sakura is funny!
Where should I play next?
Very serious Sakura
Big smile Seth
Savannah enjoying jumping while the little kids play
Working together is fun
Who's that?
Everyone in awe of the Sea Lions
And super excited when they jump and swim
Loving the touch pool with the starfish
Seth wanting to get in on the action too
Love this of Jennifer and Sakura
Seth all set to go in his stroller
Welcome to winter in San Diego at Sea World with ice skating and everything
Elmo photo opportunity at Sea World
Even Sakura went by Elmo. Seth was sleeping.
Seth during the Elmo photos. He fell asleep on the 15 minute walk over to Sea World from the hotel.
Savannah could have stayed in here all day
More animal observation
Hold hands
More winter at Sea World
Both my kids loved the penguins
They picked these matching penguin pj's from Sea World. Sakura has them in red too.
So cute matchy after our bath and all ready for bed after a fun filled day
On Friday my dear friend Jennifer drove from Arizona with her daughter, Sakura, to meet us in San Diego and spend the day at Sea World while Rich was at his conference. It was so wonderful to see them again after passing by quickly in Japan as we were coming to meet Seth and they were leaving having finished the process with their daughter who is 5 weeks older than Seth. Then we truly got to meet and spend time together after correpsonding on the Internet for months in Disneyland in May at Dosokai. We were so happy to be able to meet up again and see our children interact and how much they have grown. Thanks for driving and coming to meet us.
Jennifer and Sakura met us at our hotel and then we were able to walk to Sea World from there. That is one reason I picked this hotel, so we did not have to get on and off a shuttle with a stroller to go to Sea World. Seth fell asleep on the "ride" there in the stroller. We walked into Winter Wonderland in Sea World San Diego with a penguin and an ice skating rink. We went to the little kids area and saw Elmo and got a picture with him. Then we proceeded to the play area where Savannah bounced and jumped on the giant trampoline and Sakura and eventually Seth, played in the soft play area. Then we went on some kiddie rides. Sakura did not like them very much, so we decided to get a bite to eat and then observe some sea life. The kids loved the sea lions, turtles, tide pool where you could touch starfish, the aquarium, and the penguins. Due to it being during the week and off season, not many shows were running so we just walked around and looked at animals. Seth took another nap and then again on the way back. We had a fun filled day with super sweet friends.
We went back to the hotel and relaxed and changed and then met Jennifer and Sakura for dinner (with Rich so he could see them too) at a great Mexican restaurant in Pacific Beach called Gringoes. It had a great, festive atmpshere and delcious, authentic, Mexican food. Only in San Diego. Unfortunately, we did not get any pictures, but we had a great time.
Anytime Carrie - we LOVED catching up and actually getting to spend some quality time with all of you. Your family is so sweet and we love you guys!
ReplyDeleteLOVED watching all of the kiddos at the Tide Pool area, they truly loved it, didn't they?
You and Rich are awesome parents, Savannah and Seth are lucky kids!
You got some great photos - I'll be blogging hopefully later today .... just make sure and scroll down since I'm leaving the Tiny Prints post on top until voting ends.