On Saturday we traveled to Boston to visit with the Carlile Family before hopping the train to the airport hotel. The kids have been asking to take the subway for a few years now and this seemed the perfect opportunity. The kids donned their jammies and were thrilled to ride on the green line, then the orange line, then the blue line, then the shuttle bus... followed by a super cool walk from the airport to the hotel "up in the air". Apparently the government center T station is shut down for a bit, but we rolled with it and got very lucky with the trains... it was a minor detour:)
Sunday morning we woke everyone up at 4:30 to catch our flight. The adventures started right away when there was some confusion going through security and someone took Gabe's wallet... Luckily, the TSA was on top of it, checked the security tapes, tracked down the guy and got Gabe's wallet back just in the nick of time as Gabe was the last one on the plane... phew! The first flight attendant started the trip off well by offering the kids all huge Godiva Truffles (at 6:00 AM). The kids all did so well on the plane with two 3+ hour flights. There was one unpleasant stretch of about 15 minutes where Audrey screamed inconsolably, but she got over it and we all landed in one piece. Adventure #2 happened when we left one of our bags on the rental car shuttle... not just any bag, but the "technology bag" with our computer, iPad, dvd player and all electrical cords and headphones... it would have been a bummer to lose that, but thankfully it was found and returned to us... Seriously, it was a long day AND it all happened before 11:30 am local time!
Today we started the day with a refreshing family run along the beach and checked out the downtown of Oceanside. There was a beautiful sunset from the rooftop deck/eating area which overlooks the beach... it is a rough life we are living here;) We spent the day at Sea World where the kids loved the Sesame Street play area, the dolphin show and the river rapid ride (where Ben got to squirt Noah, James and Daddy with water as consolation for not being quite tall enough to ride). Noah especially liked the "adult" roller coaster I unexpectedly/unknowingly convinced him to ride with me.
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