Day two of our summer vacation(I know two days doesn't really seems like a vacation, but when you are telling small children lies to make is seem a lot cooler, well...it is what it is) started at Balboa Park where we visited the Timkin Museum. We have an overwhelming desire to make our small children walk around museums with their arms folded, speaking in hushed tones. Someday they will thank us for their appreciation of art, and if not, we can reflect on the few times in their lives when they were actually quiet.
After the museum we headed to the Harbor. We spent a few minutes walking around the USS Midway. Although we decided to save touring the carrier for another day, we still enjoyed our visit. There is a great tribute to Bob Hope as he entertains the troops, along with a tribute to a very famous photo. Yes, Bubba is looking up the ladies skirt. I am pretty sure his dad encouraged that.
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The second half of day two was spent at Del Mar
Cool Dad and I enjoy a good horse race, so we were anxious to introduce the kiddies to the track. I mean who doesn't want their kid to go to school and write a report on their summer vacation, including terms like, win, place, show, exacta, quinella, and trifecta. It's really just a well rounded education. We are hoping Farm Girl will add a chapter about us in her parenting book: Museum in the Morning, Ponies in the Afternoon.
Bubba's favorite horse of the day was Rule the Storm because of course, it "RULES THE STORM"! Cool Dad's favorite horse of the day was Asno Del Caramelo or Candy Ass. Nice, Cool Dad, way to get our blog a PG-13 rating.
I am also throwing in a few pics of the children at the beach. Cool Dad was too busy making up things in yesterday's post to be bothered with pics of blue children covered in sand.
All in all a great "summer vacation".
Listen, parenting? It's all about balance. And when you have set the bar as high as taking the children to a museum in the morning what exactly are you going to do to balance out the rest of the day EXCEPT go to the racetrack? Makes perfect sense to me--we will reserve a chapter for you and Cool Dad. Start working on it.
ReplyDeleteI LoVe the "Bubba checking out the goods" pic. Seriously, a beut. And the buried in the sand pics are grand as well. Clearly, not posed by Cool Dad or I'm sure the sand would be molded in all sorts of inappropriate places.
I'm heading back home to reality tomorrow and I'm deathly afraid I am really going to feel your absence once we get back to real life and school....
Pretty much the only upside I can see to you moving away is this fantastic blog.
museum in the morning, ponies in the afternoon and a few cold brewskies in the evening??? that is the direction I see this going. not surprised Joneses, not surprised.
ReplyDeleteOf all the years we lived in SD, we never went to a horse race! Maybe we need to put that on our list of things to do next time we go??? Those pictures of your kids are so cute (incl. the one of Bubba looking up the ladies skirt, LOL!).
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