Monday, September 20, 2010

Part 4 Sea LIfe Aquarium

Sea Life Aquarium is part of the Lego Land park . We went one day to see all the fish they had it is bigger then the one in Arizona and Claire loved looking in all the tanks at the fish.









Part 3 LegoLand

We went to LegoLand this year Claire was still a little too short but another year or a few more inches and she could ride most of the rides. She was able to do quite a few things though.

She watched Dad go on a big roller coaster with Grandma and Grandpa



She had snacks while sitting on the curb



She had a great time at mini town usa they had a farm with buttons to make the animals move and sing






Tim and the Wilkinson's fought a fire on this fire truck challenge.





Claire loved to drive this ambulance she waited in line to get her turn





She sat in jail and loved to push the button that made the locking sound









They had a little train she loved riding she even sat by herself











There were Fairy tale boats that took you around to see different fairy tale stories I think this was her favorite






















Claire went digging for dinosaurus

Carlsbad Part 2


This year we went to the beach 3 dfferent days. The kids loved the sand and doing there own thing. Claire loves sun screen and eats it every chance she gets.

The beaches were covered with surfers the last day because the waves were huge. It was the best waves they had had in 30 days. I never got in more than up to my knees but the boys were boogie boarding and had a great time. We say dolphins out a little bit but its always neat to see marine life in the wild.



Claire refused to look at the camera most of the time while at the beach she just loved getting sandy. We didn't put suits on the first day we thought it would be too cold but she was soaked by the end of the day.















We even managed to get her to ride on the boogie board for awhile by the end she had gathered a board full of rocks. Her main pass time while on the beach.


It is amazing how much sand can be on a snack and still taste good especially when your eating it out of a sand toy










It took us all day but we finally got footprints in the sand














Claire had such a fun time with her cousins digging and carrying water back and forth.




Carlsbad 2010


Last week we went on our yearly Olsen family vacation. The last few years we have gone to Carlsbad California so we could drive and not have to worry about flights and luggage. It was later in the year this time but it was great. There was no one there and school had started so Legoland was anything but busy. Claire was only 4 months last year so this year she loved everything. We rented a house for the week so the kids could play and everyone could spend time together. It was gorgeous it had a pool and a backyard to play in for the kids.

We also stayed right down the street from Batiquitis Lagoon which was great for hiking and running for the kids. They have a ll types of birds that migrate there so it was fun to look at all the different types.









The girls went shopping at the Calsbad premiere outlets while the guys went sea cave kayaking. Of course we didn't trust the guys with cameras so there are no pics but they had a blast they saw leopard sharks and a ton of the California state fish.
Claire loves these ride on things at the malls she makes us laugh with her binkie and blanket we don't go anywhere without it.








Claire loved every minute with her cousins she followed her older cousin Ben where ever he went. Poor Sadie got bossed around all week since she was the youngest. Claire made sure everyone had there balnkets and sippie cups. She would follow everyone around making sure they got the right ones.