Friday, 6/29 continued: We drove to American Girl store at "The Grove" shopping center in Los Angeles. It was quite an experience, especially for Abigail. We were there for 2 hours and she loved every minute of it. We had a picture of Abigail and Hailee doll taken and put on a cover of American Girl magazine. It took her a long time to make her decision, but she bought the new "Mckenna" doll.
We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory but NO dessert. Amazing isn't it?? We then drove to San Diego, which should've taken 1.5-2 hours but took 3.5 with traffic. We checked in at TownePlace Suites in Vista, and had awesome 1 bedroom suite with TWO bathrooms. We had a little pool time, made a quick grocery store run for a few basics, and picked up takeout dinner from Mrs. Taco. We were all tired!
Saturday, 6/30: We grabbed breakfast at hotel and drove to Legoland at 10 am when it opened. First went to "Miniland" which had models of (just to name a few) Las Vegas strip, NY Times Square, San Francisco, and our own Fortuna Rodeo arena and Main Street Ferndale (including the church we were married in),
We went on a few rides, looked in Lego store, and then headed back to hotel for some pool time about 2 pm. We did a little shopping at Carlsbad outlet mall, and had dinner at TGIFridays.
Sunday, 7/1: This was a very relaxing, no rush day. The kids really wanted breakfast at IHOP so we did that, and then made a quick stop at Target for a couple things. Then it was back to hotel for pool time. I went shopping by myself for a couple hours at Carlsbad outlet mall, which was a nice break for me. There was lots of reading and relaxing, and it was nice to have a day with nothing planned. We drove to the Oceanside harbor for dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, which is one of our favorite restaurants. The kids had never been so that was fun.
Monday, 7/2: We headed to Legoland about 11:00 thinking we had avoided the big rush when it opened at 10....not so much. We took a tour of a small scale lego factory, and then went to Legoland Water Park for rest of the day. Weather was sunny but not super warm- maybe 70-75 degrees. It was very relaxing laying on lounge chair reading and people watching. We went on the lazy river, a big boat ride called Pirates Reef that got us very wet, stopped by the souvenir store on the way out for a Lego set, sweatshirt, t-shirt, and a couple hats. We had an interesting dinner at a Greek restaurant. And then we packed up to head home.....
It was a great vacation, but it is very nice to be home!
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