San Diego at the beach

Shane and Britta playing



Myann just looking cute



Thor taking Shane out on the boogie board.



For those who want to see how big the belly has gotten.



Ginger showing Myann how to do the Stomp Rocket - definitely the hit toy of the week.

After breakfast at one of my favorite places, Mission Cafe, on Sunday morning, we loaded up and headed to Del Mar Beach. We love Del Mar because they have great bathrooms, white soft sand, parking, and a playground. So off we went to meet up with our friends Ginger, Thor, and Britta. Britta and Shane have been friends since they were a couple months old and were best buddies before we moved to Spokane. Shane still talks about Britta, but I was a little nervous that he may need a minute to warm up, as would Britta. As soon as we got there, Britta was super excited to see Shane, as expected, Shane needed a minute to warm up, so us parents giggled as Britta chased Shane around the blanket yelling his name, and Shane literally kept running from her. But within minutes he warmed up and they were back to best buddies the rest of the day and for the whole week for that matter. The rest of the week, Shane would tell me that he wanted to go back to Britta's beach to play with Britta.

For the evening, Aunt Sandy and Cheryl came over to babysit the kids, so Grandma, Papa, Brian and I could go out for a nice adult dinner. We went to Jake's in Del Mar and it was awesome. It is on the beach and just a great place. We stayed there for hours and had a wonderful time just talking and enjoying our meal without kids. Aunt Sandy and Cheryl did not have such a wonderful time, there was a bath incident that sent the kids into a frenzy, but they survived - Sandy and Cheryl that is.

Oh yeah and this trip confirmed for us why the kids do not sit next to each other in the car. Because of the rental van, we had to put the kids' carseats next to each other. Which meant the kids would touch and bother each other every second of every car trip. It definitely made car trips less than pleasant, but it also taught Myann a new phrase and she said it so eloquently, "DON'T TOUCH ME!" That is exactly what she said to Shane when he wouldn't leave her alone. By the end of the week she also would say "Don't bother me." It was really quite cute in retrospect, but their fighting was irritating while in the midst of it.