Showing posts with label oceanside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oceanside. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2008

Lucas's Birthday Events













This blog contains pics from Lucas's 11th Birthday events! We had a fun-filled day that started in La Jolla with our friends...checking out the seals at 'The Children's Pool'. This is a spot where the seals remain protected and the public can view them in their natural habitat and observe their behaviour. We saw them shuffle along to the water to swim, rooolllll on over to sun their other sides :), 'kiss' and play. One seal in particular was quite adorable, can you see him looking at us in the picture? He stretched and rolled about...quite a 'ham'. 

Needless to say, the view was breathtaking and we really enjoyed taking it all in. Josh bought Lucas a key chain with a seal picture on it for his birthday. Lucas has been collecting key chains everywhere we go. Josh also donated change towards the cause of continuing to protect the seals. Lucas was ever so grateful.

We saw our first Californian Surfer Dude...loads of waves, birds, tourists and health conscious joggers. Apparently,  about 100, 000 people visit this seal spot every month!

Later, we stopped off at Oceanside to check out a potential resort. The kids puddled in the waves... Then, we went home after lunch and the boyz swam with their Dad and played at the park. Finally, we ended our day with a visit to San Diego's, 'Cheesecake Factory' for dinner. As many of you know, cheesecake is Lucas's absolute favourite dessert. We sauntered through an outdoor mall with upscale stores and palm trees lit up along their trunks for Christmas. Dinner was great! Lucas enjoyed his cake plus part of Jeff's after he had centre stage with the staff singing Happy Birthday to him.

All in all, it was an extremely memorable day we are all thankful for!




Sunday, November 9, 2008

Oceanside, California

Today, we spent some time at Oceanside Pier ... set on 3.5 miles of California beachfront... absolutely beautiful...






The Oceanside Pier is considered the longest wooden pier on the western U.S. coastline at 1,954 feet. It was rebuilt in 1988 through donations by private donors whose names are etched into the Pier. The kids had fun on the beach, at the park and Pier and enjoyed creamery ice cream after wards. We also made a stop at Little Louie's Gift and Souvenir Shop.

We met a man who told us that surfing has been around for 1500 years and that it originated in Hawaii. Oceanside is a great spot for surfers. Also, he noticed Lucas's hat that had KOA on it and he said that in Hawaii, Koa is a type of wood that was used to make canoes surfboards. Very cool!