Seems there's been a serious lack of activity around here recently. This isn't because i've got nothing to tell you, nor (despite first appearances) is it that mom doesn't love me any more and has banished me from the house and won't let me use the computer. Actually she doesn't let me use the computer any more, and insists on doing all the typing herself, but i'm starting to appreciate that sending me to a childminder three mornings a week wasn't supposed to be a punishment. I'm actually starting to enjoy playing with the other kids now ( and stealing their banana) - so much so that sometimes i don't want to come home.
Anyway.....back to February. That seems a long time ago now. We went on our first real family holiday, down to San Diego for ten days. We spent three days staying in a little cottage on Mission Beach, and then a week staying with Mark Oestreicher . It wasn't perhaps as hot as it might have been, but i got to hang out on the beach, build a few sandcastles, kick a ball and watch mom and dad eat icecream. We visited just about every kids playground on the coast of southern california too. You can look at some pictures on our family website www.sopwithworld.com .
Following our sucessful visit to Sophie's Cosmic Cafe back in January, we risked eating out as a family several times while we were away. I had my first pub lunch, fish and chips down on the docks, fish tacos in Newport Beach and my personal favourite: the San Diego chicken pie shop. They brought me a little pot of jelly for dessert. Now that is seriously weird stuff. Chilly, gloopy, sweet, difficult to spread around the place....
Flying is a whole different experience when you're not going Transatlantic. No movie to watch. No dinner. But hey, after the first leg of our journey from Vancouver to San Francisco where we had very poor economy class seats, we did quite nicely, thank you. Two upgrades to Economy Plus and one into First Class completed our round trip. Mom and i were able to share our first class seat sitting side by side. Poor dad, nobody wanted to share with him.
What did i learn this trip? What makes mom happy is seeing a dolphin in the sea, sunshine, big beaches, crashing waves (particularly with the addition of icecream and / or sunset). And dad? A new camera makes him very very very happy. I didn't think it possible anything could beat seeing Top Gun fighters over Miramar, but i was wrong. Neither of them got into the whole getting up at 5.30am routine to make the most of our holiday though, even though i tried it every single day
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