My fondest memory from taking this video is my lack of butt pain at the time. You just don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. Or until it’s only gone when you’re taking copious amounts of prescription opiates.
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Did I mention when I blogged from San Diego that we were having the BEST time? Well, we continued to have the best time. Seriously, I am still in a state of shock and surprise over just HOW fun it was to take five children across the country. Actually I don’t know how fun it would have been to take them just anywhere, but San Diego is pretty spectacular. It’s beautiful. It’s family friendly. It’s My Chemical Romance’s home, where he was born and lived for 25 years.
(I lived with him there for almost three years. The Informant was born at the birth center at UCSD. I hope that someday we can move back, although it may not be for many years due to the fact that it costs a fortune to live there, and an extra fortune to live there with five kids and sadly we did NOT win the lotto while we were there, although we played.)
I don’t just love it because of the beaches, Balboa Park, the zoo, Sea World, Legoland, Old Venice restaurant, the Wild Animal park, Ruben H. Fleet, the naval ships and my friend Alia (still nickname-less)… also because My Chemical Romance’s entire family is there. Both parents, their spouses, his two sisters, one brother-in-law, one nephew (and soon to be another nephew), many aunts and uncles, several cousins. And also, many second cousins (My Chemical Romance’s mom’s cousin’s children). We hung out with them for most of the weekend, first his dad’s family and then his mom’s.
Here are some pictures from our trip
The Informant (as a Tiger) at Legoland
Cousin It rides a Lego car at Legoland
Animal and Mineral at Legoland
All of us at Sea World
My Masterpiece as the pink panther.
Hello, Shamu! You poor, abused creature.
My Masterpiece and Grams, My Chemical Romance's grandma, walking on the pier
The Informant, fishing
Kites at J Street Marina
Animal and Mineral with Pa, My Chemical Romance's grandpa
Grandma with The Informant
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Hello from In-n-Out! Actually the most shocking thing about this trip is that it was more than two days before I had Animal fries.
The plane trip was fine, thanks to every i-device known to man: pod, pad, phones. Cousin It was the most difficult because she wouldn’t sleep, yet she was very tired. She was a grouch. I managed to pack lightly enough that we only checked one suitcase! (Meanwhile, the downside is that I only packed myself two shirts and one pair of shoes; I have to borrow clothes from my sister-in-law Julie for the memorial service.)
We’re staying with My Chemical Romance’s mom — she generously bought our tickets and has provided us with food and snacks and fun.
Tuesday, we hung out and got park tickets and the kids ran around at Grandma’s house and chased the chickens and gathered eggs. We visited with Pa and Grams, My Chemical Romance’s grandparents on his mom’s side. They own Deuce, our former dog.
Wednesday the kids and MCR and his mom went to Legoland; chaos and fun ensued. I, on the other hand, had a girls day out with Julie and her BFF, Kimmy, followed by shopping at Kohl’s.
Yesterday we went to Sea World, and we stayed til closing time. Every kid got to choose one thing to do, plus we visited a lot of exhibits. My favorite show was the sea lion and otters, my favorite exhibit was shark encounter.
Today we’re going to the zoo, and then MCR and I have a date!
I’m typing this from my phone — I’ll post more pictures from our trip when I’m on a computer. I’m having so much fun!
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