Little Chefs

The cutest little waiter and waitress came into my room to take my order today.  Then they went into the kitchen to prepare my food, Lord help us.

After while I heard a crash.  Abby had accidentally knocked off a dish from her tea set and it was in pieces on the floor.  No biggie.  I helped clean it up and then they sent me back out of the kitchen so they could finish.  Abby brought me "tangerine salad" for my main course.

As I ate dinner, they prepared my dessert.  After a while, they came to me with a dispute.  Isaac had put the twizzlers in the nutella, which is not where Abby wanted them, so she had licked them off.  Isaac insisted that licking off other people's food was not okay.  We reached an agreement and they returned a short while later with their masterpiece dessert, named "fireplace." I had some and then let them split the rest as a tip.

San Diego, Day 5

We met the Lolas and Lolos at Viejas, a Native American reservation that has a resort area and casino.

 Lunch with the Lolas and Lolos.

 Then, while the grownups shopped and played cards, we took the kids on a hike in Julian.

There were spider webs along the way...

And they all had these tunnel-shaped bases, going into the ground...later did some research and they probably belong to funnel web spiders, creepy, but neat.

 We brought Lana along with our kids.  She is the daughter of one of Adel's cousins.

It was hot and the kids did a great job on the hike...

So we rewarded them with refreshments at the soda fountain in Julian.

Root beer float, ice cream cones, and for me, an old-fashioned vanilla coke.

...Oh, and I also snagged a caramel apple at the candy shop...my favorite Julian treat!

That night we met the Lolas and Lolos for dinner and the kids demonstrated how to eat the candy soda bottles they bought in Julian.

Lolo had a try.

And Lola Lou too. 

And they all decided to embarrass Adel one more time with a "Happy Birthday" song.

We love our California family and had a great trip!

San Diego, Day 4

The San Diego Air and Space Museum, Adel has been wanting to bring the kids here the last few visits and we finally did.

Us on the moon.

Isaac meeting Howard Hughes.

Hughe's Spirit of St Louis.

There was an special Ripley's Believe it or Not exhibit in the museum too. 

Two-headed cow...that was an interesting conversation with the kids.

Lunch break.

Then we headed to the Japanese Tea Garden in Balboa Park.

Adrian got lots of great pictures there too.

Treat time.

Then off to explore the rest of Balboa Park.

We met Lolo and Lola and Auntie Lily and Uncle Rey for dinner.

A view of downtown.

Lobster-fest!