One of the benefits of both me and my hub working from home is that we can take off to do fun things with Max mid-week. He gets out of school early on Thursdays, so I try to plan a fun activity. This week we went to Seaworld.

They’ve got a special where you pay for a day and stay all year. And I am all about getting cheap season passes here, so bonus!

One thing I’m adamant about, having lived in now Orlando and San Diego theme park-ridden towns is this: never, ever, ever go to the theme park in the summer. Right now, February is the perfect time to go. It’s warm enough and the parks are dead. Dead. No lines. No whiny kids (besides your own). It’s a totally different experience from waiting 2 hours to ride Pirates of the Caribbean.

This Seaworld seemed to have fewer rides than the one in Orlando. Max was a little big for the Bay of Play, but he loved riding up the Skytower and seeing all of the bay and San Diego (so did I).

The animals here are amazing. I’m always reading in the paper how Seaworld rescued a local sea lion. We saw dolphins playing with their toys, sea lions and the cutest otter ever performing for applause, moray eels (they’re weird) and my favorite: rays. They’re so affectionate.

Now that we have passes, we can go back any time. I always try to limit us to 2 hours so that we have just a taste but not enough for a meltdown (though Max did crash at 4 pm when we got home).

Enjoy the pics.

So Max is in a year ’round school, which means we’re finishing his 3 week Spring Break. It’s been weird…we moved here and I had 3 weeks to settle into a routine, then he’s been off for 3 weeks and has wrecked my routine. Oh well. Back to work and yoga next week.

He will have about 5 weeks off from July to September then 3 weeks off around Christmas.

At first I didn’t like the 3 week break. But now I think it’s great because:

• We can take vacations when everyone else is in school
• Museums and parks are less crowded
• I don’t have him sitting around watching tv for 3 solid months in the summer

So it’s an adjustment but it’s working out.

Over break we:

• Went to the San Diego Zoo (got memberships. yay!)
• Ate froyo
• Visited Legoland
• He went to Camp Cahito outdoor camp for a week
• Discovered Pinkberry. Ate more froyo
• Visited the Museum of Man
• Went to a birthday party
• Went camping
• Froyo (I have a problem)
• Made new friends and had a playdate

I don’t have many photos because my frikkin camera got stolen. But here are the ones from the zoo.

Next week I know I will miss having him around. I’m glad we got to explore our new city (and that there is still so much to see!) together.