Spring Break 2013

Spring Break 2013 Taking California by storm we set out on our vacation Monday morning at 3:30 (Tim is a tad crazy). We like to set out early, partly because we just can't wait and partly because we are half-way there before the kids wake up. Our plan for the last few years has been pack the car the night before and toss the kids in the car in their pjs at some unearthly hour such as 4 or 5 or when dad can't sleep from excitement 3:30. Makes the trip so easy, plus we get their in time to playa little, which was tHe case this time we were in the swimminG pool at 4 pm. I found a VRBO on the beach at Dana Point. It is a great little condo, we got a great deal and best part it has 2 bedrooms and two bathrooms now I am not sure I can go back to the hotel style vacation. After my lost and found run ( I got lost and had to retrace my beach steps) along the beach the first morning we headed to the American Girl Doll store. Where Mariah along with her push over father bought the doll she has been wanting since Christmas. She saw it in the magazine and got stuck on it. Even wanted to sell hot chocolate on the canal during January to pay for her (Saige the girl of the year doll) but I convinced the girls instead to make popcorn balls and cinnamon rolls and sell them instead. So she saved a remarkable 70 dollars but did not even bring it to the store because she knew it was not enough and did not want to be tempted to spend it. So in the store while she was feeling low. Daddy decided to let her borrow the rest of the money and he made her a happy girl. We ended the day on the beach where Audrey had a ball playing in the sand. Our kids can't get enough of sand.