Day 21

Mike had an auction this morning so the kiddos & I headed out to the Santa Ana Zoo. It was a small zoo, like the zoos in Austin. It had a ton of monkeys, that Kate enjoyed. There was even this smaller breed of monkey that had had twin babies & they were both on her back, so cute! There were lots of schools there on field trips & Kate enjoyed seeing all the kids. She liked playing on the turtle, lizard, & frog statues. It also had a cute farm area with farm animals. Then Kate saw the train & said "that one, mama!!" I got us tickets for the train & we were off! Kate loved it so much that she didn't want to leave the train!! She threw a fit about getting off the train, but once she came around she was excited to ride the carousel. The carousel had a tea cup like thing so Kate wanted to ride that! We all jumped on & had a great time! Of course, she wanted to ride again & it was another fight to get her to exit! Next we had lunch & Kate played on the playground until we headed home.
Mike's auction was over when we got home, but the kids needed naps so after both kids had a short nap, we headed to the beach! Mike & Kate made sand castles again & Alex just loved watching them!! I mean really is there anything better than hearing your husband & 2 kids laughing while relaxing & watching the ocean? I love it!!! Reason #1 why I don't want to leave!!! Also, we always drive down the main "drag" here in Huntington Beach & I love looking at the people, Mike likes looking at the cars & Kate likes to see the bikes & dogs--we will miss that!
But we all miss home. Trudy & Sammy miss their doggy door & automatic feeder. Trudy misses having more places to hide from Kate! Mike & I miss our sleep!!! With Alex in our room & him being such a light sleeper, everything wakes him up! And then there's the getting up at 5:45 every morning!! We are not going to miss that!!
We will be leaving Thursday morning & be home late Friday night!