Oh San Diego how we love you! You see, San Diego is where JD and I met (even though we went to the same High School and for a short time he lived across the street from my parents). San Diego is where we spent 2 of the best years of our lives. Not a care in the world, partying with friends and falling in love! It had been close to 4 years since we had been back to SD and we still have a lot of friends there, so off we went with two kiddos in tow! We decided to fly, since a 8 hour drive with a 3 year old and a 11 month old did not sound appealing to us! Boy was Cole excited! He was full of questions and wonder as we approached the airport! As we made our way up to our gate the first glimpse of a Southwest Airplane landing, could of been the best thing he has ever seen! He could of stood at that window for hours watching the planes land and take off. We made sure we got there 3 hours early (he he) so he could do just that! Charly of course, had no idea what was going on but went along with brothers excitement and starred out the window with him clapping and laughing! The plane ride was a breeze for Cole, he got to go up into the cock pit and meet the pilots and sat perfectly in his seat and watched the glimmer of lights from below. Charly on the other hand was a nightmare the first 30 minutes of the plane ride (I chalk that up to not feeling well as the plan ride home was much better). We finally laid her down on the seat with blankie and her bunny and she was out! It is only a hour and forty minute flight, so we survived! Our beach house was super cute and comfy and perfect for us. Every morning we just relaxed and enjoyed being with eachother. We made it to the zoo, dinner at our good friends restaurant, dinner out with all of our old friends and their kiddos at Woodstocks Pizza in PB, playing on the Bay and at the ocean, a SDSU football game, snuggling by the fire as our power was at the last night and just enjoying being a family. I will say it is much different from when we were 22 and 24, partying till all hours of the night with our friends. Now we had a few pitchers of beer at dinner and then home and asleep by 10:00. We reminisced about those good old days but looked forward to our future with our kiddos and keeping lasting friendship with our friends in SD. Our trip home was smooth and now we are back to the swing of things on the homestead! Still waiting to hear on the offer we have on a house in El Dorado Hills and getting ready for more family fun in Pismo Beach in two weeks! Life in the Pratt House is pretty darn good.
What a wonderful trip we had to Pismo. This is our 3 time this year and feel like Pismo is our 2nd home. We surprised Cole by having everything packed and ready to go and when I picked him up from school we told him we were headed to his favorite place on earth. Cole LOVES Pismo more than anywhere else we go. So much so, that the morning we had to leave he woke up at 4:00 am and asked if we were leaving, only to wake back up at 7:00 with tears in his eyes and his meltdown for 1 hour began. I mean hyper ventilating, screams, pleas to stay and the saddest face a mother has ever seen. JD and I joke that he will attend Cal Poly one day just to be close to Pismo. We would love to retire there one day! We want our babies to have Pismo as a second home. As always, we just relaxed and enjoyed eachothers company. JD had to go to a few meetings on two of the days and one of the days he was gone, I headed to the beach with Cole and Charly. I had the most amazing time with them. I laid out a blanket, laid myself down and watched just how different the two of them are. You see, Cole is my super clean little man and he loved the sand, just on his feet and that is pretty much it. He sat nicely on the blanket and his OCD kicked in when ever his dirty sister would even get a speck of sand on the blanket. My Charly Girl is one dirty baby. She must have eaten a pile of sand. I tried at first to stop the madness but after a while I gave up and off she went enjoying the grainy sand one handful at a time. It was a beautiful day and week and one I won't ever forget. The kids are getting easier and easier to take places and the memories we are making are what life is all about! The whole trip was amazing and we will be back in March! Pismo Beach you are my favorite place!
