Clayton's Early birthday weekend

Because Clayton and Charlotte's birthdays are so close together (2 weeks) and Easter usually falls into that time frame, birthday parties are tricky. Who gets the party, do they have a combined, do we go on a trip...This year we decided Clayton would get a trip and Charlotte would get the party since it was her 1st birthday. Easter weekend was a 4 day holiday for Jason so we chose that weekend for Clayton's trip.

Neither child are stoked about being in the car, Charlotte actually LOATHES the car so we wanted to go somewhere close but with lots of options. Legoland and Coronado Island are pretty close to each other and Coronado Island has a Navy base that we can stay at for super cheap and have access to a private beach...No Brainer!

We left Friday and did the Legoland Sealife Aquarium on the way to the Navy base. It wasn't the best aquarium I have ever been to but wasn't too overwhelming for the kids.

They had these cute little slides and climbing things periodically which was nice and let out some energy from having to walk behind the people that were really into the fish :)

All of the sea life Lego creatures were actually pretty cool.

Clayton and the giant crab!

The Aquarium closed before we ate dinner, which was probably best...you know how expensive those places can be!

The North Island Navy base.

The view from our room...I loved the fog!

Silly girl!

Sleepy boy

Another view from our room...Jason loved this!

That's Hotel Del Coronado in the background, it's haunted....

Day 2 of Lego land

While we waited for the 1 hour long line :(

Dino Charlotte

Clayton's first roller coaster

Snack time

On Clayton's actual birthday he opened his presents and had cake at home with just our little family.

I can't believe my little guy is 4!

Easter 2012

The children's birthdays often fall around or on Easter so we have to get creative in celebration. This year we planned Clayton's birthday trip on Ester weekend so we did a few activities leading up to the weekend. While we didn't want to take away from Clayton's weekend we for sure didn't want to miss the meaning of Easter. 

The week before Easter we read some stories and did some activities to help the messages hit home.

Clayton's preschool Spring Fling craft. 

Coloring eggs

Charlotte doing her best to stay out of the way but still in the mix :)

Clayton's birthday weekend was celebrated with a trip to Legoland and a stay at Coronado Island. Sunday morning (Easter) we spent the morning on the beach enjoying each other and the dolphins playing in the waves.

Charlotte is not a fan of the sand

Daddy's first time at the beach with the kids.

Daddy/son footprints

Love this

I could not think of a better way to spend a quiet, cool, peaceful morning with my family and remembering the ultimate sacrifice the God made for us.