We had a great time visiting with DH’s maternal first cousin. This is his mother’s first cousin through her father.
He brought us to the San Diego Yacht Club. We were anticipating a complete disaster; but it went much better than anticipated! We were the only family with 6 children in that place; but it turns out our cousin’s wife and both daughters have backgrounds in education and were excellent with the kids. Baby Sol threw a complete meltdown when he had to say goodbye to “grandma.”
We brought a huge peace offering aka a care package as a token of gratitude. It’s so nice to be with family on the holidays! The dinner was second-to-none gourmet buffet; and he wouldn’t let us pay despite our taking up half the table. 😅
Our cousin is a Navy veteran, who took us on base and showed us around Loma Point, Dennis Conner’s home, and the beautiful, quiet neighborhood around Cabrillo. We learned about America’s Cup, which is such an institution there that locals can’t believe tourists don’t know as much as they do. ❤️ The Engineer told me later that he was disappointed we didn’t go sailing. We he heard “yacht club,” he thought sailing was part of our Thanksgiving dinner.
We made everyone use the restroom before storming our hosts’ two-bedroom condo. The only place open was Dunkin Donuts, which was perfect.
Earlier in the week, Sweet Pea played with the neighbor girls. She had a great time and wants to do it again.
The Bigs run the house, which means this poor little man is on the Bigs’ schedule, staying up until 11:00 p.m. and waking up at 8:00 a.m.
This one asked to learn how to put up her hair in a towel like mom.
More San Diego:
This guy is my partner in adventure, always ready to go out and try something new. He is a supreme extrovert, a boy after my own heart. The bib brothers told me this week that he might be “the smartest person in our family.” When asked how they can tell, they said he’s extra good at being tricky.
His class had a mock Macy’s Day Parade around their school. Everyone brought/made a balloon.
Thanksgiving at Sol’s school. I ran out for an hour lunch break.
Brainstorming re: how to survive he holidays without losing all motivation:
Ladies from school:
We had a table filled with women capable of mature friendship; and it warmed my heart.
