A little SF vacation

At the beginning of August, we took a little weekend getaway to San Francisco.  Ayden had been asking all summer when we would get to go to the beach.  He also had a free ticket to Six Flags in Vallejo, so we added that to our trip, too.

 

On Saturday, we drove in to the city and had a picnic lunch overlooking the bay. It was nice and chilly - always a welcome break from the valley heat!

 

It was so foggy, we could barely see the Golden Gate Bridge

After lunch, we headed over to the Exploratorium.  Ayden had fun looking at the different science exhibits!

We had to bribe him to get him to do this!!

 

Elyana was her usual happy self, tagging along in the stroller!

 

A little sibling love outside the Palace of Fine Arts

 After the Exploratorium, we drove to our hotel on the beach in Pacifica.  Ken and I stayed in Pacifica once before and we loved the little area of Rockaway Beach.  There are only a couple hotels, but they are right on the beach! 

Snuggling in the hotel

 After a relaxing morning, we took our lunches out to the beach.  It was freezing cold, of course, but that didn't stop Ayden from getting wet.  Ken said it wasn't that cold once you got used to the water, but Elyana and I just hung out on the blanket and watched!

sandcastles!

My beach blanket buddy

he could have spent all day running from the waves

naptime!

 My mom and her friend, Debbie, joined us for a yummy seafood dinner in Half Moon Bay!

all dressed and ready for dinner

On Monday morning, we got up to drive to Vallejo to spend the day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom before heading home.

 

This was all the stuff we needed....we were only away for 3 days!  I had forgotten how much extra stuff comes with traveling with a baby!  I can't imagine if we had taken a longer vacation!

 Ayden was so excited to get to Six Flags because he was tall enough to ride on the big roller coasters, as well as his first upside down roller coaster!

Mommy & Ayden hit Roar first.  He didn't like it very much, but says he will try it again "when he is six"

Elyana alternated between playing in the stroller, napping, and hanging out with mommy in the sling.  We are so lucky to have such an easy-going baby to just tag along with us without getting fussy!

The Boomerang was Ayden's first upside down roller coaster!  He says he didn't actually like it that much, but has said he wants to try it again next time.....maybe he liked it a little?

 So ended our little weekend getaway...it was a great way to end the summer before heading back to work & school!