Growing up my mom would always say "Labor day is for laboring!" and then come up with big work projects to do over the weekend. OK, maybe not always, but often enough that I remember it! Well, Dave and I decided that this Labor Day was going to be for vacationing! We took a trip with the kids out to San Diego to visit my brother, sister, and their families. We had such a fun time. On Saturday we went to the beach. Everyone had such a great time. The little ones weren't to interested in the ocean because the waves were really high, but they could have played in the sand and eaten oreos and cheese-its (standard beach fare) forever.
I was introduced to boogieboarding- what a rush! Ellie tried it too with her cousin and had a lot of fun but took all the skin off her knees riding the board up the beach with the waves. I was pretty grateful that my brother loaned me his wetsuit!
On Labor day we had a fun excursion before we left for home. We started the morning at a cafe near the beach- they advertised free kid's meals. It is possible that they regretted that as we walked in with our combined 8 children, but we had a great breakfast and the kids behaved pretty well. We then went down to the train station to ride the train to an ice cream place in a nearby city. The kids were very excited about the train.
We enjoyed some yummy treats, then it was time to head back.
Look at all these happy kids!
We had such a nice time in California- it is so fun for us to be able to see family more often. Maybe next year we'll do a big work project to celebrate Labor day..or maybe we'll start our own tradition and go to the beach again!
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