The Jones Girls

Today I took the girls to San Pedro to see where my brother and their Uncle Ron and Rob lives.   Both of my brothers moved out of their apartment and moved a few blocks down into another apartment.   

We had a nice lunch in the apartment.  The girls enjoyed playing with Ron’s cockatoo.    They ate at in the living room on Ron’s surf-board shaped coffee table.   They thought that was really cool because I only let them eat in the kitchen. 

After lunch Rob drove with us to Cabrillo Marine Aquarium at Cabrillo Beach.  It was maybe 6 blocks away from the apartment.      I was pleasantly surprised to see a playground right on the sandy beach, lifeguard posts right there on the beach watching the kids in the water, and across the parking lot, maybe 100 feet away, was the AMAZING Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

The entrance fee was very nominal – $5 per adult and $1 per child.    Best $14 bucks I ever spent for sure!!     There were so many incredible exhibits with live marine life.  They even had a touch pool that the girls gleefully dipped their hands in to touch beautiful starfish, sea urchins and other sea creatures.

At 3om they have a daily fun activity for the kids.  They let the kids hatch their own grunion fish eggs. It is amazing to see the fish hatch right out of their eggs right in front of our eyes. 

They had amazing fish aquariums and lots of educational and interesting things to look at and see. 

 They have a playroom with fish themed costumes, a puppet show theatre for kids to play and a huge table with comfy chairs for parents and kids to play with puzzles and games that they provide.   There is a neat courtyard with fun photo signs for the kids to peek their heads through and parents take pictures of them. 

This place is like a miniature Long Beach Aquarium, except no crowds!!  This place is a hidden secret, a quiet gem that is a true treasure to come across!!

California Adventure Disneyland opened up an amazing water light show 10 days ago.  Today we spent the day there and then saw the show at 10:15pm tonight.  Feli joined us today.

We waited in line for 45 minutes to get fast passes in the morning. This gave us Priority Seating for a good view.

During the day we saw the theatrical performance Aladdin.  The show will be ending at the end of August and a new performance will begin in the late fall or by December.    It was spectacular and the Genie was so funny!

Then we went to see Nemo & Crush interactive show.  Maryssa especially enjoyed this show!

After that, we went to Play House Disney.  Feli had just as much fun as the girls did!!

We had gotten Fast Passes for the ride Soaring.   Maryssa was too short, so Feli stayed with Maryssa and got her cotton candy while I took the other girls on Soaring.  They went crazy and LOVED it!!  It is a truly amazing experience.

At 5:15 we grabbed a spot to watch the Pixar Parade while getting a bite to eat.    It was fun and relaxing.   The characters squirted water on us!!

Then we went to It’s A Bugs Life Land and rode some rides and watched a 3D movie there.

We did a little shopping and I got the girls Fantasmic Micky Ears and a few other things.   

At 9pm we jumped in line to wait to get our spot to watch World of Color.  One of the Cast Members told me that over 25,000 people a day were watching the show!!  That is amazing!!

The show was spectacular.    We weren’t expecting to get as wet as we did.    Thank goodness I had brought blankets to cover up the girls to protect them from getting wet and to keep them warm.   They stayed pretty dry but I got pretty wet.