Doing and Not Doing in San Diego

Thomas is so cute. He likes to ask us (constantly) what we are doing. Except he pronounces it, "do-yang," as in, "Do-yang, mommy? Do-yang, daddy?"

I haven't found much time to blog on this vacation, which is a drag since this blog is a record of our family life. Here's a list of what we've been do-yang and not do-yang.

Do-yang

• Driving I-5
  
• Stopping at Pea Soup Anderson's
  
• Buying more of our favorite salt seasoning at Pea Soup Anderson's gift shop
  
• Going to Venice Beach
  
• Watching sunsets
  
• Eating at Versailles
  
• Eating at Cafe Coyote in Old Town
  
• Eating fish tacos
  
• Eating a lot
  
• Going to Old Town
  
• Laughing
  
• Being woken up by Thomas every morning at 6:50
  
• Getting exasperated when the kids take off their shoes and socks minutes before we're supposed to leave the hotel room
  
• Enjoying the free breakfast buffet at the Embassy Suites, La Jolla
  
• Being driven around (Mike has done all of the driving on this trip!)
  
• Exercising every morning in the stinky exercise room in a desperate attempt to stave off the effects of eating out every meal
  
• Going on a Harbor Tour
  
• Paying too much for one of those silly tourist photos before the harbor tour
  
• Eating lunch in the Gaslamp Quarter at a restaurant with crappy service
  
• Checking out Pacific Beach, Mike's old stomping grounds
  
• Eating more than humanly possible
  
• Going to Legoland
  
• Taking a nap every day
  
• Going to the San Diego Zoo
  
• Planning a trip to the desert with a stop for dessert
  
• Planning our next meal before we've finished the current one
  
• Loving the iced coffee drinks from The Coffee Bean
  
• Reading magazines
  
• Reading Trinny and Susannah Take on America
  
• Checking out the fish at Birch Aquarium
  
• Taking photos
  
• Enjoying the diverse architecture of the homes in La Jolla
  
• Walking around
  
• Driving across the San Diego-Coronado Bridge
  
• Driving to the border
  
• Deciding not to go to Tijuana
  
• Appreciating the fact the kids are too young to have any input in what we decide to do
  
• Swimming in the hotel's indoor pool
  
• Enjoying the 65 degree weather
  
• Letting the kids push the button for the elevator
  
• Relaxing
  

Not Do-yang

• Drinking
  
• Spending money on alcohol
  
• Wasting time being hungover
  
• Fighting
  
• Driving
  
• Shopping
  
• Cooking
  
• Reading Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
  
• Cleaning
  
• Washing clothes
  
• Washing dishes
  
• Looking forward to going home