This past weekend was fun and relaxing. Erica and I decided that we should get annual passes to Legoland and take advantage of free admission for Derek while he still can get it at no charge(under 3 is free). It was actually a great idea. We don't have to worry about seeing the entire park within a day and we can go to the new aquarium and soon-to-be-open, Legoland Waterpark. This was Derek's first trip to Legoland (besides when Erica was pregnant with Derek). We first started our weekend by taking a morning jog at around 8AM. Then we headed over to Derek's Little Kickers class at 9:30. As soon as that was over, we ate and made some lunch and headed up to Carlsbad for Legoland. We got there at around 3PM and didn't realize that the park closed at 5PM. Its a good thing we got our passes. First, we hit up the Coast Cruise boat ride, which took us around some really nice mini lego structures of cool monuments like the Taj Mahal, New York, Mount Rushmore and others. Then we hit up Captain Crank's Challenge , Derek's first actual motion rollercoaster-ish ride. We found out at this ride that Derek does not like to get his height measured by strangers. The next ride we went to was called Flight Squadron. Erica rode with Derek on this one. Then Derek and I rode Sky Patrol. The last ride of the day was Safari Trek. Can't believe we packed all that in in less than three hours.
On Sunday, we decided to go back to Legoland and take advantage of our passes. We spent about an hour at the playground area. Derek played with this fountain-type of contraption where he placed legos in a pool of water.
After our brief stay, we picked up Erica's parents at the Oceanside train station. They have been watching and baby sitting Derek while my parents went a Mexican Riviera Cruise to celebrate both of their Birthdays. Happy Birthday Mom & Dad! We headed to the Carlsbad Flower Fields, where they had beautiful displays of a variety of flowers. At this attraction, we took a tractor tour around the fields.
As soon as we were done at the Flower Fields, proceeded to the Carlsbad Strawberry Company U-Pick, a strawberry farm just south of the Fields. We paid for an empty bucket, similar to the size of a KFC bucket of chicken, and picked our own strawberries. Derek, Erica's parents, Erica and I had a blast. We picked enough strawberries to make nearly 10 servings of strawberry shortcakes.
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