September 30th - October 2nd, Alli and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Lynch Fam
in sunny San Diego and it could not have been a better vacation for the Fisher gals!!!
Alli did so well on the plane rides, I was incredibly impressed with her.
On the way down, we were upgraded to first class so it was just the two of us in our row.
On the way home, we were in coach and Alli's reaction was priceless . . .
As soon as she saw our row, she scrunched her little nose and asked (in a rather annoyed tone)
"Why are there three seats? There are only supposed to be two. These seats are small!"
The tall gentleman next to us in the row started chuckling and responded to the very petite 4 year old,
who had plenty of room, . . . "you think these seats are small?!?!"
I explained that in her short little life, she had flown first class more than coach, thanks to all my miles.
You would never know Alli was a bit shy by her chatty behavior on the plane :-)
Back to our visit . . .
As soon as Sarah, Ainsley, Emerson, and Abigail arrived at the airport, it was as if no time had passed.
There was no shyness at all, the girls were chatting and giggling immediately!
We went to Chili's for lunch and then hit a park before getting Elleanor from school.
Alli could not have been happier!!!
I had no idea how the girls would react to seeing one another again but it was as if the past couple of months never happened and they picked right up where they left off. Only this time, I heard many times, Mommy, you can go (downstairs, over there, etc.) ~ guess I was cramping her style ;-)
Oh well, gave me a chance to visit!
The little Lynchs (as Alli calls them) aren't so little anymore and Alli really enjoyed playing with them too.
After getting Elleanor, it was time to see their new house, which is beautiful!
The girls had a great time playing together, leaving Sarah and I time to chat ~ yeah!!!!!!!
We enjoyed a yummy dinner at Elleanor's school and then went out for ice cream.
Alli crashed hard that first night. Much to her dismay, I made her share a room with me and (I think to punish me) the little turkey was quite the bed hog ;-)
The next morning, after more breakfast and more playing, we went to the beach.
This was Alli's first time ever seeing the ocean and she was loving it . . .
She and Elleanor had a great time chasing and running from waves.
The only sketchy moment came when she was sitting on the beach to eat lunch and sand kept blowing in her eyes. Luckily, Mrs. Lynch saved the day by letting Alli wear her sun glasses ~ I couldn't give her mine since they are prescription glasses. Alli looked and felt like Miss Hollywood. Crisis averted!
Alli, Elleanor, Emerson and Abigail all enjoyed playing in the sand and chasing seagulls
(Ainsley wasn't a big fan of the sand!)
After a very fun couple of hours at the beach, we went back to the house before heading to their neighborhood splash park (a very short walk from their house). All five little gals had a blast! Unfortunately no pictures as I am very hesitant to bring my camera near water ;-)
On Sunday, we went to a carnival at Elleanor's school and the girls had fun playing games. Alli even participated in and won a sack race ~ she is now the proud owner of a very large, plushy Care Bear (which made a great pillow on the plane!) She hasn't stopped cuddling that bear since she won it ;-)
We went to Red Robin for lunch and checked out Pottery Barn Kids before heading back to the house to play for a bit before we had to go to the airport.
It was hard to say goodbye (again!) but I have no doubt we will head down for another visit :-)
This time we may even let the boys join us!
Thank you Lynch Fam for a FANTASTIC visit ~ we cannot wait to see you again!!!
