Mission Accomplished! We finally made it to Mia's cousin Natalia's 6th birthday. If you ready my previous blog you would know what I was talking about.
Yesterday we were all pretty tired so most of us (other than Dada) hit the sack early. So today we all got up bright and early again and hit the road, headed to San Diego.
This time we arrived alittle later than we did yesterday but we still made pretty good time. After almost walking to the wrong party we found our party at another section of the park. Everyone was happy to see Mia again (who of course was acting very shy) and teased Adrian and myself about our "practice" trip to San Diego yesterday! hahaha
It was a VERY big turn out and all the family showed up. Mia got to play with her cousins and again and after chowing down on some of her Tia Gloria's famous potato salad we let her play at the playground. Since Adrian had not had the chance to eat, I took Mia by myself to the playground (right next door). Of course she led me straight for the swings! Luckily they had the little baby swings there so I wouldn't have to "spot" her too much. Once she was in the swing she NEVER wanted out.
The sun started to wear on me a bit, and Mia's baby brother was pushing really hard against my ribs. I was so uncomfortable but every attempt to take Mia off the swing failed miserably. She would just start screaming and crying. I think Dada noticed my dilemma because he soon came up to check on us and relieved me of swing pushing duty.
I quickly went to the car to get Mia's hat (it was so HOT and sunny out) and when I came back she was no longer on the swing. Adrian had taken her off so she could drink some water and boy did she blow up. Everyone was shocked on how loud she could get... yes she wasn't happy.
After letting her rest in the shade a bit we took her to the jungle gym. She had so much fun following her cousins Brianna and Natalia up the steps. She even slide down the spiral slide! After that it was Pinata time. We were sure how she would react to getting her stick taken away after her turn, but we still let her have her chance to wack the Pinata. Unfortunately, the first pinata burst before she could even have a turn, but she didn't mind she LOVED diving in for Candy with Daddy and picked up all that she could... trash included!
Once she had her little bag filled she walked to the sidewalk and dumped it back out just so she could pick it up again! She was so into doing that she didn't even want to hit the second pinata they had. Eventually she took a break from picking up her candy again and hit the pinata. She had so much fun but of course SCREAMED when we took her away. Luckily Dada thought fast and threw some of her candy out of her bag onto the ground and Mia quickly started picking it back up. Once the second pinata was broken Mia went in for more candy but this time lost site of Dada!!! I was filming her from the sidewalk and when she noticed Dada was gone, she started walking in circles then ran off away from the crowd and towards me!!! Eventually Dada appeared from the big mob of people carrying TONS of candy for Mia to pick up! She was so happy.
After the pinata we let her run around a bit more. She played in the sand (where the playground was) and just ran around like crazy. By then Adrian and I were burnt out and needed some rest.. BAD! So we decided it was time to go. We said our goodbyes to the family (which we will see again next week for another party!) and walked to the car.
Since Mia's grandparents live just down the street we decided to stop by there for a short visit. Of course Grandma Rebeca and Grandpa Fernando LOVED seeing her again. They played with her while Adrian and I rested inside. She got to feed their neighbor dog a doggy treat, kicked the other neighbor cat, and ran around like crazy.
Later we all got to visit a bit in the house. Grandpa showed her all sorts of noise making toys and his rock collection. She had a blast. Then her cousins and Tia showed up for a bit and she got to play with them. It started to get late and we were REALLY tired by then so we had to say goodbye and headed home.
Phew I am so tired... which is why my blog is alittle less detailed than I normally write them. I am off to bed... what a weekend....night night!
