Allie had the typical Southern Californian weekend for most of the weekend. Mr. W had ordered a new bicycle hitch rack for the car (I think it’s a Thule) and had been itching to try it, so on Saturday morning, we drove out to the historical old town district in San Juan Capistrano, Mr. W hitched the covered kiddie trailer to his bike, and we rode along a riverbed bike path a few miles to Capistrano Beach.

It’s a pretty beach that was relatively empty at 9am, except for a 5K race going on behind us. The beach even set up a handicap access to the water’s edge.

Allie plopped herself in the sand and immediately started the now-familiar process of shoveling sand into her little bucket.

Allie had so much fun frolicking…

…and climbing…

…that she didn’t want to leave.

She was eventually cooperative when we strapped her back in her trailer for the ride back to San Juan Capistrano.

We had brunch at Sarducci’s, and on the way back to the car, Allie got to play on a playground at the park, and even got to go bouldering! She loves to climb. She’s not very good at it, yet, but she always makes the attempt.

We got home in time for Allie’s noon nap, then went to a local park and playground to let her play with other kids. Allie gravitates toward any ball and most of the kids’ parents are generous about sharing. Her daddy helped her climb more playground toys, go down slides (she now does it on her own as long as I’m at the bottom to catch if needed), pushed her on swings, and she loves steering wheels and picking up handfuls of sand to help other kids build their castles or fill their buckets. One young boy was climbing a high kids’ rock wall and made sure he called his mom or dad over before climbing each time, announcing in a well-trained manner that he will never climb without an adult present to watch him in case he falls. Something to remember when Allie’s old enough to do the same.

On Sunday morning, we took advantage of our annual pass and Allie’s current under 2 age and hit up Disneyland again. With the time difference, I woke up later than I’d wanted so we got to Disneyland at 8:30a, half an hour after it opened. But it was still enough time to tire her out, which was the goal, so that she could take her noon nap an hour early under the new time. Allie got to explore Toon Town.

She knocked on doors and rang doorbells to see what special effects are in place.

She got to drive me around on a firetruck.

She met some of the residents of Toon Town.

She accidentally drove into the mailbox of a resident.

Allie: “I’m sorry I crashed into your mailbox, Mr. Goofy.”
Goofy: “It’s okay, it’s nice meeting you anyway. I’ll see you in court.”

Allie tried to hire the firm of Chip & Dale to represent her, but no one was in, so she settled down to wait by their mail box.

Since neither Chip nor Dale showed up, she first tried hiding behind a ladder. But she remained highly visible.

She finally got the great idea that she’ll just disappear. She hid among the shipments bound for the next train.

Success! We made it home, Allie had lunch in the car on the way, and right around noon, Allie hit her nap on time and slept over 3 hours. She woke up for a whole different new adventure, one that wasn’t as fun… see the next post.