we stayed at a sweet 6-bedroom beach house in encinitas, where we would watch the sunset from the living room in the early evenings and fall asleep to the sound of crashing waves at night. in the mornings, ally loved watching the surfers ("ducks!") riding the waves.
the drive down was rather painful, as we had a couple of false starts and then hit traffic pretty much right off the bat. then our "quick" lunch ended up taking over an hour, and an hour later we had to stop again to feed the baby. the sun was setting, we were 5 hours into our drive, and we couldn't believe that we weren't even out of the bay area. the good news is that ally and griffin were both good sports, and ally was happy as a clam once we cracked open the dvd player and popped on her headset.here are the highlights:
* we went to legoland for 2 days with mark+ irene+the boys
(this lego santa is the only santa that ally is not afraid to sit next to!)
* m&i took us all out for a lovely sunday brunch at the four seasons
* spent xmas eve at ling-chi's place and saw lots of aunts, cousins, and other relatives
* went to the zoo with vicky jie-jie
* ally and griffin spent the evening with vicky jie-jie and mimi jie-jie + her family, while e&e went with el's aunts and cousins to the casino. it was a win-win evening, as ellen won $500 on slots and ally had such a great time she didn't want to go home.
* spent a couple days in LA, doing a little shopping and just relaxing. highlight meal was fogo de chau, where we feasted on tasty grilled meat.
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