Things to do this weekend in San Diego, Ca

I thought I would share with all of you some fun things to do this weekend in San Diego, Ca, if you're close enough for the drive; enjoy the beautiful 78 degree weather ;)

What: What's cooking?

When: Feb. 21, 2010

Time: 1:00 p.m

Where: 1Mission 845 Fort Stockton San Diego, CA 92103

Cost: FREE

Type: Food, Wine, Fun

What is it?
"What’s Cooking,” is a free monthly cooking demo & sampling at 1Mission in the historic Mission Hills business district, it will feature personal chef Betsy G preparing perfect Olympics-watching fare, Gold Medal Reuben Panninis. Event runs from 1-4 p.m. no reservations needed, you can stop by anytime. 1Mission is a luxurious mixed-use enclave of 61 townhomes and flats, shops and a beautiful urban garden.
For more information you can call:(619) 906-4000

What: Chamber Music Festival

When: Feb. 21, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m

Where: University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110

Cost: Tickets on sale at the door only. $10 general admission; $8 seniors, USD faculty, staff, and alumni; $5 students with ID.

Type: Live music, Festival, Concert

What is it?
Second Annual Winter Chamber Heat Angela Yeung, director. Final Concert for the weekend festival.
For more info: www.sandiego.edu/chmusfestival.

What: 12th Annual Mushroom Festival

When: Feb. 21, 2010

Time: 10:30 am

Where: Balboa Park - Casa Del Prado - Room 101 Balboa Park Botanical Gardens San Diego, CA 92101

Cost: Free (donations greatly appreciated)

Type: Organization, wine, food, learning, festival

What is it?
Fungus Fair 12th Annual Mushroom Festival presented by members of the San Diego Mycological Society
• Will feature mushroom display of locally collected mushrooms.
• Fair vendors will have fresh wild mushrooms, cultivation kits, books, clothing, posters, and other mushroom-centric items available.
• Help in identifying unknown specimens brought in by visitors—BYOM (Bring Your Own Mushroom).
• Lectures in Room 104 Casa del Prado
• Food available for purchase.
• Cooking demonstrations

What: Spring Nights come to Old Town

When: Feb 19, 2010 weekly until March 31, 2010

Time: 5:30 p.m

Where: Old Town State Historic Park 2750 San Diego Avenue San Diego,CA

Cost: FREE, There is free parking available after 5 p.m. each evening in the Caltrans parking lot on Taylor Street in Old Town.

Type: concerts, live music, entertainment, historic

What is it?
Celebrate Spring Nights with the performing arts of yesterday and today on the plaza in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park. Every single night of the week in February and March. The events are presented by Fiesta de Reyes and all the Old Town State Park Merchants, performances from yesterday and today will take place on the green in the main park plaza.

On Mondays, Teatro Mascara Magica will reenact a love story from 1850s & Los Diegos will perform Californio-era music. Tuesdays will be Potpourri
Performance night with a variety of groups ranging from bluegrass music to performing arts schools to Cisco Kid movies. On Wednesdays, the plaza will celebrate the Jalisco traditional dance of Folklorico from the Grupo Folklorico de Chula Vista. On Thursday and Friday, live music will be performed by various Andean and Latin music groups, respectively. On Saturday, Los Rios will entertain the crowd with Mariachi Fusion music.

On Sunday nights, Mango & Dango will combine old school circus techniques with creative character work to end the week of performances with a laugh. It brings a festive, family-friendly atmosphere as part of the free Spring Nights celebration in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park.
“Mango and Dango will put on a high-energy performance both children and adults will enjoy,” said Fiesta de Reyes concessionaire Chuck Ross.

2nd Annual Underwater Parks Day Event!

As many of you know, we were invited to attend The 2nd Annual Underwater Parks Day celebrations at SEA LIFE Aquarium by Legoland ;)

Let me start by telling you that it was a wonderful experience. 

We arrived on time, yes I know, it's not normal for us to arrive on time, but we did it!  We were so excited to go, we had never gone to the SEA LIFE Aquarium before.

We walked up to the entrance and we were greeted by the "ticket-taker" as my son called her lol.  She spoke to the kids, and got them even more excited.  She showed the kids some scratch off cards that they have at the entrance, she told the kids that as they go through the entire Aquarium, there are question areas for them to read, and answer on their scratch off cards.  She told them that at the end of their tour, if they turn in the card at the gift shop, they get a special "expert" badge if they get all of the answers correct.  WE all got excited, lol.

You then have to wait for a group to form and you are all let inside to a "holding area", the kids were so excited  because it just has you anticipating what's next.  In the section we went into, there is a video that plays where you are welcomed and it shows you some great clips.

The doors opens and WOW!  there is a slide and a bridge and a wall aquarium tank

The kids had so much fun, they didn't want to move along, lol.  Once I got their attention with the first trivia question, they rushed to read it, it was very nice to see them helping the little ones with the answers. 

We moved along through different sections of the Aquarium, Izeah which seems to be "soothed" by water or sea life, was just loving every single display.   They have these plaques called "Fin Facts" they teach you something about a specific sea life fact, I loved them, lol, I was so excited to find every single one throughout the entire aquarium ;)

The kids got to make a take-home habitat for an animal of their choice.

All the kids loved the different places where they can pet the different sea animals, but I think Izeah was EXTRA happy about that, he was asking tons of questions and he pet every single thing he could.  He stood there for almost an entire hour just petting a seastar.

Our local ocean conservation organizations that were there: Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation, Coastkeeper, I Love A Clean San Diego, Ocean Discovery Institute, San Diego Oceans Foundation and San Elijo State Beach.  They had booths and activities for The Underwater Parks Day event at SEA LIFE Aquarium.  They gace all of the kids a paper at the antrance to the booths, and if you got a stamp from all of the booths, you turn it in at the desk for a prize.
The kids got to make a button to pin on their shirts, see animals in jar and the effects of pollution, they got to make it "rain" on a plastic mold of a city so they can see where trash and hazardous materials end up.  They did learn, and they had a great time.  At the end of it, they cashed their stamped card for a sticker, and a bookmarker that when they are done using it, they can plant it and it has flower seeds embedded inside.  AWESOME!!!

EVERYONE LOVED the underwater tunnel, even Daddy....

They found The Lost City of Atlantis!

WE ALL had a WONDERFUL time, The entire day was a learning adventure.

When we were done inside of the Aquarium, which by the way was almost closing time, time flies when you're having fun ;)

The kids turned in their scratch off cards at the gift shop for a "expert" badge.

I can not express enough the fun the entire Family had during this event.

Want to know my Favorite part of the whole day?!?!!?

Izeah, (which if you read the sidebar, has autism) had a wonderful time, his ADHD and anxiety were completely under control that day.  The water is his "zone", staring at the sea animals for hours is so therapeutic for him,

While he was sitting here, watching the Lost City of Atlantis, he said

'Mommy, I LOVE it here, this is MY dream come true"

I just cried, he had never "loved" a place as much as this before!

If you have not visited SEA LIFE Aquarium before, please do so, I HIGHLY recommend it!

The price is extremely affordable, even for our large family, the things the entire Family will learn will last for years to come, The best part, is the wonderful memories you will have.

The SEA LIFE Aquarium definitely has my Seal of Approval!!!!

My Family received admission tickets to enjoy the festivities.

ALMOST THE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

after being sooooo tired from being up until almost 4am, will took the car this morning. i didn't even argue about it, lol. i just asked him to bring it by during his lunch so i can pick up the girls from school, since today was an early day.
to my surprise, he come home, cuddled up with me and went to sleep, lol.
when i asked him if he had to go back after lunch, he said no. who would have thought that the people at his job actually have feelings, lol. just kidding!!! lol

so he took a small nap and went to pick up the girls. it took us 4 hours to get dressed and showered and we finally left the house, lol. of course it was against will's will, lol.

we went to WIC and then we went to look for some clothes for the kids, by mervyn's. the kids started getting irritable after a couple of hours there, lol, so we went acros the street to eat the the buffet. it was good to eat from a variety of foods, lol. i had forgotten that thursday was family night there, and the mascot came out to give ballons and my anthony started crying, lol. he took the ballon, and waved and said bye, but as soon as the bee left, he started bawling, lol. everytime the bee went by, he would say bye, kind of like saying "okay leave!", and then as soon as it was gone, anthony would start crying, lol. it was cute and sad.
we were there about an hour, and i didn't want to go home after that, so we went to walk around target. man, i wanted to stay and shop, lol. my baby bought me 2 cases of pepsi!!!!! i wa soo happy, lol. next i made a statement that i wanted to go to walmart, lol, and against his will, he held his crankyness back and took us. we weren't there as long as i wanted, lol, but at least i got to go, lol.

the kids were so tired they went straight to sleep as soon as we got home, they will just have their showers in the morning.
like always, i can't sleep, it's almost 2am. agghhhhhh

i know this week has been very boring for my blog, lol, but hopefully tomorrow will be fun. i hope so! lol