Haseeb the Pizza Maker

Haseeb went on a field trip for school to a restaurant called Pat 'n Oscars.   They specialize in breadsticks and pizza. There were 12- 4 year olds making 2 pies, one cheese and one peperoni. They kneaded the dough, spread the sauce, and sprinkling cheese. After 3 minutes of making pizza, Haseeb declares, when he grows up he wants to be a PIZZA MAKER. His teacher says to me, did you hear what Haseeb wants to be when  he grows up...I told her I chose to IGNORE IT! hehehehe!  All the kids had alot of fun making their own lunch and touring the kitchen and the best part the ginormous freezer!

kneading the dough

Adding the sauce

sprinkling the cheese

Tadaaa- cheese pizza

Brrrrrr, its cold in here.

Say Cheese

SeaLife

While everyone was baking, frying, roasting a turkey....we went to......drum roll please... Legoland, SeaLife! Look we are desi we have to get our money's worth out of our season passes. People take thier kids to the playground on a lazy afternoon, we head over to Legoland! =D haha.

So..SeaLife is a part of Legoland.  It is an interactive aquarium and great for younger kids. I thought it was just another aquarium, but it was so much fun with the kids and Dadoo(grandma) had equally enjoyed it, maybe even more =),  There was a slide sliding over the aquarium. You could see the octopus up close and personal. Have conversation with the sea stars.  There were lego creations through out the aquarium, like divers and xmas trees in the water and the fish swimming around. The kids and dadoo had fun petting the sea stars (they are not called starfish) the crabs, and sea anemone! 

Some of the exhibits looked like snow globes with fish in them, too bad I couldn't pick them up and shake them! We ended up spending most of our time in the Shark Tank.  IT was really neat. They made a tunnel out of glass and you felt like you were walking with the fish.  Feeding time rolled around while we were watching the fish swim over us.  It was amazing to watch sting rays eat lunch and sharks eat lunch. Watching the big fish snatch food from the little fish.  The little fish should be happy the bigger fish are eating their food, otherwise they will be lunch!

I personally love seeing tropical fish. They are so bright and so much fun to look at!

mother and son!

fish tank on the right and left and haseeb sliding through the middle.

Proof of legos

lego xmas tree in the tank

Umair and Haseeb in the snow globe!

Sea Star, NOT starfish!

Octopus!!

Head of octopus

petting a rock crab

she loved every minute of this...

trying to pet a stingray

hammerhead shark

All of us in the glass tunnel

snow globe with clown fish, found nemo!=)

=D

Just lyin around

another snow globe Haseeb

exploring

Gone with the wind....

It is November 21st, seriously where has time gone. We have been here for almost 3 months. I can't  believe it. The past 2 weeks have been busy with the grandparents and rainy weather. It has rained here so much! I spoke with one of the mom's from Umair's school and she said this is unusual for this much rain right now.  I guess the snow followed me to California in the form of RAIN! =S

We went to the San Diego Eid Celebration on Sunday.... It was so cold and windy and rainy...=( The kids had fun though. No pictures. I didnt want to take my hands out to take a picture. Sorry I will do better next time.

Cast comes off!

Three weeks flew by and the cast comes off...=) yahhhhhh!

sawing it off....

look at that tiny arm...

hard to straighten and put down..=)

Eid Mubarak!

Its our first Eid in San Diego. Unfortunately the weather was not so cooperative. It rained here, Alhamdulillah it was after prayer. Prayer was insane.  There were so MANY people, over 5000 people, mA.  It was like being a needle in a haystack. haha. Good thing I didn't lose Haseeb! =)

Haseeb is not wearing shalwar kameez because it didnt fit over his cast :( otherwise they would have all matched. oh well next Eid, iA.

Tide pools in the Aquarium

Its the first full weekend of the month, that means free admission for Bank Of America cardholders to selected museums....why wouldn't you take advantage of that.  We headed over to Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, CA.  This was my first time going to La Jolla.  Talk about saving the best for last...not the aquarium but the beach, the views, breathtaking!

As soon as you walk in to the aquarium they have a balcony overlooking La Jolla beach. I could sit there for hours. So pretty. There were so many surfers in the water by the pier and I believe a surfing class.  Surfers trying to catch some waves. Alot of patience required.

The kids had a good time. Umair was fascinated by the whole aquarium. His favorite part was the tide pool. Both Haseeb and Umair got to touch sea cucumbers, seastars, sea anemone, snails, and other sea animals that live in the San Diego tide pools.

Umair's expression while seeing the sea cucumber is priceless

seastars

We walked through the hall of fishes and ended at the shark tank. 

Seahorses~

Finding Nemo:)

Surreal looking seadragons

Fun day for all us.

holding hands=) at the end of the day!

Reclaimed Waters

Anyone know what reclaimed waters are? A few weeks ago we got a postcard in the mail inviting the neighborhood to the this water purification plant for a tour.  I thought it was through the city or the state.   The crazy parent I am, I thought it would be a great learning experience for the kids. We went, it was pouring rain but we still wanted the kids to have an educational experience.
So like I said I thought it was a place where the city sent the water and turned it in to drinking water....I was wrong.  They are actually independently owned and provide a service to the city.  They take toilet water or drain water and purify it and turn in to non potable water.  When this water is purified, they sell it to the many golf course to fill their ponds and water their greens. They told us anywhere we see purple faucets or sprinklers, it is reclaimed waters.  We were told eventually thier plan is to take toilet water and turn it in to drinking water...like they do in JAPAN!
So next time you step on your 18 hole golf course or fall in to a man made pond....something to think about... =) haha

Guess whats in the green cylinders?