Monday, July 23, 2007

Trip to San Jose

Trevor and I just got back from our week in San Jose, accompanying John on his work travel (John is still up there working over the next week too). Here's some highlights from our trip:


Pro: Lots of yummy restaurants in the area (and tons of Indian food)
Con: Trevor was off and on not amused while sitting in restaurants and has developed a screaming banshee type way of letting us know
Bonus Pro: He does approve of places that serve rice because you can pick each piece up and put it into a cup. And then take it out again.



Pro: San Jose area had tons of stuff to check out while John was at work, such as the Museum of Quilting and Textiles (they were having a war exhibit)
Con: Trevor thought he should be able to run around and feel all the objects. At times he'd use before mentioned banshee scream to note his opinion.



Pro: There was a Gymboree play gym near by and Trevor and I got to go to one of the classes.
Con: ... um... no con. He loved it and played himself silly.






Pro: We got to visit the Winchester Mystery House (was home to Mrs. Winchester of the Winchester Rifle Winchester). She had it in continuous construction and odd structural decisions to ward off spirits of those killed by the rifles.
Con: Trevor decided that he was not amused part way through and proceeded with some screaming banshee.
Bonus Pro: This was short lived and he quickly conked out.


Pro: Aaron and Emily live somewhat nearby so they drove in to visit and we took a trip with them to the Kwik-E-Mart (Simpsons movie promotion)
Con: No cons. Mmm... electric pink donuts...








Pro: We went on a hike through a pretty area with lots of trees and pretty views.
Con: John read that it was only an 800 ft elevation gain, but turns out it was gaining and losing 800 ft over and over again... and evidently Trevor is pretty heavy going up hill.




Pro: Trevor was worn out by the time we left for home and slept most of the way. Proving his love for his mommy who was braving the 6 hour drive with him alone.


Con: N/A





And for the finale, here's a video of Trev and John playing in a grassy area. The number of parks and play areas around was a definate pro. And we could go to them in the middle of the day without the crazy death heat temperatures.


5 comments:

Shelley said...

We went to the Winchester Mystery House too when we were out there...kind of cooky!

Looks like you did a good job at finding things to keep you busy! Trevor must be a pretty good go with the flow kind of kid.

E said...

John was wrong AGAIN when it came to the how long a hike is.

Jeff Scott said...

John's quality of dress has shown a marked decrease during the week since you left us, Jasmine. He needs you to come back and do his laundry and/or dress him. I'm not sure if he's capable of doing either unsupervised.

You may also be interested (or perhaps alarmed) to learn that he has acquired the nickname "Ass Wang" from his counterparts on the day shift.

John said...

I'm SHOCKED... just shocked, at the inappropriate comments being made on this blog. This is the internet people! It's no place to air your petty personal grievances!

Bunch of *#%@ers...

Shelley said...

Hey, we've been meaning to tell you that we now have a Big City Burrito about a mile from our house...You can think of us every week as we hit 'potato burrito Monday'!

(Is that motivation enough to get you to move to Colorado?)