So when we left Tahoe, the kids thought we were going home. They had no idea we had vacation part two coming up. Somehow we (I) managed to keep my mouth shut about this part of the trip for months. Betsy and I planned behind the scenes and we even said our goodbyes in Tahoe.
We got to the airport and managed to check in on Southwest without the kids realizing it just yet. We don't normally fly Southwest so that was a potential for them to figure it out. We went to the gate but sort of hung out away from the seating area so there weren't big signs saying where the plane was going. When we had to switch gates, Kyle and Emily still didn't catch on. I think they must have been so exhausted from skiing and they had no reason to suspect a surprise extra vacation since I sent our beach stuff ahead of time.
Sitting at the gate reading their books
Boarding
As we boarded the plane, the flight attendant flat out asked the kids if they were going to San Diego. Kyle replied, "no" and kept on walking. Totally oblivious. Then when the pilot came on and said that our flight was going to San Diego, Kyle looks over at me and says "they said we are going to San Diego". And that was it. The kids then wrote it off as a connection to get home since we had to connect to get to Tahoe.
We got off the plane in San Diego and the kids still didn't think anything of it. Whenever we flew back home to San Diego, we were always in a different terminal since the kids never flew Southwest until this trip. We went down to baggage, kids still thinking nothing of it. We figured this was a good time to tell them. So we asked them if they wanted to stay in San Diego and of course they did. So we did. And it was awesome!
So after we picked up Betsy's car, we headed to Lucha Libre for some glorious burritos that we have missed so much. We then went to the kids old school and watched their talent show because Emily's best friend was performing.
Needless to say Aaron was exhausted after a long day of travel and awesomeness.
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