Two dollars an hour seems a little steep, and have I just been asleep for the last decade?  Do all parking meters take credit cards now?  (FWIW – I wish the note on the left-hand meter was legible in the photo.  We saw the couple that left it.  It is something along the lines of “Dear Officer, We don’t have any change and the meter did not accept any of our credit cards.”  Good luck with that.)

No charge for uncorking your own bottle.

Gail and Josh.

Protecting the fruit plate.

Ahhhh … V is for victory.

Nana and Jack.

McKenna slept through the birthday presents.

Looking out over the ocean.

Laguna Beach, a place where kids can run around.  Literally.

More running.  (Was that the box with the GPS?  I thought it was cool.  )

Opening birthday presents was capped off with a few more late Christmas presents.

The end.

Ladera Ranch had a pretty good looking Mr. and Mrs. Claus this year.

Of course, if you’ve never met them before, they’re a pretty scarey pair.  Let’s face it, if you didn’t know who they were and you ran into them, say in front of a Taco Bell, you’d give them a pretty wide birth.  Notice how Megan is pretty much trying to bury herself into her mother.  That’s what I’m talking about.

Can’t open presents until we finish breakfast.  On her plate, coffee cake, eggs and potatoes.  The coffee cake was the main staple, she gave the eggs and potatoes just enough token attention to move onto the next round of activities.

Enjoying coffee cake …

The rainbow colored stamp pad was cool, but definitely wasn’t the hit of the morning.

Nor was the deluxe two-person red wagon, with canopy, in the big box on the right of the picture.

Mom got a blanket …

There was also food for Megan’s refrigerator.

Gotta love Melissa and Doug …

The present of the day, though, was Dora’s house, with a full set of accessories.  (Thanks Stacey & Mike!)

Although there were a few bumps in the road, a wonderful time was had by all!