Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Great Park Celebration

We met up with my sister, Uncle K and j at the Great Park for their anniversary celebration.  It was supposed to start at 3 p.m. but we arrive before it opened because we knew it would get crowded.  It was pretty warm, but there was a slight breeze.  We brought the wagon, which I find quite convenient at the Great Park since there is plenty of space to move around (and there’s always a lot of swag to carry).

Our first stop was to look at the air display.

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Next the kids planted some sunflower seeds.  No Disney mugs this time, but we ended up giving those away anyway, so the compostable pots were a good idea. 

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Next stop: Food trucks.  Supposedly there were 26 of them!  I did miss the free orange sorbet that they gave away another year.

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I know I said before that I was over shaved ice, but I couldn’t resist the Tropical Shave Ice truck because I had it before, and I knew it would be good for the kids who were melting in the heat.  I ordered a POG with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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D wanted me to try the Seabirds truck’s jackfruit tacos.  I wasn’t really a fan.  It was just too weird—jackfruit posing as pork..hmm…

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Finally, we were able to try a pizza from TJ’s Woodfired Pizza truck.  It was really good, (really liked the crust) but at almost $12, pretty expensive for food truck fare.

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After our early dinner, the kids made kites and were able to fly them.  That was their first kite-flying experience, and it was lots of fun!  I was impressed with the flying ability of such a simple kite.

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Another great day at the Great Park!

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