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2014 has official begun and while we are expecting a few challenges, we are also looking forward to some fun. We started out the year right, with morning cuddles, a morning nap (in turns) and calls to Italy. When we were all up and awake, we tried to drag our “home-buddy” outside. As always, it was a struggle. He played with Kelton for a few minutes fist, then we tried to visit the Birch Aquarium. Despite the messages on their website, the aquarium was closed, so we ended up going to Torrey Pines Gliderport, just down the street.

It was quite windy, so there was only a lone paraglider trying to launch. We watched, and waited, then waited and watched some more. There were many false starts, but we still held out hope.

Finally, another couple of guys showed up, and took off, but quickly disappeared below the cliffs. Definitely not the best day for flying or watching. So, we went explore the cliff overlooking Black Beach. Keegan had a lot of fun climbing up and down the rocks, and even discovered a little “canyon-like” passage. It turns out he likes to “hike” only when climbing is involved. We’ll have to find some other places like that nearby, and maybe one day we’ll be exploring finger canyons in Utah, which I always wanted to do.

Even if I did not wear the right shoes or clothes, I went along with him.

Wearing our new clothes, a New Year tradition, we all posed for photos in front of the seemly endless blue ocean.

It was another “beautiful day in Paradise” as they like to say here, and we could not ask for more. There is no other place we would rather be on New Year’s Day (or any other days), especially when most of the country is experiencing a 40 year old Arctic storm system.

I went to work on January 2, but Keegan was home till January 6. However, the short week felt even shorter because I had to take the following day off for my dental implant procedure. It was not fun, for sure, but being able to sleep all day, undisturbed? Priceless!

We took it easy on the weekend, but we finally made it to Birch Aquarium (third time is a charm). It was quiet and not crowded. Jellyfish and Seahorses are always my favorites.

As always Keegan breezed through the exhibits and tanks, lingering instead in the interactive and multimedia section. He was interested in the California Climate Change area, pretending, with Matt, to be a newscaster for a breaking news report on California wildfires.

January 6th meant the end of his long winter break (yeah!), but not before Befana showed up and left her stocking on Keegan’s door. Now, discovering that Santa is not real, translated also in not believing in Befana either. In fact, we bought together the car he wanted Befana to bring him. Of course, this does not mean we can skip it!

So, as they say: L’epifania tutte le feste si porta via! (Epiphany takes away all the holidays) and with the cleaning up of the holiday decorations we are now ready the face the new year.

Wishing everyone a wonderful 2014!

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