Hello! We're back from the land of the dead. Well, actually the land of the lost camera cord (and I hate posting without putting in some pictures). But, we've found the cord and we're back in business! :). These last few months have been very busy! Here are some of the things we've been up to:
Going to Las Vegas with Daddy for a work convention. Correction, Sam went to the convention while Patton and I gallivanted around the town.
Patton and I went to the Leid Children's Museum in Vegas and it was absolutely amazing!!! They had a special area just for those that are 5 years and younger, and they had everything that any toddler would LOVE to get into. Patton's flying an airplane in this pic! We start 'em off young in our house.
Another activity was putting plastic food in baskets and then paying for them. Patton just LOVES putting things in baskets and buckets, so he absolutely had a field day. . .until he realized that the food was fake. . . then he just got mad. Haha.
They even had a play bathroom for the kids to play in. Patton loves to flush toilets, so he was loving it. He doesn't get to play in the bathroom at home, so this was heaven for him.
In another area, the kids could put foam blocks down the barrel and watch them fall to the floor below them. Patton is absolutely obsessed with trash cans (he'll find them in ANY house he goes in and then he'll bring them to me). He thought this was a trash can and so he was loving throwing things in the barrel.
The next day, Patton and I headed to the Mandalay Bay Aquarium. . .that boy loves aquariums and fish! I didn't get any pics because I was too busy chasing him around the aquarium, but he had a good time.
Then we headed to the conservatory in the Bellagio and looked at all the pretty flowers and fountains.
My happy boy. . . for the moment. He really wanted to run around and touch all the flowers, put at least he was happy in this picture.
On the way home, we stopped in Baker and ate some Carl's Jr. Patton was a big boy and had to sit next to Daddy the whole time. He loves his Daddy!
In another adventure, we headed down to San Diego to visit Em and cousin Luke. We went to the SeaLife Lego Aquarium. Once again, I couldn't get any pics because I was too busy wrangling Patton. But he loved it! We also had fun eating some Sprinkles cupcakes and hanging out with Em and Luke. Patton and Luke were even holding hands as they were sitting together in the car!! Here, they're enjoying their granola bars.
Most of our days we just play around the house, and it keeps the both of us so busy! I had to show a pic of Patton's awesome pimp hat! Isn't it adorable?! And he'll actually leave it on his head. . . so it's a total keeper.
We're kinda obsessed with fresh fruit smoothies in our house, and Patton's probably the one that's the most obsessed. Anytime he hears my blender in usage, he runs over to it and demands to try whatever it is I'm making. Then he makes the biggest mess ever with his smoothies! Ah, dirty boys!
Patton is definitely at that stage where he gets into everything, and his reach grows by the foot each day, I swear! Patton found the wipes in this pic while I was getting things ready for us to go swimming at Grandma's. At least wipes are easy to clean up, so I wasn't too upset.
Getting ready to go swimming at Grandma's house. This boy loves water and he loves to go swimming. It's a good thing Grandma lives so close by!
Patton LOVES his new slide that we bought for him. He'll sit on top of it and just hang out there and giggle away. It's too cute!
More pics of Patton getting into things. On this day, I left him alone for LITERALLY 5 minutes (if that) so that I could cut out some coupons. He crept into a bathroom, grabbed a roll of toilet paper, and unrolled the ENTIRE roll all over my house. He was so proud of his accomplishment! And I just laughed hysterically and took pictures!! Look at that devilish grin. Oh, I'm in for it. . . this boy is sneaky!
Another pic of the damage!
In May, Patton and I headed down to Carlsbad to hang out with Em and Luke and to go to the Carlsbad Flower Market. They had a cute tractor that takes you all around the market. The boys had a good time just looking at the flowers!
A view of the flowers looking onto the ocean.
Having so much fun! This boy has this habit of taking off his left shoe and sock, regardless of where he goes. He then of course eats them both. Boys are so gross!
Playing in the sprinklers at his twin cousins' birthday party. The twins were scared by the sprinkler, but Patton ran right up to it and stood right in the middle of it squealing away. He loves water! And excuse his mismatched outfit. I had a meeting that morning and met Sam and Patton at the party. . .Sam dressed Patton that day. Hahah!
All drenched from the sprinkler!
Patton got a little possessive of the sprinkler and decided to hit his cousin Kora in the face to move her out of his way. This pic is a classic one of him in the act. Haha!
Well, I don't want to make this post the most massive one ever, so I'm going to make a second post to share our May and April's happenings (yes, I'm that far behind!). Ah, better late than never, right?! :)
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