California Trip

The three of us went down to California last week for Papa Bruce's funeral, although it was a sad time, we still enjoyed our visit. We got to see a lot of family and spend time with them, which was great. Kayden really enjoyed playing with some kids his age.

Aunt Wendy and Uncle John have a pet turtle named, Go Home Gary. So they brought him over and we got to play and hold him. It was fun.

On Saturday we were lucky enough to take Kayden to the Santa Ana Zoo, it is a very small, but perfect size for us since we didn't have a stroller. Little man had to walk or we had to carry him so the size of the zoo was perfect for us. They had a ton of monkeys and birds. They also have llama's, a cow and a horse, some goats and a train ride that we took Kayden on.

Overall, even though it was a sad reason to go to California, we still made the best of the time we had down there. Here are some pictures of our trip!

Salt Water State Park

Well, the weather man's prediction of nice and hot weather today was wrong (shocking!), but we didn't let that cancel our plans of going to the beach this afternoon. Cindy, Jim, Charlie, Kyle, Kayden and I went to the beach even though it turned grey right before we left the house. We were all hoping the sun would show back up, but it didn't. It was a bit disappointing, but we all still had a great time. Kayden and Charlie loved playing in the sand. Kayden was filling up his bucket with rocks, sand, and a few random things he found on the beach. At one point his pail was so heavy he had to drag it behind him. It was too cute. Charlie loved lifting up the rocks and looking for all the crabs. She even held one, which was fun to see. And even though the weather was a bit cloudy, that didn't stop the kids (and maybe an adult or two!) from putting their feet in the water, brrrr, it was cold.

It was just a really fun time at the beach. Can't wait for the sun to shine so we can make more visits to the local beaches. Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend.

Corn on the Cob

The other night Kyle and I had corn on the cob with our dinner. It was really yummy. Kayden thought it was pretty funny to watch Kyle eating it, he just looked at Kyle and started laughing. It was pretty funny & cute. Well, after seeing how Kyle was eating the corn, Kayden decided he would like some, which is rather unusualy since the kid doesn't usually eat dinner, so we gave him a small piece and he went to town on it. Here are a couple pictures of him eating it!

First Wish Bone

Believe it or not, Kyle and I have had a wish bone sitting in our kitchen windowsill since Turkey Day 2010! Our intentions were to have Charlie and Kayden break it, but every opportunity that we have had, the wish bone has just been forgotten. So tonight Charlie was over so we figured it was the perfect opportunity for the two to go at it, so they sat in the living room, Charlie took one side and Kayden the other, after a couple seconds of tug-o-war, Kayden was victorious. Since he is really too little to understand the concept of making a wish, Kyle took his wish and wished for Kayden to sleep through the night, so I hope the wish comes true. :)

Helping with watering the plants

Kayden just loves to help in the yard, I mean, what isn't there to love about digging in the dirt, except to poor water on the dirt first to turn it into mud! Luckily we haven't had too many messy mud days, just yet. Here are some pictures of Kayden helping me water.

Here are some pictures of Kayden helping me water the plants and flowers.

Bubbles!

We had a couple very nice days here recently, so Kayden and I took advantage of it and played outside, we had a great time. He is at that age where bubbles are the coolest thing, so Kyle had the great idea to purchase an automatic bubble machine. Kayden had so much fun with it. Here are some pictures of him enjoying his time outside.

Swim Lessons

We had Kayden's first swim lessons today and, well, it didn't really go as well as I had thought. Normally Kayden loves the water and his baths, so I thought swim lessons would be so much fun for him. Well, I was a little wrong. He didn't do so well until about half way through them. It was finally time to break out the toys and teach the kids how to rotate their arms and that finally got the tears to stop. After that it was all smiles.

Here are some pictures of Kayden waiting to get into the water.

Easter 2011

We hope everyone had a great Easter, we sure did here. We went over to a family friend's house for an hour or two then headed over to Jim & Cindy's house to spend the rest of the day. We had great food, good company and a lot of fun. Kayden searched for Easter eggs and did well, actually. Next year will be even more fun, I think, when he actually grasps the concept of finding the eggs.

Well, I'll keep this short and sweet. Hope everyone enjoyed their Easter!

Spring Fair!

The weekend before Easter the three of us went out and enjoyed a local spring fair. It was a lot of fun, but a bit disappointing since Kayden was too small to go on any of the rides. I would have loved to take him down that big slide, he would have loved it too! Oh, well, maybe next year. Even though he couldn't go on any rides, he just loved to people watch (Grandma Sally would be so proud!) and enjoyed looking at the animals. We were in one of the barns and they were lining up some sheep to be auctioned off and it baa'd right in front of Kayden and that jolted him a bit, but he didn't cry, so we moved on and looked at some cows and chickens. Kayden was able to play one of the games there, it was a fishing game, and he did really well. He even won a stuffed banana!

The little guy was so tired that he could hardly stay awake, but he managed to keep those little blue eyes open until we got in the car, then it was lights out.

Playing Outside

Well, the weather man was wrong about the weather today. He said it was going to be rainy all day, but we ended up having fabulous weather. So, I took Kayden outside to play on his new slide. He had so much fun, it was a bit cold outside, but when the weather is nice around here you take advantage of it, regardless of the temperature.

Here are some pictures of him playing outside.

Hood Canal

Kyle had last week off so we took advantage of it and went to Hood Canal. Kayden had such a great time playing on the beach and throwing rocks in the water. He just loved exploring everything, oysters, clams, rocks, sand, puddles and whatever else he could find on the beach. The cold weather didn't deter him from having a good time. By the time we were done at the beach he was covered from head to toe in sand, it even managed to find it's way into his diaper. He didn't like that so much, but really, who would. LOL. Needless to say, he had more baths in the four day period we were gone than he ever has. Ok, maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but he did have a lot of baths while we were gone. Here are some pictures of our fun trip. I can't wait for the sun to come out around here so we can go to some local beaches and have some more fun.