Wow. What a busy week we have had! We're planning a trip up to Northern California to visit Sean's grandparents and between that, chasing a nearly mobile 11 month old and an active toddler, I am beat!
I spent almost all of August dreaming of cooler weather and an apple picking trip but I guess I waited too late to actually get there. The day we were set to arrive, I checked their website and all of the "u-pick" trees had been all picked out. :( We were super bummed (no one more than me)but decided it was the perfect opportunity to make a trip to The Living Desert.
The weather has finally dropped out of the 100's and it was actually pretty nice to be out. Patrick loved getting to see all of the animals and play in the little playground they had inside the park.
Natalie did great, too. She was particularly amazed by all of the birds. We took her into several of the aviaries and she would get bouncy and point to all of the birds she saw. It is seriously amazing to watch my sweet, squishy baby turn into a little alert toddler. Neither one of them ever seize to amaze me.
I love watching Patrick start to really interact with Natalie and play with her more. While we were there, he'd point out the owls, "scary birds", told her to "Ay Dios Mio, be careful" more than once. I'm happy to see all the Spanish is rubbing off on him. :) While we took a break from all of the exploring to let Patrick play in the little playground, I sat Natalie down in this rope jungle gym thing that was supposed to look like a spider web. Patrick dropped what he was doing and came running towards her because, "Oh no, Na-ee! The big bug is coming!" and he wanted to protect her. Ah, he melts my heart.
When we were getting ready to leave, Patrick discovered that there were rocks along the trail. I'd scold him when he'd grab one and he was fine with it the first time. The second time, he stopped walking and made his way to the fence where he sat down. I asked him what was wrong and he told me, "Patrick is sad." I'd get him happy again and sure enough, he'd grab a rock and I'd scold and he'd get sad. Each time he'd narrate it- "Mommy, Patrick sad again. No rocks. Sad face!"
This was my favorite picture of the day because it just captures him so well. My Grandma always tells him that Hollywood is missing out on a great actor with all that dramatic talent he has. Gets it from his Momma, I think. :)
We've got a pumkin patch adventure planned for this weekend and I am super excited for it. Happy weekend, everybody!
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