Monterey Bay Aquarium

Wednesday my Mom, Kerri, Aidan, Nathan and I headed to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

                  Nathan really enjoyed checking out all the fish.

                               At the touch pools. the water was a little cold.

                           touching a bat ray, it was too far away for Nathan to reach.

                                 
                               bouncing on the water bed  to feel the waves.

                     More fun in the under 2 play area.

There was this great little cove at the sea turtle exhibit that the boys had a blast crawling into.

 Thursday my parents watched Nathan while Dave and I went to a boat/RV show. We had a good time checking out some of the new features of the 2011 wake boarding boats. That evening we joined Dave's parents for dinner at Mavericks for some yummy tri tip. I think it was the longest I had ever left Nathan for. I missed him but is was nice to have some time for just Dave and I.

Best Friends

My favorite part about our visit was getting to spend so much time with Kerri and her boys. It was my first time with Liam and he is such a cutie. Nathan absolutely loved his cousin Aidan. It really makes me wish we could live closer so that they could spend more time with each other. My parents had to car/bikes and Nathan would jump onto his car anytime he saw Aidan ready to go and they would spend all their time riding around the house.

The Jungle

Monday my parents watched all the boys so that we could go shopping at the outlets. I loved being able to go shopping with Kerri. It was great to have someone to help me find some cute clothes. We even stopped and had IN-N-OUT for lunch, yum!

Tuesday we decided to try out a children s play place called The Jungle Island. Nathan had a blast!

                                                   In the small ball pit.

                                     going down the slide with Grandpa Bell

                              exploring with Grandpa Bell.

                             Nathan loved the giant ball pit.

                                                    Aidan and Nathan

Children's Discovery Museum

We spent the last week in California visiting our families. We had a great time visiting both Dave's and my family. I tried to have several activities planned for the week so we weren't just sitting around the house all the time.  Even my sister was able to take the week off and spend the whole time with us in Hollister. We flew into California friday night and Nathan did great on the plane. He did insist on on closing the airplane windows after Dave showed him that the shutter went up and down.
 Saturday morning we meet Kerri and her boys at the Children's Discovery Museum in San Jose. We had a great time exploring. After a full day Dave and I headed over to his parents for some dinner. Here are some of the highlights from our trip to the Museum.

                                          Nathan playing in the building room.

                                          
  Nathan loved the water room and was totally soaked after a couple minutes.

His favorite part was putting a ball on the track and then watching it come flying back at him.

We then went upstairs to the toddler room. Where Nathan  spent most of his time throwing the balls into this funnel.

                                                   
                                                 Exploring and climbing.

                                                        Building with Aidan.

 

                          We sure did have fun spending the day with Aidan and Liam.