Father's Day

Yeah I know I'm a little behind on the posting here, but I thought it would make more sense if I kept the posts in order.  So here's Father's Day, in a couple of days I'll post about this past weekend, and then maybe by the weekend you'll get the fun we've had for the week....my first week of summer vacation :)

So Father's Day
We ended up going over to Peter's parents' home.  Connor really likes playing in water, so he went for a "swim" in a bucket of water and squirt toys.  He also enjoyed running through the water while Grandma watered her plants.

When water play was over dinner was ready.  We got Connor all cleaned up and sat down for dinner.  At the end of dinner the guys went out for a walk while the gals cleaned up.  When they returned Connor tried climbing on a chair and I noticed that he had what looked like poop marks on the back of his clothes.  Peter then says, "Grandpa and I took turns carrying Connor on our shoulders during the walk."  Peter turns around and Laurel and his mom tell him he has poop on his shoulders.  Not believing them he asks me...yep you do.  Still in disbelief he runs to a mirror and takes a look...sees it and starts grossing out.  David is also checked and his shirt was the worst.  David hopped in a shower and Peter was handed a new shirt.  I took care of Connor...it was the biggest poopy diaper I've changed in a long time.  No wonder it leaked so badly.  We then decided it was time to go home.  Peter needed a shower and Connor needed a bath.  It was an unexpected Father's Day gift :)

San Diego County Fair

Yesterday we went to the San Diego County Fair.  Peter's sister Laurel works there and got us free tickets so we took advantage of the offer and went to the fair.  Peter and Connor went last year, but it had been at least 15 years since I went last.  After we arrived we put sunscreen on Connor and then boarded the bus to take us from the free parking to the fairgrounds.  When we arrived we noticed Connor had gotten a free tattoo.  Peter was holding the fair pamphlet and the ink rubbed onto Connor's sun screened skin and stuck.  It took two baths to finally get most of it off.

We checked out the animals first.  There were rows and rows of chickens.  Some had fluffy feathers others looked pretty normal, this gal had a great hairdo.

We saw some sheep getting sheared, then they put jackets on them or big shirts.

I liked the garden area.  This was a cool design...three leaves held up like this with rubber bands. 

 I thought it was quite neat looking.

I think this one won second place.

Down the center of the room were tables lined with Dahlias, roses, orchids and many more.

After taking a look at the inside garden we headed over to the stage where David and his troop were doing some folk dancing.

Connor enjoyed a splash fest in the fountain.

He thought the water tasted pretty good too.

Then we went to the woodworking area.  I thought this was pretty awesome.  All the different colors of leaves are pieces of inlaid wood. 

Peter loved this, also all different pieces of wood.

Then we went to the outside garden.  I really liked these too.  This year's fair theme is Out of This World.  So here we have E.T. in the garden.

This is a picnic with helmet aliens-it took first place.

An astronaut made out of watermelon, zucchini and tomatoes.

Succulent chairs

A new drip water system with zucchini growing out of it.

Another fun succulent garden

Connor and grandpa feeding the cow.

 Connor enjoyed feeding the animals.

After an extremely short morning nap on the way to the fair, he crashed as soon as we got in the car to head home.

We were all exhausted!  It was a great day.

Ikea

We went to Ikea today.  Connor had a blast playing in the kid's section.  He really enjoyed playing with this mini kitchen and all its accessories.  Connor pulled all the pots and pans out of the cupboards and started playing with them on the stove.  The stove had two little buttons that when pushed in the burners would light up.  I thought that was pretty cool and Connor agreed.

Check out all the food accessories.  These were super cute.  Notice the fish filet.  There was a hamburger kit, veggie and fruit kit, sweet tooth kit, and a breakfast kit.  There were also packaged pans/pots with lids, rolling pins, egg beaters, spatulas, etc. all kid sized.

"Santa" took careful note of the toy Connor played with more than anything else.

The past few days

               While out walking with Daddy, Connor spotted the waterfall next to the pool.

Laurel came over on Thursday and brought several beets with her.  David and Diana are out of town so their garden is free range :)  Connor really enjoyed the beet. He also fell down and got a big bruise on his forehead.

Right after vacuuming the house Connor thought it would be fun to go outside, and uproot some geraniums and carnations.  He then stomped through the soil and across the carpet.  Why is it that he chose to do this after I had vacuumed?

Connor went into the cupboard and pulled out what he wanted to drink with dinner.  It was really cute, he tried holding it up for Daddy but it's really heavy (I missed the picture on that one) so he sat down and started to play with the bottle instead.

This morning we went over to water the garden for Peter's parents.  While we were there we picked a zucchini, some peas, an apricot and Connor spotted the blueberry bush.  He enjoyed a few blueberries.

I was looking at another plant which kind of resembled beans (yet there weren't any bean sprouts) I was down low and picked up part of a plant and in a flash a little bunny went flying out from basically where my hand was and darted across the yard.  Needless to say I screamed and jumped back.  Man he was fast!  Peter laughed, "It's only a little bunny."  I wasn't afraid of the bunny, it just caught me by surprise.  He later said, "Yeah I probably would've screamed too."

Connor plays

Where did the alligator go?

I can see it

 

There it is!  Gotcha!

 

Just taking a look at the world from a different perspective.

"Ooooh" Sprinklers!

This picture doesn't quite do him justice...but Connor is all wet and grinning from ear to ear.

Some of Connor's favorite things include putting various animals but especially the alligator into pockets.  We play this at church all the time and he gets a kick out of it.  This time we were at home and he didn't have a pocket so it went down the front of his shirt.  He thought it was equally fun.

He also likes to point out all sprinklers on our walks or just walking from the car to the house.  Grandma and Grandpa had their sprinklers going so Connor decided to play in them a little bit.  He was having a grand old time and didn't mind getting wet at all...this was the evening and I was wrapped in a blanket trying not to freeze and my kiddo was playing in the sprinklers.  The cold didn't phase him one bit.

Happy Mother's Day

I got the link to this from a friend at church...it was too funny, I had to share.

Happy Mother's Day!

18 months old today!

Connor turned 18 months old today...and most of us know what that means...today was his first day of NURSERY!!!!  Since about 12 months old Connor has been quite a wiggle worm and one of us is often found roaming the halls of church with him.  Well not much today.  He lasted through most of sacrament meeting and then it was time to drop him off at nursery.  Can you guess who was the most nervous of the family?  Was it Daddy, Mommy or Connor?  I'll give you a hint, Mommy has been counting down the weeks for awhile now and Connor saw a room filled with toys and other small people.  Connor had a small melt down at the door when he had to get his hands and face wiped before entering the fun room, but then Colette came and got him and that was the last we saw of him for the next two hours.

Peter wanted to go and sit with Connor, but I suggested we just let him go and if they need us they'll come and find us.  The lady in charge of guarding the door (Kimberly) suggested the same.  So Peter and I enjoyed Sunday School together (this is a first in about 6 months).  Though every time the chapel doors opened both of our heads turned to the doorway.  After that block was over we headed to the nursery to look through the peep hole and see how Connor was doing.  Colette was walking toward the room with snack and she said they were currently in singing time but Connor was doing well.  So we didn't look in.  Peter went to Priesthood and I went to Relief Society.  With about 10 minutes left of Relief Society I hear a familiar cry in the hall (I was sitting by the door).  The door opened and Colette motions for me to go outside.  She tells me Connor had just melted down and had only been crying for about two minutes.  He was clearly exhausted and in much need of a nap.  She said he did very well.  I took him and we wiped his face down and then stopped at the drinking fountain (this is one of Connor's new favorite things to do at church-not sure if he actually drinks much though).  I was at the drinking fountain when Amy walked by and said Connor did very well.  They had just gotten back from a walk and were getting a drink when Connor had a melt down.  She thought maybe he just wanted more to drink.

All in all it sounded like Connor had a great time.  He came home and was too tired for lunch.  He just wanted to take a nap.

After his nap we went and visited with Grandma B.  Connor enjoyed getting wet by the pool, taking the garbage out and playing in boxes.

Grandma and Grandpa got their pool redone recently.  With it darker it warms up quicker.  We're expecting warm weather this week and plan on swimming soon.  Today the pool was 75 degrees and we've only had a couple of warm days lately.

The Huntington

Peter, Connor, Chris, Claire, Diana, Laurel and Nancy (Diana's neighbor) went to the Huntington today.  Nancy had never been there before.  They had a great time enjoying the garden, library and museum.

I played with magnetic sand

Ran my fingers through the nice cool fountains

Looked at some big fish

And pointed out some other neat things

I enjoyed exploring the world

Then on the way home we got stuck in traffic so we stopped at Bass Pro Shops for dinner and because Chris had never been before. I enjoyed exploring the shop.