My mom got this toy from either my nephew or someone else. DS#3 is really into trains right now, and he really loved this toy. He was taking the string and going all around the house with it. It makes noise too, by the way, but it's not too loud and therefore we tolerated it fine. He also discovered Thomas the Tank Engine videos. The last time my parents tried to play the videos, he was very disinterested, maybe because there's a lot of narrating and not enough "action". This time, he actually preferred the Thomas videos to seeing episodes of "Dora the Explorer" and "Go, Diego, Go", so that's a HUGE change for him.
Our reason for visiting was that my Dad's birthday was on Friday. My mom also turned it into a celebration of the June birthdays in our family. As you can see, we have quite a few. Throw in Father's Day and my wedding anniversary and we do a lot of celebrating in June.Notice the smiley face chocolate chip cookie cake made by my niece E with my Mom. Someone decided to include one candle for each birthday boy instead of loading up the cookie with candles. Smart idea! For once, my nephew is the reluctant one in this photo instead of DS#2.
On Saturday morning, my Mom decided to go water her plants in the backyard. DS#3 really wanted to go outside, so this was perfect. We thought for sure he would be out there playing with the water and the hose, but to our surprise, he wouldn't go anywhere near that hose! He did run around the backyard instead, stopping to look at what Mom was doing. Oh, and I have a funny story. My kids call my Mom and Dad, "Lola and Lolo" in the Filipino fashion. DS#3 was in a copycat mood this weekend. He was mimicking what people were saying. He even said "See You Later" to my Mom when we went to the Children's Museum. Well, instead of calling her "Lola", a couple of times he called her "Mom", as in "Hi, Mom!" Too cute! He is starting to be able to say his siblings names instead of his generic name "Ah-ya". It's been amazing what he's been able to say that he wasn't able to say before!
The girl cousins all spent the night at my sister M's house on Friday. I met them at the Houston Children's Museum with DS#3. That museum is amazing! I have fond memories of that place from when we were members when DS#1 was a toddler. He used to take little classes there and we were there all the time. It's expanded quite a bit recently and there was so much to do and see.The girls were going from one activity to another pretty quickly, although they did spend a lot of time at "Kidtropolis" where it's basically like a small "city" with a bank, grocery store, police station, etc. They could accumulate "money" on their "ATM cards". Apparently my DD was very happy with how much money she had. She actually proclaimed, "I'm rich!" Oh boy, DH and I are in big trouble! :)
DS#3 always gets very spoiled when my Mom is around. She feeds him on demand, which for a "grazer" and a "snacker" like him, is just Heaven! I didn't realize that he loved blueberries, but here he is using a footstool as his table, eating blueberries. He even asked for a "fok" or "fork" to eat them with. I didn't take any photos today for my Project 365 album so I'm using this last one. We were traveling this morning and then naps (DS#3's and mine)took up the afternoon. You know your kids are spoiled when you ask them where they want to go out to eat to celebrate the end of the school year and they all choose upscale restaurants! DS#1 chose PF Chang's (Chinese), DS#2 chose Paesanos (Italian), and DD chose El Mirasol (Mexican and DH's favorite). DH chose Paesanos, one of my favorites. :)
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It looks like you had a really great time with your parents!
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