The Maldonados

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Why Yes My Bed Doubles as a Slide

Croix decided his bed doubles as a slide. How creative my little one is!

This video was when I first caught him!

Lipstick

Croix found some lipstick and promptly proceeded to eat and destroy the entire stick.

Did I mention this all went down in a basket of clean laundry....not so clean any more!

We have a few friends who live on the west side. We decided it was time to make the trek out there to visit, especially since one family had a brand new baby and two other families had babies we had not yet met. First we met up with the Gunnells. They have twins the same age as Croix, and a brand new little love. I sure did enjoy soaking up some of his newborn sweetness! I as always admired my friend who is the mother of twin toddlers, a new born, and has a husband in the thick of med school meaning he is not avaliable to help. Yet she did not complain, just acknowledged that this is a hard time in their lives but it will not last forever. She's such an example to me! Croix loved playing with his buddies Max and Kate. Brent had a good time catching up with Phil. It was nice to stop by, visit, and catch up with each other. We spent the morning playing, chatting, and snuggling (with with baby Rhett).

Croix especially loved their train. He would have stayed in it all day had I let him. Then we did a quick lunch and nap time. From there we headed off to lunch with Brent's old roommate, Sven and his wife. We had a great time chatting and catching up. I had forgotten how funny Sven is! Croix had a lot of fun in their play place. I had to go rescue him a couple times because he could get up, but not down. Finally he figured out how to go down the slide! He got a yellow (his favorite color) balloon and thoroughly entertained himself the whole way to our next stop.

From there we headed to meet up with some of Brent's long time friends, and their families. I failed to pull out my camera but trust me Croix had a blast with all of their kids! We had fun eating a delicious dinner and catching up with our friends. It was a long day to be sure, but well worth the sacrifice, to visit with so many great people!

In a Cubbie Hole

Oh this child! He is a monkey if ever there was one. His new thing is climbing into a cubbie hole in our book shelf!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Marilyn

My friend that trades housekeeping with me is one of Croix's favorite people. When he asks for people it usually goes in this order
Daddy
Papa
Grandma
Marilyn
He anxiously awaits her arrival every Tuesday morning.

This window is by our front door and looks out to our walkway.

All By Himself

This is Croix half way in the toilet...because he wants to go potty all by him self...no help...not even his little toilet seat. He sends us out of the bathroom and does his business. ALL BY HIMSELF. This child cracks me up! I love him more than words.

Museum of Natural History

We went to the Museum of Natural History with Croix. He LOVED it!

Panning for gold

Checking out the gold we found

Uncovering dinosaur bones

Checking out the old jail.

They have a huge dinosaur display, both of bones and of large/live size models of the dinosaurs.

Growling at the dinosaurs

This photo cracks me up!

All of our feet in one dinosaur footprint.

Daddy showing Croix the giant dinosaur bones.

Monday, October 31, 2011

Riding a Camel

Croix got to ride a Camel! We went to the zoo with some friends. The basically have an all access pass to the zoo where you get to do everything, including the things I'm typically too cheap to do, like ride a camel and go on the carousel. I think this was the first time we've been to the zoo that Croix actually enjoyed the animals. Before he's been more interested in the people and the trees. He (as well as me) also enjoyed being there with friends. It was a great day!