I know it was a week ago, but with all that's been going on I haven't been able to update as quickly as I'd like. I finally edited some pictures though and want to make sure I share what fun we had staying with Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop!
We were very happy to leave our house and the construction workers behind on Friday and tried to coordinate our departure with a nap for Graham. He slept maybe half the way and did a great job of entertaining himself with a couple of toys the rest of the way there. I would say it's one of the better car trips we've had with him.
We enjoyed visiting and settling in on Friday night, then it was off to the aquarium on Saturday afternoon. Graham was there last summer, but I doubt he has many memories of that - it was fun to watch him rediscover it all.
Graham was especially excited about any large fish that he saw and commented often on the "BIG ONES!" He was a little nervous about the touch-n-feel opportunities and didn't want me to touch the fish either. He did get brave and touched this little pokey plant thing...
We stopped at the gift store before leaving and got a swimming shark tub toy (fun!) and a new book for his collection that we have read almost every night since - Mister Seahorse - it gets our highest recommendations :) It's actually quite a timely story in that it talks about caring for fish eggs before they hatch, focusing on the fish in which the father is the one that carries this burden....what an interesting idea! (tee hee)
On Sunday morning Graham and I made our way to the beach/ocean for a visit. Graham has no trouble walking right up to the water, but has a nice and healthy fear to not get too close or into the water. The noise still scares him a little bit, but he decided it was very fun to pick up and throw rocks into the ocean.
We also made some fishy sand castle-type things...
We went Sunday and Monday mornings and were there before the crowds arrived so it was really nice. As you can see by his outfit, it was considerably cooler on the coast than it was at home - I loved it!
This trip we also decided to try letting Graham use my iPod Touch (with some supervision) to watch his favorite tv show - Jack's Big Music Show. He needed a couple of reminders to just watch and not touch, but did such a great job that we also used it on the drive home when he prematurely woke up from his nap.
This is very exciting as I look ahead to future plane travels :) Graham also watched an episode or two of Jack on my computer - here he is watching with Pop-Pop...
Graham was also presented with that really awesome quilt that Mum-Mum made for his big boy bed and I don't think anyone could have anticipated just how excited he would be about it.
He wanted to hide in it, play in it like a fort, and just generally loved rolling around with it! Of course it helps that it is covered in airplanes :)
He is very lucky to have such a talented Mum-Mum that makes him such special things like this quilt - we all really appreciate the hard work that went into it!
Thanks again Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop for a very fun and relaxing weekend on the coast (I think I forgot to mention that I was able to get away for some shopping at the outlet mall all by myself - heaven!!) We had a great time and look forward to seeing you again soon :)




