Spring Break Carlsbad, San Diego

 We decided to go to Carlsbad for a few days

during Spring Break. I took a chance and rented a condo right off

the beach on VRBO and boy did I get a deal! Alot cheaper than a hotel room

and had 2 bedrooms and was soooo nice. We will definitely be coming back. This is Mia's 

excited face when she was her very own bedroom and then I told her Kellan was going to be going next to

her and she could not believe she had to share a room! But by the last day, Rick and I could hear both of them in their just giggling at eachother in the morning and she told me how fun it was for Kellan to be in the same room with her.

 view from the condo

 

living room 

this was Kellan on the first day.. sitting on the towel and would not get off or get in the sand, 

he would even cry if he got dirt on his leg. The second picture is the next day when he was running into the waves. It was so cute! 

 Bre came with the kids and met us ( she's just a few minutes away) Mia was VERY excited to

have some cousins to play with. She loved it!!

 this goof ball at breakfast, his hair was so super curly on the trip!

 Laith burying Mia in the sand

 Kellan on the first day--- not wanting to move an inch

 dad and Kellan

 cousin time

 debating on going in the sand

 yay he did it!!! 

 and he's off 

 Laith and Mia

 we love the beach!

 we decided to go to the Wild Animal Park and the butterfly garden was

going on so that was fun!

 Kellan LOVED the butterflies 

 and the best part was the Lorikeets to feed!

 something unique there is that you get to go on a safari 

around the park to see the animals in their natural habitat. Pretty awesome.

 we happened to be eating lunch when they let this cheetah out for a walk! 

 fun!!

 Kellan's first time on one!

 Last night in Carlsbad, we walked around downtown, ate at an amazing pizza place 

and played one last time on the beach so I got these fun pictures!

 curly cue

 We set the camera up haha

my favorite. Fun little trip!!!We will be back. Carlsbad was so cute

and the beach was beautiful. 

Kellan is 15 months old and the Clark County Fair

 Kellan is 15 months. Stats: 33 inches tall 23.9 lbs

40% weight 97% height. He's my cutie blue eyed wild boy. 

He says thank you, binkie are you, Mia are you, bear are you,

sings Let it Go from Frozen at the top of his lungs around the house,

says Hi Bent to the dog, please, get it mom, this, these, ball, kittie, Spock,

baseball, basketball, walk, eat dinner, all done, milk, mine, and more I just can't think right now.

 He's got a million teeth coming in at the same time so it's constant drooling

 start of a whine...

 he also says uh oh and oh boy and gets really excited and makes an excited face 

when he gets something really yummy. 

 this is where he spends most of his day, in the pantry finding food to eat.

He is also now able to climb up on my toy storage and then jump on my bed, so 

I moved the toy storage away from the bed and he did a Spiderman fly through the air to the bed,

missed it and slid down the bed holding onto my bedspread. I need training for this stuff. I feel very unprepared.

 Mia had Art Night at school where parents can "buy" their art

for $5.00 a piece and eat horderves and dress up like they are in an art gallery.

It's pretty cute and I LOVE the self portrait. My third graders always laugh at them every

year when they get put up until I tell them a a 5 year old made it and then they are pretty shocked. 

 thought we lost Spock again, nope found another cupboard

 We went to Container Park with Grandma B and it

was pretty cool , had a huge tree house to climb, lots of play areas and

cool restaurants and shops. It's pretty fun.

 off to the fair! We had to do a quick trip cause of 

Rick's schedule but I just wanted the kids to pet the animals.

Kellan had to put his little finger in each cage and could not miss one, there 

were about 35 bunnies and he had to pet each little one and say ooooh baby it was so

cute!

 cutest thing ever!! Look at the little ones on the bottom. Wilbur!!

I love the fat pigs( not enough to stop eating ham) but they are sooo cute!We started

Spring Break finally geez so we will be doing some fun things this week. 

My Birthday

 Turning 35 is interesting. I definitely feel 135 some days.I feel like I'm on

the movie Groundhog Day ( which ages me right there since some people have never seen that movie) 

 and do the same thing over and over again, but 

summer is coming soon so hopefully I can chill some. Rick and I are on

completely opposite schedules which is great for Kellan but not good for the two of us.

This is the closest we got to a picture for my bday. We hung out with the kids ( Rick took the weekend off

so he could hang out) and we got to go out on a date so that was nice. 

 His face cracks me up in this pic. This kid whines at me ALL day long,

just me, nobody else. 

 Mia always loves a birthday party! She is sooo funny. She now calls

Kellan Pip Squirt and says come on Pip Squirt let's go play in my room.
It cracks me up. 

 I went from a child who is such a perfectionist and has to be constantly clean to 

a kid who is now placing things on his head and laughs when whatever is inside pours down his face.

I love this picture, because of Mia's face in the background. That's because he splattered a tiny piece of pudding and it got on her and she now has to change her whole outfit. Oh and somebody put one of Kellan's pjs in HER hamper and she freaked out and could not believe one of us put his dirty clothes on hers. They are 

complete opposites. 

this cup stayed up there for about 30 minutes. He is obsessed with balls and

 Rick is going to get a video because he has never seen the foot /ball coordination in a kid so young

it's amazing the way he dribbles the ball while running

He also loves the cat so much and tries sitting on him now but by the time he scoots backward and gets himself comfortable, the cat is already down the hall and Kellan lands on the hard floor upset. 

He's a major handful, good thing he's so cute!