The Beach!

Ok, so I have to admit that a couple good things have come out of us not getting our house this week. Number one: a whole 9 days with my husband! We decided on Monday morning to take a last minute trip to the beach (carlsbad), stay overnight, and go to Legoland on Tuesday. We had so much fun! Our original plan was to take a longer vacation to the San Diego area later in the summer, but now with our housing and moving plans all up in the air, we decided we better get out whenever we can.

Dylan went to the beach with Kevin about a month ago and he was kind of scared of the whole thing. We were determined to get him in the water this time. It took about four trips down to the water just holding him for him to finally allow us to put him in the water. Once he got over being scared, he had so much fun. He didn't want to leave the water the rest of the time. My next goal is to get him over his dislike of sand. Lol, what little boy doesn't like playing in the dirt?? Mine! He hates having sand on him at all. I'm hoping he can get over it because I love building sand castles and whatnot. Here are some pictures from the beach day:

Super fun pool day

A couple days ago we were invited to our friend Ashley's family's house to go swimming. Little did we know that it was going to be the coolest pool ever! First of all it was pebble-tec and saltwater, with multiple waterfalls, a grotto, and the best of all- a slide! For about 30 minutes we were showing Dylan how "fun" it was to go down the slide but he wasn't going for it. Finally, our friend Cliff, who is happy to play the bad guy for the greater good, picked up Dylan and headed straight for the slide. They went down together and by half way down Dylan had a huge smile on his face. Of course after that it was "again" about 30 times. He wanted to go with everyone, by himself, on a raft, on a tube. It was so much fun. So thanks to Ashley and her family for having us over, and thanks to all my friends who help Dylan be adventerous. You won't see Kev in the pictures cause he had to work, but we are going back next week so that he can be involved in the fun.

This was the first time down with Cliff

With Kaley
With Cliff on a raft- I love that his arms are up!

On an inner-tube

All by himself!

And with Mom- I'm a little too excited, lol

Frustration

As I said in a previous post our house is supposed to be closing escrow on the 10th, which is this Thursday, two days from now. I've pretty much been informed that there is no way that this is going to happen. The house is a foreclosure and it is pretty much the bank that owns it that is holding it up. They are so slow to do anything! And the crummy thing is that they are the ones who picked the date and pushed for such a quick sale. It wouldn't be a huge deal except Kevin has taken all of next week off so that we could work on the house and move in. There is no way that he can change that time off, so I guess we might be looking for a last minute vacation. We have been waiting sooooo long for this, and I know that I should be patient and trusting but I just feel extremely frustrated right now. Please pray that Kevin's time off next week won't be taken in vain. I will update as the situation progresses.

Little Magic Man

Let me preface this story by saying that Dylan is a HUGE Wiggles fan. And if you've ever watched these crazy guys you would know that Greg (the yellow wiggle) does magic in a lot of the episodes. Pulling stuffed rabbits out of hats and making little balls disapear, things like that. So Dylan has been kind of trying to do some of the tricks but yesterday he took it to another level. He wanted a cape (my apron- now we found one to tie around his neck more like a cape), a hat (his little gillagan hat), a magic wand (a crochet hook), and a rabbit (a small beanie Tigger). It is so cute cause he makes Tigger hide in the hat and then he waves his magic wand and makes him come out. It is the cutest thing- here are some pictures:

In his magician's "cape" with "wand"

"Abracadabra!"

And there's Tigger! Tah-dah!