Toga! Toga! Toga!

Last night (the 26th) was Dylan's and my best friend Kaley's birthday. Kaley throws big themed parties every year and this years theme was "Greek". Kevin and I went as a Greek couple and Dylan as Cupid. Dylan looked so cute in his costume and I was so proud of him for even wearing it. Last halloween he fought with us for over an hour and never would put his elmo costume on so we could go to the church fair. He seemed to really enjoy the whole event. He is going to have a small family party tomorrow, but Kaley did a great job in including him in her party as well. He had presents to open, and he helped her open hers as well. He also helped her blow out the candles. The food was so great- Kaley's Mom slaved all day making all these authentic Greek dishes that were all so good. Cliff did the decorations and the place was decked out in Greek flags, balloons and blue and white streamers. More than half the people came dressed up too, which was awesome! We stayed at the party until 11:30!! By that time Dylan was ready to go home. Here are some pictures from the party and a video of Kaley and Dylan blowing out the candles.

House Update

I just wanted to post a quick update on the house. The bank who owns the property finally sent all their paperwork back so it's looking like we could close early this week. This is, of course, if they don't run into any unforeseen bumps along the way. We are really excited even though it might take us awhile to actually move in as Kevin is working a lot. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers that everything goes smoothly and we finally get our house!!

Camping and Seaworld

First, just a little update on the house. They (the bank who owns the property) asked for the closing date to be extended to this Friday. Now it looks as though that isn't going to happen. It is really frustrating because there is such poor communication between the listing agent and the bank that we never really get a good idea as to what the hold up is. However, we know that it will all happen when it is meant to happen and are trying to be patient (really really trying).

On the plus side, we had a great week off with Kevin. We actually ended up doing everything we wanted to do on a longer vacation, just broken up into parts. We went to Legoland, Seaworld, Knotts Soak City, the beach and a nice little camping trip. Plus I think it was better to break it all up because Dylan seems to get a little wierd about being away from home for to long.

So the latest trip was camping at the beach with my parents. They have a travel trailer and we stayed in San Clemente. We hadn't taken Dylan with them since he was one, and he did really well. He had a really good time at the beach- and even played in the sand this time! He also had a good time at the campsite, running around with my Mom, riding his scooter and trike, and of course watching the occasional wiggles video on the portable DVD player. On the second day we went to Seaworld which I was really excited about, because my parents hadn't been there forever, and it was Dylan's first time. Dylan didn't enjoy it quite as much as I thought he would. He liked the shows but only for about the first five minutes. He liked looking at a lot of the animals, but he kept asking for rides. I think he has gotten to used to Disneyland and the like. They do have a small ride section there now, so we saved it for the end of the day and he, of course, really liked it. Here are some pictures from our trip:

Legoland

The second part of our journey was a visit to Legoland. We had been once before with Kevin's family, but Dylan was 10 months old and couldn't do anything. It really is one of the most little kid friendliest parks. Dylan is 40 inches tall and he could go on all but like 2 rides in the whole park. And a ton of them you only have to me 36 inches. My only recomendation is that you have an adult for every child because they don't let kids go on most rides by themselves. I saw a lot of single parents struggling with this. Dylan liked every ride we went on there, and he kept asking for more roller coasters- he really likes the faster, more daring rides. We lasted from 10am when the park opened, until about 5. It was a really fun day. I wish I could say the same for the car ride home though. Dylan slept for the first 40 minutes but them woke up and whinned "home" every ten seconds for the rest of the ride. He didn't care how many times I explained that we were driving home and that we would be there soon. We have a lot of fun things planned the rest of the week, so I am thankful, even though we didn't get our house, that we are getting some good family time in. Here are some pictures from legoland: