August 2015

More summer fun! Bradley has been having so much fun at his gymnastics class on Saturday mornings. His coach is fantastic with the kids and Bradley can't wait to go back each week.

 Jumping into the giant foam pit!

 Early stages of a handstand

 Braver and braver with his jumping

 Getting stickers at the end of class

 Our first trip to the San Diego Waterfront Park this summer. Shorter hours and a little less water due to the drought, but still lots of fun

 The park is pretty close to the airport- you can see the plane about to land in the middle of the picture

 Playdate with Bradley's friend Mason (I work with his mom). So much fun in their pool!

 Twins! Only about 3 weeks apart in age. You can't tell here but Mason is like 3 inches taller than Bradley (who is also tall for his age!)

 Pizza at daycare. He made it himself!

 Showing me his smile :)

 He received a package from Grammy last week - this was the best I could get of him opening it, haha Thanks for the big kid clothes, Grammy!

 While I was making dinner one night, Bradley was playing with his tunnel. I told him he shouldn't climb in it while it was on the stairs...

 ...so he thought Dunkin should play in it instead. Silly Bradley.

 The source of a lot of crying yesterday: his chair at school...that he wanted to bring home over the weekend. He was not OK about leaving it there until Monday. He made us promise that no one else would sit in it. He's been in this classroom (with these chairs) since he turned 2, haha no idea why it suddenly became so special.

 Tired from all the toddler playing.

Summer Fun

Lots of fun this summer in San Diego! Adam and I have been working a lot during the weekdays but we make sure to enjoy plenty of fun activities during the weekends. Bradley is getting so big and his vocabulary continues to expand daily. He's learning about dinosaurs at school right now and we were explaining how they aren't real. He says "like mannequins at the store?" Exactly, kid! He's definitely very advanced with his verbal skills considering several kids in his class are still just saying a word or two at a time.

Giving Dunkin a check-up

 Making himself at home

 Picks up the berries and tries to throw them over the fence.

 Loves his bubble fan!

 Lil drummer boy

 Trip to the Safari Park (surprisingly, it had been a few months since we were last there). Tigers are cool to see every time

 A slushie treat

 One of many beach days

 I think his favorite part of going to the beach is eating snacks, ha

 Visited a Children's Museum downtown. Bradley is still scared of "too many big kids" and tends to go to less crowded areas

 playing in the cheese

 This play area is designed to look like a kitchen sink with lots of food like tomatoes, avocado, cheese, oranges and more

 More beach fun! Bradley spends a lot more time now digging in the sand.

 Dunkin loves playing with all of Bradley's toys

 Gymnastics class. We've signed him up for a Saturday morning class that is 18 months-3 years old. Bradley does really well with listening to the Coach's instructions and is getting less hesitant about trying new things. For us, this was really the point to doing gymnastics. He also wants to jump all over the house now

 His first set of matchbox cars. Not sure who had more fun: daddy setting up the track, Bradley releasing the cars or Dunkin chasing the cars!

 Bike ride at Lake Miramar

 Snack time/Nap time

 A trip to SeaWorld last weekend. We go a lot but do different activities each time. Sometimes, we see a few shows, other times we just look at animals in their exhibits. And we usually do one ride with Bradley (because that's all he wants to do!)

 An alligator fish

 We've been down-graded to the little chairs

 Today was my company's summer picnic. They go all out with lots of fun things for kids. Here Bradley is trying the inflatable obstacle course (with daddy's help because it was really hard)

 Giant Jenga

 Eating a slushie treat

 The picnic had a Hawaii theme this year so naturally, they had a hula performance.

 Surprised this guy can nap surrounded by so much toddler chaos