Weekend Wrap-Up

We haven’t had one of these weekend wrap-ups in a while, so let’s do one, shall we?

Saturday started with pool time since it was absolutely beautiful out. Sorry, no photos there, as it is becoming increasingly difficult to control both a toddler and camera around a pool at the same time. He wears floaties, but seems to have more fun getting out of the pool and running towards the fountain in the garden instead. He likes to kick and even says “Kick, kick, kick” while he’s doing it, so hopefully that’s one step closer to being able to swim!

Later that day, Brett needed a haircut and we needed to run into Walmart, so I thought it would be nice for Trent and I to get some shopping done while Daddy got his haircut.

There was no shopping to be had…instead we had the worst temper tantrum ever and had to leave the store.

It started out ok with Trent in the cart with the iPad, but as soon as I stopped to look at something, he wanted out asap. After I had to put stuff down a few times, I tried to put him back in the cart…to which he responded with a blood-curdling scream, forcing everyone in the aisle to turn around and look. So I figured I would let Trent play in the toy aisles until Brett was done with his haircut.

I even tried to do something new and put him on a bike he was obviously too small for. Omg…big mistake! He didn’t want to leave the bike and proceeded to throw himself on the ground when I put it back on the shelf.

I ended up having to leave and wait outside for Brett to pick us up while Trent screamed the entire time. Luckily, I was able to hold back the tears until I got in the car, at which time the pregnancy hormones took over and I was a mess. Dinner was picked up and consumed at home because a restaurant was the last place I wanted to be. I will never be dropped off at any store with Trent for a good 18 or so years.

We had another beautiful day on Sunday, so we thought it would be good for Trent to get his energy out at the Museum.

We were one of the first families there, which was good so Trent could run run run. He led the way the entire time…sometimes going further than we could see and us having to run after him. Fun times, indeed.

All the animals were out since it wasn’t too hot out yet.

Sun bear.

Deer.

Turkey. The turkey would make a sound and Trent would repeat it.

Otters.

Bear. Lazy bear.

In the 10 years I’ve been going to this museum, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the bear sitting up on this platform.

What does the fox say?!

In one part of the trail, they have various dinosaurs made out of metal. Trent sees them and goes “ROAHHRRR!”

Before we had Trent, we wouldn’t even go into this next room, which is a playroom for kids that are there for day camps and sleepover events. There’s some puzzles, books, and tanks with frogs and various small reptiles. But Trent had the most fun in here today…he loves puzzles and sat and did each one that was on the table.

Are you ready to see a pregnant mom try to get her son to walk through a tree stump?

You’re welcome.

It worked for about 2 seconds and then he ran back to his puzzles.

After a little while, we wanted to move on to the next exhibit, but Trent wasn’t quite ready.

Let’s play a game of “Where’s Trent?”

We tried to get Trent to follow us to the cow, but he was no longer interested.

Trent kept trying to fall asleep but we had to keep him awake while we went to lunch, which thankfully went well. I was worried after the tantrum the prior day.

After lunch, Brett ran into the store and we stayed in the car. He started out asleep in his car seat, but woke up, so I brought him over to me. This was a much more relaxing way to get shopping done than the prior day. I vote to make Brett do the shopping from now on!

He ended up napping for 2 more hours after we got home. An exhausting weekend for sure. Any chance we got, we were preparing for our upcoming Disney trip. Stay tuned for a little pre-trip report in the next couple of days!

 

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