Spring time

We have been busy enjoying the nice weather and time change. We can play outside later and visit the park more that it's sunny later. This last week was my spring break which wasn't much of a break, but a lot of fun. Little Jack and I were busy going to all the fun places in San Diego. We started off going to the Wild Animal Park on the hottest day of the week! We went on the tram ride and Jack really liked and noticed all of the animals. We were hoping to see the butterfly exhibit, but he fell asleep while in line and no strollers are aloud in. I was not about to wake him up just to see millions of butterflies. If I have learned one thing as a mom, it is never wake a sleeping baby, especially a baby who will do anything to skip a nap.
We also went to the Zoo and Sea World. We are so lucky to live in a place that has the best parks. Now that Jack is getting a little older he is noticing the animals more and gets excited over them. He tries to ditch the stroller, which can be a good thing, but also a lot of work. He gets tired, which means he's going to sleep good, but you have to run after him. He loves to smell all of the flowers he sees and even touch the ones that are poky.
We went to Palm Springs with my parents and family friends. It was our first time there with kids, which makes it a different experience, but a lot of fun too. We spent a lot of time in the pool. He loves to kick around and splash on the steps. He doesn't usually get free time in the pool to do what he wants since we're usually at lessons.
We filled his Elmo Easter basket with fun little toys and some eggs had jelly beans in them. He liked shaking all of the eggs and the sounds they made with the beans inside. We had an Easter egg hunt on our patio and then went to one put on by the place we were staying at. He did such a good job and really got a hang of what he was supposed to do. Every time he picked one up he would shake it, open it, and then drop it in his basket. I was proud of him and I think I had more fun then he did.
Before we went out of town we colored a couple eggs. He was having fun grabbing them with his hand and splashing around in each cup. He would dip it, leave it for a second and take it out. He didn't quite get the concept of coloring, but it was still fun. He cracked a couple and wanted to kiss them. His little hand was blue and green when we were all done.
Here are some of the pictures from this weekends events. We were busy! We hope you all had a Happy Easter!

The Rader Family