Trev's 4th

Trevor turned four on the 18th. I think that makes him officially a 'kid' now. Turns out that there are a lot of things that four year olds can do... just ask Trev and he'll start making out a list. We also had a visit from grandma and grandpa Quigley during that week to help with his celebrating.

He took 'big cookies' (the ones that you cut up into wedges) into his class. I got off work a little bit early to attend too. It was pretty cute. He got to wear a crown and sit in the middle of the half circle table where the teacher usually sits. The kids sang to him and after snack a few came over to pat his back.



We went to Walmart after his daycare party to buy his big boy bike. He already tried it out a week or two before and was excited to get the 'big one'. I think he managed to tell everyone in the store who made eye contact that he was indeed four. And that he was going to get a big boy bike because he is now four.



We had a birthday party for him Saturday which was also pretty exciting...


Trev and his friend Jorja--Super Heroes!

They managed to get the costumes on themselves and had fun zooming around. Until they decided that they wanted to wear each other's costumes (of course at different points of time... it would have been way too convenient to just want a straight trade). This triggered a need for a period of solitude.



I found a really cool octopus mold on sale the weekend prior to his birthday. Luckily he was all for octopus cake because I had secretly declared that all future holidays or major milestones should now include octopus.



Dinosaurs rip through presents pretty quickly

San Diego Trip

We went to San Diego last weekend for a couple days to hang around Balboa Park, and meet some friends for a zoo trip. And of course for the excitement of going out of town(though that might have been mostly just excitement on my part). We left right after work Thursday and got in just in time to go to bed. The boys are apparently party animals because they mostly napped before stopping for dinner past Victorville; not after. But they were pretty happy for most of the drive. Turns out that Trevor's preference in music is Lady Gaga and William Shatner spoken word... we'll have to work on that.

We found a park at Balboa Park. Lots of animals to climb on and the usual park stuff.









We let Trev pick between the dinosaur (natural history) museum and the science (Rueben H. Fleet Science Center) museum and he went for the latter. It was pretty much all hands on type exhibits so he made a good choice.





The next day we went to the San Diego Zoo and met up with some friends and their kiddos. It seems like we treked through most of the areas of the park and saw a lot. Trevor seemed most interested in the giraffes, elephants, hippos, and the animal statue things he could climb on. Ryan continues to be the most excited about goats. And trying to climb through fences.


Trev trying to show the rhino his rhino socks






John and Trevor created shot--"aaahhh I'm being squished by an elephant!!!" John was pretty suprised that everyone wasn't backed up trying to do this.




Hiiiiieeeee goat!!


Here Goatee Goatee




Trev was excited to be a spider. Ryan was excited to stick his head through a hole.


The hippos were pretty mesmerizing

We spent maybe a good six hours there before heading back home. In retrospect, we probably should have spent more like 5 and a half hours there... or at least stopped for snack a half hour earlier than we did. But after some more food they were good to go. Trevor thought he was ready to see more animals, but that seemed like beyond pushing it so we headed on home. They both conked out in the car until dinner in Adelanto and were pretty ready for bed once we got home. Ryan seemed especially happy to see his crib again.

Apparently the 100th post...

And not too cohesive--cookies, children's fair and Red Rock hike.

Last weekend Trevor suggested that it would be a good idea to make cookies with his moose and bear cookie cutters. So I couldn't really argue with that. Turns out he has way more cookie making stamina than the last time we tried. Usually he's involved for maybe one or two batches, but this time stuck through the whole process.







Trev created a beautiful array of cookies. Bears, moose, dinosaurs. He discovered that he could make 'girl moose' by taking the antlers off before putting them on the pan. And the dinosaurs sort of drifted into 'alien dinosaurs' by the end (meaning they have more than two eyeballs)

The Children's Fair was this weekend at the park...


Ryan the scientist


Trevor on the obstacle course


Ryan all alone in the little pink and purple car while his big brother is busy shooting nerf guns


Using wind power to sail at the cub scout booth


The actual park was fun too


Getting close to nap time

It's super nice lately and flowers are all over... I'm showing off to those in less blooming states...




Ryan looks suspicious


We're Awesomesauce!

We went out to Red Rock Canyon for some hiking this weekend. Trevor was very impressive in his mad hiking skills--we were out for almost three hours and had a bit of elevation change and he made it just about the whole way (I carried him maybe 5 minutes towards the end)

Ryan fell asleep pretty quick into the hike. Trevor was pretty excited about any part that involved balancing and climbing rocks. He was also impressed by drop offs and canyons.


We found a chair rock


On top of Whistler's Ridge


Trevor being very still so the lizard wont run away (he's on the big rock across from Trev)


Stopping for a snack break

Easter

We went to the annual Easter egg hunt on base with the boys last weekend. It was a really nice morning and there was just enough activity at the park. Ryan got to participate this year. They have several different age group hunts--I think Ryan's group was 1 and 2 year olds. So he fit in with all the other poky little toddlers romping around, picking up eggs, shaking or sticking them in their mouths, then putting them back down again. After carrying a few around a bit he got the hang of putting them in his basket. Until he found half of an egg that was open and slightly broken--pretty intriguing because it squished together a bit.





Trevor was in the 3-4 age group and it was a bit more down to business. I think the amount of time to gather all the eggs continued to shrink as the groups progressed.



Trev's class made some pretty cute "Easter bonnets" this year. They added all sorts of bugs/trucks/animals/army men type flourishes to the boys' hats to man them up. I think Trev was most excited about the froggies on his hat.



























Lots of kids carrying balloons meant lots of balloons escaping to the sky. Balloon spotting was pretty interesting.
























The Easter Bunny seemed to loose his scariness this year. Trev sat next to him, hugged him, and asked questions about why his mouth doesn't move.
























The park was pretty busy. Ryan was absolutely thrilled to be there. I think all the extra kids running around was pretty exciting.





And the Bunny Cake was made. Though, I hear that the details were questionable. John was a bit concerned about the integrity due to the face being decorated only with jelly beans.





Trevor pretending to have bunny whiskers


They crack each other up