Southward Ho

Our little tailgating party made it to Simi after two days of driving on Friday and Saturday. We stopped for the night in Redding, which wasn't quite halfway, so we had a pretty long day on Saturday. We got to my parents around 7, so it wasn't too bad. Orion has continued his love afair with Grandma's walker.



Sunday was pretty much a relaxing, visiting, shopping and organizing day. Of course I had to hit the local Trader Joe's and do some gluten free/dairy free shopping. On Monday we got to spend some time outside. Orion had a great time in his little digging spot.
















Then we hit the park next door for awhile. Grandpa pushed him on the swing for awhile until he decided he needed to do some more exploring. A fountain is always no end of fun, especially ones that don't drain! First Orion tried in vain to figure out if he could push the button himself and drink at the same time, but then he realized it was much more fun to just splash the water.




















Today we went to visit Taira and the kids, but I forgot my camera like a dork. Christina was sure glad to see Sarah! The boys got to play outside, fight over toys and play with one of the dogs. Actually, I was so happy that Orion did such a great job with Connor, who is about half a year younger than him. Connor was acting the way Orion usually does haha - just being possessive of toys and getting a bit physical about it. Orion would just look at him, and if I said he should give the toy back when he was done, he would just hand it to him most of the time. It was like he thought if it was upsetting Connor, he might as well just give it back. Maybe he is finally starting to settle down, or some of the things I say over and over and over are finally being put into action.