We used our Groupon to go to Sea Life Arizona today.
Since Preston was walking/running around this time as opposed to sitting in his stroller it took us only about 30 minutes to get through the whole aquarium, but he enjoyed himself.

The stingrays & sharks took special interest in him & whenever he would lean up against the glass they would swarm over to where he was. Pretty sure they wanted to eat him.

Afterwords we had lunch at Johnny Rockets (delicious!) where it was confirmed that when Preston is hungry he gets just as cranky as we do.

We're trying to teach Preston early about doing chores. He already has some that he is responsible for such as holding the dust pan when I sweep, helping to unload the dishwasher (handing me the cups & putting away the tupperware), switching the laundry from the washer to the dryer and of course helping with dinner.

Today I decided to show him what washing dishes was all about.
Needless to say he enjoyed it a little too much!
Took about twice as long as it would have if I had done it myself, but he was having such a good time helping that it was worth it.

Preston's new favorite thing to do is sit on the counter while I make dinner.
He may love this more then vacuuming.
He always wants to help stir, or taste things.
Sometimes it's not so great though. Like when he stuck his finger into a bowl of old grease & then ate it.
Thank goodness we had some Tootsie Rolls on hand to help get that taste out of his mouth.

p.s check out his lips! So cute!!

I couldn't for the life of me get Preston to wear this hat when it was his birthday.
But now every time he see's it he wants to put it on.

p.s we went camping this weekend (hence the reason for no posts), but the in-laws took the pictures, and they wont be home for a few days. So eventually I'll put those up.

By the way, Preston did great in his new bed! He stayed in it all night and didn't fall out. The only downside is he did wake up an hour earlier then normal. And this afternoon when he went to take a nap he wandered around for a little bit & kept knocking on the door wanting to get out, but after I put him back in the bed he was fine. So big!

Today we had the chance to go with a friend of ours from church to the Phoenix Children's Museum.
We'd never been before, but i've seen pictures from people who have gone and so we were super excited at the chance to check it out!
Today was the last day to use the free admission coupon that a lot of preschool teachers gave out, so needless to say it was PACKED. But that didn't stop us from having fun!

They had a kitchen area just Preston's size with lots of felt "food" where he could make a pizza or cook us up something good. You know how much Preston loves pots and pans, so he was in heaven!

Of course he had to taste it. . . He proclaimed it was good. I have my doubts though.

They had a grocery shopping area where he could push around a shopping cart and load food in and out of his basket. We never made it to the checkout area though because he just kept filling up his cart and then taking everything out. He probably did it about 6 times before I pulled him away to go explore another area.

There was a "fort" room where you could build your own fort or just hang out and hide. I was surprised at how much he liked it. Looks like we'll be making lots of forts out of couch cushions at home now!

There was a place with tricycles that you could ride and take through a "car wash".
Preston wasn't too interested in getting on his own bike, but his friend Jaycee gave him a ride on her's and he had a good time.

And the last room we went in was just for kids 4 and under and there was all sorts of things he could climb up on, or balls to roll/throw, a house to play in and a mailbox that he spent a lot of time putting legos in and then taking legos out of.

Needless to say it was AWESOME. So so perfect for little kids, and it has things that appeal to all their senses.
We're already looking forward to the next time we can go and take Patrick with us. We didn't get to see half of the fun stuff they had, but we LOVED what we did see!

Preston is officially a big boy in a big boy bed.

We were going to wait till the baby gets here to put him in a toddler bed, but then yesterday when he went down for his nap he climbed and fell out of his crib.
We took that as a sign that it was time to change beds.
Doesn't he look so big?!?!

So far he's been in there for about 18 minutes and I haven't heard anything from him. . .
So either he is asleep or is busy "organizing" his closet.

We'll let you know how it goes tomorrow!