Vegas Baby!

On the first day in Las Vegas, we discovered the Lied Children's Musuem and thought it would be a great place to let Luke run around and play. He hadn't been to the Children's Discovery Museum in Downtown SJ in a while, so I made the mistake of putting him in the "baby" area. He was completely over that. He toppled right out and ran off to the big kids area. He loved being able to run around, and everyone laughed at the three adults running after him.

I do wish the water zone would have been a bit lower. We had to hold him up and practically turn him upsidedown to get to the water. Because of the that, the water area wasn't too exciting for him.

Mostly. Luke enjoyed running after the other kids and yelling "HI!HI!HI!" The other kids didn't know what to do, but the parents all laughed. He was just so excited!

Much to Todd's excitement, they had a kid's mechanic area where the kids could work on "cars." Luke, of course, loved the tires. Those tires were HEAVY, but he kept lifting them and dropping them, lifting them and dropping them.

Playtime at Vasona

With the weather being so terrible and cold lately, it was a blessing to have a gorgeous Saturday! We decided that morning that if the weather stayed so nice, we would have to take Luke to the park to play. Luckily, it also happened to be Shea-bee's 4th birthday (so soon??? ack!) and joined the family at Vasona to play for a bit.

Luke yelled "Hi! Hi!" to every single kid who ran passed him. It was a gattling gun of hellos, which was adorable. He spent some quality time on the swings and loved sliding down the slide alone. Well, mostly alone. (hands were still held!)

He had a rough time traversing uneven ground - he managed with the tanbark, but the grass was pitted and uncut and the poor kid just kept falling. And we discovered that Luke is still not a fan of touching grass, which made it difficult for him to get up.

Oh those blue, blue eyes. Every so often, I can catch a quick picture of them, but usually he's running around so quickly, I don't have a chance. But there they are, already searching for what to chase after next.

Luke is now understanding the "hug" - though more often than not, he won't actually follow through when you ask him to hug someone. He's way too independent for that. Many times he'll run straight for you, like he's going to hug you, then laugh and turn at the last minute. Sheesh. But we were all impressed when he actually returned a hug! Normally Luke would push away and run, but he didn't - impressive!