Happy Hollow Zoo & Park

Last week, we went to Happy Hollow Park and Zoo in San Jose, which is like a mini Disneyland for toddlers. There's a barn with a very clean petting zoo, there's a few giant playground areas, there's a zoo portion where Boo got to see a jaguar, and then they have this amusement park portion where they have rides for the kiddies, like a bunch of merry go round rides, a ladybug ride reminiscent of the Dumbo ride at Disneyland, a "scary dragon" train ride (which Boo refused to go on), and a mini roller coaster. Boo had a blast! The funny part is that they don't let adults on the rides, so all the parents loaded their kids in, filed out the exit, and then when the rides were over, they'd rescue their kids. It was so much fun we bought a membership. Here are the pics.

Preschool Pics

Gavin and I go to two different Mommy & Me preschools, which he enjoys a lot. Here are some pics of him at preschool with his friends.

Celebrations abound!

This month we went to a lot of parties.

First, we celebrated Great Grandma's 90th birthday at P.F. Chang's (no self-respecting Chinese person goes here, by the way. Don't ask.) Gavin was a doll, and lavished attention on Great Grandma, like the little charmer he is. He seems to light up the room with his silly/sweet antics. Kisses galore? Check. Plentiful hugs? Check. Flirty smiles? Check. An occasional sneak lick attack and boogie wipe? Check, check, check! Anyway, here are pics of the party.

Then we went to his Aussie / Tasmanian friend Leo's 2nd bday party! They had a yummy gluten free carrot cake, and all these Aussie foods, like Vegemite on toast and this candy called Cherry Ripe, which is dried cherries and coconut covered with chocolate. Yum. Here is a pic of the birthday boy.


After that, we visited his Uncle Ed and Aunt Kim, who had a giant party to celebrate her return to work after the birth of cousin Nicholas. He loved playing with his 2nd cousins Lauren and Emma.




They also had an egg hunt, thanks to Aunt Alice. Once he noticed that each egg had a chocolate in it, he began searching in earnest. Chocolate is usually a treat reserved for liquid potty moments (he has #2s down pat!).


Our last party was his friend Shiharu's 2nd bday party. Sadly, we didn't take any pictures of it, boo hoo.

After all that partying, a little boy is bound to be sweaty and in need of a bath!


And finally, below are pics taken by Boo this month. He really prefers to take pictures of everyone's feet (my feet, his own feet, the dog's feet, etc etc), but no one wants to see pics of those!





Self portrait.

LA Trip

Boo and I went to LA to visit his grandparents. We were there for a week, and did lots of things. Here are some pics. In other news, Boo can read! I think he memorizes specific words, but he can sound out 2-3 letter words pretty consistently. So, if you wrote something like "The pig is hot" or "The baby boy can read books" he would be able to read it for you. Wild!

1st Disneyland adventure...







Huntington Library



LA Arboretum and it's peafowl.




Riding the mall carousel oh, about 20 times...




Kidspace Museum in Pasadena




Gong Gong's house