Wednesday, July 30, 2008

getting out of the house...

At work, I'm generally hesitant to take Asher and Braedon anywhere besides the park since I only have two hands and I'm not too courageous. Hence, the boys and I have been feeling a little cooped up being in the house all day. This leads the boys to find silly things to do with their time. Case in point:Climbing into baskets!

Well, today we had a good opportunity to get out of the house and do something fun. Kelsey, a friend from the ward, invited us to go to the Irvine Spectrum (an outdoor mall) to get some cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory (each slice was only $1.50 in celebration of their anniversary!). Since that mall has some fun water fountains for the kids to play in, I decided it would be fun to take Asher and Braedon. Camille (another friend from the ward, who also watches the boys) was gracious enough to offer some help on our little crusade. So, we piled all the kids in the car and off we went!
Braedon, Sydney (Camille's daughter), and half of Asher. As you can see, Braedon has mastered waving! It was cute seeing all three of them in the backseat together!
The kids waiting patiently in the very hot sun for us to get our cheesecake. They were surprisingly well behaved! I love how Braedon is leaning back with his leg up like that. I think he was trying to be cool in front of Sydney. :)
He's really showing off now! Trying to get her attention by flexing his muscles.
"Watch, Sydney. I can yell really loud! Cool, huh?"
Sydney isn't impressed easily.
But Braedon wouldn't take no for an answer. "Hey Sydney, over here! Look at me!"
"I'm gonna getcha!"
"Argh. I give up."
Oh, but wait! It looks like persistence paid off! Aww, young love.
"Please, no more pictures!"
Home at last and ready for a nap...
It was so fun to get out and do something new. Thanks for inviting us Kelsey! And it wasn't as difficult as I expected it to be (thanks to Camille's help!). I think I'm going to try and get out more often!

1 comment:

Tammy said...

I love your captions! Yes, Braedon I think was showing off a little bit. :)