We’ve been hanging out a lot with Peter’s preschool friends, Jacob and Nicholas. I wish we had started this earlier in the year since preschool ends in just 2 weeks.
Our visit to Happy Hollow park & zoo in San Jose:
Roller coaster:
The very cool play structure:
Playtime at Chuck E Cheese:
Playing mini-golf in Jacob’s backyard:
At a park:
Even Peter’s neighbor friend, Hunter, showed up so Peter was among all his bestest friends:
We had another playdate at Jacob’s house. Most of the preschool class showed up as well. It was pouring outside so all the kids were stuck inside. It was 2hrs of chaos sans a few minutes when all the boys played trains together. You could hear a pin drop, they were so engrossed: (this is Jacob’s bedroom - it’s bigger than our living room)
Peter and his best friend from Preschool, Nicholas:
After we got home, I unwound by watching a squirrel try to get into the bird feeders. Unfortunately for the birds, he was successful:
This is usually what happens when we go to the park with the neighbor kids - snail collecting. Gross! But the kids have so much fun collecting them and seeing the different sizes and watching them slither back to their home.
A new tradition - we go 1-2x/month to McDonald’s for ice cream and playing. I skip the ice cream part but play on my iphone. It’s a nice break for us and Peter gets a workout on that play structure. I’d rather go here than Chuck E Cheese any day.
I get jealous of Mike working sometimes when he gets to do fun team building stuff like this - indoor skydiving:
And finally, I always forget to upload pictures of the cats. They are still the same - hate each other. The things that brings them together are 1) fresh air, and 2) squirrels. Today, they got both:
Mike’s mom was visiting us this weekend. She comes to stay with us once a month. It’s a 3hr drive from where she lives so she always arrives Saturday and leaves Monday. While she was here, we celebrated (Mike’s brother) Shawn’s 33rd birthday.
I also took Peter to a birthday party for one of our playgroup friends who has already started Kindergarten. Unfortunately no one else from our playgroup showed up so Peter didn’t know any of the Kindergarten kids at the party. Peter ended up not participating in any of the party games because he was scared - or shy of the other kids. So it truly ended up being the worst birthday party ever for him. I’ve never seen him act so shy around kids so now I’m a little worried about him starting elementary school.
Speaking of shyness… there is a kid at Peter’s preschool who is extremely shy but he took a liking to Peter. So now the mom is trying to get the two of them together as much as possible. We recently had a playdate at their house for 2 hrs, then they took us to a pizza buffet for lunch. Peter had a fun time and we left after lunch. The mom told me later she didn’t think the playdate was long enough. Seemed long enough to me! The mom also enrolled her kid in all the same summer programs as Peter even though they won’t be attending the same Kindergarten in the Fall… unless she transfers him. I just hope Peter continues to like this kid because it could become really awkward.
Peter is still doing well in his art class. Here he is painting his frog drawing:
We had a playdate last week at one of Peter’s preschool friends. Their house was amazing and even more so were the toys! They had every toy ever on Peter’s wish list. And I thought we had a lot of toys. They had 3 playrooms. Crazy! This was one of Peter’s favorites - the Thomas train ride-on. Of course none of the kids would take turns so they rode together:
Another day I caught Peter dancing on video. He loves listening to music in his room:
And on a disturbing note… Peter was telling me about a nightmare he had last night. He said he was at his birthday party with all his friends and then a monster/bad guy told him when he made his wish for blowing out his candles to wish for all his friends and the earth to die. Spooky, huh?
We watched our neighbor’s twins this weekend for 5 hrs. The age difference is only a few weeks. It really wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The kids pretty much entertained each other. I think it’s actually harder to watch just one kid since you have to do all the entertaining yourself. Now I’m wishing we had another kid. And it would be nice to satisfy my mother-in-law who keeps reminding me that Peter won’t have any relatives when he gets older.
