Take The A Train

This weekend we decided to take Patrick for a ride on Caltrain. Patrick had been on a small park train, but never on a real train and we weren't sure what his response would be but we bought two tickets to the next zone and decided we would ride as far as Patrick tolerated. He absolutely loved it. At every stop he would help out the conductor by yelling "All aboard!" and he couldn't wait for the train to start moving again. And I had never noticed it before but there are all sorts of interesting places along the train route, I am anticipating many more train rides in our future. We got off in Burlingame and walked downtown for a treat at the yummy Copenhagen Bakery before catching the ride back home. When I was a little girl I loved the Burlingame train station because the sign said "BVRLINGAME" which cracked me up every time (and to this day I sometimes say "buh-ver-ling-game"). A few years ago they took down the sign on the side that faces the downtown. I was pleased to see they left the sign on the side of the station that faces the train tracks!







And a cute picture from today. Patrick was waving a flag around all afternoon from the dollar section at Target.

Mommy Says

You can add this to the list of things I never thought I would have to say...
"Patrick, stop licking the floor!"

Join The Parade

This weekend was the annual pet parade in Los Altos. Tom's Dad played in one the bands in the parade so we took Patrick not sure of how he would respond (he's been a bit of a homebody lately). Patrick really loved the parade, especially all the bands and all the dogs. He hasn't stopped talking about it all weekend...."Saw horses!", "Saw Grandpa playing tuba!", "Saw dragon!", "Saw Lulu and Ella!". The "Lulu and Ella" he saw were other pugs in the parade :D



Tom's Dad is playing euphonium in the middle


Patrick loved the firetruck


Local daschund club


And Mr. Personality enjoying his own image in the mirror

Cool Water

Patrick got a new water play table and has been having loads of fun splashing around on the deck and dumping water all over the place. This may be one of those things that when looking back, seemed like a better idea at the time.

Make A Wish

I haven't cracked open the manual yet but I'vebeen having fun playing with my new digital camera. Patrick was having fun picking dandelions in the backyard this evening.

Mother And Child

A very Happy Mother's Day to all moms. I had a great day, Tom and Patrick brought me breakfast and flowers and I got a cool new digital camera I've been coveting. I have to figure out how to use it, and hopefully then I will have some amazing pictures to share!

On The Beach

We had a wonderful adventure today. One of my bestest friends, Monica, moved to San Luis Obispo last summer. Her son Makaio turned one this month, and his birthday party was at Avila Beach today so we drove down for the party. Avila Beach is a wonderful little beach, and very kid friendly. We had a wonderful time, Patrick was so good in the car, he really only fussed for about 5 minutes each way (not bad for 400 miles round trip!). The portable DVD player has proven to be worth it's weight in gold :)

Tom and Patrick playing around


Patrick and me listening to the ocean in a seashell


Patrick got into the luau theme


The beautiful birthday family


And since this is my blog and I can, check out this house in Avila...

Garlic Blues

Patrick fell in love with a piece of garlic today. I was chopping garlic this afternoon and Patrick was very interested. He wanted to smell it and touch it (and I wanted to finish my cooking), so I gave him an entire clove (with the skin still on) to play with. Patrick sat down on his couch with it and very gently peeled the clove as he watched a DVD. He then carried the garlic around for the next 3 hours, sniffing it and declaring "Nummy, garlic smell good!". It was rather hilarious. I guess toddlers sometimes get attached to small inanimate objects. Patrick's friend Calvin had a recent affair with a coffee bean (until it ended up in his nose).



But alas, all good things must come to an end. Patrick gave his garlic clove to Ella who took a bite and spit it back out all mashed up. Poor garlic never had a chance.

Me Myself & I

Patrick is starting to use pronouns, sometimes with much success, but mostly not. I think it is rather charming to hear the little sentences he comes up with. I correct him when he uses the wrong pronoun but he always looks back at me like I am full of it. Here are some phrases we've heard in the last few weeks...

• My do it (I do it)
• Hold you (hold me)
• Help you (help me)
• My stuck (I'm stuck)

My camera seems to be on the fritz so no new pictures :(

My Baby Thinks He's A Train

This past weekend was a really big one for Patrick, he went on his first train ride! Patrick's friend Calvin had his birthday party at a local park that has it's very own tiny steam train. Patrick was quite thrilled with both the party and the train ride and it was a completely beautiful day. Calvin even had a cool train cake.







Yesterday we went to feed the ducks but Patrick was scared of the "geeks" (geese) at the park and had a complete melt down because I wouldn't carry him everywhere (ever though we were far away from the "geeks"). Am I a bad mommy because I took pictures of his meltdown?