AZ Zoo!

We had a family outing to the Phoenix zoo on a nice hot day at the end of April.  The heat will not stop us from having fun but thank goodness for misters!

Trevor really enjoyed all of the exhibits, especially the big turtles because they were on the move.  Usually when we'd see them in MN they'd be sleeping!

We stopped for a lunch break for Trevor (a hot dog of course) and he found some friends who wanted to share his lunch.  Trevor is like 'hey, what are you doing??'

Hey, Uncle Steve, Trevor is a John Deere boy at heart :)  Forget pilot or pianist, maybe his calling is a farmer?  He sure enjoyed pretending to drive the big green tractor!

Dentist

We attended story/play time at the local library and we just happened to be there when the county dentist hygienist was there teaching us all about good teeth habits.  She offered to check Trevor's teeth and he was a rock star.  Opened right up, she checked everything out and said they looked great!  They even put on a fluoride treatment for free which we later learned Sara's Mom paid $35 for!  Keep up the good brushing Trevor!

Sunglasses

We've been trying to get Trevor to wear his sunglasses given how bright it is in AZ all the time - seriously does it ever get cloudy and cold here?  In any case, Trevor is still getting used to them but he does pretty good!

Encanto Park

We were all excited to check out Encanto park but guess what?  It's closed certain days of the week!  Guess we should have checked that out before making the trek down there but we made the most of it and checked out the parts that were open.  The biggest hit most definitely was the ducks.  Trevor has no fear and tried to go up to pet them!

You can tell someone loves his Papa John :)

Well, we decided to go back when it was opened and had fun looking at all the rides, attempting to go on one but backing out.  He said he didn't like the rides....

....but he sure liked the stationary ones or ones that required quarters.  'Mommy I need quarters' - since when did he learn this stuff?  Not money, quarters!!  Cracks us up!

Such a happy, smart boy.  We are blessed!

Haircut #welostcount

Trevor's hair grows just as fast as Mommy's (ie at a ridiculous speed) so we were off for haircut who knows how many.  Maybe 13 or 14?  But this time, big boy didn't go to a kids place.  He went to Supercuts and did fabulous sitting there without a TV or blowing bubbles or eating a sucker.  He's growing up way too fast and looks like it too!

Children's Museum

Another outing that Grandma and Papa Hillins took us on was to the Mesa Children's museum.  Trevor had so much fun, we could have stayed all day!  He loved playing in the kitchen...big surprise there - he has been saying that he missed his toys lately (which breaks our heart, but we'll save that for another post) and of course his kitchen is one of his favorite toys!

 

Trevor was very protective of the pizza and hot dogs and it wasn't so good when another kid just came and snatched it from him.  The other parent just stood there and watched it...could hardly believe it.  Yes, Trevor can share but stealing is just a whole other ballgame!  Ugh!

Trevor also enjoys building things with legos and building blocks right now...or trees, whatever, it doesn't really matter as long as it grows 'bigger, bigger, bigger!'

Rolling around on the ground is always a fun time!

It's possible that Trevor is destined to be a pilot.  He rocked this flight simulator getting the plane up in the air and landing it no problem.

Plus doesn't he look adorable in the pilot outfit??

Or scratch that, maybe he'll be a famous pianist!

One of the other fun things there was a full-size lite-bright wall.  Mommy could have played with that for hours :)  Trevor liked it too - he is was so intense working on his creation!

Slide

One of the activities that we do most every day is go to the jumpy water park because Trevor enjoys it so much, although once he learned about the 'fire fighter' park the jumpy water park became less frequented.  He is a little dare devil, not afraid to do anything including climbing up ladders that he's much too young for, petting stray dogs that also frequent the park and climbing up the slide.  He certainly is a happy boy as you can see in this picture!

Happy Birthday Pauline

 

We were excited to be in AZ to celebrate Grandma Pauline's birthday this year.  Trevor went with Mommy to pick out an ice cream cake for Grandma Pauline and Trevor knew just which one she had to have.  His exact words were 'Mommy, she needs the one with the sprinkles' and he had no trouble getting it out of the freezer case and bringing it to the counter to pay.  

He was so proud of getting this cake, er should we say getting to eat this cake.  He also really enjoyed singing to Grandma Pauline and blowing out the candles.  And yes, she got lots of candles.  Trevor single-handedly put on every candle in the package!

Peter Piper Pizza

We've been enjoying our time in AZ with lots of fun activities which we'll showcase over the next few blogs.  Grandma Pauline and Papa John have taken Trevor and Mommy to lots of fun places including Peter Piper Pizza which is just like a Chuck E Cheese in MN (which Trevor has actually never been to but he did like Dave and Buster's in Florida).  Specifically, he likes the tickets!  He was so excited to pull them out of the machine after winning!

He also took his turn riding some rides and playing whack-a-mole which turns out he was pretty good at! 

The Good Life of Mr. Randle

 For those of you concerned about how Mr. Randle is adjusting to life in AZ, well no need to worry.  Spoiled doggie is now used to daily walks with Papa, jaunts to the doggie park to run and play with other doggies, eating twice a day instead of once a day, sitting at the dinner table with the family....

 

Sitting on Grandma's lap while riding in the car (we know, can you believe this one????!!!!)

And daily naps in the sun (we swear he knows where the sun spots in the house are at different parts of the day)