Paradise Cove

We finally made it back to Disneyland in time to see Cars Land and the Halloween decorations.  I really wanted to go on all the new rides, but the lines were crazy.  How much does this look like St George?

Ashley and I took our 11 month old and 19 month old in the Haunted Mansion.  I thought Alex would freak out, but he was fine and he liked walking on the escalator walkway after the ride.

Trying to get a picture of him smiling is impossible.  He does this face to me at least 5 times a day.  Sometimes it's to be funny and sometimes it's because he's mad.  Quite the character.

We found the drinking fountains which may have been a mistake.

All he wanted to do was play in them.

Cute little June and Alex, they look like they could be siblings.  Alex's favorite ride of the day was it's a small world.  I caught him trying to sing during it a few times.

It was a fun morning at Disneyland even though it was 90 degrees when we left.

On Tuesday we went to the Skirball museum.  I Alex him in the 3rd row of a friends car and he screamed the entire way there.  He is a creature of habit and anything out of the norm freaks him out.  

One of the kids favorite things to do was to clean up fake animal poop with little brooms and mops.  Alex kept stepping on them...lol

This picture is classic....Alex screaming because I wanted him to be in the picture, Adeline looking at him like not again Alex I listened to you scream the entire way here and then Annie plugging her ears.

On Thursday we went to Paradise Cove in Malibu.  

We were like 1 out of 10 people in the cove so it was great and Alex's toys distracted him for about 1 hour before he realized he wanted to go into the ocean.

Throwing sand his new favorite thing.  I'm not sure how kids learn to do annoying things like this.

Enjoying some apple juice

Trying to distract him from the water

I probably shouldn't be throwing him when I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant.

If you park in the cove it's $25 and if you eat at their restaurant and spend $25 then parking is only $3 so it's kind of a must to eat there.

On our way back we stopped to see the Bachelor mansion.  You can't really see until we found a construction zone and walked down it.  Their is a ton of lighting all around it which is most likely for all their night scenes.  Too bad they weren't filming

Al didn't take one picture for me while he was in Texas so I guess this is turning into the blog of Whitney and Alex.

LACMA

3 Sundays without Al is pretty boring especially when 1 is general conference and the 2nd is stake conference.  I was proud that Alex and I made it through an hour of stake conference.  That afternoon we met my friend Joanna at the LACMA in Los Angeles.  Sunday's are the best days to drive in LA because the traffic isn't as bad.

The famous Chris Burden light sculptures.  There is 202 to be exact.  Alex thought it was pretty cool to run through them.

After all the pictures I've taken of him you think he would  be a pro, but he fights me every time.

Teaching Alex about Picasso while he snacks on some chips.

They had some cool kid exhibits, but I wasn't letting him out of his stroller until I knew I had to.  Crouching down like this for a picture is so uncomfortable when you're pregnant.

One of the coolest exhibits was the Metropolis II where miniature cars speed through the city.

This picture makes me laugh.

Snack time with Joanna.

and dinner.  I hope Alex is always sweet like this.  

October 13th

Last weekend Al was in Utah for his sister Lexi's wedding.  Luckily it fell on a busy weekend full of birthday party celebrations so we weren't completely bored.

One of Alex's favorite places is the Dannel's house.  It's kids paradise and they have a big yard that Alex is in love with.   Here he is watching Nemo with the girls.

While Al was having a nice peaceful dinner with his family to celebrate Lexi and Chad getting married

I was having dinner with some friends to celebrate Sachia's birthday.  It was 3 of us against 5 kids under the age of 4 and this was the result.   I know, just wait until I have 2.

On Saturday morning it was the big day for Lexi.  So bummed I couldn't be there, but I did ask Al to Facetime me from someones phone so I wouldn't miss out on everything.

It was a little blurry and I couldn't hear perfectly, but I'm still glad I got to watch it.

You may now kiss the bride, hooray!!

The big family picture that I wanted at my wedding, but somehow didn't get.  

Lexi has a sleeve tattoo so Al thought it would be funny to get a fake sleeve and rip off his shirt sleeve at some point to show Lexi his new tatts, ha.   Here are #4 and #5 dancing with Lexi, they just need #6 there running around.  Congrats to Lexi and Chad!!

Alex and I went to a birthday party that afternoon.  I knew Alex wouldn't be able to resist getting in the  fishing pond and that's exactly what he did as soon as I walked away.

Jenny did an amazing job with decor and food.  

One day I will get Alex to smile in pictures for me.

They had a bounce house water slide and all Alex wanted to do the entire time was get in there with the big kids.  He kept steeling the hose to drink the water and play in it....lol

When I took the hose away from him this happened....the classic Alex face.  Al thinks the terrible 2's are starting early so does that mean they get over early?

Doing everything he can to get in the water.

While everyone else was hitting the pinata I put Alex in and he was in heaven.

He went under the water a couple times which scares me to death, but he thinks it's funny and would clap afterwards, seriously?

That night we went to dinner for Sachia's birthday kid less.   On our way down the escalator my maxi skirt got stuck.  No joke I almost went down, but when I pulled my skirt out it was covered in black grease, so sad.

We had dinner at Katsuya and sat beneath the eye.

All of us minus Al and Eric.  Laura and I were each others dates.

Love these ladies, so much fun.

It was a great Saturday and would have been even better if Al was there.