Dinosaurs go "Woof!"

On Saturday we went to a puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts with a group of friends and had a blast. It was not just any ol’ puppet show – it was like nothing else we’d ever seen. The puppets were life-size and had people inside of them controlling their movements and singing and dancing. We were sitting in the front row so Diego was very engaged. The theme of the show was Dinosaurs. Diego loves doggies and barks whenever he sees a picture of one or sees a live one. Well, he seemed to think that these dinosaurs were enormous doggies because he spent a lot of the time barking at them. It was so cute! The show was about an hour long which is a long time to hold his attention, but he did great. He snapped his fingers and shook his head with the music and squealed and laughed when he just couldn’t contain the emotion. Before the show started we were able to go upstairs and make our own shadow puppets which you will see in the picture below (I had a great time making it!)
In the evening we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner and Diego displayed his wild toddler side! As you can see from the picture, he loved having his very own crayons and coloring book. Although, he doesn’t realize that there are designated areas for coloring with crayons so he colored the table, the dividing glass between tables, the napkins, etc. He loved the pizza and ate two whole pieces. He tried to climb up onto the table about 25 times, jumped up and down with joy, threw straws across the table, almost pushed a plate off the edge and banged the menus up and down on the table. He was full of energy and certainly took the opportunity to burn it off. We had lots of laughs and had a great time.
The spring-time pictures from the previous post are from a picnic that we had on Sunday afternoon. Ricardo’s office has beautiful gardens on the property with a pond, a small stream, a nice walking path, tons of trees and flowers and cute lil’ animals running around. I used to take Diego on walks there when he was much smaller so it had been awhile since he had been. We decided it was a great setting for an afternoon picnic and headed over. Diego loved it! Papi took him down to the stream to see the ducks and he kept pointing at them and squealing. He loved seeing the little waterfalls and all of the motion of the trees, flowers, planes, etc.
Once he is walking, these kinds of outings will be totally different since it will be impossible to contain him in the stroller or our arms!

Diego has now learned how to "ROAR" at his dinosaur puppet


Can you see that mischievous glint in his eye?

Still lovin' bathtime!