Keeping busy

It has been a busy week in the Phillips household and not because there is a new member to the Phillips family. During the week my mother and I were sure to keep Ethan busy and did so many fun things. We started off the week at the Discovery Museum which currently has a Bob the Builder exhibit which Ethan loved.





Then we went to a local petting zoo in nearby San Juan Capistrano. Ethan was so funny, he loved seeing all the animals but when he has a chance to feed the bunnies carrots he became very scared and ran away. Can't say I blame him as we were in a huge fenced in area where there were about 40 very hungry bunnies who are not afraid of people and would charge right over to whomever was holding food.



Surprisingly, even though he was scared of the feeding the bunnies, he jumped at the chance to take a pony ride and loved it.



As well as riding the mini train over and over and over again...

Our next stop was Legoland which was amazing. We all had a ball, especially Ethan. I wish I had known that is was geared towards his age sooner as I would have taken him a long time ago. Everything there is constructed out of legos (see the picture of the giraffes) and there are tons of rides. Ethan kept begging us to take him on the rides and even would wait up to 45 minutes patiently in the lines. There was one ride where you rode in a car about 20 feet up in the air over a lake and he loved it, can't say the same for my petrified mother!



It was a hot day and thankfully Legoland has a fabulous water park which Ethan enjoyed immensely. He literally just ran and ran through all the sprinklers. We practically had to drag him away! We stayed there for over 6 hours and you would think that walking for 6 hours would have put me in labor but no such luck!


Our busy weekend ended with a block party with a bunch of neighbors. These block parties are always over the top and this year, one neighbor bought the huge inflatable water slide in the picture below. It might not look that big in the picture but the slide is a steep 20 feet off the ground and the landing pad is about 15 feet long and ends in a swimming pool. I am not sure who liked it more, the neighborhood kids or the adults! Ethan went down it a few times with Bryan but soon wanted nothing to do with it and would just stand at the bottom near the pool and enjoy getting splashed by everyone coming down.

All in all, it was a fun but exhausting week. I am not sure how we are going to top it this week as I am not optimistic that I will go into labor. I have an induction currently scheduled for September 7th though there is a chance that it could get moved up to September 5th if there is an opening as they were booked for that day. Hopefully I will not need either date and go into labor on my own but it is at least nice to know that at the most I only have a week left until we can meet our new little man!