Parker has been one busy little boy. In the past month he has been all over the state of California visiting friends, family, amusement parks, toy stores, beaches and parks.

We met our friends Mike and Jessica at the Oakland Zoo. It was great! Parker's favorite part was the large grass area where we had a picnic lunch.

One weekday after meeting Jake for lunch, Parker and I stopped at Happy Hollow. They have a small petting zoo, a few animal exhibits, and a couple rides. We showed up during a puppet show (I think) so the petting zoo and animal areas were empty. We were the only ones there! It was pretty neat. Parker got up close and personal with a meerkat. He loved going in and out of this tunnel a hundred times. Stopped hitting his head after the second try...

Parker showed me where the wallabies were sleeping.

We had a lot of rainy days in March so I had to get creative about things to do with a boy that always wants to be outside. We decided to go play at Toys R Us. Parker loved looking at all the toys and pushing a toy shopping car up and down each aisle. Then he spotted the balls and he ran over chanting "ball, ball, ball" pointing the whole way. I'd hand him a ball and he'd play with it and then throw it back in. This went on for twenty minutes. Then he found the big cars. He'd open the door (they have doors that open?!?!) and get in and out a bunch of times and then shake the steering wheel. This was another twenty or so minutes. He slept really well on the car ride home.

He really liked a hot pink Barbie car, but I chose this picture instead.

By the end of the month we packed up for our Spring Break trip to San Diego. We had planned on driving during the middle of the night so Parker would sleep the whole way. At the last minute we decided to leave in the afternoon. He did a great job in the car, but we planned lots of stops for some fun. At the grapevine we stopped for frozen yogurt and played in the grass.

Once in San Diego we made lots of trips to the beach and various parks.

Parker also met up with his best friend, Beau. It was very difficult to get a good shot of these two wiggle worms.


Parker also met a new friend while playing some chess.


And then it was Easter! Parker loved looking for the eggs and he loved discovering what was inside. His favorite might have been the slinky.



And that's it. Now we're all trying to get back to normal here.