We finally made our way out to the Newport Beach Temple. It is only 20 minutes from our home and we headed over right after church.
Ted was not very happy that the doors were all locked since it was Sunday.
Tidus totally photobombed us. psh!
As I look through these photos I now realize that I did not get a single shot of the entire temple. It is a gorgeous temple. It is one of the smaller temples that was built while President Hickley was president of the church. It is just a pretty temple up on a hill surrounded by homes in gated communities. ;) There was an apartment complex across the street and I looked up rent. For a one bedroom, one bathroom is was over $2100 per month... yikes... But that is Newport Beach for you. There was a mountain off in the distance and the entire time we were touring the temple grounds Ted insisted on climbing it. Even as we packed up the car to leave he pointed to the mountain and suggested that be our next stop.
Aunt Kristy gave Ted this cute set of capes and masks for his birthday. In true toddler fashion, Ted was randomly terrified of the capes. He had no desire to even let me try them on around his neck. He was fine with putting the masks on (go figure). So I put all the capes and masks in a tub in the closet until one evening Ted requested I bring the tub out. Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles Ted actually wanted to put on both the mask and the cape. I had to document this moment. And send the pic to Kristy for proof.
We are still doing our preschool homeschool. We don't sit down at the table everyday but we do make an effort to include educational activities in whatever we choose to do. It gets hard to do preschool while Tidus tears apart the house so I let him sit at the table and color with a marker. It worked for quite a while. Until he became bored with coloring and dumped the bucket of crayons all over the floor. Then I banished him to the bouncer.
I have also been checking out new parks in our area. This requires me to drive Tyler to work because the parks are in neighboring cities. He does not mind because this means he gets to use the carpool lane.
The primary had a pool party at one of the member's homes. She lets anyone swim in her pool and she keeps it heated at 85 degrees so it was really nice. Afterwards the kids all ate popsicles.
Tidus eating his very first popsicle.
We got swimming almost EVERY DAY!! I only say almost because we do not swim on Sundays. Other than the sabbath we are in the pool constantly! It makes me excited because Ted and Tidus are turning into little water babies. I love it.
To end bird week for preschool we went to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. It is right across the street from the beach and is the perfect place to go bird watching. In fact, there were lots of people there with binoculars in hand. Other bird watchers were impressed that Ted brought his own.
We also go to quite a few pug meet ups. I mentioned in a past post how there are so many pug groups in southern California. Tyler even said it feels like he is constantly going to put parties... This group is the OC Pug Saturday Group. This has been my favorite dog park in SoCal by far. It was nice green grass with a paved path all the way around. There was chairs, picnic tables, trees for shade, and water stations.
Ruby getting jealous that Tyler is petting another pug.
True to her sheepish pug personality Ruby spent the entire time either right by our side or hiding in the back. Plus, she kept trying to climb into the storage compartment of the stroller.
More pics of us at the pool.
Tidus is crying because he wants to be in the pool and not sit on the side but I really wanted to get a picture of him.
