Yet another road trip to Phoenix! This time, we took the VW minivan and it worked out great as it had not one, but two DVD players! Although, I really didn't get to watch my own movie in the 3rd row. Nonetheless, it kept you-know-who very occupied throughout the entire trip.
During this trip, we discovered a few new things. Firstly, it's never a good idea to drive when it's really windy on I-40. Talk about dusty! We also had to dodge a few tumbleweeds!
Part of the freeway was actually shut down and so we ended up taking a different route to our "Phoenix" house. And funny enough, the Beeline highway reduced our route by 50 miles! I wonder why we never went this way before. Plus, it's also so much prettier although there is a part of it that was quite desolate. I'm glad our minivan didn't break down! Speaking of which, we brought our minivan in for a wheel re-alignment and ended up installing another brand new axle! Thankfully that was all under warranty.
Anyhow, once in Phoenix, we learned that Charlie likes to gnaw on toys rather than play with them:
And that Charlie did not enjoy the new jumper hanging from the door frame, so back to the store it went:
Charlie loves the fruit & veggie pouches!
Graham, on the other hand, still loves playing with all of his tractors on the gravel in the backyard:
And loves to dig with the new shovel as you can clearly see in this pic. Cheeky little fella!
And he is finally sleeping in his own room (or the guestroom). Not quite a real bed, but it will do for now. It's actually our travel crib. Who knew it would come in handy again!
We discovered that we love having breakfast in the backyard on Graham's new bench. I guess I should really say Graham
and Charlie's new bench:
By the way, some new things in the backyard... some fancy stepping stones!
One for Graham with his hand prints. He really wanted to have his cement mixer back!
One for Charlie with his little footprints. We never really used the rattle so I figured no one would really miss it.
And one for Mommy. Bobby said to make a design that relates to sunny Arizona, so I came up with (somewhat of) a sun with (somewhat of) a heart-shape in the middle.
More discoveries... Graham learned how to to pick up an pea-pod with a pair of kid-friendly chopsticks. Very talented!
Charlie, on the other hand, will just stick to his spoon:
The boys continued to share their toys together:
And also shared their meal times together (whenever possible that is):
As usual, big brother Graham isn't always eating all the time. In this instance, he has his "Umi-goggles" on. Without a doubt, I'm sure Charlie will catch on too.
And oh! We re-discovered that the kitchen sink is the best place when babies have a malfunctioned diaper:
If you can re-call, big brother Graham was also in a kitchen sink once:
Ha! They almost have that same look on their faces! :-)
We also discovered that Charlie is no longer afraid of his baths. Actually, he loves the water! On our drive back to Tulsa, Bobby and the boys were able to play in the pool at the hotel on one of our stopovers. Charlie was having a blast splashing around and not fussing about getting water on his face.
Who is so cute! Ok, ok... it's no longer Mommy :-P
Last but not least, we discovered that Mommy needs to play a lot of good golf and I mean, a LOT of GOOD golf - to compensate for the babysitting fees that Charlie and Graham are raking up! I did finish in the money: 12th position (out of 40 girls) in the most recent Cactus Tour event at Orange Tree Golf Resort in Scottsdale. My scores were 73, 74, and 78 - not too bad considering I haven't really practiced a lot and I was also using a brand new putter!
After the first round, I was explaining to Graham how I hit the ball into the water on the 18th hole. He put his hand to his mouth and gasp! And then he later said... "It's ok, Mommy. It's just an accident." I thought that was so cute. Of course, he also refers to wetting his underwear as an accident! I did manage to redeem myself with a great birdie on the final day on the 18th hole. Sometimes, I can still play :-D
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