Simon enjoying a bowl of soup during a lunch visit to San Francisco. This is at his old daycare.
After work, I picked up Simon and we went to meet up with Auntie V for dinner at Jasper’s Corner Tap & Kitchen. We had their mac ‘n’ cheese, fish & chips, and grilled cheese sandwich. Simon really enjoyed the french fries but didn’t like the grilled cheese sandwich.
Excited to eat!
After dinner, Simon konked out in the stroller on the way to the parking garage.
Then continued sleeping once I put him in his car seat. Pooped out little guy.
Today we went shopping. We stopped first at Costco and Simon almost had a meltdown. He didn’t want to sit in the shopping cart. We tried pointing out that another kid was quietly sitting in it and then trying to convince him by saying he needed to sit if he wanted to go shopping. Finally we decided I should go in first and Simon would probably want to follow. Well it took him a while to finally calm down enough. Ron said he tried a few more time outside of Costco to get him to sit in the shopping cart but Simon kept on refusing. Eventually Ron decided to take Simon to the car and as they got to the car, Ron asked him if he wanted to go inside to see mommy and if so, he had to sit in the shopping cart… then he finally agreed at that point. Not sure what made him change his mind but I guess kids are that way. He’s still being a mommy monkey these days, whenever I disappear from his sight, I can hear him calling out for me and he’s always really excited to see me come home from work. It melts my heart each time.
We also stopped by Babies R Us since we’re looking for a 2-step step stool for him so that he can reach the sink to brush his teeth and/or wash his hands. Although we were unsuccessful at finding it at BRU, Simon at least got to take a car ride with Elmo and Zoe again. He was almost ready for his nap so he looks kind of zoned out in this picture.
Anyone know where we can find that type of step stool? We also stopped yesterday at the new buybuy BABY store in Pleasant Hill but they don’t have any of them in stock. Side note: If you are expecting and have a buybuy BABY near you, I would choose this over BRU for my baby registry. It’s related to Bed Bath & Beyond so looks exactly like a BBB, except all products are for babies! The stroller collection is pretty amazing. I may have to order the step stool online or else we’re thinking of just getting the metal frame foldable type.
After his afternoon nap, we went outside to play in the pool. This time I joined him and I don’t know how he can stand playing in that cold water on cold days. Brr! At least it was pretty warm outside today. He was really energetic all evening and stayed up until 9:30pm tonight. Before bedtime, he was still being a busy body and showing off how he can squat and scoot along.
We went out to dinner with Grandma Chung. Simon was really well behaved during dinner. He drank his own cup of water (although did stick his spoon in it to play with the ice), he ate the bread, he had some prime rib, he ate some corn, he didn’t fuss until the very end.
He fussed likely because he was feeling uncomfortable in his booster chair… because he pooped and it was leaking out of his diaper. I didn’t realize until I went to take him to the restroom to have him wash his hands since he said he was finished eating. Then I noticed the smell and something sticky on his pants and shirt. So I had my first experience in cleaning Simon in the bathroom sink. He was standing naked on the bathroom counter while I was wiping him down with baby wipes and paper towels. The hostess walks in and gives a little giggle. At least he didn’t squirm too much and didn’t pee on me. Then of all days, I didn’t pack an extra set of clothes. I have a set in my car but we didn’t drive my car today. So lucky for me, I had my thin wraparound sweater (kind of like this). I was able to roll up the sleeves then wrap it behind and back to the front.
If I didn’t have this sweater, he would have only been in a diaper. This way we were able to sit through the rest of the evening without too much embarrassment. Next time, we’ll always bring another set of clothes in the diaper bag.
