On my first morning in Henderson, Papa told me about his days as a fingerprint analyst and showed me fingerprints on the computer.
Then we looked at my fingerprints through a magnifying loupe.
Afterwards, we got to do the thing I was super excited for – The Adventuredome at Circus Circus. I LOVED IT.
Here’s a little video of me having the time of my life.
Aunt Lisa mixed up Kenji’s animals during the night, so Kenji had to fix them right away.
Did you know that Kenji really likes balloons?
I opened my gifts from the Taylor’s, which included this great book about the 50 states.
It had a whole bunch of facts about every state, all the state flags, capitals, and American presidents. Thanks, Taylor’s!
Kenji got some cool Disney cars, which he liked a lot. He reminds me of me when I was two!
Then we decorated some cookies. We are obviously naturals.
It was also the final night of Hanukkah. After sundown, I mustered up all of my concentration to light all eight candles.
From Mom and Dad, I got a book about a dinosaur named…Dexter!
And from Grandma and Grandpa, I got a spirograph set! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa, for the gifts all Hanukkah long!
Then when it was time to go to bed, I found Kenji cuddling with Hugs. She is so loved…
We went up to Seattle and had an early Christmas celebration with Kenji. He found his gift almost immediately and wanted to open it right away. It was a set of mix-and-match animal parts and he wasted no time getting to the business of assembling them.
It was also the 7th night of Hanukkah, so I opened my gift from Grandma and Grandpa. It was a Hot Wheels race track! Daddy assembled it and Kenji and I raced our cars.
While we were in Seattle over the weekend, Aunt Lisa and Uncle Ryan went out to dinner, so we took care of Kenji!
First, we had a big dance party.
Then Kenji took Mommy’s shoes and keys and tried to escape.
Eventually, Kenji wheeled in his Radio Flyer. I pulled him around for a little while…
…Then it was his turn to wheel me around. I think he had fun being my chauffeur!
Kenji is Seattle’s most infamous ice cream thief.
I went up to Seattle to visit cousin Kenji and we went to KidsQuest Children’s Museum!
My favorite thing there was this huge climbing structure. This is the very bottom of it.
Daddy helped me climb the ropes up this big tube.
Kenji went up with Uncle Ryan and into this cage before heading to the very top.
This is the rope tube that leads to the top.
And here’s the top! It’s even higher than the second floor of the museum.
I also liked this sign that pointed to cities with funny names.
And this water room where I got to wear this awesome smock.
I think I wore out Nana and Papa. Thanks for the visit!
Nana and Papa made a visit our way and we took them across the Willamette River to the east side of Portland. Our first stop was a restaurant called the Tin Shed, where we had to wait a long time, even though it was a Thursday.
Then we went to the playground at Laurelhurst Park.
Before heading home, we stopped to see the ducks at the Laurelhurst Duck Pond.
By the end of the day, Chubs was ready for a nap!
Kenji visited our house on Easter weekend and one of our favorite things to do was color eggs.
Kenji really liked the egg dye and got his hands so messy, he had to go inside to clean up. So I continued on my own.
I got my hands very colorful, too!
Kenji could barely stand watching me have all the fun by myself through the window…
…so he came back for Round Two!
Whew! That was some hard work, but we walked away with some very cool eggs.
After Kenji had a bath, he had some fun coloring with my old baby crayons and pushing around the stroller. It was fun having you here, Taylor gang!
I’ve had a lot of energy lately, so before we headed out for our final day in Nevada, I went outside to run around Nana and Papa’s neighborhood.
Then we went to the Las Vegas Strip to go up the Eiffel Tower.
This is the view when you look straight down!
Then we continued down Las Vegas Boulevard and encountered my favorite part of Vegas – the pedestrian walkways!
The M&M’s store was…okay. But…
…it had four floors of escalators. So it was a win!
