Aunt Katie and Last Days in VA

Aunt Katie came and met us in VA for the last weekend we were there!! We had a great time swimming, chasing bubbles, and swam some more!!!Kurtis and I also got to go to the outside mall and ride the train, he was so excited, we rode it twice!!

Pop's Day!!!

The next day in D.C. we decided to go and see airplanes!!  Of course Pops was really into that and Kurtis loved hearing all of the facts that he knew about each airplane, helicopter, and the space shuttle!!  We had a great time, and anyone in the Dulles area should go to the Dulles Air and Space Museum, it was fantastic!!!  After the museum, Pops and Kurtis hit some golf balls!  Kurtis took a long, wonderful nap that day and I was able to go to get a Hot Stone Pedicure!  THE BEST PEDICURE I HAVE EVER HAD!!!  Anyways, it was a great day to end our vacation in D.C. and head back to VA to continue our relaxing vacation!!

DiSCovErY!!

Kurtis and I went for a walk and found this pretty large Ant Farm.  We thought it was the most interesting thing.  I put Kurtis into the photo so you could see how big it is compared to him!!

Baltimore

We decided to go to Baltimore Aquarium while in D.C., on the way there though Kurtis' tummy started to feel sick so we made a pit stop at the temple.  Kurtis favorite part of the temple was a digger we saw, of course he is ALL BOY!!  We quickly ran in and stopped to go to the restroom the rest of the day was a success.  No accidents, and we saw lots of wonderful animals!!

Funny Story...

So since we are blogging to keep everyone updated, and also to let Derick know things that happen while he is gone, here is a funny story!!  Warning- kind of disgusting.

So poor little Kurtis had an upset stomach almost the entire time we were in D.C.  After arriving on the train and visiting the Natural History Museum we met Mom and went to Tyson's Corner to  grab some food, and shop a bit.  GG found a fun rain coat for Jackie and was texting her pictures asking her which one she wanted.  While GG was looking at coats, Kurtis was dancing and singing to the music in the store.  He does have quite the moves.  All of a sudden he got very still and quiet.  Evidently we had taken a bit too long to find the perfect rain coat for Jackie.  I looked down at Kurtis and he was sitting down, pale, saying "oh momma I am sick", and then it happened.  It reminded me a bit of Katie when she was young and used to tell mom she was going to be sick and immediately proceeded to projectile vomit everywhere. No warning just a faint "I don't feel good".  Kurtis proceeded to have a major explosion and left a yellow chunky puddle in the middle of the store!  I did not have anytime to be embarrassed, or to tell GG & Pops what was happening. (Little did I know that mom looked around and saw what was happening but dad was oblivious.  Mom said dad looked down at the carpet and said, what's that? and started to tell the store owner there was something weird on the carpet. Instead she grabbed dad's arm and followed me out of the store.) Anyway, I grabbed and ran with Kurtis to the nearest bathroom - which happened to be Macy's.  As we are running Kurtis continues to say "I am so sorry momma, I am so sorry momma, my stomach hurts!".  I dash in the restroom and realize that I am all by myself.   His shorts, underwear, shoes, and socks are soaked.  I take his clothes off and start to wash them out and realize - I don't have any other clothes for him.   He has been potty trained for a while now, and has really NEVER had a problem like this so I was not prepared with an extra set of clothes.  Luckily helped arrived!  Mom and Dad found their way to the restroom.  Given their history - LOL - Mom always scopes out where the the restrooms are located.   I asked Mom to purchase underwear and shorts and we here Kurtis in the stall - singing as happy as a lark - stomach relieved.  We get him dressed and head out to the car.  Kurtis did not have any socks and shoes so he requested that Pops carry him on his shoulders - "like my dad".  Pops was happy to do so but of course had to remind Kurtis - "don't have another accident up there".  

National History Museum in D.C.

We took the train to visit GG while she was working.  Once we arrived in D.C. we went to do some touristy things.  

We had a lot of fun at the National History Museum, everyone should go and check it out at least once.  Kurtis' favorite parts are the Animals (mainly ocean, but mammals too), and then the Rocks & Minerals.  

Visiting Pops and GG

This weekend we left CA and went to visit my parents!! It has been nice not too humid and

 just beautiful!!! The first day we went shopping, and swimming with Kurtis friends Josh and Sam. Kurtis slept so good that night, in fact he was trying to fall asleep on the table during dinner time.   Second day we enjoyed family dinner.

Today we went swimming again, and to visit my uncle, aunt, and cousins. Uncle Kenny took Kurtis with Karrie for a ride in his 1968 corvette!!  Kurtis has been looking forward to that since we started planning our trip.  He loves CARS!!! 

I thought I took several photos of which I had a few where you could see everyone, but for some reason these were the only photos I had.  Sorry your head is blocked in every shot Kenny!!!

Kurtis also LOVES their dog!!

More trip photos to come!!

Past few weeks...

We had a fun primary activity where the children learned about Mexico. Kurtis really enjoyed the Piñata and painting the maraca's.

Kurtis also has become friends with a little boy in our apartment complex, they like to play water balloons, and go swimming in the kiddie pool.

We also planted seeds and up sprouted tomatoes, and sunflowers plants. Serene gave us some herbs too that have all sprouted, but you can't really see the oregano but its there. Kurtis has a chore to water them and clean out their pots. Soon we will need to re-pot them, hopefully that goes ok too. Since we do not have the yard to have a garden we thought we would test growing these plants on our balcony, so far so good.

Last thing we did was build a new train city on Kurtis' train table. He has played with it everyday.

Update on the Pikula's

Kurtis is wrapping up preschool, here is a funny photo of him jumping on the bed at our hotel in SFC. He is ready for summer to swim in Nanny's pool and vacation! We did have fun at the Noah's Ark exhibit with some friends from church!Amy is enjoying time with Kurtis, working hard, and keeping up with the housework!Derick left this week for basic training and will be gone for 4.5 months!! We love him and miss him a TON. The blogs for the next few months will really be to update him when he gets back on what we did while he was gone!! Kurtis and I made a paper chain so that we could keep up with and know how many days we had until he comes home to us.(at the hotel the night before he shipped out! sorry, not a great photo of derick but the other option was bad of both!)