Indoor playground is awesome!

At the university mall in Orem, they have a playground with a giant treehouse where kids can play. They have a fake dinosaur bones and a slide. We like to go there since it's indoors (yay, no sunburn!) plus I've discovered that Alden will play (somewhat) by himself so I can just sit and keep an eye on him. (And yes, this is where he broke his leg a few months ago...).

Alden is not very adventurous but if he sees other kids doing something (like going down a slide), he will venture out and do the same. But he doesn't play WITH anyone else. The most I've seen him interact with other kids is just hovering around them and watching what's going on. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with not being able to communicate. If there is a line to go down the slide, he will just go let everyone else go in front of him and wait until there is no line to go down the slide.

The most exciting toy store

We went on a walk at the Riverwoods Mall the other day and found this new toy shop called Flickenstaff. It was the most exciting toy store we've ever been! They had fun music on, but not only that, they had tons of toys and candy that brought many memories. Alden had fun looking around and pushing a cart around the store and picking out stuff that mommy and daddy were too cheap to buy for him. Ha ha. Well, he was just randomly picking small enough items to go in his cart. It was so cute to watch him run around with his own cart because he always tries to help me push the carts around the grocery store.

Everything was way over priced but it would be a fun place to any families to go and spend some time in. Joe was coveting over all the candy and surprised how many different types of M&Ms they had there.

This is a picture of Alden pushing his cart. I think he already has 2 things of playdough in there. lol.

You can see that Alden's cart is almost full. He picked out these fuzzy string thingies and started putting all of them in his cart. lol.

Alden, stocking his cart.

This is how he poses when I say "Cheese" for the pictures. I have no idea where he picked this up... lol.

Wall of candy. Joe liked it more than Alden. Al has no idea how good they taste. lol.

Baby Mozarts

Sophie and Alden make a pretty good team, don’t they?

They were playing background music at Jamie’s Homecoming Party. :D

Easter Egg Hunt

Okay.. It’s been kinda crazy around here with the move and my brother’s wedding reception. My computer didn’t have internet until today, and Joe’s laptop doesn’t have a working card reader… So I haven’t been able to post anything. Sorry.

The day before Easter (general conference), there was an Easter Egg Hunt event at the Pioneer Park in Provo. It was during Saturday morning conference, but I convinced Joe to let us go.. lol.

We barely made it on time, and there were so many kids and parents, we didn’t think we’ll be able to find a parking spot on time. We saw the perfect parking spot open, except it was a little too small for anyone to park (thus being left open until then). Joe successfully parked there with about 4 inches on both sides of the car (wow). We just made it to the first circle as they blew the whistle, only to find out that we were in the 9-10 age group circle! I helped Alden pick up one egg, and I hurried and picked up three more and put them in his basket before the whole park was cleaned out in 10 seconds!

We ran over to the toddler section but it was already well cleaned out by the overly zealous parents… Ha ha.

So that… is the story of our first Easter Egg Hunt. Fortunately, two of the eggs had Smarties in them, one of the few candies Alden can eat, so I divided them up in to all the eggs equally and gave them back to him. He loved the idea of having candy in those brightly colored balls. Ha ha.

We didn’t have time to take any pictures over at the park, so here are some pictures of him opening them up and sharing the candy with grandpa and daddy.

 

Cast pictures

Taken on the day he got the cast. Look at him stare at it! lol.

And he has a tennis ball and nintendo ds in each hand, of course...

He would get on the car and push himself around with just the right leg and crash into walls, etc. Now he can use both legs like normal (almost). He runs around, climbs on things, etc.

Broken Leg

Oh, I forgot to mention...
Alden has a big old cast on his leg. Poor thing.
We thought he had just an ankle sprain, which did swell up and get better in a couple of days.
But he would just refuse to put weight on his left foot, no matter what we tried.
We were afraid that he'd become afraid of putting weight on it and would forget how to walk eventually...
So a week after his accident, I called the pediatrician's office, and they told me to come in right away (actually in about an hour of when I called!). The doctor explained to us that sometime kids his age get something called "toddler's fracture," and it doesn't usually show up on the x-ray until 10-14 das after the injury. He recommended that we have another x-ray taken, so we drove to the hospital to get that done. Turns out, he has a hairline fracture on his upper shin, so we had to go back the next day to get a cast done on his leg. He's been in the cast for about 10 days now, and is completely back to normal. He's been running around in the cast almost normal, but he has to be in the cast for another couple weeks. I will post pictures soon, I promise.

Chatter Box

I don't know what's up with Alden, but he's been going crazy today talking all day long!!
Most of it's incomprehensible, like, "Da da dadada, dadi da, bab di?"
But he did say some words that were kind of understandable and surprised me.
Words he said today are:
1. Ba ba (I think he meant Bye bye)
2. Go go
3. 여기 (here in Korean)
4. 저기 (there in Korean)
5. 불 (light in Korean)

Mostly, he's just been yelling and talking to himself all day long. I hope this is the beginning of his talking phase...
He can't even say mama yet... :'(