Coming in real late this morning!

It used to be that Ishu would wake me up around 4am and then I’d have trouble falling back asleep after patting him back to sleep. And then I’d be up for the day.

But, now, I just zonk right back to bed. So we’re usually up together between 7-7:30am. Which makes long blog posts a bit harder since we don’t have much time before we have to hustle out the door.

I’m not complaining though.

I appreciate any extra sleep I can get!

We’ve fallen into a bit of a nice summer routine where Ishu naps later in the day (between 1-4ish) and then he goes to sleep later (usually when we head to bed). When it stays light ’til 9pm, later bedtimes are necessary!

Anyway, I’m blabbing a lot. Let’s share our fun weekend pics, yeah?

Friday

Every Friday during the summer months, our apartment building has donuts at the front desk. And Ishu loves the sprinkled donuts. (Eats the sprinkles, leaves the donut. Obviously).

We grabbed a donut before leaving the building and then made our way over to the Wiggleworms Concert. Ishu is normally running all over the place away from his mama. But, I think because he’s slightly averse to the grass, he wants to sit on my lap the whole time AND I AM DEFINITELY taking advantage of that. Ha.

After the concert was over, we made our way over to the museum, of course.

They’ve got a little bit of a sea creatures thing going on in their Pritzker Playroom. Which is nice because Ishu is all about the sea animals, thanks to our recent trips to the aquarium.

They’ve also got a sand table with shells (similar to the one at his school) and he really loves that! We spent the whole time in the playroom before it was time to head back home for nap time.

While he slept, I finished this book. (So very, very good. I know it’s been out for a while, but just now managed to get it, thanks to Libby!). Later in the evening, we made some homemade pizza for dinner (Ishu helped. And by “helped,” I mean he ate all the toppings while we were chopping ’em). And then when he went to bed, Ankur and I finished Moon Knight.

Saturday

On Saturday, we went to the aquarium again!

It was our first time going with Ankur. We saw the dolphin show again, the penguins, and got to touch some stingrays. We wanted to see the sharks but the toddler screaming won out and we took a water taxi back home. (And stopped to get some Dippin’ Dots for the boat ride home).

Sunday

Ankur spent the morning with his friends and Ishu and I went to the Gold Coast area to check out a Book Fair. The kids’ books were all picked over and I knew I probably should have gone on Friday, but still, happy we went and got to discover a new library that isn’t too far from us!

On our way home, we stopped at Aster Hall, which is just a fancy food court at the 900 shops. Ishu and I had lunch together. When we were done, I wanted to finish the book I was reading (SO GOOD, read it now!). So I put an episode of Curious George on my phone so he could be entertained while I read. Ha.

Then, we made our way home for nap time.

In the evening, we went to the park to relieve some of the built up energy this kid had after hanging out in the stroller for most of the morning.

He climbed rocks, he went down slides, he studied all the bugs, and he pet the sweet dog.

That face is making me feel like he’s gonna ask us for a dog real soon.

Phew.

What a weekend.

Now I’m off! Happy Monday! And Happy August!