Palm Springs

We went to Palm Springs on Sunday and Monday with the boys and Grandpa and Safta. It was HOT, but we had fun walking around their one main street. Then we took Matthew and Brody swimming in the really, really cold pool at the hotel. We put them into their floatation devices and swam around with them for about two hours. They had so much fun laughing at each other and splashing in the pool. They were so tired, from lack of naps and too much activity, that on Sunday night they passed out at 6:30pm and slept for thirteen hours; I can't say as this was disappointing for us.

On Monday morning we put the boys into Brody's portable crib and I heard Matthew reading a book to Brody. "Brody, this is panda. See Brody, touch this. See Brody, this is elephant; you touch this. Good boy Brody." Hilarious. We then packed up and walked around El Paseo St. in Palm Desert. Matthew had fun running around and holding Grandpa's hand. "Where's Grandpa? Mommy, I don't see Grandpa." With Matthew getting progressively more anxious.

After lunch, we stopped off at an outlet mall to do some shopping and let the kids run around after a half hour of driving. M and B played on the "cars" that you're supposed to put coins in...but of course we didn't; Jewish and Chinese kids really get screwed. Anyway, when we saw a dog, I pointed it out to Brody and told him dogs say woof, woof. Brody tried to copy; it was sooooo cute. "Wef, wuf, uf," followed by big smiles. Then I kissed him and he smacked his lips at me. I guess we'll keep him.

Around 5:30 we stopped again in Ontario at a mall there and stopped off at the Rainforest Cafe. They have huge robotic animals there that move and make sounds. Needless to say, M and B were fascinated. M a bit more so than B. There were life size elephants that really freaked Matthew out. He wanted to see them, of course, after all they are elephants, but from a distance. He held onto me as though his life was in danger and said, "They not gonna get you. Right, Mommy? They not gonna get you." He was also immensely fascinated with the moving and grunting alligator. M stood there in awe for a good 20 minutes. Good times.