Labor Day Weekend

It was another busy weekend for Dominic. DominicsCousin had a party for her 5th birthday Saturday afternoon and the little guy was invited. He likes her place as they have a working electric train! He absolutely loves it. Whenever there is a pause in what he is doing, he is off to see the train. Try prying him away from it. Tough the first time. And the second. And the third. The fifth time is a little tiring...

He also likes her place because they have a pool! DominicsDad took him into the pool and he had a great time! Dominic loves the water, as long as none gets into his eyes. He was splashing around and playing with the other kids the whole time. He had a great time at the party and was asleep before we got home.
Sunday we planned on driving up to Grandma & Grandpa's house, but our schedule was such that most of the trip would be before his normal nap time. Not a good plan for a relaxing drive up to LA. So I ran out to Target and bought a portable DVD player with a built in screen. About 40 minutes into the trip, the little guy started to get bored and antsy. So we broke out the DVD player, put in his Bob the Builder DVD and started it up. The look on his face was classic, something like, "You can do this? Play a video in the car? And why haven't you done this earlier?" We had a nice smooth ride the whole way....Definitely a must for rides over 30 minutes.

Dominic always has a great time at Grandma & Grandpa's house. They bought him a small electric train and he was enthralled for hours. He would just watch it and go "whoo whoo!" (and then he'd kick it over or pick up the engine.) We returned late Monday afternoon and Dominic watched Bear in the Big Blue House.