One little monkey jumping on the bed, fell off and bumped his head.

My mom always told me, “No matter how careful you are, one day, you will drop the baby.” And I would always nod but think to myself, “NOO. NOT ME. NOT ME. NOT MEEEE!”

Well, substitute “drop the baby” for “let him fall off the bed,” and then, yes. Yes, it’s true. Life is cruel.

This morning, in the split second it took for me to remove my eyes from my cute kid to pick up the pillows from the floor(pillows he threw on the floor, may I add), down he went. BAM.

What followed were the most awful seconds I have endured in recent memory. Oh the guilt! Oh, the horrible, wretched guilt!

Santiago stopped crying almost as soon as I scooped him up, and once I had thoroughly inspected him for scrapes and fractures (all clear!) he flashed me the goofiest, most relieved little teary-eyed smile. I think he mostly got scared from my blood curdling scream than the acutal fall. Immediately I decided I could never forgive myself.

I think the fall may have increased his appetite because he devoured his breakfast.

So. Let’s do this: You tell me your Worst Mom Moment, and then I’ll nod and think, “Oh, I'm not such a bad mother . . .” Oh, c'mon pleeease, for the sake of my sanity.

Santiago explores the museum!

I took Santiago to the Lied Discovery Children's Museum and he loved it.
Oh loved it. I feel an exclamation point belongs there. Exclamation point! He loved excavating dinosaur bones, shopping and playing the role of cashier in the mini grocery store, the arts and craft station, loved loved loved piloting an airplane, loved making giant bubbles, fishing in the pond, camping in the indoor wilderness exhibit, the live puppet show, but most of all he loved wandering aimlessly exploring the entire museum until his little legs were super sore.

digging up dinosaur fossils!

grocery shopping

    

check out the cute cashier on register 2!

    

fishing!

  

pilot Santiago in the cockpit!

    

        

busy setting up the campsite and making a pretend camp fire

      

    

      

      

BUBBLES!

    

you can't see it but we're standing inside a HUGE bubble!

    

if you have little ones and live or find yourself in Las Vegas sometime,
you should seriously go!



Did you know Lions drink out of a sippy cup?

this morning while cleaning and organizing Santiago's closet he spotted a treasure, he squealed with excitement and pointed at his Lion costume!
He insisted on wearing it and I happily obliged.

Is it functional to be dressed in a head to toe lion costume all day? No.

Did he look as cute as a dang button in it though? You betcha!

Everyone together now: ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Tuesday.

what i should have done today was run several errands. instead i lounged around all morning, had a lunch date with mister santiago and we went to our favorite cupcake shop. it wasn't the most productive day around these parts,

but that's ok (i'm going to stop putting things off starting tomorrow).

lunching alfresco at Chipotle

we love Retro!

 and now. . .
 i will eat this scrumptious cupcake. the heavens will open up,
 and there will be singing and much rejoicing!

happy tuesday friends!

Where's Santiago?

Oh,there he is!

Water Park FUN!

We went to Aliante Nature Discovery Park yesterday, and Santiago had a BLAST!!
I have the cutest pictures of my kid to show to you, hanging out by the pond checking out the ducks, geese, and turtles, playing in the dinosaur themed playground and dashing in the water.

Oh, so much cuteness, it will likely make your ovaries EXPLODE! If you don't have ovaries, these pictures will cause your body to spontaneously produce them, and then they will EXPLODE!!

lathered up with sunscreen and in his swim trunks ready for the splash pad!

snack time! all that fun made him hungry, nomming on string cheese

seriously, how cute is my kid these days?!