Power Outage #2...

Fort Irwin has been updating the utilities on post (how, I'm not sure). Yesterday was the second, and final, I believe, of the planned power outages. So, since there was a whole lot of nothing to do at home, we figured we would get off post and have some fun!

We decided to go to Ontario, a little over two hours away. Papa Shu had heard about a mall in Ontario that everyone raved about. It is a very good size mall. It really is like an indoor outlet mall, and I have every intention of giving them some of our money in the future. It is the least I can do. Right? Well, we had a late lunch at D&B and played some games afterward. I got a few pictures with my phone. My phone, however, has seen better days, so I apologize for the quality.

The view on the way to Ontario. It reminds me of driving through Tennessee. Very pretty.

 Some NASCAR racing and shootin' hoops... So fun!

I did not get any pictures of Alex while we were there, but he had fun too. He got to play some ski-ball and shoot-'em-up games as well. But, because it was so busy there, I was more concerned with keeping him from running off than taking pictures. I will try harder next time to do both! Ha!

He has, though, started hiding from us. I heard him playing in his room for a little bit. Then it got quiet. So I went to check on him. As you know, when kids get quiet, there is generally something bad going on. In this instance, he had crawled under his bed to get his basketball that had rolled under it. He heard me coming, I think, and decided to just stay there and "hide". I played along by saying, "Alex? Where's Alex?" He laid there, not moving anything but a couple toes. After a minute or two, he worked himself out, bumping his bottom, back, and head on the bottom of the crib, then popping up and laughing. He is too funny!

Today we found him under the kitchen table. He was "hiding" under there because he had gotten William's 3DS and wanted to play, even though he knows he isn't supposed to. Hence the hiding. He is going to be a sneaky one, I think.