New Orleans

We went to New Orleans a few weeks ago for a TESOL conference that Kyle was going to.  Warren and I came along for the ride. Warren loved his plane ride... the light buttons, the air conditioning, opening and shutting the window, the hearts on the back of the chairs, putting the tray tables up and down, the treats, trying some soda "Sick!" but a second later "More!", climbing on mom and dad etc.  Mom and Dad were busy on the entertaining side of things and no deep naps for us.  The passengers who sat next to us were really kind to him and some who were near entertained him with a smile or two.

On our first day, while Kyle went to the conference Warren and I went to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, here are a few photos of us there.

Warren enjoyed seeing the fish and the large sharks that they have in the entrance.  I would have to say his favorite part of the trip was going down the slide and climbing up the net.

 Later when Kyle came home we went for a walk around New Orleans and ate at Dragos they are known for their oysters but we decided not to try them.  The food that we ate was really good.  We had some delicious fresh fruit, A Shrimp Po' Boy, and Shrimp Pasta.

Above Warren is putting pepper on his saltine crackers, yum.

Dragos is located in the Hilton and this is what Warren and Kyle found on our way back to our hotel so we pretended to play for a little bit.

 
The next day of the conference, St. Patrick's Day, Warren and I went to the Louisiana Children's Museum.  We had SO much fun!  I loved playing with him and watching him discover.  He loved pretending to be a fireman and driving the truck, playing in the bubble blowing/making area, climbing the stairs, playing in the toddler area, and so much more.  Some day we'll need to go to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum in Salt Lake.  I only have two pictures from there because we were having so much fun together.

When Kyle came home from the conference we went to Mother's Restaurant, one that our taxi driver recommended that we should go too.  After we ate we went to go find the St. Patrick's Day Parade.  Which took us to the French Quarter.  That was a fun experience.  St. Patty's Day, attire everywhere.  Teaching elementary school I thought I saw kids decked all out in green... Wow, this took the cake it was so fun to see so many people adults included go ALL out.  

We decided not to stay to watch the parade because by the time it got to us it would have been late and so we decided to take a nice walk on the River Walk.  It was beautiful.  We loved watching the boats go by. 

When we got to our hotel we watched March Madness, BYU vs. Wofford a great way to end a great day.

Before we drove off to Alabama, Warren and I took one last walk on the River Walk and found a Jester that Warren really liked that Kyle and he discovered the first day we were there.  I forgot to mention that while we were in New Orleans he saw a train and each time we would go out he would asked to go see the choo-choo. He also wanted to find all the stairs.  We had a great time!

One last story(the short version)... The room that we had had 2 doubles.  I walked into the room and saw all of the fluffy down pillows on the bed and the down comforter and was so excited! I wanted to have one of the beds all to myself and enjoy sinking into a deep slumber.  But....the hotel that we were staying in had a crib but the wheel was broken and was not available... Because Kyle had the conference and we wanted him to be well rested..... Warren and I shared the "big bed" as he called it, I was worried that he would fall off the bed because he rolls everywhere while he is sleeping.  I was grateful that Kyle took Warren out the first morning that we were there so I could catch up on some missed sleep.  It wasn't the best sleep but it was fun to be by our favorite little man.  Warren was very possessive of our bed.  One day Kyle was sitting on it and in his own little way "Dad, no!" I think he tried to push him or patted the bed that Kyle had slept on meaning Dad you sit here.  Later when we went to my brother's house he wanted to sleep in the "big bed" and not the pack and play.