Las Vegas Day 4

Tuesday morning, we walked Daddie over to the Monorail stop.

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Aiden really wanted to go and test drive the cars outside.

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You can see it in his eyes.

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Instead, we went to the The Secret Garden to check out dolphins and some other wild animals.

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There were many dolpins, Aiden was probably most interested in the one that played with a big ball.

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It was about 3 in the afternoon, and hotter than we preferred.

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Aiden and I were both drenched in sweat even though we weren’t out there for long.

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So we set out to find a shadier location to check out the dolphins.

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But many people crowded at the window where the dolphins would swim to.

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So we settled in a lonely spot for a few minutes.

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And when Aiden got restless we continued on our ways.

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Aiden roared with the tiger.

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Unfortunately, the real tiger wasn’t as lively.

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In fact most of the animals were busy sleeping.

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Even the striped tiger.

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We tried to get a better view.

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We stayed an hour and then went back to enjoy the pool with Daddie.

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Aiden wanted to run about in the water today.

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So we let him play a little before we placed his floatie in the water.

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First thing’s first, test out the water.

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Water is okay.  Pass!

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A girl named Evelyn came over to play with Aiden.

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Her family kept coming over to let her know it’s time to leave.

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She would leave and then come back.

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At first Aiden didn’t want to share his toy.

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But soon after I think he enjoyed the company.

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She was very friendly, even pushing Aiden’s floatable so he wouldn’t be at one boring spot.

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For some reason there were a few foods that Aiden didn’t care to eat while we were in Vegas.

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Yam and his favorite watermelon was on the list.

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Vegas really is Sin City, even for little ones!

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We’ve never let Aiden eaten fried foods before, and he’s gotten his hands on fries a few times already on this trip.

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But I couldn’t bring myself to take a picture of him in front of the slot machine.

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My co-worker, Lauren, had really wanted me to take a shot of that.

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But when Galen was getting his M card, I walked over to the desk, and the lady told me he wasn’t allowed there.

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I’m sure he would have loved it too – all the colors and lights!

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Oh well – I really didn’t want to get “in trouble” especially with the State of Nevada.

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I saw some signs that reminded me that it was against the law to do so.

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Not that without it I didn’t know it was illegal….

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This is Aiden’s second trip, and as usual Daddie did practically all the planning.

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Daddie tried very hard to find restaurants that were of quality and accepted little ones.

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Mommie worked extra hard at work so that we all could have our first domestic trip.

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Mommie and Daddie hopes that we could go on these mini trips to give Aiden different experiences.

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He’s just so perceptive of his new environment.

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His behavior isn’t always the best, but it provides another teaching/learning opportunity.

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Daddie got free show tickets this time around, but we are hoping to get free comps next time!

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How do we do that?

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By playing a lot of games.

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Hopefully by the time we rack up enough points the promotion will still be available.

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That’s probably when our next trip to Vegas will be.

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But Daddie wants to stay at a more centralized location.

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We didn’t make it the M&M store nor the Coca Cola store.

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That’s on our “to-do” list next time.

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Maybe we’lll even catch a short M&M movie, it would be a first for the whole family.

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We definitely plan to go back to Bouchon for their mussels, Aiden should be able to eat mussels then.

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He eats shellfish, but only crab, fish, shrimp and lobster so far.

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There are a few restaurants Daddie wants to try next time.

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Monta Ramen, shaved ice, and another Japanese sushi restaurant.

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But we most likely won’t be able to go to any steakhouses until Aiden is 5.

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As Daddie called numerous restaurants, and that’s what he was told.

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Daddie likes the steak houses as they serve foie gras!

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It’s a special treat, since we can’t eat in anymore in California.

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We also didn’t go outlet shopping this time.

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Daddie almost had a work disaster in Vegas.

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Lucky he noticed something was wrong, or he would have been walking barefooted.

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Instead he got to dress a little bit more casual to match his regular black sneakers.

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Bad luck, turns into pretty good luck.

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Haha, Aiden must be feeling bored.

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All of a sudden he is sitting in his floatable, very non-chalantly.

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It must be kind of hot as he kept wetting his hair.

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Now it looks like he actually went swimming.

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Haha.. such a silly boy.

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Looks like he did something he wasn’t supposed to do.

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Nope, it’s because he is teething and he’s hurting.

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His bites hurt a lot now since he’s got so many teeth.

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One time he was mad at me, and when I fed him he purposely bit down hard and quick.

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I had to explain to him that it wasn’t okay to do that.

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After a couple times, he finally understood what I meant.

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Again so he could have fun in the pool we pushed back our dinner schedule.

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The latest they would accept us was 6:30.

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We made it just in time.

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They were very difficult to find as they don’t have a sign.

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The outside lamp was all that indicated it was them.

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Tonight we will have omakase.

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The last time we ate omakase was in February.

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We went for the $120 course as we were both hungry.

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Daddie had champagne, only 2% alcohol.

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Let’s see if there is anything on the menu for Aiden.

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Why yes there is, sweet omlet!

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We have our first appetizer course as well.

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I was very impressed at first.

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Aiden loved the egg.

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It wasn’t enough.  Encore!

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Thirsty Aiden….

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of course gets apple juice.

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Very tasty.

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Now that he’s got a taste of his food, he doesn’t want to wait.

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Next part of our course sashimi.

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That is supposed to be 10 pieces.

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I’d say that’s a bit of a rip off.

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So the delight that came with the first dish, slowly diminished.

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Aiden was also acting up.

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We had to take him outside for a time out session twice.

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He was willing to drink water though.

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We gave him some cooked fish as well.

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We were also lucky that we had some snacks from Little Emma’s birthday party.

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But he kept throwing things on the floor.

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Daddie is going out for more sushi after this meal.  Lucky!

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Mushroom miso soup for Aiden.

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Aiden enjoyed the mushrooms and finished off the last drops of miso soup for Mommie.

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The waitress came over to ask us what dessert we would like.

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I didn’t quite like their dessert selection, one especially odd item was onion tofu.

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Come to find out, she meant almond tofu.

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Yes, her accent was the bad  And the value for the food in my opinion was almost just as bad.

 

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