Via Las Vegas

It has been a week since we have been back from our first "vacation" with Daniel and things are almost back to normal. We had a lot of fun in new and improved Las Vegas. For starters the only place people can smoke indoors is on the casino floor - so all restaurants, hallways, restrooms, elevators and conference rooms are all smoke free.

The really good news in all this is the cost - this was a working vacation for David who was attending a conference (Daniel helped daddy write quizzes). so the room, the conference and the gas will be reimbursed. For meals we brought most of our food with us. And for the ones were caught out on well.... we received a 50 dollar meal voucher, another 50 voucher for what was supposed to be for gambling or slot play, but was paid out in cash, and 72 dollars in lose change we had been collecting over the years.

our50 dollar nice dinner & Daniel's first experience in a fancy restaurant.

Daniel's first experience with a spoon.

and first try at sitting in a highchair -note the word try - it did not last long.

It was during one of these outings that Daniel made a new friend.

The one thing we looked forward to the most was going swimming - which was an adventure itself wow that was the coldest jacuzzi ever.

The things we will miss the most are the king size bed & the bath tub. the bed is where we all slept very comfortably and Daniel was read stories. And the bath where we got clean and warm up after swimming.

What we wont miss is the traffic and "those people" - the oddest was a mother of terrible two twins who told Daniel that his "mommy needs to dress him in more butch clothing." He was wearing this outfit a light brown ones with dark brown paw prints all over it.