Science Center Fun

We try to do fun things as a family on my days off. This week, we went to the Science Center. (By the way, if you are one of the first 1000 people in on the first Monday of the month, you get in free. We weren’t early enough for that, but still had fun.)

(I don’t know who Lily is with in the tide pool picture. She momentarily got over her fear of strangers and planted herself between a little boy and his dad so she could touch the sea creatures.)

Unfortunately, we forgot to charge the camera battery, so we didn’t get any pictures of the butterfly house, or Harry Potter exhibit. But we did find out that Scott belongs to Gryffindor, and Lily belongs to Ravenclaw (although the sorting hat scared her and made her cry).

It’s Autumn Time!

I love the fall! I love how the leaves change color, the air is crisper, and pumpkin pie abounds.  Here are some fun things we did to celebrate the season:

We went to a farm: ran around in a hay maze, played in the corn, slid down some slides, jumped in the hay, watched the duck races, pet some animals, and wandered around the corn maze.

Happy Halloween! (We carved pumpkins, too, but I don’t have a picture of it.)

My little rock star and shark had a lot of fun at the church “trunk or treat.”

A Birthday 3 times over

This post is long overdue . . .

Because I had just transferred stores, I didn’t feel comfortable asking for time off. That meant that I worked the late shift on Scott’s birthday. I wanted Scott to feel loved and appreciated. So I did what I do best: celebrate a birthday on multiple days.

It started with dinner at Red Robin, two days before the big day. I managed to tell the waitress about Scott’s birthday when he had stepped away from the table, so he was surprised when they came over and sang Happy Birthday to him. (He wasn’t impressed when they announced he was turning “21.”)

For Scott’s actual birthday, I made him breakfast. Lily was excited to celebrate her dad’s birthday. She helped me wrap his presents, and then proudly announced that they were “books” when Scott asked, “What is it?”  She also wanted to dress up for breakfast . . .

That night, Scott’s brother (Shane) and his family took Scott, Lily & Zeke out to dinner.

And lastly, we celebrated a few days later with all of my family (and Shane & his family), where Scott was showered in gifts (including having the upstairs decorated just for him by Mickayla).

(Lily insisted on sitting in her booster seat for the group picture.)

We love you, Scott!

Will & Lily Dance to Mambo No. 5

I thought this was so funny. Such cute cousins.

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Be ye warned. Pirates be yonder mateys!

So this weekend was LDS General Conference in which the general authorities of the church address the people. During Elder Boyd K. Packer’s talk Lily noticed that he pronounced the word “our” a little differently than she’s used to. It came out as “are” each time he pronounced the word.

Lily noticed that it was a bit peculiar and exclaimed, “He says Arrrrr. He must be a pirate!”

We all busted up laughing.

Later on, I had the devious idea to post this and doctor his picture a little with Photoshop. Hope it doesn’t come as offensive to anyone.

3-2-1 Bounce

3-2-1 bounce cannot be accused of being glamorous, but it was a bunch of fun and relatively inexpensive.

Lily is normally very shy an deserved when it comes to new environments. We took my nephew, Will, along with us. Will was great about showing Lily all the fun Ztoys. Of course, Scott & I enjoyed getting in on the fun, too.

Zeke was too young to get in on the fun, but he was still all smiles.

The best part of waking up . . .

Zeke is such a happy little boy! He graduated to a crib when we moved a month ago. At first, he was waking up through out the night. but he has now adjusted and back to sleeping through the night. (Although, sometimes he wakes me at 6:00 am because his diaper is wet. But he promptly goes back to sleep after he’s fed and dry again.)

So even though I’m not a morning person, I don’t mind my wake up calls. Especially when he laughs while I kiss him good morning.

One last hurrah

So I’m very late posting this . . . . right before we moved, we went to the fair with some friends. The girls loved seeing the animals, eating ice cream, and hanging out together.

These 3 girls are the best of friends.

Lily saw the Ferris Wheel and really wanted to go on it. If I had known ahead of time how much it costs, I probably wouldn’t have promised to let her go on it. But a promise is a promise.

Lily was a little scared, but loved cuddling with Scott as they went around and around. And Zeke Buddy loved hanging out with me.

Photo Shoot

Last week, we went to the Botanical Gardens to take pictures of Lily and a few family shots. Mom and Will were kind enough to be our photographers. Here are some of our favorites:

  

   

And no photo shoot goes without a few silly moments:

Random Pictures

I love this little boy! (I need to take more pictures of him smiling. He smiles all the time.)

All decked out to go to the beach with Dad. (Lily is trying to indoctrinate Zeke into her love of shades.)

Summer fun

Life has been very hectic this last month, but we packed in a lot of fun things into our schedules. Our lease expired, so we had to find a place to live. After a lot of prayer and consideration, we decided to move in with my parents while Scott looks for a job. That meant there were good-byes to be said and one last time activities to do.

We went camping one last time at a campground one of my coworkers recommended. Doesn’t the lake look pretty?

It’s pretty, but I wouldn’t swim in it. There were signs warning of swimmers itch. But it was a nice backdrop for our picnic and naps.

 

At home, Lily entertained herself at Zeke’s expense . . .

Zeke is so good natured. He just laughs and puts up with all the “torture” Lily subjects him to. (I love this little boy!)

Lily went to her last Kid’s Clinic before we moved. She had so much fun! She built a Home Depot race care, raced her car down a ramp (which was her favorite thing by far), saw the actual #20 car, and took pictures with Smokey the bear and Homer.

 

One last time making brownies.

 

And of course, one last trip to the local pool. (Aren’t Zeke’s swim trunks adorable?!)

(I’ll finish catching up on everything else we’ve been up to later.)