Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Spring!

While I'm sure we have more snow storms to come, this past week has been extra fun because of the sunny weather. The sun does wonders for my mood. I didn't realize how much until I got to be outside so much.

We've already enjoyed one hike.

Love this face

R trying to soak up some much needed sunlight.

Backyard time all day.

Two Rapunzels:

Before Spring, we used a Groupon to get 10 tickets to Jungle Jim's. The girls were in heaven.

It was so weird for me to see E do each ride by herself, especially the first picture - that ride is quite fast, but she was loving it.

Another recent highlight: Princess luncheon down in Draper with cousins. R was so stoked!! Here she is just before...meeting Rapunzel:

Here's one of the many pictures we got with each princess. R chose a Belle princess dress:

This company did a great job - lots of time with each princess. After the lunch, they broke the kids up into small groups and the kids got time with each princess doing different small activities. Here Tinker Bell has given them a little bit of her pixie dust (glitter on their faces) and she told them to wish for something they wanted. You can see R taking that wish very seriously. =)
After, she asked me why her wish didn't work: "Mom, I wished SO hard so that I could fly. Why didn't I fly?" So sad and so cute - too bad Tinker Bell could only give them a tiny bit of pixie dust so that there would be enough for the other kids. There are a bunch of other pictures from the heavenly morning for R, but these are a fair representation. For some odd reason, I don't have any of all the cousins together. Getting a few hours with just R was very fun for me.

Some highlights over the past couple months:
Ice cream after dinner - E's first cone.

Our last day with my cousin who watched them while I taught my course:

Throwing rocks into the Jordan River - they could've done this for hours.

Great boulders and a climbing tree in our neighborhood - we go here often:

Indoor picnic with all of the animals:

R holding her many babies - she came up with the way to tie them onto her body:

"Kate the Moose" - we bought her from Costco and she's well-loved. This was what I saw when I peeked over the counter while I was making dinner one night (now a common spot for E):