Auntie Sarah's 2nd Annual Retirement...

This year Auntie Sarah's second annual retirement conveniently took place right when we needed a favor...we didn't have a babysitter for a whole week so Auntie Sarah and Macy packed up and flew out to give us a hand...

Tavish and Macy had so much fun together...it was like they had just seen each other yesterday. But this time she was talking so much! She liked to call Tavish "boy" as in "boy, come here" (said in a very commanding tone).
This was while I was at work which explains the crazy outfit...too big shirt and too small flipflops. And it would be so much cuter if there wasn't a trash can in the background.




Being two and almost two, Tavish and Macy had lots of "owies" to compare...Macy is getting kisses from Rafal for a very old owie she just remembered about.



It wasn't all work for Auntie Sarah, we got to have some fun on my days off....


We finally got to take them to the park we tried to take them to last year four different times, every time it was closed. Tavish liked to go down the slide first and wait at the bottom for Macy to slide down and "bonk" him.



Auntie Sarah had fun spinning...






We went to the pool a couple of times because it was hot!!!





And to the beach because it was really hot!!!
Of course Macy "no likey the water" until just before it was time to go...
then she "likey the water" and didn't want to leave.




This was our goal every day :)
And Tavish's lips are blue because Auntie Sarah thought blue suckers would be fun.
I disagree.




Our last day was busy!



First we went to the farmer's market and snacked our way through and picked out some flowers.

We took them to our favorite airplane park where the airplanes take off/land right over your head. Tavish and Macy are getting ready for a takeoff, little man looks like a gangsta with his shorts riding low.

Then we took them to our favorite burger place to have Obama burgers...seriously the best burger. I want one right now just thinking about it!





One last pic of the cute cousins...

Changes...

Three major changes occurred while Auntie Sarah was visiting last week:

Tavish's big boy bed arrived, he helped us take apart his crib and he moved right into the new bed. The downfall...now he can jump out of bed when I try to put him down for a nap and say "I don't want to lay down!"

Macy put a little peer pressure on Tavish to start feeding himself (he still wants us to do it for him, lazybones)...apparently you must be naked to feed yourself.




And the biggest news of all...Tavish is off the binky! Mean Auntie Sarah took it away while she was here. Tavish wore a special shirt to celebrate, it says "I don't have a mute button"...his beloved binky said "mute button" on it because that's what it really was. He still asks for it once in a while and I tell him "mean Auntie Sarah took it".

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A Few Things...

It is crazy hot here and a few days ago Tavish and I went to the pool and ever since then he has been asking for "swimming glasses". So while we were at Target today we picked up a pair...

Don't call them swimming goggles because you will be immediately corrected in a very insistent, whiny voice.

I feel like I need to explain a few things about this picture:
First, you either love or hate the dollar section at Target...today Tavish spotted this giant sponge hammer as soon as we walked in the door and carried it through the whole store singing "Bod the builder...yes, we can!". He also felt the need to wear his Trader Joe stickers on both of his knees, a switch up from the usual placement on the top of his head. The goggles...er, glasses are being worn to watch the movie Cars and make him look like he has a wonky eye. And finally, he is sitting on his side of the couch. I never knew he had claimed one side of the couch until recently when I unknowingly tried to sit on that spot and he freaked out and said it was his side...who knew?

First Prayer

Tonight we kneeled down to say bedtime prayer with Tavish and for the first time he started saying his little prayer all by himself! Here's what a 2 year old says in his prayer (said in slightly high-pitched "being sweet" voice):

Dear Heavenly Father,
thank you for this day,
thank you for pancakes and applesauce (which he had just finished eating)
thank you for the boat and for Nephi's older brothers (we had just finished reading the "boat story" and sang the Primary song about building the boat)
thank you for Nephi, thank you for Nephi, thank you for Nephi (his eyes are open and he is looking at his book that is open to the boat story)

at this point we had to take over and help him finish his prayer which ended with a very emphatic "Amen!"

Cooling off...

It's heating up here again so tonight we headed to the spraypark for Tavish's favorite method of cooling off...

Birthday Boy

Some of you may realize that it is July and Tavish's birthday is not actually in July. I remember vividly the 3 hours of pushing that it took to bring him in to this world and it certainly did not take place in July. Tavish, however does not remember this and has been talking about birthdays a lot lately, and about birthday cakes in particular the last few days. Today we went shopping at the commissary and on the way there he kept talking about wanting a chocolate rainbow birthday cake. Where this came from I have no idea...anyhow, in an attempt to prevent a meltdown in the store (which is what usually happens) I told him he could pick out a birthday cake at the end. So tonight was our impromptu birthday party...we even had saved his candle from his lame birthday party on his actual birthday (we were horribly sick).

And this is how a two year old blows out his birthday candle.
I asked him what he wished for and he said "birthday cake".
You got your wish buddy.