Little Shopper

A couple of weeks ago I caved and finally let Paxton push the little cart at Trader Joe's and he is in heaven. He insists on putting as many of the groceries as humanly possible in his cart while I am pushing a mostly empty large shopping cart. And he loves having access to whatever he can reach...he wanted corn on the cob, purple grapes and the ever popular fruit leather this shopping trip. He is actually a pretty good little shopper and only manages to clip my heels with slightly less frequency than Tavish does. (of note, I find it completely ironic that the background of this photo is of the wine section)

Back to the river

Three cute bums...with some goofballs in the background.

One of our favorite things to do on summer Sundays after breakfast-for-dinner is to go down by the river. The boys got new bug nets from the Easter Bunny with which they were anxious to catch fish. None were caught which was very disappointing but many rocks were thrown in the river and much exploring done which alleviated the disappointment. Paxton managed to climb up on a stepping stone without any assistance and was very proud of himself. We were just missing Katie...

Hibernation ends...

We are finally starting to feel as if our hibernation from this loooong winter and fickle spring is over and we can go do some of the things we have been waiting for...like miniature golf! Paxton got his own club this time and definitely has his own ideas about how to golf (one-handed). Tavish surprised me by remembering what I taught him last year. We only lost two out of the three balls to water traps (after rescuing one) and Tavish found the secret trap where all the balls are collected on the 18th hole...he opened it up and wanted to give all the balls away. So much more fun this year without  me repeating "hold the club this way!" and "stand this way!" at every hole while trying to speed-golf our way through the course before Paxton had a meltdown in the stroller. Bring on spring!

Back to the Farm

This has been a very drawn out spring after a very cold, snowy winter but the stars aligned and we had a beautiful sunny day that coincided with a day off from school! The boys and I headed back to the farm and jumped on bouncy pillows, slid down big slides, went on a hayride, fed some goats and enjoyed spring...finally!

Easter Morning

Easter fell on General Conference weekend which meant we got to have a relaxing morning...the Easter  Bunny hid eggs high and low and this was the first year Paxton understood what was going on and was excited to  hunt for eggs. Tavish was very sweet and would point out where some of the eggs were hidden so that Paxton could find them (he looked like a pointer dog!) They brought their loot inside and tallied it up on the dining room table...(Tavish has been practicing tallying at school). Lots of candy was consumed and the hot items from the baskets were the space goggles and the chicken popper :) Also chocolate carrots can be a weapon so watch out!

100 Days

Despite multiple snow days the elementary schools are celebrating their 100th day of school! As part of the celebrations, each kid got to bring in a project they made at home using 100 of any item. We decided on candy corn (maybe because I found the leftovers from Halloween in the cupboard!)...I found a piece of white cardboard, cut it out in the shape of a candy corn, colored it the same as candy corn then glued on all 100 pieces of candy. When Tavish came home from school he said his classmates told him it was the best project in his class!

Best of Both Worlds

It's no secret...I don't like pets. I don't dislike other people's pets (usually) but I don't feel the need to have another messy, hairy, poopy thing to clean up after in my own home.  Tara the babysitter loves bunnies, she loves bunnies so much she has started breeding them and they are cute.  Tara the babysitter will bring bunnies over for the boys to play with and get the pet experience...but then she takes them home! The boys love the bunnies...Paxton gets so excited his whole little body shakes, here he kissing Dapper the bunny. Best of both worlds.