Airshows and Waterslides

Reed had a Group Party across from the airport near our home. We were so excited to see the jets and watch Ms. A play.

She was very excited to go down the waterslide. We were very impressed that she climb up the tall slide and actually went down. The look of terror on the way down was priceless. She also didn't know about the wave of water that would hit. Poor Girl! Reed got her out and when we asked if she wanted to try again, she said "No." She changed her mind a few minutes later. When she climbed up to the top, she remembered and panicked. We talked her down the back and quickly dried her off. I think she was the youngest one to go down the slide. :)

We also enjoyed watching the Thunderbirds practice for the airshow! I was like a kid getting so excited with each pass. {Yes, I'm an airshow geek and proud of it :)}

This weekend we enjoyed watching the airshow from our backfield. Sara and her children came to visit, so we enjoyed watching the show with them. Mr. P, Sara and Ms. A were ecstatic to watch. It was FABULOUS!!! :)

Recommendation

I have an amazing blog that I love to follow. I love to read her thoughts and stories as she and her family craft, live life and enjoy adventures in Morocco! I feel transported every time I read her blog. Ms T has started an Etsy shop and I'd encourage you to step on over and check it out. There are so many treasures and 100% of the profits will be donated to a local school in Morocco. Good Luck TravelingMama!!!

Goodbye Wishes

Goodbye, Panties!
I will miss you so much. You were with me throughout my potty training time. We shared trips to the library, zoo and parks. We traveled to Springfield Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore together. You protected me and kept me dry. We were inseparable, but I need to move on and start a new adventure with {bigger} panties. So we will throw a little farewell party, I'll say goodbye, give hugs and blow kisses as my mommy puts you in your new home with all my other special {too small} clothes! Thank you!!

Love,
Ms. A.

A {Little} Guest

Like a good little girl, I thought I'd made a fruit salad using our food storage supply. Little did I know that I would find evidence of a little guest! Yes, we have a Mouse in our House! I discovered it had eaten into a bag of beans and an unopened bag of wheat, but the greatest insult was the TWO bags of Chocolate Chips and my JASMINE Rice!! You just DON'T mess with my CHOCOLATE and RICE!!! I checked all of our other plastic bags to see if anything else was damaged. When I looked at the top shelf, I was a little confused. There was WHEAT in our bags of balloons. The little stinker was building a nest in our bag of BALLOONS! It's only been at it for a week because Reed and Ms A used some of the balloons for my birthday last week.

This little nest made my laugh. Isn't that what Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin taught last October General Conference? Find the humor and laugh it off! So have a little smile. :)
Ms A was a little tentative to go upstairs by herself after my discovery. I tried to use the logic that Angelina is a mouse. She quickly stated that Angelina was on tv, not in our house. She'd have nothing to do with that thought. I explained to her that mice are afraid of people... didn't work. I told her that the mouse wasn't in our home, but she refused to go upstairs unless she was accompanied by Reed or I. :)

Now everything is stored above our cabinets in the kitchen, so please ignore the boxes and food when you come for a visit.

POUFY!

Our conversation this morning went something like this:

Ms A: Mommy, I want to wear my poufy dress to church!
Me: But you have worn it the past two weeks. Why don't you try another dress?

Ms A: No, I want my Poufy Blue dress. It's so POUFY!
Me: But, you have other Poufy dresses.

Ms A: My blue dress is POUFY all by itself! I'll wear another dress next week I promise.

So she's in her *POUFY* dress once more.

Later on she asked: " Do I look like Cinderella?"
Now I know the real reason for the poufy dress! ;)

Taking a Walk

We have a new park within walking distance that is under construction. Ms A and I love to walk around it and see what's been done. We also like to watch the construction process. Ms A loves the HUGE trucks and asked tons of questions about what they are doing. Tonight I decided to take the camera along our nightly (at dusk) walk. Ms A was tickled when I started snapping pictures of her jumping off the bleachers. She giggled whenever I caught a picture of her mid-air. If I missed, she'd do it all over again. (I had a lot of those pictures.)

We also like the under construction part because the curbs are higher and Ms A loves to practice her balancing skills. This evening she walked back and forth without holding my hand! (Great job Sweetie)

I also noticed some wispy clouds in the sky. They looked so fascinating. I love watching the clouds go by.

We {LOVE} Sid the Science Kid

PBS has a {Fabulous} show called Sid the Science Kid. WE LOVE IT!!! Today's episode was about levers.

After my shower I came down and saw Ms. A coloring. She showed me her finished product and asked me what it was. It took a few tries, but I finally guess - A LEVER!The purple rectangle is the fulcrum (which Ms A says in such an adorable way!), the green line are the effort arms. What a SMART GIRL!!!

Ms A and her Butterfly

We did a little yard work this evening, ie: trimming the Butterfly Bush, when Ms A discovered some butterflies/moths eating. (I think their moths, but she insists their butterflies) We watched for awhile and then one started eating from the branches I had trimmed. Ms. A quickly and carefully picked up the branch while the butterfly continued to eat. We were fascinated watching its long tongue check out the flower for nectar, if there was some the head would disappear inside. We watched it eat for at least fifteen minutes. I grabbed a few other branches so it could have more of a selection. The butterfly could not get enough and neither could Ms. A, she was enthralled. We finally said good night to her butterfly and went in to tuck Ms A in to bed. Hopefully she'll have dreams with peaceful butterflies tonight!

Here's my favorite picture, Ms. A's favorite pictureand a Slideshow.
Somehow I narrowed 25 pictures down to 7.

When Mom Is Away....

...Ms A will play!

I was upstairs for a few moments and didn't hear much noise coming from our little one. I thought she was playing, so I stayed up a bit longer, when it continued to be quiet, I went downstairs and discovered, Ms A had pulled the chair over to the counter, climbed up and proceeded to do THIS:

I guess I need to find a new place to keep those "mom supervised" toys. Fortunately it was face paints instead of markers or pens. ;)

*** When washing her face last night, we discovered Ms. A used blue and pink markers along with the face paints. Scrub, scrub, scrub! :) ***

Faith

I had a good friend post a talk given by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in a BYU Devotional this past January. I finally read it and it was just what I needed.

Isn't amazing how you feel hope slipping away and then something reminds you to hold on a little longer. I love how my Heavenly Father knows me and gives me just what I need.

Raspberries and Cards

I LOVE our raspberry bushes. Somehow we lucked out with them and the bushes produce berries in June and August. I went out yesterday to check on the garden and discovered these {beauties}.









Ms A had to make sure she ate the biggest ones, after the picture taking was completed. :)

In other news, I needed a few cards for various reason and here they are.









The birthday card is for my dearest friend, Shanna who I've known since we were three. I miss her so much, especially our late night talks. She is also one day older to me. Ms A. was fascinated by the fact that I thought it was cool especially since her friend is one week older than her. Ms A. wishes her birthday was first though. :)

This is for Reed's parents. We had a few pictures to send and needed a card. ;)









A quick Thank you card {minus the sentiment}

Swimming Lessons {revisited}

Here are a few pictures from Ms. A's last swimming lesson. She's doing an excellent job and even put her face in the water!! We are so {PLEASED}!

Swimming Lessons

Ms A loves the water, she'd love to be in a tub playing or have some container full of water to play with. The only thing she doesn't like is water in her face (which I have to agree - no fun!). So when we decided to enroll her in her first swimming lessons, she was ECSTATIC, until they started splashing. Today was Life Jacket Day! She was thrilled to go into the deeper portion of the pool. Not too excited to jump in, but she had a GREAT time! Here are a couple of videos. The first one she had to jump in twice! (He promised Ms A only two jumps to get her in the pool.) Then the instructor had them practice floating and kicking while spinning them around. Ms A is much better at kicking than I am.

This video is what they do at the end of their lesson. The children pretend they are a seed and they have to ask for water to help them grow into a tree. Then the instructor asks them to pat out the butterflies in their tummies and on their heads. Next, they get to be silly. The last thing is *ONE MORE JUMP* in the pool.