How does it happen that I have fun things to blog about, but don't get it done that week?! I blame a large portion of it on not being home when I normally would have done it...the other on school work and not feeling stellar this week.
That being said, this was one of my favorite days last week. I brought up a large box of books a little over a week ago largely filled with Dr. Seuss to help us celebrate Dr. Seuss day. S is totally taken with Green Eggs and Ham. She has had times that she has gotten it out and just read it to herself. This morning she brought me book after book from the Dr. Seuss box to read. We sat and read one after another after another.
We started getting ready for Easter and talking about it earlier this week. We wanted it to be a special day, and not just special because of a new Easter dress, or special Easter treats. S got out special chairs for us for our family night lesson about Jesus. Brett taught her that Jesus lived and died because he loves her. Her instant reaction was, "Only me! Not you mom!" Brett quickly explained that He died because he loves all of us: mom, dad, nana, papa, grandma, grandpa..... She had to add, "And He died because he loves my friend Claire too!"
After our lesson it was Pi Day, and I had really good intentions that didn't come to fruition. So, we ended up making apple tarts together for our special family night treat.
My sister and her family were taking their kids to see Zootopia on a cheap movie night and invited us to come along. S always does better if we can go to the movies with someone we know (kids..must be kids) and sits to watch the show better. One of my favorite things about taking this cute girl to the movies is that she always gets up and dances after with the music they play while they roll the credits. It's usually dancing in the aisles. This time we got comments from several other people on our way out about how cute she was. She would change her style of dancing to go along with the music being played (typical for her)
When we left the theater it was snowing. She had to catch snowflakes on her tongue!
We had several friend days this week. These two play so great together. S has lots of little characters. They got out all the princesses and animals to play with together.
One friend had some car troubles this week, and we needed to give her and her kids a ride while they waited for the tow truck. Thankfully there was a play ground because we waited for close to an hour. I'm glad it was such a beautiful day. We talked while the kids played...it may have been just what we needed for S to get a good nap in :)
We met grandma and grandpa on Friday night. We all went out to dinner together. Grandpa had a lot of fun helping S pick our everything her heart desired at Chuck-a-Rama. Grandpa likes to take the grandkids there...there is no wait time, they can pick what they want, and eat to their hearts content.
S rode with Dad and Grandpa to our next stop together. S thought she was SO funny making faces at us!
We gave Grandma and Grandpa passes to a place called Toad's for Christmas last year that they are still using up. They have an arcade, mini-golf, go-carts, and lots of other fun things. Grandpa helped her play everything her little heart could want. Then was the fun part of cashing in all the tickets she won. I love that she gets to make so many great memories with both sets of grandparents.
We stayed the night at my parents on Friday night before leaving S with my parents and taking a little trip of our own. For Christmas I gave Brett a night at a B&B in Logan. It has taken us this long to use it :) I guess that's a little perk on an experience as a Christmas gift. We did make our reservation a month ago, and this is something we have been looking forward to. We went to a local cheese facotry, grabbed lunch and spent some time on campus, enjoyed downtown Logan, and had a special dinner out.
old main
us on campus
chocolate souffle
creme brule
S had a pretty grand time, herself. She had one on one time with Grandpa. He took her out to see the Golden Spike, and got her lots of fun train things from the visitors center there: engineers hat, pink bandanna, and a train whistle. She went shopping with grandma and got to go to the park. I'd say she had quite a lovely time of things!
We went to the Provo City Center dedication while my parents watch S, then we had her nap (or at least try to) while they went and we all had dinner together (thus the lack of my blogging time). So, here is our very casual Sunday family picture.
