Being a mom to these two little boys is the best job ever. I’m glad I can spend almost all day cuddling, playing and spending time with them.
Category: Life
Bike Ride
For last Saturday’s adventure, we headed down to Ogden for a bike ride. We’ve enjoyed biking on the Ogden River Parkway before, and this time we picked a slightly different route that included visiting three parks. PB had planned out which park we would stay at the longest, although I don’t think we stuck to his plans. He just likes numbers and sequences.
Bird Refuge
If I were to pick up another hobby, birding would be high on my list. I don’t currently have the desire to invest time and effort into another hobby, so for now I enjoy identifying very easy birds like pelicans, and birds that I can remember the name of only because it is yellow-headed blackbird. The reason I am so tempted to take up birding, is we live ten minutes away from an excellent bird refuge. We went out with the kids and drove around the auto-loop and enjoyed massive amounts of awesome birds.
(Now I should insert all the wonderful pictures I took. But my camera is on its last legs and sorely needs to be replaces. All my pictures were blurry.)
SUPER EASY Tie Dyed Eggs
I recently overheard a conversation about a mom lamenting over the mess of dying eggs. I had to cut in and tell her of the following method. I came across this idea on a now defunct blog of a friend, and it makes egg dying super simple and mess free.
Here is what you need:
- Food coloring
- Paper towels
- Boiled eggs
Put drops of food coloring on the paper towels, and then roll the boiled egg across the paper towel. That’s it. There’s no need for vinegar or soaking. No splashing, or spills. You can even easily dye eggs that are already cracked. And the eggs look awesome.
Obsessions
PB can become obsessive. Lately it has been egg hunts and geography. We did so many egg hunt in the week before Easter…upwards of 10 a day. We put away the eggs on Easter with a plea for no more egg hunts.
PB loves geography. Joe was trying to convince him that an atlas did not count as a story for bedtime. He choose a road atlas for a prize at the library. I was looking at an unlabeled map of the United States and was asking PB the names of the states, because he knows them better than I do. One of his favorite activities is asking Siri the population of various countries or states. It is a great if not strange interest for him. Still, I could care less to know that Utah’s population is probably higher than Kansas now, but not at the 2010 census. I do know a weird number such odd facts because PB wants to know.
I’m just glad C is a bit more well rounded. He generally likes everything, although the sandbox is heaven for him.
A Few Family Pictures
Wyoming
This is a quote from PB: “I have too much love, I need to hug you.”
We went and visited my sister for Conference weekend. PB was very excited to see his cousins. They exhausted each other with all their playing. Besides visiting, we went and played disc golf. I think disc golf is a great way to experience the landscapes of the area. Wyoming is windy and with hardly any trees and wide views.
We also enjoyed a free day at the local college. Their were tons of activities. We decided to split up, and each took a kid. I got to look at animals, dig in the sand, play balls and play dough with C. I was happy we split up, it meant I could spend more time focusing on my child instead of everyone else, and I didn’t have to wait on anyone (not my strong point).
(This picture isn’t from our visit. It’s just cute.)
Growing
It is spring so everything is growing outside. The kids are growing a ton too. PB surprises me sometimes because he is so tall (just under four feet), and he keeps getting taller. He’s pretty smart too–he can read and count to 100. C is funny because he has a long torso and short little legs. It is hard to get clothes that fit right.
This is mom admiring the flowers with C. I was happy this shrub turned out to be a forsythia, just because it meant I guessed right.
The boys went to the Zoo in Logan without me. It was nice.
Joe took this awesome picture.
Jumping in puddles in the rain. We like to get our feet wet after a good rainstorm.
Hammocks are the best.
Stamps
I love spring. We can spend lots of time outside enjoying our new sandbox, and playing. I even managed to beat Joe at disc golf last Saturday. We do play so that I score everything on a par 4, and he scores on a par 3. So he’s still a lot better than me.
I had fun with this activity. We used craft foam to make stamps. It is pretty simple: just draw a picture in the foam of whatever you want the stamp to be, pressing firmly to make a good groove. PB was able to do it. Joe also had carved some stamps from gum erasers earlier that I got out. The stamp pads were liquid watercolor and baby wipes.
Sticky Table
We did a sticky table that was a lot of fun. It is contact paper taped sticky side up to a board. PB liked to run across it at first, and then we matched colors on it. C saw me taking pictures and wanted to try.
He took this picture. Not too bad.
And then we turned the camera around and had a blast taking pictures of ourselves.
Liz Braithwaite 