Presto's visit

Cousin Presto came to visit us today. It was great to see him and we had a really good time. We walked to a nearby park. We were the only ones there, so that was a bit disappointing. There wasn't a ton of stuff for kids Presto's age. But, I think he made the best of it.

GH always loves playing on the fire truck at this park. GH LOVES fire trucks. So he had no trouble being entertained.


The kids played on the slides. Presto was nice enough to take GH down a big kid slide. Presto also wiped down all the slides so there were no wet tushies today:)

I love this photo. Rooster followed Presto like this all day long.

I like this photo also. Aren't they sweet?

Later we played outside. The kids thought Presto was the coolest. And who could blame them.....

Obviously Big Dog was trying to do what Presto was doing too. I guess older cousins are the coolest:)

After Presto and Aunt Crys had dinner they had to go home. As their car pulled away Rooster told me "I'm sad. I miss Preston"

Pioneer Park

We went to Pioneer Park this morning. We all had a great time. GH loved seeing all the animals.

Big Dog loved the trails. He was running and jumping all over the place.

As we walked along a trail we saw these cages. They had a few different types of birds in them. GH saw the owl and watched it with a big smile on his face. Then he said "How you do?" So it wasn't us (his loving parents) that inspired his first sentence. It was some random owl;)

Rooster and GH loved this display. It had pictures of animals and a piece of their fur. I love a good sensory experience.

GH made himself comfortable in the bird nest.

The kids loved playing on this deck above a tiny lake.

This gate door can't hold Big Dog in! He didn't pull the door open because it was too heavy, he just squeezed through the bars.

Rooster has a serious mind......

While some people are just goofballs;)

Rooster liked the puzzles at the activity tables. This one was a bat. How often do you see bat puzzles?

Look at how happy Big Dog is? He loved our outing today:) GH decided that he was going to keep the bread for himself:) After GH helped himself to the bread. We decided that the kids might be hungry. We took the kids over to McDonalds for their first official Happy Meals. Big Dog and Rooster got cute little TY horses in their meals. GH didn't get a Happy Meal but one of the employees brought over a cute dog for him that someone had left behind.

Now that is refreshing:)

When we left I saw Charles S. a guy I was on swim team with as a kid. What a small world.

Early birds get soaked

I love going to the park early in the morning. The park isn't full of kids throwing rocks and/or being sassy. The sun hasn't made it too hot or humid outside. It's just perfect. Perfect for swinging......


Perfect for posing......

Perfect for soaking your pants on the slide.

Yep, I didn't get everything dried off before the kids went on the equipment. So Big Dog had a soaked bottom. Fortunately Rooster is a lot more thorough when drying equipment.

Some pictures from this week

Wow this week has been a rough one. First, someone steals our credit card numbers. Then I had to spend the entire afternoon trying to explain to the mortgage company that they were projecting an incorrect amount of escrow for the coming year. I am frazzled. Luckily I have this cutie pie to keep me sane:)


Here are some pictures from one of our trips to the park. Rooster has more photos on her blog:)

This morning

The kids spent a good 20 minutes looking out the back door. This gave me time to fill up sippy cups for today and cut a bowl full of strawberries. Talk about lucky for me. The boys really enjoyed watching the contruction workers tear off the shingles of the house next door. Rooster kept saying "What a mess....clean it up"


We went to the park this morning. The kids had a blast. Before we left I had to put a hat on GH. He has really delicate skin and can burn even when he has sunscreen on. Doesn't he look cute? Of course he does:) Well, Big Dog thought he needed to wear a hat to the park too. So guess what he picked to wear................:D

I told GH this was his sensory box for today.

Fremont Lake

This photo was taken by Rooster. It is a far better picture than any that I took:)

There were lots of big trees.

Posing for pictures is lame.