Taddy Boy turned 2 and we celebrated at the aquarium
(thanks, Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny!).
Alexa wanted to hand-make his gift and because he loves coloring (a
LOT), she made him his very own coloring book.
She put paper together on her own, stapled it, and added a cover. She often picks gifts she wants to give to
others (so she can end up with them), so this was a break through and very
thoughtful and sweet. The perfect gift
for her little brother who loves to draw and color. When Liam was born I would just plop Tad next
to me with a notebook and pen and he would color forever. It would always surprise me how long it kept
him entertained as a little 19-month old.
He can draw fishies, sharkies, and bubbles for a long time.
We gave him a box of fruit snacks, yay for 2 year-olds who love fruit snacks
and cardboard boxes and need nothing else to be happy. He will put himself in his crib at night doing some amazing ninja climbing moves, and is now officially our first to climb out though he rarely does it. It's pretty impressive to watch. At this point he ninja climbs up into his crib every night after prayers.
Alexa and I went on a date to get our hair cut, see
Greatest Showman, and go to dinner (she chose McDonald’s). It was so good to hang out just the two of
us, we need to do it more often. And I
had this crazy realization that all the sudden I have a kid old enough to be
interested in movies that 1) aren’t cartoons and 2) that I am interested in
seeing. How is she this old?!! She had been begging me to see Greatest
Showman for weeks and weeks.
Tad can easily throw himself up in his crib thanks to
some great ninja moves, but luckily he stays in. I am so glad we haven’t had kids who get out
of bed at night. Knock on wood. What a blessing.
Alexa won an art contest at school about heroes. She made a guitar out of play-do and wrote
out that “you can write songs about heroes [like the military] with
instruments.” She was SOO excited to win
the award and get a medal.
Unfortunately, Tad destroyed the guitar as soon as she brought it home,
so I had to piece it back together again to take a photo.
Kyle and I went on a date to a pawn shop gun range and
took Mr. Chubby with us. It was
hilarious because we had to wait in line at the Pawn Shop register to get our
gear for the range and the people in front of us took forever because he was
bailing his brother out of jail so he “had to sell off some of his crap.” And his girlfriend kept calling and asking
where he was so he kept telling her to “calm down and smoke a cigarette while
she waited.”
We discovered a beautiful new trail right along Utah Lake
in Vineyard. It was nice to get out and
enjoy the sunshine together.
Kyle went to buy chicken feed and they were giving away 3 baby chicks with every bag of feed, so he came home with 9 new baby chicks. I told him he has an addiction and needs to go to a support group haha. The sad thing is that 6 of them died within a week! It was awful, we still don't know why.
Random pictures of cute people we love--
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