Growing Up

 

This week started out with a cousin's trip to the zoo.

 

Star Wars mania is in full force. This week we made an awesome Space Ship, complete with controls, wind shield, and artillery. 

 

This picture was taken August of 2008, I remembered how big the difference in their size was. Eva might pass up her brother some day.?

 

Eva uses the potty quite often, she's not officially potty trained, but she's on her way. She started telling me this week, "I don't want to wear diapers no more." She will wear the Princess Pull Ups.

 

Spencer and I went on a date Friday night, when we pulled in to Grandma's house the kids were extremely disappointed. JJ was climbing the tree and Eva was walking around with the stroller. They were having so much fun they didn't want to leave. Spencer saved the day by climbing in the tree with JJ!!!

 

My little Fish!!! Eva LOVES swimming!

 

Eva will turn 2 this coming Friday. Thanks to Jason and Kris for the fun gifts! She wont set the baby down.

Snuggling. JJ told me I needed to take a picture. :)

Making a Splash

Everyday last week JJ had swim lessons. He loved, loved, loved it! On Friday I told him it was his last day, he cried. :( I am going to sign him up for another week. Friday after swim lessons we went to the Draper Pool, so the kids could practice. It was a little cool that day, but we had fun. It was the first chance Eva has had in the pool this summer, she loved it! She is a little fish, she did not want to leave, luckily I came prepared with food, that was the only distraction that could get her out of the pool. We are all looking forward to our next pool day.

May the force be with you! 

Many of you know that we can not watch tv at our house. That doesn't me we are without entertainment, we have to be a little more creative about it. Since JJ has been obsessed with Star Wars, Spencer and I decided to watch all the episodes. We have watched 1-4, it had been a really long time since I've seen the originals, it's been fun to see them again.

 

Many thanks to our neighbors who gave us this slide. The first thing Eva says every morning is, "I wanna slide". It sounds a little like I want to go outside, it took me a few times to realize what she was talking about.

 

We like to ride our bikes to the flight park.

 

JJ has gotten so good at holding his breath under water, I was taking pictures during his lesson, and he actually requested that I take one of him holding his breath.

 

We look forward to our bike rides, we try and do it every weekend. All week JJ looked forward to Saturday because Dad promised to help JJ ride without his training wheels. JJ got his chance when we got home from our family ride. He did really good, but it's going to take some practice. 

 

Happy Father's Day Spencer!!! Your an amazing Dad!!!

 

The adventures of Bat girl and Robin!

Summer?

The weather has been a little wild here in Utah. One days it's 90 degrees, then it's rainy and 60. Today JJ started swim lessons, I was a little worried about the temp, but the pool was nice and warm, he had a great time!!!

 

Cooler rides!

 

Sidewalk Chalk! JJ is getting so good at his letters.

  

Thanks to Grandmas and Grandpa who came to lots of T-Ball games!

 

JJ and his cousin playing Santa & his reindeer, the couch was the sleigh, they had so much fun, but wow what a mess!

 

We didn't know Draper had so many trails when we moved here, we've really enjoyed the recreation available in our "back yard"

 

Eva can be a little crazy. She was dragging this dog around crying. Helping her usually escalates the problem, somehow Grandma made it all better.

Summer Time

Looking over the pictures from last week reminds me how much fun we had. After sticking around the house for a few days I had to get out. JJ's always wanting to play Star Wars, Superheros, Police, ect. I can only follow him around and copy what he is doing for 30 min., so what do we do the rest of the day? Good Question. That's why we go to different parks all the time, and sometimes more than one park in a day. JJ enjoys playing outside with the neighbors, but I'm paranoid and have to be out there with him every second. I remember spending every waking hour outside in the summer, maybe I'll be more comfortable letting him go outside as he gets older.?

With June came the warm weather. Spencer and I always talk about how Utah pretty much has two seasons Winter and Summer, as much as I love Spring and Fall we just don't get much of either. It seems like summer came over night, and with that came the summer pjs. JJ was so excited to finally wear the Spider Man jammies that have been in his closet for months. When he put them on it seems as though they posses super powers, he was jumping all over the place.

 

Eva always has to sleep with her two doggies, the pink one and the Dalmatian. Lately she'll carry around her dogs, dolls, and any other animals she can get her hands on.

 

This day a couple characters showed up for a snack. Eva pretty much wore this safety gear for two days. She would get so mad if you tried to take it off. Miss Independent!!!

 

This was my plate, it looked so pretty I took a picture. It tasted good too!

  

Here's Eva putting her dogs and dolls to sleep. She spent a long time covering them and trying to get the blanket just right. I was making dinner at the time, and I was enjoying the fact that she wasn't hovering!

 

SUPER PAJAMAS!!!

 

At the zoo with some neighbor friends.

 

Our stake put on a neighborhood fare, there was lots of food, bounce houses, a train ride, and more. JJ got Darth Vader painted on his cheek, he thought that was super cool! 

Just hanging out before church.

 

This is what I like to call the "I'm not cooperating anymore face."