Monday, July 19, 2010
Their Own Little Water Park
Complete wit kiddy pool and 2 different sized water slides! (I don't have a great picture of it but we put the hose on the fort's green water slide and they loved it!)
Tea Time!
Some mornings when Kiari wakes up she's not exactly perky. So one morning when she was throwing a bit of a fit I pulled out her little singing teapot and tipped it to make it sing its little ditty. Almost as soon as it started its ditty Kiari stopped fussing and came back into her room. I tipped it again, set up the little dessert tray, and started to line up her dolls. A few minutes later Ethan says, "Can Buzz and Woody come to the tea party too?" So the kids spent the first part of the morning with their toys sipping tea.
Awhile back I found a bag of magnetic alphabet letters at the DI for less than a buck and recently pulled it out for the kids. Kiari will pull them out one by one and say "O,o,o" over and over as she puts them on the fridge door, rearranges them, and then pulls them off. Pretty darn cute to listen to and watch.
Awhile back I found a bag of magnetic alphabet letters at the DI for less than a buck and recently pulled it out for the kids. Kiari will pull them out one by one and say "O,o,o" over and over as she puts them on the fridge door, rearranges them, and then pulls them off. Pretty darn cute to listen to and watch.
Ward Campout
Obviously didn't take too many pictures but I sure like the ones I've got!
My husband's family has a great little lodge along the river about 20 minutes away so for the past 3 years our ward has gotten together for an overnight camp out there at the lodge. This year was probably our biggest turn out, tents all over, couples brought their kids and even their dogs. This year we did dutch oven dinner and the most amazing dutch oven apple dessert I've ever had. Ethan was so excited to go camping again and Kiari absolutely loved being outside and chasing the "puppies." She wasn't overly thrilled at the idea of sleeping in the tent though. It was late and as we were trying to get settled down for the night Kiari kept crying saying, "I wan home!" over and over. We started to feel a little bad but after about 12 times through "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam" she was out cold. And Ethan slept like a rock as usual. The next morning they were as happy as could be. Every year the ward camp out has been a really great experience and we were grateful for the opportunity to participate one last time.
The New "Fort"
Evidently my Mom's been itching to build something like this ever since Ethan could walk and this summer she decided to better just take advantage of the time she had and do it.
So here it is!!!!!
This tree is in my parents' backyard and so is our apartment! So needless to say the kids have been wanting to be on it everyday since it was finished.
Anytime Kiari wants to go down the slide she says, "I wan wee!!" They'll take turns sliding down then turn and run right back up the stairs to do it again and again.
My handsome little man. Hard to believe he'll be 4 soon.
So here it is!!!!!
This tree is in my parents' backyard and so is our apartment! So needless to say the kids have been wanting to be on it everyday since it was finished.
Anytime Kiari wants to go down the slide she says, "I wan wee!!" They'll take turns sliding down then turn and run right back up the stairs to do it again and again.
My handsome little man. Hard to believe he'll be 4 soon.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Night to Remember
These items....
....were on this shelf.
These sweet faced children....
.....were jumping on the top of this couch.
Kiari wanted help to jump and Ethan took her hand, jumping before she was ready, Kiari just happened to be holding onto the cord of this speaker... which ran along the top of the shelf and down the side. Both children came down as did all of the items, the largest of which (this speaker) landed on Ethan's head.
2 staples later.
Immediately after everything fell both of the kids were, of course, crying. Trent went to Kiari and I picked up Ethan who was crying pretty hard. I asked him where it hurt and as he said, "my head" he turned his head and that's when I saw the blood. Instead of freaking out I simply showed Trent who said, "let's take him up (to the hospital)." I told Trent to run Kiari over to my parents' house and as he did I quickly climbed into the front seat of the car with Ethan in my lap, a washcloth on the cut. By the time we got to the hospital he was pretty well calmed down. We didn't have to wait long and thankfully instead of shots to numb the area they were able to put some type of gel on it to numb it up. Anytime the nurse or doctor came in he either had questions to ask or randomness to tell.
During the few minutes that we had waited in the ER lobby I explained to Ethan what stitches were and told him that the doctor may have to sew up his owie. When we found out the doctor was going to do staples instead we had to change up the explanation a bit. He cried just a little little bit when the doctor put the staples in, he was seriously so tough and brave about the whole thing, we're really proud of him.
When we got home we had to retrieve Kiari from my parents' house and Ethan was so excited to show them his cool, bright green dinosaur bandage.
I'm so grateful that it wasn't worse than it was because I'm sure it could have been.
I'm grateful that Trent has taught me the importance of not freaking out in situations like this because it would only stress the kids out more.
Grateful that my parents were able to help with Kiari.
Grateful to live so close to the hospital.
Grateful for the portion of our tax return that's available to pay for the evening's trip to the ER since we don't currently have insurance for Ethan.
So very grateful for so very many things.
....were on this shelf.
These sweet faced children....
.....were jumping on the top of this couch.
Kiari wanted help to jump and Ethan took her hand, jumping before she was ready, Kiari just happened to be holding onto the cord of this speaker... which ran along the top of the shelf and down the side. Both children came down as did all of the items, the largest of which (this speaker) landed on Ethan's head.
2 staples later.
Immediately after everything fell both of the kids were, of course, crying. Trent went to Kiari and I picked up Ethan who was crying pretty hard. I asked him where it hurt and as he said, "my head" he turned his head and that's when I saw the blood. Instead of freaking out I simply showed Trent who said, "let's take him up (to the hospital)." I told Trent to run Kiari over to my parents' house and as he did I quickly climbed into the front seat of the car with Ethan in my lap, a washcloth on the cut. By the time we got to the hospital he was pretty well calmed down. We didn't have to wait long and thankfully instead of shots to numb the area they were able to put some type of gel on it to numb it up. Anytime the nurse or doctor came in he either had questions to ask or randomness to tell.
During the few minutes that we had waited in the ER lobby I explained to Ethan what stitches were and told him that the doctor may have to sew up his owie. When we found out the doctor was going to do staples instead we had to change up the explanation a bit. He cried just a little little bit when the doctor put the staples in, he was seriously so tough and brave about the whole thing, we're really proud of him.
When we got home we had to retrieve Kiari from my parents' house and Ethan was so excited to show them his cool, bright green dinosaur bandage.
I'm so grateful that it wasn't worse than it was because I'm sure it could have been.
I'm grateful that Trent has taught me the importance of not freaking out in situations like this because it would only stress the kids out more.
Grateful that my parents were able to help with Kiari.
Grateful to live so close to the hospital.
Grateful for the portion of our tax return that's available to pay for the evening's trip to the ER since we don't currently have insurance for Ethan.
So very grateful for so very many things.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
4th of July Weekend
This year for the fourth was a little different a lot of the family was either missing or only there for part of the time.
We started off the weekend with an evening at Trent's Mom's house for a bbq and fireworks. Saturday afternoon we went to Trent's 10 year high school reunion and he was really glad that he had been able to go. After the reunion Trent and the guys got together for a friendly game of paintball while the kids and I met up with my parents for some ice cream and a little shopping. That night we watched the fireworks by the river which were absolutely amazing. And afterward it only took us 30 minutes to get back to Trent's Dad's house! I'm pretty sure it's a new record for us.
Sunday was a treat. Trent's sister Cheri and her family had come up for the weekend and ended up coming up to the Burg to join us for dinner at my parents' house. My brother Jason was there and my Aunt Joy (whom i haven't seen in quite awhile) were there too. After dinner we played a card game while the kids entertained themselves. The weekend as a whole was just awesome.
We started off the weekend with an evening at Trent's Mom's house for a bbq and fireworks. Saturday afternoon we went to Trent's 10 year high school reunion and he was really glad that he had been able to go. After the reunion Trent and the guys got together for a friendly game of paintball while the kids and I met up with my parents for some ice cream and a little shopping. That night we watched the fireworks by the river which were absolutely amazing. And afterward it only took us 30 minutes to get back to Trent's Dad's house! I'm pretty sure it's a new record for us.
Sunday was a treat. Trent's sister Cheri and her family had come up for the weekend and ended up coming up to the Burg to join us for dinner at my parents' house. My brother Jason was there and my Aunt Joy (whom i haven't seen in quite awhile) were there too. After dinner we played a card game while the kids entertained themselves. The weekend as a whole was just awesome.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Disney Highlights
So I started putting together day by day blog entries from the trip but decided I'd like to at least get some pictures up. It's 11 in the pm and I'm not feeling up to captioning each individual picture so here's a bit of a sum up:
Mom, the kids, and I drove down to SLC on Monday the 7th and caught a plane out to Orlando the morning of the 8th. Ethan was an absolute gem on the flights while Kiari was pretty squirmy on the first leg. During the second leg of the flight however, both of them slept and that was beautiful.
We had looked ahead and found out that the Magic Kingdom was open until 11 the night of the 8th so shortly after checking into our hotel and getting somewhat settled we hopped on a bus and made our way over there!
One of the reasons my Mom and I were so excited about taking a girls' trip to Disney is because of the way we like to "do" Disney. The boys in the family enjoy the rides. Naturally!! Who doesn't?! What they don't like however, is wandering the shops or simply wandering the parks without necessarily riding the rides. Two things that my Mom and I are quite fond of. Given the number of days we had to spend at Disney we were in no hurry to get anywhere or do anything. It was important to us that we take our time and make sure the kids were having an enjoyable time. Mission accomplished.
The kids LOVED the characters, especially Kiari, she would snuggle up in their laps and not want to leave. Super cute.
By the end of the trip I think Ethan had ridden the Buzz Lightyear ride at Magic Kingdom a total of 5 times.
They both loved the Winnie the Pooh ride.
Kiari didn't so much like the enormously booming fireworks at Magic Kingdom.
A few of the days there it was REALLY hot, Kiari wasn't able to fully enjoy herself those days.
One of the awesome awesome perks of staying at one of the Disney resorts is something called Extra Magic Hours. This is when certain parks will either open an hour early of stay open an hour or more later solely for those guests staying at Disney resorts. There were two of the nights that we were there that the Magic Kingdom was open until 2 am.
Trent had been in DC with the university for a career expedition the same week that we were in Orlando. Instead of flying back to Idaho on Friday the 11th, he caught an early morning flight to Orlando Saturday the 12th and TOTALLY SURPRISED us by showing up at the hotel and after making sure it was ok with my Mom that he was there (because she had no idea either), ended up spending the rest of the trip with us. There were even a couple times that Trent opted to stay in the room with the kids while they napped so that Mom and I could go off together on our own.
A few of the reasons that we love staying at Disney's Beach Club is because we're able to walk over to Epcot, take a very short boat ride of the the Studios, it's connected to the Boardwalk resort which is also a fun place to wander, and it has pretty much the best pool on Disney property. So the times that Trent stayed with the kids my Mom and I were able to simply stroll over to Epcot and wander around the World Showcase.... not one Trent's favorite things to do. :o)
We stayed through Wednesday the 16th and were home late that night.
Everyone had such a blast and loved everything about the trip. We feel like we did everything we had hoped to do with the kids and look forward to the next time we go.
Mom, the kids, and I drove down to SLC on Monday the 7th and caught a plane out to Orlando the morning of the 8th. Ethan was an absolute gem on the flights while Kiari was pretty squirmy on the first leg. During the second leg of the flight however, both of them slept and that was beautiful.
We had looked ahead and found out that the Magic Kingdom was open until 11 the night of the 8th so shortly after checking into our hotel and getting somewhat settled we hopped on a bus and made our way over there!
One of the reasons my Mom and I were so excited about taking a girls' trip to Disney is because of the way we like to "do" Disney. The boys in the family enjoy the rides. Naturally!! Who doesn't?! What they don't like however, is wandering the shops or simply wandering the parks without necessarily riding the rides. Two things that my Mom and I are quite fond of. Given the number of days we had to spend at Disney we were in no hurry to get anywhere or do anything. It was important to us that we take our time and make sure the kids were having an enjoyable time. Mission accomplished.
The kids LOVED the characters, especially Kiari, she would snuggle up in their laps and not want to leave. Super cute.
By the end of the trip I think Ethan had ridden the Buzz Lightyear ride at Magic Kingdom a total of 5 times.
They both loved the Winnie the Pooh ride.
Kiari didn't so much like the enormously booming fireworks at Magic Kingdom.
A few of the days there it was REALLY hot, Kiari wasn't able to fully enjoy herself those days.
One of the awesome awesome perks of staying at one of the Disney resorts is something called Extra Magic Hours. This is when certain parks will either open an hour early of stay open an hour or more later solely for those guests staying at Disney resorts. There were two of the nights that we were there that the Magic Kingdom was open until 2 am.
Trent had been in DC with the university for a career expedition the same week that we were in Orlando. Instead of flying back to Idaho on Friday the 11th, he caught an early morning flight to Orlando Saturday the 12th and TOTALLY SURPRISED us by showing up at the hotel and after making sure it was ok with my Mom that he was there (because she had no idea either), ended up spending the rest of the trip with us. There were even a couple times that Trent opted to stay in the room with the kids while they napped so that Mom and I could go off together on our own.
A few of the reasons that we love staying at Disney's Beach Club is because we're able to walk over to Epcot, take a very short boat ride of the the Studios, it's connected to the Boardwalk resort which is also a fun place to wander, and it has pretty much the best pool on Disney property. So the times that Trent stayed with the kids my Mom and I were able to simply stroll over to Epcot and wander around the World Showcase.... not one Trent's favorite things to do. :o)
We stayed through Wednesday the 16th and were home late that night.
Everyone had such a blast and loved everything about the trip. We feel like we did everything we had hoped to do with the kids and look forward to the next time we go.
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