We've had a tremendously fun busy week so we hope you'll enjoy our numerous pictures. We don't have many pictures with the entire family so we had to include this one for prosperity's sake.
Both Salem and Sutton prefer taking showers over baths (they must be following in Maggie's footsteps). Gone are the quick easy days of 5 minute showers...with both girls Maggie's lucky to get out of the shower in under 30 minutes.
We took the girls to the Newpark facility in Park City for the first time this week. It's a great indoor recreation facility with an indoor soccer field, track, fitness equipment, etc. They hold "Toddler Time" a couple of mornings per week allowing the kids open access to the indoor soccer field and bounce houses that they set up. Salem loved the bounce house slide. She was a little timid at first, particularly because the bounce house was filled with older, bigger, tougher boys. But once she got a little comfortable she let loose and was off to all sorts of 'head-first' slides.
And so the love affair with soccer begins...it's almost a prerequisite in our family so we start them early. Salem started to learn how to dribble a soccer ball when she was 13 months old. If Drue can figure out how to do it, he'll have Sutton dribbling before she can even walk.
"GOALASSO!!!" That's what Salem was shouting when I snapped this picture. Of course, she also yells the same thing when she makes a basket on our basketball game in the basement. Drue has made sure she knows which sport ranks #1.
"Look Mama...I'm a princess." Salem's idea of a princess outfit is hiking her sweat pants up to her chest and throwing on her crocs.
Sutton reached a big milestone this week. She can now stand holding on to her toys. We don't quite trust her enough yet to not be close by enough to catch her quickly. Her attention span is still quite short and she often forgets that she's standing up :)
Here's our weekly outing to our favorite store, Costco. It's an addiction that we're unlikely to overcome anytime soon, especially since we hear that there are plans to build a Costco in Park City in the near future.
Sutton is very much enjoying the warmer weather and being able to spend more time outside. She watches the birds that have now returned to our house with such curiosity.
Some of our friends have a great annual tradition of a 'confetti egg party'. You can make confetti eggs by gently drilling two holes on either end of an egg. Blow or shake out the contents of the eggs, rinse out, allow to dry, then stuff with confetti. You can then have fun at your party smashing confetti eggs on people (similarly to a water balloon fight). Drue and Salem had so much fun doing this that I think we may adopt this tradition into our family.
Salem had a fabulous time with her friend Avery experiencing a tire swing for the first time. Drue was quite nervous allowing her to swing since they were swinging quite high, but we're slowly learning how to allow Salem a bit more independence.
We spent some time at the kids cabin in Promontory this weekend. Salem loved watching the little chicks there. We didn't notice that the bucket in the pen is a KFC bucket until we uploaded this picture. It's a good thing Salem has yet to understand the potential connection between chicks and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Sutton's favorite in the kids cabin were the little finches. We had to pry her fingers off of the cage to get her to leave.
We painted eggs for craft time this week. Salem had a great time painting, but I think her favorite thing about craft time is being able to wear the apron that she got from Becky, Brandan, Sophie, Abe, Helen, and Gibson.
Salem's new favorite spot at Grandma and Grandpa Hull's house. Dan built a terrific playhouse for all the grandkids and they've put these cute little kid chairs on the playhouse patio. Salem loves anything that is her size.
5 Things We're Thankful For Today:
- 1. How much Becky and Aaron love to play with Salem and Sutton.
- 2. Maggie getting the girls down for bed so that Drue can go play some indoor soccer (time to get back into shape before the outdoor season starts).
- 3. Maggie's mom Suma's willingness to always watch the kids and her seemingly endless patience.
- 4. March Madness! Go JayHawks!!! On to the Sweet Sixteen!
- 5. Our DVR. Now we can quickly catch up on a few of our favorite shows after the girls go to bed. How did we ever get by in the pre-digital age?!
Wise (or mostly silly) Words From a 2 Year Old
- "Oooh, I'm going on a bear hunt to get some candy!" One of Salem's favorite books is "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". We apparently don't go on egg hunts in our family...we go on bear hunts :)
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March 25, 2008 at 6:51 AM
Looks like you guys had a great weekend! We really need to get together with you guys soon!March 25, 2008 at 9:51 PMWow what a week!Lots of cute pictures! We also love Costco. I can spend hours and lots of $$$ there!March 26, 2008 at 2:30 AMGreat egg idea. Do you make or buy confetti (I admit I'm a confetti novice). We'll have to try that here when the snow melts (I'm assuming it's an outdoor activity). It looks like Drue is getting the next generation of soccer phenoms going early...Alaskan exhibition match perhaps?
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