September

Sunday dinner with my family. My little brother is engaged and will get married next month. The kids are excited to get a new aunt! 

P3 helping me cook:

A house full of avid readers:

 

Cute boy at the table:

One Saturday, we were able to go to the baptism of a friend. At the luncheon, I mentioned that we had to go soon to our great-grandma's 90th birthday. My friend said that her brother and his family were also going to a 90th birthday celebration that day. Turns out my husband is cousins with my friend's sister-in-law. At the 90th birthday celebration, P3 had fun drinking out of a fancy goblet. I was worried the entire time that he would break it.

P3 traded his arm in for a cardboard sword:

Soccer! My mom and dad came often to help me out since PE was usually stuck at work.

 

We went to the State Fair. This time we went in the late afternoon on a Saturday. We have always gone in the morning or on a weekday. We will NEVER go again at that time of day. It was horrible! It should only take us 15 minutes to get there. It took an hour and half! Over an hour of it was just trying to go the block around the fairground to get to the parking. The 4 way stop at 1000 W 300 N was a nightmare. There really needs to be a light there. We almost just went home. By the time we got into the fairgrounds, we were all very irritable, especially Dad. It was not a pleasant experience.

Dressing up! P1 has a Spider-man costume for Halloween that P3 likes to steal. He is a pretty good Spider-man, even though the suit is way too big on him.

On a Wednesday, we checked P1 out of school early to go to Logan. They were having a Chocolate Expo at the new Aggie Chocolate factory. We thought that was a good excuse to go back up to Logan. We enjoyed sampling chocolates and Aggie Ice Cream. They even had steak samples that were rubbed in a cocoa seasoning. It was actually really good.

We stopped at Gossner's for cheese and flavored milk. We went to The Crepery to have dinner, but the place had a terrible smell (not that I noticed), so we grabbed a desert crepe to go, and then at dinner at the Firehouse Pizzeria. The pizza was really good, we haven't had it for a while. Unfortunately, it didn't sit well with me, and on our way home we had  to stop at a gas station.

My silly little boy:

My kids have decided that my piano works really well as a desk. I constantly have to remind them that it is not a desk and they can't keep all their papers on it.

School Pictures

P1: 1st Grade

P2: Kindergarten

P1 in class:

SeaQuest

We went to SeaQuest with our friends on a day there was no school. The kids all loved it!

 

Watching the sea otters being trained:

The kids loved the giant tortoise!

P3 loved the snake and even touched it. 

2 Years Old

My baby is two! We can't imagine life without him. P3 is a happy little boy with the cutest smile. He loves to play with his older sibling and is always copying them. He loves to sword fight more than anything else. Although, he also love reading and watching shows. P3 hates naps, but still needs them. He is eating a little better, but is still super picky. He loves oatmeal for breakfast, peanut butter for lunch (he would eat it straight if I let him), and noodles for dinner. He will not eat meat, unless it is a corn dog. P3 loves Buzz Lightyear, the Lion Guard, Star Wars (especially Darth Vader), and princesses. He loves to play at the park. He loves his blankie and his mom. He still cries at nursery and usually makes mom stay. P3 is finally starting to talk! A month or so before he turned 2, we decided that we were concerned enough to talk to the doctor about his lack of speech. And then suddenly, he started talking more and trying to say new words. By the time his appointment came around, we weren't as concerned anymore. This little one is growing up!

2 Year Stats:

Weight: 23 lbs 2 oz (10th percentile)

Height: 33.5 in (25th percentile)

We did a mini photo shoot when P3's outfit for my brother's wedding arrived. He really is absolutely adorable!

 

Birthday Boy

 P2 turned 2! He absolutely loved his present: 3 light sabers! He loved them so much, he didn't even want to open his other present, a Duplo set with Buzz and Woody.

 

 

P3 finally put down the light sabers to check out his other present.

Family came over to celebrate, and they were forced into playing with the light sabers.

P3 received mini cereal, a box of Reese's Puff (that had to be thrown out because it had ants in it!), the book Boom Chick-A Boom, and a wooden town. 

P2's Lion Guard birthday cake. I used brown sugar for the sand.

If you look closely, you'll notice I put 3 candles in his cake! Why on earth did I think he was turning 3??? Happy 2nd Birthday little one!