Sunday, June 13, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
It's summer...finally!
As all you Utahns know, we have been waiting for summer for a long time now. I can appreciate winter (being an elf and all), but once I had a toddler, I was ready for warmer weather. Mother Nature doesn't like spring around here, so it went from snowing to about 80 degrees+ within a week or two. But I'm not complaining. We were finally able to go outside for an extended amount of time! Yaay!
Stewart Falls
Hiking Stewart Falls. Reed cried the first 30 minutes of the hike. What kid doesn't like to be carried?! Oh yeah--mine! Luckily, he gave up and we were able to have an enjoyable time.
I'm pretty sure we're not wearing this carrier correctly, because Kevin and I had to switch several times. Our shoulders almost FELL OFF!
He smiles!
The family shot in front of the Falls.
Bike Ride
The first bike ride of the season...A SUCCESS! He screamed bloody murder last summer but no tears this year! You have no idea how happy this made me. He still hangs on for dear life, but that's the least of our worries.
Splash Park
Getting lubed up.
Testing the waters.
Tried and true.
Check out this trick.
Venturing into new territory. This is deceiving, because Reed really isn't getting wet here.
And if he started to get a little "too wet," he made sure to get out of there fast. Not a normal child.
Reed LOVES the Splash Park! Really, he does.
Stewart Falls
Hiking Stewart Falls. Reed cried the first 30 minutes of the hike. What kid doesn't like to be carried?! Oh yeah--mine! Luckily, he gave up and we were able to have an enjoyable time.
I'm pretty sure we're not wearing this carrier correctly, because Kevin and I had to switch several times. Our shoulders almost FELL OFF!
He smiles!
The family shot in front of the Falls.
Bike Ride
The first bike ride of the season...A SUCCESS! He screamed bloody murder last summer but no tears this year! You have no idea how happy this made me. He still hangs on for dear life, but that's the least of our worries.
Splash Park
Getting lubed up.
Testing the waters.
Tried and true.
Check out this trick.
Venturing into new territory. This is deceiving, because Reed really isn't getting wet here.
And if he started to get a little "too wet," he made sure to get out of there fast. Not a normal child.
Reed LOVES the Splash Park! Really, he does.
Farm Country
Looking at a cow...from a distance.
This guy was okay.
And ducks are always cool.
But this was still probably the best part.
And running up and down the ramp, of course.
Gathering corn from the ground so mom could feed the goats. Get close enough to feed them myself? Are you kidding me?
Okay, fine. I'll feed the goats, but only when they are far enough away so I can just drop it in there and then watch them go after it. I'm getting so brave.
I look good.
Peek-a-boo.
Wagon ride with mom. She told me it was a truck so I would get on. I wasn't too scared of the horses pulling us, but I held onto mom so she wouldn't be scared.
Lunch break. It was a fun day.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Adventures
Dinosaur Museum
I went out on a limb and took Reed to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point for the first time. I thought it was so cool and would have had a fun time reading all the cool facts about dinosaurs but, naturally, we pretty much ran through. There were really only two places that Reed liked--the water play area and the sand area. Besides that, he was scared out of his mind! SO SAD! He would literally crawl up me when he saw any big dinosaur bones displayed. In fact, he had his first nightmare that night which (I'm assuming) was a result of the Dinosaur Museum. :( I only took a few pictures since I was holding Frog most of the time.
A little upset in the water play area when sand was accidentally thrown on his head. Plus, he didn't want his hands wet. Tricky, eh?
Searching for bones.
Hogle Zoo
This past Saturday we went to the Hogle Zoo for the first time. It kinda sucked. It really was not a good zoo. But Reed didn't know any better, so I guess it was fun to see him looking at the 6 animals that actually were there.
We all liked the elephants, especially the cute baby elephant!
Reed making elephant sounds. :)
Observing...
And the best part of the whole thing was still the playground!
I went out on a limb and took Reed to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point for the first time. I thought it was so cool and would have had a fun time reading all the cool facts about dinosaurs but, naturally, we pretty much ran through. There were really only two places that Reed liked--the water play area and the sand area. Besides that, he was scared out of his mind! SO SAD! He would literally crawl up me when he saw any big dinosaur bones displayed. In fact, he had his first nightmare that night which (I'm assuming) was a result of the Dinosaur Museum. :( I only took a few pictures since I was holding Frog most of the time.
A little upset in the water play area when sand was accidentally thrown on his head. Plus, he didn't want his hands wet. Tricky, eh?
Searching for bones.
Hogle Zoo
This past Saturday we went to the Hogle Zoo for the first time. It kinda sucked. It really was not a good zoo. But Reed didn't know any better, so I guess it was fun to see him looking at the 6 animals that actually were there.
We all liked the elephants, especially the cute baby elephant!
Reed making elephant sounds. :)
Observing...
And the best part of the whole thing was still the playground!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Summer is coming....
We already have gone to a park every day this week and most of last week. I don't know how long the park will be exciting. What are your favorite summer activities? With and without kids.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Frog update
So I always take random pictures of Reed but never really have a good reason to post some of them. Let's just do a Reed Frog update:
He starting to look like such a big boy. But if we ask him who or where the big boy is, he points to to the little "Big Boy" (hamburger) statue we have on our kitchen counter.
He loves slides! Especially big ones.
But he kinda hates the swing.
He loves ducks.
But he hates crossing bridges (if they have a sloped curve). He gets to this point every time and then screams and cries until I help him across. It's a real fear--he is literally shaking. After about 30 min. or so, he gets enough courage to cross by himself.
Playing "squeezes" with daddy.
He loves doing an alphabet website (www.starfall.com) at night with daddy too. In fact, he would try to request it about every 30 min. during the day and throw a tantrum, so we ended up putting our office chairs in the back room. Did I tell you how obsessed he is with letters? It is crazy! Some kids are into cars, trains, maybe animals; Reed is into letters. We got him a DVD called Letter Factory and a few months ago, he got really into it. He also has magnetic letters, a ABC felt book I made him, and starfall. He sees letters everywhere and is constantly pointing them out. He'll even be eating food (ex: toast), and then look at it from different angles and see letters. Believe me, it's not something we forced upon him. I think the whole "My Baby Can Read" is a little weird and freaky. He just really got into letters. As a result, he knows all his letters and their sounds. It's pretty funny. I guess there are worse things to be obsessed about.
Playing letters with daddy.
He starting to look like such a big boy. But if we ask him who or where the big boy is, he points to to the little "Big Boy" (hamburger) statue we have on our kitchen counter.
He loves slides! Especially big ones.
But he kinda hates the swing.
He loves ducks.
But he hates crossing bridges (if they have a sloped curve). He gets to this point every time and then screams and cries until I help him across. It's a real fear--he is literally shaking. After about 30 min. or so, he gets enough courage to cross by himself.
Playing "squeezes" with daddy.
He loves doing an alphabet website (www.starfall.com) at night with daddy too. In fact, he would try to request it about every 30 min. during the day and throw a tantrum, so we ended up putting our office chairs in the back room. Did I tell you how obsessed he is with letters? It is crazy! Some kids are into cars, trains, maybe animals; Reed is into letters. We got him a DVD called Letter Factory and a few months ago, he got really into it. He also has magnetic letters, a ABC felt book I made him, and starfall. He sees letters everywhere and is constantly pointing them out. He'll even be eating food (ex: toast), and then look at it from different angles and see letters. Believe me, it's not something we forced upon him. I think the whole "My Baby Can Read" is a little weird and freaky. He just really got into letters. As a result, he knows all his letters and their sounds. It's pretty funny. I guess there are worse things to be obsessed about.
Playing letters with daddy.
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