Analogies

We had a picnic outside today after church. Ethan was so excited. He helped Kyle put together our new picnic table yesterday and couldn't wait to use it. We bought it a few weeks ago and meant to use it on our deck. Before setting it up, Kyle wanted to fix up a few things on our deck, but what started as a quick project turned into a complete overhaul. We'll get into more details about the deck in a later post.

Lately, Ethan has been full of analogies. Last week he said "Wind is like ice cream. They're both cold." Today, while helping him floss his teeth he said, "Floss is like Woody's pull string." Our mac and cheese tonight had bread crumbs on it. They inspired the following deep thought, "Crumbs are like a fuzzy face." Tonight he also said, "A playground is kind of like a park."

The other night he really made us laugh. He passed gas and exclaimed, "Oh . . .my bum burped!"

Haircut

We took Brooklyn and Ethan to get haircuts yesterday. It was Brooklyn's first time to get a real haircut, though I've trimmed her bangs a few times over the last few months. We forgot to get a before picture of her getting it done and didn't get a great after picture either. Ethan wasn't happy at all about needing a haircut and only cooperated when the hairdresser told him he could hold a cookie in each hand if he agreed to cooperate. Brooklyn, on the other hand was a perfect little lady.

Here is a before pic (actually taken a few weeks ago).

We mostly had the hairdresser even things out and trim her bangs. She only took off an inch or so off the length.

We rewarded the kids with some ice cream for being "so good" getting haircuts. While we were eating the ice cream Ethan said "Wind is kind of like ice cream. They are both cold."

Reunion ²

Last weekend we attended both the Morrey family reunion at Beaver Creek Lodge up Logan Canyon, and my ten-year high school reunion. Sadly, we didn't get many pictures, though Kyle's dad got lots of the kids playing at Bear Lake (which we still need to get from him).

My reunion consisted of a family picnic and an evening dinner. Since we were attending both reunions, we opted to go to the family picnic. It wasn't greatly attended, but I did get to see several old friends and meet their kids. It was kind of strange stepping back into the high school era, but refreshing that it didn't have that same awkward intimitading feeling of high school. I especially was pleased to see my dear friend Amy and her boys.

I must admit it took me a little while to recognize my friend Lara, but hey, it has been a long time.
Ethan and Brooklyn had fun playing in the sand at the park with other kids. Ethan said he wanted to make a "snowman in the sand." Brooklyn saw what he was doing and had to join in.

Ethan has been excited about Toy Story 3 for about a year. He started being wishy-washy about wanting to see it for the last few weeks saying that he wanted to see it at home, or that he didn't want to see "Pixar" because he has lately been afraid of the lamp at the beginning of the movies. We tried so many things to make him want to go, but what finally worked was Kyle asking him if he wanted to "see it in a theater on Blu-ray." He had a blast. Grandma Taylor and I bawled. My kids are still babies, but it still got me how fast they grow up.

At the Morrey family reunion all Brooklyn wanted to do was "'wing, 'wing."

A trip to Bear Lake isn't complete without a trip (or two) to get a shake.

Happy Father's Day

Racing Buddies

We visited some of our neighbors earlier today and Ethan and Brooklyn had a lot of fun sitting in a go-kart they had there. Ethan even 'drove' home - when told that he couldn't turn on the go-kart he said, "that's OK, I'll just use my imagination."
(Sorry about the cruddy cell-phone pics...)

While we were visiting, Jen saw something on Brooklyn's finger. Jen asked Brooklyn what it was and Brooklyn replied, "booger!" We had no idea she could say that word. At least she didn't try to force-feed it to anyone (as she's been known to do).

Earlier this week we found Brooklyn riding around on a hander, pretending it was a horse. She was saying, "neigh, neigh" and waddling around the house sitting on the arms of the hanger with the hook sticking out from between her legs. It looks like both of our kids have very vivid imaginations.

More Booties

Here are a couple more recently finished booties. They've been fun to make and fun to give away. I only have the boots left (which I finished last night). I think they are my favorite so far.

These boots mark the 6th pair of booties/shoes that I've made (not including some doll sized ones I made for Brooklyn's dolly). I feel like I've been able to whip them out pretty quickly, though, I think I need to slow down a bit since my right hand is starting to feel tired and overworked (even typing I can feel that my hand isn't quite itself). :(

Kyle's been working a whole lot of overtime the last few days. He went to work at 6 am yesterday and didn't get home until 1 am this morning. He'll be working today and tomorrow although they are days off too. I'm so glad that this doesn't happen very often.

They kids and I had lots of fun picking some of the first of our peas yesterday. We're so glad that Ethan still likes them. He loved them last year, but was quite hesitant to try them again this year (and won't eat frozen peas anymore). We have to keep a close eye on Brooklyn while we are in the yard so she doesn't rip out whole plants. We've already had several casualties this year. She loves to snack on lettuce and spinach by herself too. It is so fun to have such eager helpers in the garden. We are really looking forward to this summer with the kids. They are both at such fun stages!

Now I think I should give my hands some rest.

Cutie Booties

Jen has been teaching herself to crochet over the last few weeks (thanks, Christin, for the pointers). These are some of the cute baby booties that she's made in the last two weeks. No, Jen is NOT pregnant. Sorry Grandma(s).

Ethan and Brooklyn have been having a blast in the yard with this nice warm weather. The other day they were helping Dad "fix" the sprinklers. Ethan is responsible for how Brooklyn looks in this picture - he was having fun "painting" her. We're afraid the dirt will never completely come out of their clothes.

We had an unexpected surprise yesterday when we went to the grocery store: The carousel outide of the store was constantly running. We put the kids on for a few minutes and, Despite Brooklyn's bored look here, they had a blast.

Last week Ethan decided super heroes need gloves as part of their "super suits." Since we don't have gloves that are his size, he came up with his own solution. He insisted that he wear them while he ate dinner. The really frustrating part is that whenver he get's a drop of water on it (or any other article of clothing, for that matter) he flips out and needs to get a dry one. Ok, we admit that we're gettng really tired of making a new mask for Mr. Incredible, or Dash, or Frozone, or Super Why, etc. every time one rips. We also learned that he doesn't really care what his mask looks like. Here he is as Frozone. Jen wouldn't let him wear it to the store.