Where the Wild Things Are: March 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

New Do

Evie got a hair cut! She looks so stinkin' cute! {In spite of the fact that I did the hair cut, and it's not completely straight :) }

Anna finally performed her play! For the past 6 months, she's been practicing the play Robin Hood. She had 2 parts-- a guard and a peasant child. She looked so cute! She had such a good time doing this and can't wait to do another one. I'm proud of her for not being too nervous about going onstage in front of a big crowd. I love this kid!

Saturday, March 12, 2011

I'm Broken

Friday morning I was walking through my bedroom and ran into the corner of my bed. It hurt like crazy! I sat down and looked at my foot, and this is what I saw-- see how my one toe is going off in its' own direction? Ugh. It was really gross.

The good news is that I arrived at the InstaCare early and was the first patient of the day. They took X rays and pronounced my toe as broken. There's not much they can do for it-- it's just taped to my other toe and should straighten in the next month or so. But, dang, it sure hurts! Especially when I do anything on the ground, like change a diaper or play with my kids. Getting back up does me in!

Trav and the girls have pampered me today, though, and I'm feeling like I could get used to this. :) They've brought me meals in bed, made cute little cards, and laid down next to me to read stories. What sweethearts!

Big Weekend

Last weekend Trav's sister got married. The bride was beautiful, the wedding was exquisite, and the food was.... vegan. Anyway, we had a great time with family that night.

Trav and me in my fabulous $10 formal dress. I bought it last fall without a clue where I would wear it, and it turned out to be perfect for the wedding!

Trav and his dad. We have maybe two pictures of them together. I wish I'd done a better job with this one.

Trav and his sweet mom. I love this lady!

Trav and his gorgeous sister. She is seriously a model, and her wedding party was full of beautiful model people. A bit intimidating for average folks like myself. But, Kristy is great and we are so happy for her and Wyatt!

Since we were in Salt Lake late that night, we decided to sleep at my parents' house and then take the kids to the zoo in the morning.

Evie loved the baby elephant. "He eating grass, Mom. I not eat grass." Repeat seventeen times.

Anna and Kate with Trav's mom. She gives our family a zoo pass for Christmas every year, so we were excited to take her with us this time!

My dad with the girls. He loves his grandkids so much; he only meant to come for a few minutes, but ended up staying for 2 hours!

The best thing that happened at the zoo was when we saw the orangutans. The mom o. is named Eve, and her baby is Acara. Our little Eve got confused and thought the baby was called Eve, like her. She kept saying "That Baby Eve, like me." Then we asked her what the mommy was doing (she was going through a box filled with paper and tearing them into peices) and Evie said, "She doing laundry."

It cracked me up! Apparently Eve projected the scenes of her life onto those furry little orangutans!

After the zoo Nancy watched the girls so Trav and I could go out. We went to Red Lobster for dinner (thanks to a gift card from his bday) and gorged ourselves. Red Lobster is so yummy!

Thanks to everyone who made our weekend lots of fun!

You'd Better Watch Out

A couple weeks ago the library had a Fairy Tea Party and I signed Anna and Kate up to go with me. The day of the party arrived and Anna announced she didn't want to go! She would prefer doing something with Daddy, she said. I couldn't believe it! Six years old and already too big for fairy tea parties? A small peice of my heart broke at the news.

But, Kate was still in. We had a great time getting her all dressed up, with fancy hair and makeup. Then we had a photo shoot to show off her beauty!