Summer Fun

July 31, 2007

It seems that summer is coming to an end. Everyone is frantically trying to squeeze a little more fun out of the summer before the kids have to go back to school. This summer has been a fun summer. At the beginning of the summer I sat down and wrote different things I would like to do before the end of summer. At first I didn't think that I would be able to do them all, but as of today we are down to the last three. One of the things I wanted to do is go up to Pineveiw Dam. We kept putting it off all summer long because everyone was so busy. It soon became apparent that if we didn't go soon the summer would be over. So today I packed up the kids and headed up there. Forrest loved it. He loves going to the beach and playing in the sand.

Eliza loved it because she was outdoors. She loves to be outside exploring. Her next favorite thing is playing in the water so it was a good combination.

One of the friends that we were trying to go to the Dam with has had a very busy summer. They have gone to family reunions, camping, backpacking into the Grand Canyon and the list goes on and on. On Saturday they told everyone they were done with summer. They were tired, their kids were tired and they still had several more big activities planned before the end of August. Hearing them talk brought to mind an enrichment activity that I went to about Christmas. The lady presenting told us one of the best things we could do at Christmas time for us and our kids is have an evenly paced Christmas. She warned of trying to pack so much fun in to Christmas that it soon becomes a chore. I really think this applies to anything we do vacations, holidays and even the summer.

Our Weekend

July 30, 2007

This weekend Forrest seems to be on a roll with interesting things he said. On Friday my mother-in-law had the kids sleep over so we could go to the airport and pick-up our tickets to Disney World. The next day when we were driving home with the kids Forrest starts telling us everything that happened while he was a grandma’s. I am of course listening with half an ear until I hear him say Eliza pooped on the couch. I asked him to explain and he said Eliza pooped on the couch and he thought it was chocolate, but it wasn’t. We immediately called and asked Shirley what he was talking about. She explained that Eliza had a dirty diaper and while she was changing her some of the poop rolled out of the diaper on onto the couch. Forrest went to pick them up and Shirley started yelling hysterically that they were not chocolate. Needless to say I am glad I wasn’t around for that one.

On Sunday we all came home from church and Eliza has decided to try climbing the banister. As I was going into my room to change and I hear Forrest say “What the He** are you doing?” to Eliza. I ask him to repeat what he just said and he says it again. I tell him that He** is a swear word and we don’t say that. I then went back into the bedroom and told Greg and then collapsed laughing. It was just too funny the way he said. Later that day he had used the bathroom and once again forgot to flush the toilet. I again explained that we need to always remember to flush the toilet. Forrest seemed to have a light bulb go on over his head, because he then said, “Aha, if we don’t flush the toilet poop and pee would be everywhere.” Now let’s hope he remembers, but knowing little kids I am sure I will continue to find unflushed toilets.

Are we insane???

July 27, 2007

It is official we are going to Disney World. I just purchased our tickets or at least I think I purchased our tickets. My mother-in-law had $99 companion passes that we will be using to fly down to Florida. Instead of booking them on-line we have to call in. Once again I reached someone that their first language is not English. I could barely hear the operator and he seemed to be in no mood to repeat any of the instructions. The worst part was when half way through the conversation Forrest hit the talk button on the phone and then decided to put the phone in his backpack with some blocks. All I could hear was clinking noise. I asked the operator to hold on, but he just kept rattling on. I finally got the second phone turned off, but when I asked the operator to repeat himself he just continued with the call. We will find out tonight if I was successful. If not it will cost us $50 per ticket to fix the mistake.

Greg is hoping that this trip will be better than our last trip. He thinks with all the extra adults that everything will go smoothly. I don't want to burst his bubble, but traveling with kids is hard and we really won't have that many extra adults. His brother and girlfriend won' t be much help because they are on vacation too. The only helping that will come out of this trip is us showing Scott what can happen when you have kids. Unfortunately that is not a good thing. I will agree that Greg's mom will be a big help, but with Eliza it is just best to expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised when everything goes smoothly, but if it is anything like our last vacation I am not placing any bets.

Humidity!!!!

July 25, 2007

I would have to say that I really do not like humidity. Yesterday since it was a holiday my friend had me going walking with her at 6:00 am because all of her walking buddies took the day off. Half way through the walk I was dripping with sweat. We weren't walking fast and it was first thing in the morning. I knew that for my run today it was going to be bad. I was right. By the time I got home I was dripping with sweat. Every inch of my body was wet and the worst thing was that we had actually run slower then we normally do. I am now sitting in the basement trying to cool off and realizing that my butt is wet because that is where all the sweat has run down to. I am officially over summer and I am ready for a nice cool fall, but knowing my luck we will be warm until November like we were last year.

Teddy Bear

July 24, 2007

For Christmas Forrest got Eliza a very large Teddy Bear. Up until now the Teddy has kicked around her room. She really didn't pay much attention to it until the last couple of days. She now insists on sleeping with it. When she gets up in the morning or from her nap you need to get her, her platypus and teddy. It is really an armful. Hopefully she grows out of this soon. I don't think my back can take much more of carrying these guys around.

Firefly Toothbrushes

July 25, 2007

Forrest goes through his toothbrushes very quickly. When we replace them he always wants one of the cool character toothbrushes that cost about $2.50. I on the other hand only want to spend the minimal amount of money that will get his teeth cleaned. The other day I stumbled across these toothbrushes at Target. They are great because they only cost about a $1 for one and $1.85 for two. The neat thing is that by pressing the bottom of the toothbrush it will flash for 1 minute. This lets Forrest know how long he needs to brush his teeth for. Forrest thinks they are very cool. His new favorite thing now is to brush his teeth in the dark and watch the toothbrush flash. I like them because it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to replace them every month and he is learning good brushing habits.

Choices

July 23, 2007

On Saturday Greg finally came home from his week long adventure in the Uintahs. Also on Saturday the final book of the Harry Potter series came out. I was of course faced with a difficult choice. Greet Greg home from his hard journey and spend the rest of the weekend fawning over him, or completely ignore him and read my book. It was a hard choice, but I think I chose wisely. Book 7 was a great book.