Flying on an Airplane

Saylor and Beckam are great at pretending. The other day they emptied all the laundry baskets in the house and set them up to play "airplane". They even got a seat for Hayden. They used fruit snacks in place of peanuts, and I provided the on-flight entertainment.

Then Hayden took a turn as the flight attendant since she couldn't stay seated for very long.

I love my creative little kidlets!

Kids on Parade

 The kids came home from playing at their cousin's house (a few blocks away from ours), and informed me that they were going to be in a parade at 7:00, and that they needed to wear costumes. Brinkley (cousin) had coordinated the event and made posters and tickets....it was going to be a huge to-do.
 Saylor put herself in charge of costumes (she wants to be a "fashion girl" when she grows up), and I have to say, she did an awesome job. She was a cheerleader, and Beckam was a sheriff.

The parade was so cute. All the neighborhood kids were invited. Brinkley made posters, invitations, tickets...they even threw candy (actually Andes mints, animal crackers and marshmallows)!

 Beckam was preoccupied with keeping his gun in his holster, so he kept falling way behind...

They get these ideas in their heads and do so much work to make them happen. I love letting them be funny little kids. And I got some Andes mints out of it.

State Fair!

 We headed over to the Utah State Fair this last week. This was my favorite fair experience ever! We had so much fun!

Beckam was a little bit nervous on some of the rides, especially the dragon/snake rollercoaster. He rode with Saylor and was pretty close to tears for most of it.

 The kids had fun "working on the farm".... milking cows...

 ...picking apples...

 ...planting their seeds...

 ...driving their tractors... It was so cute! At the end, they got to buy something from the "money" they earned at the "farmers market". They loved it.

We held our noses and visited all the animals. I think the goats were our favorite.

Hayden loves animals, I think I've mentioned that before. She was yelling at the goats and kicking and going crazy! She touched a goat and a bunny...she was so excited.

We watched the sea lion show, it was pretty fun! It was a good preview of our Sea World trip in 2 weeks!! And we also saw the prophet! He waved to us! The kids (and Adam and I) were so excited!

Our Science Adventure

 There's always something fun happening in Daybreak. The bank down the street from our house hosted this fun little Earth science/biology activity. Saylor is really into dinosaurs and rocks and minerals...lots of sciency stuff, right now, so this was right up her alley.

They really loved panning for gold. They ended up with lots of cool minerals in their sieves and were so excited to wash them off and see what they had found.

They also learned about animals native to Utah. They got to make beaver prints in the mud.

 They learned about sea shells, butterflies, fossils....so many things. And they got cookies and balloons, too.

I love that they think learning is fun!!

Good Times

 I love watching our kids play. Saylor and Beckam are best friends. And now that Hayden is on the go, she is playing along with them more and more. They're so sweet together!

We're pretty excited for Halloween around here. Saylor has fairy wings on, and is wearing the jack-o-lantern/horse mask she made.

Beck and Saylor had a camp-out in their room the other night. They were having fun, but it didn't last long...they both ended up in their own beds within about 10 minutes. Funny kiddos.

Labor Day in Park City

 We spent our lovely Labor Day weekend in Park City this year. It was so nice! We went up with the Bairds....Grandma Sweetie LOVES vacations, even if they're not too far from home. We had such a good time just relaxing!
 We got treats at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory several times, it's tradition. The kids rode some of the rides over by the Alpine Slides. We got ridiculously expensive but yummy milk shakes. We went to "Park Silly" on Main Street where the kids got to play in the bouncy house and get their faces painted, which they LOVE. We ate lots of good food. We swam and sat in the hot tub. It was a good time. However, I FAILED at taking pictures of our good times. Failed. These are the only ones I got.

Adam was such a trooper and walked all over Park City with us. His recovering knees kept us at a nice leisurely pace (he totally over-did it though).  We had some good times, though!!

Hands-On Learning

 Saylor is learning to write her numbers correctly (starting at the top of the letter...that kind of thing). She does pretty well, but I wanted to give her some more practice. The kids chose what flavor of pudding they wanted, and then they got dirty writing in it! Pudding is both a delicious and educational medium. And I am a fun mother.

Beck is learning his letters and writes "A" pretty well. He mostly just did his shapes.

Saylor is a smarty pants. You can't stump her very easily!