I know! It's Brooke. She's the prettiest Princess in the whole world.
We had fun playing dress up - can you tell?
Nov 15, 2010
Tot Tumbling & Messy Art Class
This is my 'special' time with Brooke. I wanted to put her in ballet because she loves to dance but it was full, so I signed her up for a tot tumbling class and a messy art class. She just finished her tumbling classes and loved it. She learned how to bunny hop, mermaid crawl, do a forward roll, and all sorts of other things. It was a great way for her to get some energy out and also have some special alone time with mommy. She is still enjoying her messy art class held once a week. Really it's kind of like mini preschool class. They start out with puzzles, move over to the mat and do singing and story time, do their art project, and then do bubbles at the end. Her teacher is amazing - it's a really cute class and her projects always turn out adorable.
Last week they made a fingerprint bug jar and this week she made some pink play dough.
Little miss Tot Tumbler
Last day of class they had a mini Halloween snack party.
Pencil rolls
Getting her certificate for completing tot tumbling.
Messy Art Class projects
Story time - hi mom.
Bubble fun at the end of class.
Oct 30, 2010
Pumpkin Patch = Jack O' Lanterns
For the family field trip this month through the IWFC we headed to the Tolmachoff Farm for the pumpkin patch. Craig had a big mid-term so he couldn't come but the kids and I had a great time. Although, I don't know what I was thinking putting myself and the kids in pants and long sleeved shirts - it ended up being REALLY hot. Everyone else was in tank tops and shorts. I guess I was thinking that it's fall and it should be cooler but I should have watched the weather channel. Besides being overheated the kids had a fun time playing with their friends. I do have to state that this pumpkin patch was pretty lame in comparison to the ones in Washington. Probably do to the fact that it's just plain too hot to grow anything here so it wasn't really a patch - they just carted some pumpkins in. They did have a little corn maze though and a petting zoo too. Don't get too close though - the Ostrich does bite. We found that out the hard way - luckily Jace pull Brooke back just in time. She was careful to not get too close after that. They had fun in the bounce house and the corn pile. I was going to have the kids pick out a pumpkin there but they were too expensive so we stopped at the grocery store on the way home. Jace and Brooke had picked out designs of what they wanted their Jack O' Lanterns to look like earlier that morning so I got busy with that when we got home. They turned out super spooky. Hope you all have a horribly, happy Halloween night! wink wink ...
Tolmachoff Farms Pumpkin Patch
The petting zoo ...
The biting Ostrich - it looked a lot bigger in real life.
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Brooke, Jen, Ruby, Jace, Eve ... as fruit & veggies. lol
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The sand ... I mean corn box?
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I wanted to get a cute pumpkin picture with the kids but it just wasn't working out. I took like 5 and this was the best one. That's how bad the others were. I couldn't get them both to look at the camera at the same time or to smile. They are such little stinkers sometimes. I finally just gave up.
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Our finished Jack O' Lanterns. Jace's is the black cat, mini pumpkin, and spider in the windowsill and Brooke's is the wink and a smile pumpkin. They LOVED them. The hugs and kisses I got after these were finished was worth all the scooping of pumpkin goo I did.
Oct 28, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
Phoenix Zoo
We had an AWESOME time at the zoo. In fact, it was so fun we bought season passes. They had so many new things since the last time I had been. They put in the cutest splash pad for the little kids to play in as well as a few more exhibits. The only thing that stunk about the zoo was the part where my purse got stolen. I left it on the jogger while I was taking pics of the kids and someone snatched it right up. My dad noticed about 10 min. later and I ran back to where we had last seen it .. .to no avail. I checked with security and found that it had been turned into the lost and found, but not before they went through it and stole my GPS and video camera. The camera is killing me because I do a DVD every other year of the kids and I was just getting ready to do another one so I had 2 YEARS worth of video on there that I lost. I filled out a police report but because I didn't have the serial number written down or have it registered there wasn't much they could do. My only hope is if they find the GPS in a pawn shop or at a location of an arrest and my video camera is in the same place because I did have my GPS registered. I learned my lesson - keep your hands on your purse at all times and register ALL your electronics. I did the next day. I just can't believe how horrible some people are. It stinks. At least they didn't take my whole purse because my wallet was hidden under some of Brooke's pull ups. That would have been a nightmare canceling all my cards and figuring out what to do about the ID cards so thank you for that. I still had a great time at the zoo. I'm so glad my family came down for a visit. I hope the next one isn't too far away.
Johnson Family Visit
They played card games with Grandma ...
... and Grandpa was just silly ...
Brooke giving BYU football playing Grandpa a hug - Jace was too busy to sit still for a picture.
Oct 9, 2010
Ladies Night Out!
It was SO much fun to have our first Ladies Night Out with the IWFC. We went to the Cheesecake Factory and the club covered our desserts. It's really been such a great experience to get to know all these amazing women from all over the world. We had such a great time!
Women from all the over the World dining together:
Polina (Russia), Sangmi (Korea), Martha (Mexico), Masha (Russia), Mayra (Mexico), Ruby (Utah), April (Colorado), myself, and Jen (Idaho).
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