At the end of August I set up a tour of the Journal and Courier, the local newspaper in Lafayette. We invited all our friends and had a really fun experience seeing the ginormous printing press at work. We learned that they not only print our towns newspaper, but newspapers and ads for many of…
Experiences
Travel Log Part 4
Thank you Jenny, Mike, Kimby, and Andrew for donating pictures to this log! Thursday, June 30. Andrew flew home from New Orleans on Thursday morning and his parents picked him up from the airport and brought him down to Provo. Mike and Andrew helped with the final round of packing and then we drove down…
“Princess Ballerina of the World” with Fairy Wings
Emily is going through a pretty big princess phase right now. Usually pink princess, and more often than not a ballerina princess too. This last week she found a large rubber band that she puts on as her crown and exclaims, “I’m the princess ballerina of the world!” followed by asking me to dance with…
First Lesson in Earning, Saving, and Spending
Emily has talked about getting a bike for a long time. Christmas was too early and with her birthday not until October, we felt we had to come up with another option besides gift or freebie. When Amazon had a gold box deal last week for a balance bike, we jumped on it and quickly developed…
Three Minute Volcano
Yesterday while I was making a late morning snack to sustain us through errand running, Emily was on the verge of a meltdown and Nathan was yelling. One of my coping tactics to tantrums is to become rather silly and my “I love you’s” evolved into “lava yous” which brought up volcanos. Emily didn’t know…
DIY Sprinkler Fun
We really enjoyed all of the water playing we did in Utah from swimming to sprinklers to spray bottles and buckets. I especially loved the kid exhaustion that followed with guaranteed naps or bedtime. We don’t have great access to a pool here (driving to and from and swimming with two completely dependent children is…
Riverfest
Right after we got home last week Andrew mentioned that Riverfest was coming up. We’ve never been before, or even talked about going, but there was a 5K and a kids run we thought would be fun. Upon further investigation we realized we missed our chance register for the run but Emily still could so…
Palm Sunday Walk
This time of year I really miss my time in Israel. One of the incredible experiences I had there was participating in the Palm Sunday walk and I decided I wanted to recreate the experience for Emily on a smaller scale. Yesterday we made our own palm leaves during Nathan’s nap. Emily got the hang of…
Fire Station Tour
I set up a tour of the fire station a few weeks ago and yesterday was the day! We got all ready and met some of our friends to walk over. The fire fighters were incredible with our large group of 2-4 year olds. They showed their one-month old firetruck that has been to three…
The Family that Grips Together, Sticks Together
Friday afternoon Andrew came home and told us about the adjusted game plan for the grant he is working on. It included making lots of soft robots so he could become more of an expert and know how to help teachers avoid common pitfalls so that their students can be successful and build their confidence….