- McKay used to love playing with animals, but Ellery never played with them as much. I had forgotten about them for Layla, but added them to our upstairs toy basket when I rotated it this week. She set them up like this and played with them for a long time. . . in her undies of course. I think she's a fan.
- When Layla wakes up she has a one track mind: Eat breakfast. It's her top priority, and it's almost always oatmeal. She usually wakes up first, so her and I will go down and I will fix her a bowl of oatmeal. Most mornings she asks for seconds, so I'll make her another bowl. Awhile later, when McKay and Ellery are having their breakfast, she'll usually ask for whatever they're having. She eats like three meals at breakfast.
- We try to go to Storytime at the Lehi library with Gemma and Carson every Thursday. My girls love it so much and whenever I go I wonder why I don't take more advantage of more library Storytimes. Layla desperately wants to have some sort of school, so between this and nursery I think she's feeling pretty good about it. The Lehi library does a great job.
- Nonnie had an infection in her leg and my mom was changing her dressing. It's so obvious that I am the only non-nurse in my family, because I was cringing just sitting near by, knowing what was going on. My mom said she needed some help and Ellery popped right by her side and declared herself the assistant. She was right in the action and not affected by it at all. Maybe we'll have another nurse in the family someday...
- You know how missionaries trade and barter for things? I don't know if you know about that, but in the Auckland mission, it happened. Brian somehow traded his way to an ENORMOUS pair of gray sweatpants. I'm talking very large, Samoan football player's sweatpants. He has kept them all these years, and somehow they became part of his race gear. He brings them on races and wears them before it starts to keep warm. This surprised and confused me because if I were running a race I think I'd like to pack light, and these things are pretty hefty. Anyway, the other night I was folding laundry and was folding these pants- Brian had just run the Moab half. We started talking about the sweats and McKay decided to try them on. I was laughing so hard. He was like a giant pair of pants with a head. He wanted to wear them to bed, and we didn't think he would be able to fall asleep but when we checked on him later, he was fast asleep, nestled deep inside the pants.
- We had a pretty big anniversary to celebrate this week. Brian and I have been married for ten years! Since we're going to Hawaii in April to officially celebrate this milestone, we didn't really plan anything...except I accidentally planned a family outing to see Les Mis at Lone Peak High School. So I pretended that I had planned it on purpose. We did get to go to lunch earlier that day, which was nice. We went to Chili's. Brian and I used to go to Chili's all the time. It's actually where we went on our first date. I ordered a side of mashed potatoes and gravy and Brian thought I was strange. Anyway, we haven't been to Chili's in probably six years, but I picked it for our ten year anniversary lunch date. It wasn't that good, but then it was kinda good- I couldn't decide how I felt. We probably won't be back anytime soon.
- Enough about Chili's, goodness. Ten years is kind of a long time. We were thinking about all that had happened in these ten years. I kind of feel like we are not at all the same people who sat at Chili's on their first date and ate mashed potatoes. No. We've both changed a lot. I'm glad I've gotten to spend these years with him and glad that we both still like each other. And, I can't wait to go to Hawaii to officially celebrate!
- Ellery is counting down the days until we go because she can't wait to be babysat for a whole week by Grandma. It can't come soon enough for her.
- Okay, back to the play. We really enjoyed it. We had an extra ticket, so Grandma came with us, which was even more fun. Brian and I are fans of the musical, and love the music. After we saw the movie in December, we've been listening to it more often at home. I have often heard the kids stuck on a song as well, and sometimes they would ask what it was about. I tried to explain- but it's a pretty complicated story to tell to children. That's why when I heard Lone Peak was doing the play, I really wanted to take the opportunity to go and have my kids see it for themselves. It was long- nearly three hours- and they did awesome. We sat right in the front row, right behind the orchestra. I know a lot of it went over their heads, but I think they kind of get it now.
- Layla got to spend that night with the Allreds. She loves it over there and loved getting all that attention to herself. That whole day I kept prepping her about falling asleep in Alyssa's bed, hoping she would do it easily. She didn't. She stayed up until ten o'clock, where she then fell asleep in between Lisa and Trevor in their bed. Stinker.
- Earlier this week, back when it was Spring time, I took the girls to the park. They wanted to stay all day and loved the tire swing the most. Ash and Elle tried the monkey bars, but couldn't do them. They kept trying and practicing and working really hard. It was cute to see their determination. Ash eventually got all the way across, and Ellery almost made it to the end- she was close. I'm sure that she'll be trying again the next time we go. Layla wanted in on the monkey bars too. She hung on for a surprisingly long time. Long enough for me to get my phone out, turn the camera on and snap a few pictures.
Happy Sunday!
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