Baby Animal Days

The kids and I had such a fun outing on Saturday! (Unfortunately, Steve was working helping someone with their house, so it was just the three of us.)
The American West Heritage Center in Wellsville (not too far from Logan) hosted Baby Animal Days where they let everyone come and visit - and pet - the new baby farm animals. We all had a blast!! Joseph loved being about to be so close to all of the animals that we've talked about (and hasn't stopped talking about it since) and Kathrynn just LOVED being there - she was smiling and squealing almost the entire time. :)

Baby Sheep


Baby Cow (There was a little boy in the pin who asked what the cow's name was. A farmer on hand answered that he had no name and then leaned over to the boy's dad and said "I guess you could call him 'Big Mac.'" The sad irony is that Joe and I got hamburgers on our way home that day..)


Joseph keeps a safe distance from the cow.. he was like this most of the time - very wary around the animals, but loved seeing them up close.




Kathrynn was a total trooper - never complained about staying in the stroller and just LOVED being there. :)


My munchkins. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get them both to look at the camera at the same time!



Mama Horse and Baby Horse


Joseph got a massive kick out of the baby chicks. :)



The only animal he actually pet - a baby duck. He loved it!


There was an event called the "Candy Cannon." They shot candy out of these little cannons and the little kids (5 & under) ran out to this field and gathered as much candy as they could. In this picture, Joseph is being his total self and giving a handful of candy that he found to a seriously cute little girl. He's such a lady's man. :)


This is the view from the ranch. Isn't it just GORGEOUS?!

The Rebelling Sunbeam

(for those of you who don't know what a 'Sunbeam' is in this context, it's the 3 year olds' sunday school class at church)

Joseph has decided that he HATES Primary now. He wasn't like this when he first transitioned from Nursery over, it's just been since we moved into our new ward (almost 6 weeks ago). He will not step foot in the Primary room without me and I'm not allowed to leave. It's getting frustrating because I know he has done better than this in the past and I just don't know what to do about it. Any suggestions?

The only cute part about it all was yesterday, anytime they would do anything fun in class I would ask him if he wanted to participate, to which he would answer, "NO. I crying." Kind of made me giggle (because he wasn't crying.. he was sulking). :)

Mexican Standoff by Elbow

I don't know what it is about this song, but I just love it! It seems like whenever I have a really undesirable task at hand (cleaning the bathroom, scrubbing floors, etc.), listening to this song just kicks me into gear and I'm totally motivated.

Little Angel

There's nothing sweeter than a baby sleeping.

Joseph's Cereal Fort

He just cracked me up today. We have developed quite a store of cereal in our house. Complete story on that one HERE. Joseph loves having a lot of different kinds of cereal on hand. He seems to take a lot of pleasure in pulling out the cereal drawer and thinking very deeply about which kind he wants (which always seems to be Fruit Loops, but hey, he has fun). Today he took the cereal fun to new levels. He built a fort with it. And I was, on no uncertain terms, not allowed to take it down (until I got him distracted with a movie..).

The Sky Opened Up and Utah Said, "I Hate You, Julie."

This was this morning and it's been snowing/melting/snowing on and off all day. It's April 9th, people!!

Quote was taken (loosely) from Little Rascals.

A Taste of Twilight

OK, I've turned into a total twilight nerd!!! But, I'm SOO excited about the movie coming out and saw this video on it today. Enjoy! :)

The Star Wars Gene

I knew from the moment that I agreed to marry Steve that Star Wars would be a big part of my life from then on. I knew this because I spent the first blissful hours of engagement watching Star Wars: Episode 2 at IMAX. It was my own fault. I was trying to be practical and suggested that we get the tickets early so we would be guaranteed our seats. Little did I know that Steve was going to propose within half an hour of the ticket purchase and I would HAVE to watch it when I would rather spend the rest of the evening being sappy. Anyway...

I knew that eventually Steve's affinity for Star Wars would rub off on Joseph. I imagined him sitting with Steve about 10 years from now watching the movies enthusiastically, after much encouragement from Steve. Well, it took no effort at all, Joseph did it all on his own.

We had dinner at my inlaw's house tonight and after we were done, Episode 1 was on TV and Joseph got really into it and stayed glued till the bitter end. Not only that, but he was jumping up and down on the couch during the fight scenes with his invisible lightsaber in hand, yelling at the TV and making the lightsaber noises as he joined in the fight. He's all boy. And, he's definitely Steve's boy. He has the Star Wars gene.

In other news, Kathyrnn almost ate a LIVE bug today. This one, in fact. It's a Box Elder bug and they're EVERYWHERE. I had one of those total ninja mommy moments. Everything went in slow motion and I ran across the room as soon as I could to save them both from the misery that was about to ensue. Ugh. That girl really keeps me on my toes. :)

Heheheh.. :)

My favorite is the last one.. if only (not the man, the words out of his mouth). :)

Tagged

I was tagged by Kara. Here you go!

You're feeling: Sooooooooo tired and groggy
To your left: Cross-stitched picture of bluebonnets and an oak tree that always makes me homesick for Texas
On your mind: Strategies on how to stay focused on what needs to get done today
Last meal included: Hamburger stroganoff and green beans
The weather: Cold - but at least it's 26 degrees right now as opposed to 19 yesterday morning.. might end up being a nice day
Something you have a collection of: Christmas ornaments and rubber ducks (it's supposed to be the kids' collection, but I buy them)
A smell that cheers you up: Rain. It reminds me of home.
A smell that can ruin your mood: The way my kids' breath smell right before they get sick.
How long since you last shaved: 24 hours
The current state of your hair: bed head
The largest item on your desk/workspace (not computer): pile of books being read
Which section you head for first in a bookstore: childrens, music, the specific thing I came for
Something you're craving: nice, sunny, warm weather
Your general thoughts on the presidential race: Democrats are driving me nuts
How many times have you been hospitalized this year: None
Favorite place to go for a quiet moment: the family room after the kids are in bed
You've always secretly thought you'd be a good: CIA Agent :)
Something that freaks you out a little: falling
Something you've eaten too much of lately: I can honestly say nothing. But, I've had more banana smoothies than normal.
You have never: been skiing or anything of the like.
I tag Emily, Myndie, Rosanna, Christine.