A Little Adventure

Holly’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago. She was pretty excited to have her birthday! It was a busy day. The day started with a nice walk on the trail. After that we came home to get ready for the day and to finish cleaning the house. After lunch, we headed out to go see the doctor. Holly did well at the doctor’s office and didn’t cry too much for her shots. The only problem was that she fell asleep on the way there.

After visiting the doctor we went to pick up Milo a little early so that Holly could sleep for a little bit. After we picked Milo at school, we stayed at home for a short time then headed out to the Bobcat Bash (the big fundraiser for Milo’s school). We first got snow cones and then went on the inflatable toys. After doing that for a short time, we ran into our neighbors and went with them. We went inside the school to look at the silent auction as well as ride the train. After that it was time to go home.

After dinner, our neighbors came over for fruit pizza and to open presents. Holly enjoyed her presents a lot. She got a camera, some games, clothes, books, a game and a few games for the computer. She did start to wind down and became pretty tired. All in all she had a great birthday!

The pictures below are Holly bouncing in the inflatables and also her pizza with candles.

I got a coupon in the mail for a hair salon for kids. I thought, I would try it for Holly and go have her hair trimmed. I did it yesterday since the coupon was about to expire.

Her idea of getting her haircut meant that Dad would cut all her hair off and she’d take her shirt off. I told her that no, we were going to a store and a lady was going to put a sheet type thing on her and she’d cut her hair.

We arrived just before the store opened. When I got out to go inside, I realized we needed to change her underwear. After taking care of that, I realized that someone else had walked in right before us. We had to wait a few minutes. When it was Holly’s turn, she did very well. She got a sucker to suck on as well as movies while her hair was cut. The lady took a bit of time trying to get Holly to cooperate to get her hair straight. She did as well as she could. After the haircut, Holly got a cute little bow in her hair and prize at the end. It was a great experience.

Here’s some pictures of before, during and after. The before picture is at the bottom.

I caught this on video the other day. It is great to hear Holly tell you a story. I’ve read this book to her so many times, that she remembers it. The book is Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems. It is cute. I hope you enjoy it too!

Milo and Holly both wanted to build a train track. After we got it done, they wanted to invite their friends over to play with it. It has been a while since we’ve built a track. It was fun except for when the girls broke the track.

For several weeks now, Holly and I have gone walking 3 days a week on the trail by our house with some ladies from the ward. It has been very enjoyable. We have been walking around 3 miles each trip and sometimes a bit more. Our house is near the trail so I walk from our house.

This morning was nothing out of the ordinary. I prepared like normal. I checked the weather and saw that we had a 30% chance of rain. Oh, it won’t rain. I grabbed Holly’s blanket and thought, this will at least keep her warm. I’ll be fine once I start walking. We got part way down the trail when it started to rain. Then it rained harder and harder. We ran a short section to the tunnel and waited a few minutes for the rain to stop.

While in the tunnel, we took this picture of the kids (all girls today). They seemed happy. They started to get restless, so we moved on in the drizzle. Of course, Holly decided to take pull back the canopy on the stroller and got full on wet. She was rather cold when we got home. The kids wanted to go play at the park, but we didn’t because of the rain. When we got back to the cars, one of the ladies asked me if I wanted a ride. I said sure. I didn’t want to walk back to the house in the rain. It was nice, but I’ve decided I’ll take my raincoat with me each time we go now. My gear shorts/capris did keep my phone from getting too wet, so I was happy.

During the school year we make Milo bath every night. Yeah, morning would be better, but he gets grumpy when we interrupt his morning screen time…so we settle for the evening. He likes to bath or shower in the oversized master bathroom because it is more interesting. As long as he obeys we humor him. I find the size situation funny and I wanted to show off my beloved fern, so here you are…the kids in the bath.

Holly found Scott’s sunglasses the other day and put them on. Of course, they were on upside down. Then Milo wanted to try them on. It was a fun little experience.

Holly looking cute in the sunglasses. She will sometimes let me do her hair up, other days, we do it down, but out of her eyes. It just depends on the day.

Milo looking great in the sunglasses.

On Valentines Day, one of the neighborhood children had their birthday party. The birthday girl is the youngest of all the kids. She turned one a week before her party. For the party, they had a zoo show, pony rides and a petting zoo.

Milo actually came and had no problem. During the zoo show, he did not want to touch any of the animals. He was excited to go on the pony ride. He waited in line and rode the pony all by himself. When people asked him what his favorite part of the party was, he said the pony ride. We are definitely making progress with him.

Milo riding the pony.

Holly on the other hand, was not so good during the show. She was excited to see the other neighbors and was squealing with delight during the show. I kept trying to keep her quiet, but when she wants to talk (or yell) she just lets it out. All she wanted to do was touch the animals.

Holly loves animals and wants to go see them all the time.

Holly did want to go on a pony ride. Although when it was our turn, she was hesitant initially, but then really enjoyed it.

Holly going for a ride on the pony.

There were quite a few animals there. A pig, goats, a camel, and many more animals in the zoo show. Here’s the evidence of the camel.

All in all, we had a great time at the party. It was a little cold that day, but it was fun.

Here is a funny video Monica took a month ago or so. You should note Holly’s snort and Milo feeding his imaginary doggies leaves (please note that Milo is terrified of real dogs, so we find it hilarious). This is a typical time out in the backyard. We hope you enjoy it.

Milo and Holly love playing on the playscape in the backyard.  It is great fun!

This is Milo’s picture of the ball going down the slide.

Milo loved playing with this ball.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Milo and Holly. They enjoy going down the slide together.

Milo loves to swing and does that a lot.

Holly loves to swing as well and is always wanting to go outside to swing.

We have a couple of rose bushes in the back yard. They don’t look too bad.