How Old Am I? I'm Three!!

I have finally reached the age of 3!  I have to keep asking my mom how old I am because I can't believe that I am finally 3.  I get to do so many more things now.  I am so excited to be finally taking a dance class.  Yeah!  I have the cutest pink leotard and skirt.  I'm going to get ballet and tap shoes.  Yeah!  I get to be in a Little Gym class without mom.  At first that made me nervous.  But Eric took me in and showed me what to do, then I was okay.  I also get to spend more 1-on-1 time with mom because Eric goes to Preschool now.  Mom needs to find some ladies in the neighborhood to do preschool with me.  Let's see what I've been doing over the last few months coming up to my 3rd birthday.

After Daddy came home we all went to Bryce Canyon.

Mom got me a new jacket and hiking shoes.  Don't they look great with this princess skirt?

Hiking, waiting for some passing horses.

At an overlook.

Fishing with Daddy with my Barbie fishing pole.

I LOVE ice-cream. And especially with melty chocolate.

Another hike.

I love throwing rocks in the river.

This is Navajo Loop Trail.  It was so cool to hike down this.  But boy I did not want to hike up it. The Loop was closed due to some trail maintenance.  I gave mom and dad a hard time about coming back up.  Eric and I had to keep taking rests.  But I took a good nap after the hike.

This summer we went to Hogle Zoo with a bunch of our friends.

Hangin' with the boys in the monkey house.

Mom always finds me running somewhere.

Did you know there are now dinosaurs at the zoo?

We went to the Provo Freedom Parade and Festival.

This was a fast roller coaster.

On the 4th of July our Wilson family came over for some food and fun.

We had an awesome water fight in the front yard.  Complete with Slip N Slide, water guns, and water baloons.

Daddy took me to a Princess Festival at Thanksgiving Point.

We watched Daddy and Uncle Dan compete in the Spartan Race.

I was not happy to stand next to my Daddy and Dan.  They were dirty and stinky!!

We got to meet our new cousin, Jaxson, and go to his baby blessing.

It was also Daddy's birthday.

I participated in our neighborhood bike parade.

Even though it was just a parade, all those kids on bikes made me think it was a race.  I got in front, and worked hard to stay there the whole time.  I won!  I was the first to the park.

Reid also got to stay the night with Eric and I.

I love wearing my tangled dress.

And I had a good birthday.  Mommy was really sick on my birthday and I didn't get the princess party that I've been talking about ever since Eric's birthday.  But Daddy did take Eric and me to Kangaroo Zoo.  I got a Hello Kitty cake and Strawberry Shortcake Dolls.

Little Mother

Rubie is becoming quite the little mother.  I catch her throughout the day reading to her dolls, feeding them, bathing them, diapering them, putting them down for a nap or to bed, driving them around, going to work, cooking, doing laundry, etc.  She tells me I'm the grandma and I need to be quite or that she is too busy to do something.  Hmm, I wonder where she hears that?

Here I caught her reading a favorite Friend article to Old Doll and New Doll.  She read it probably 5-6 times.

Eric Loves to Draw

Eric loves to draw and display his art work.  He loves drawing on the whiteboard and creating pictures from things that he sees or experiences.

Flashback--Hiking the Y

On April 16, Saturday during Spring Break, I decided the kids and I needed to do something fun and springy.  Since the weather was beautiful let's hike.  And let's hike the Y.  It's a mile or less so that is perfect for little kids.

Eric is ready for some hiking action.  He is checking the map, making sure we know where to go.  And of course Rubie is dressed for the hike as well.

They started off the hike enthusiastically enough.  But wanted to rest at every bench and each switchback.

It didn't take long before they decided they were done hiking.  They just knew they were tired and wanted to be done.  But I knew they could make it to the Y.  So I was very patient.  And though there was whining and crying, there was lots of begging and pleading on my part to keep them going. 

 Many other hikers were surprised that I was making such young kids go the whole way without being carried. 

Finally they made it and were so thrilled.  They said they were happy they went the whole way.

We spent a few minutes playing around and then they got a little cool.  So we headed down.

 Rubie had a few tantrums on the way down.  She jumped up and down and insisted that she was going no further.  On the benches she would lay down and say she was going to take a nap.  I would have her look below to the parking lot and identify our vehicle to show here we were getting so close, but I practically had to drag her down.  Maybe the hike was a little hard.  But as soon as we got to the car they were asleep and out for pretty much the rest of the night.  We will try something not as steep next time.