Lake Powell 2012

Our little fish. Kate absolutely loved the water and spent 70% of the day in it. She had nearly no fear, unless she heard there was a fish around. She even jumped from the side of the boat all by herself.

She also loved playing in the sand and being outside all day. Her and Maddie spent hours filling buckets with mud. Their favorite thing to do was go get ice cream at the dock.

 Camp - we found the nice little cove with a great sandy beach.

It took Paige a few days to acclimate, but by day 2 1/2, she was tolerant of sitting and playing with toys. She eventually liked the water and would float in her life jacket with me.

It was a pretty good trip. Temps were just over 100, and a bit windy, but we still had a good time. We checked out Annie's Cavern, Moki and Forgotten Canyon. The water is still too low to get up to Sand Mountain or the Indian Ruins, but it has come up quite a bit from a few years ago.

Kate's Build-A-Bear

Everytime we go to the mall Kate asks to go to the Bear Store to look at the bears. She picks one out of the bins, then takes it back to 'wash' it. After several trips to the bear store, Grandma was sweet and gave in and bought her one. She was so excited to pick it out and actually make it. She named her 'Biz' and packs her everywhere we go now. Thanks Grandma!

Paige's 9 Month Pics

At 9 months..

Has 7 teeth (4 on top, 3 on bottom)

Learning to scoot

Learning to pull herself up

Loves feeding herself bread and bananas

Squeals

Loves her fee

Stats:
Height 28" (60%)
Weight 16 lbs 11 oz (11%)
Head Circumference  17.5" (60%)

The Park

We love to find a new park on Sunday evenings and play for a bit. Even Paige had a little bit of fun.

Farmington Trail

I make a calendar for my mom (and a copy for me) every year for Mother's Day. It's a bit late this year :) I ran out of pictures of the girls, so we went to take a few more on the bridge on Farmington trail. These are a few outtakes. Kate was losing patience, so I asked her to jump up and down on a hole in the wood. Awesome location though, I loved how the 'good' ones turned out!

 

Kate's Preschool Program

Kate's preschool put on a darling Mother's Day Program. The kids were so excited when the moms showed up, and took us into the preschool and show us our seats at the table they had set with a picture of them, their handprints, and a flower they had grown for each of us.

And one of my favorite parts, a questionnaire about their mothers:

My mother is 3 years old.
My mother's favorite food is hot dogs.
My favorite food that my mommy makes is rice crispies & chicken nuggets.
The thing that makes my mom happiest is to love Kate.
My mother is as pretty as Belle.
When my mom grows up she wants to be a kitty cat (a BIG one!)
My mommy's favorite show is Netflix.
My mommy laughs when I cry.
If my mom has some spare time she likes to work.
My favorite thing to do with my mom is play Legos.
The thing my mom loves to the most is me to make something at preschool.
I love my mom more than to have my Birthday.
My dad likes to call my mom Princess.   
   

Paige 7 1/2 months

Sometimes you just want to eat her up :)