Dress Up

Here are a few photos that my friend Dawn took while babysitting my girls. According to Dawn, Anna really loved playing with her wig.

November 18, 2011

Princesses and Barbies

At the end of January (Jan. 30 to be exact), Anna's friend Avery came over to play and I wrote this post while she was here. I guess I forgot to publish it though.

Their imaginary play is cracking me up. They all (Evie too) dressed up as princesses, then after the last dress was on they said, "hands in" for a "go Princesses" cheer or something like that. Evie didn't understand. She tried to hold Avery's hand, but they explained that she should put her hand on top of theirs. Then after their cheer, they were off to the ball.

Only a few minutes later Anna asked me to help Avery put on a different dress and then she told me they were off to rescue Avery's daddy. When I asked what happened to him, Anna explained, "bad guys put him in jail and he's dead." That seemed like a tough rescue to me, but Avery explained that Jesus was going to help him and "make him live." Then there was another hands in with the cheer, "rescue him!" All of this was after they had spent some time playing house too.

I'm just glad they are playing so well together. There was a time when those two couldn't be in the same room together for more than five minutes before someone started hitting and the other one started crying.

This morning Anna told me she wanted to be Barbie when she grew up. I admit that at first I wasn't really listening, but then what she said sunk in. Anna loves Barbie movies about as much as I hate them, and when she said she wanted to be Barbie when she grew up, Barbie's physically impossible proportions were my first thought. But then I asked her what she meant and she explained that she wanted to be a dancer, which reminded me of when I was in first grade and I wanted to be a ballerina when I grew up too. My next thought was about eating disorders, but then we started discussing how much practice was involved and I think Anna lost interest in the conversation. So maybe she'll decide that being Barbie isn't as fun as she thought, especially if it takes lots of practice. Still, maybe I should put her back in a dance class.

Temple Tuesdays: Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

 You can't tell by their faces, but my girls loved sitting on top of the sign in front of the temple.

After the temple, we went to a park in Herriman with a splash pad, but Evie wanted to play on the dry playground.

 The first time she went down this slide, she bumped her head twice on both sides of the curve. After crying for a bit, she went right back. The second time down, Evie had figured out how to avoid bonking her head.  I can't remember if Anna was helping her go down the slide or pushing her down in this photo.

 Anna and her friend Will, with Evie tagging along.

While Will's mom, Dawn, and I chatted, Anna and Will thought it was fun to play in the hot car. I think it's because they were eating all of Dawn's gum.

Bridal Veil Falls

Back in June (the 16th to be exact), my friend Melissa and I took our kids to Bridal Veil Falls for a picnic lunch. I'm not sure my kids ate much lunch, but they had a good time running around and exploring.

Evie, Anna, Avery, and Avery's cousin

I try to teach my kids that we don't pick wild flowers, but I make an exception for Dandelions.

Evie clutching her cookie as she "slides" down the hill.

still working on that cookie

A Visit to Farm Country

In June I took my girls and Anna's friend Avery to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. In May, Avery was hit by a car in  our Church parking lot. It happened after our ward was reorganized and we were moved to a new ward, so weren't there when it happened. The incident was very traumatic for her parents who saw it happen, but for the most part Avery was okay. She had a skull fracture though, which is why she's wearing a bike helmet in these photos, so that her head would be protected if she fell down.

June 6

I was so impressed by these two and their willingness to feed the goats. At first they just scrounged for extra feed on the ground, but eventually I bought them some feed. Anna has always been braver than I am--she'll pick up worms and roly-polies.

Avery couldn't ride the horses, so we all went on a wagon ride instead. Whenever we went over a bump or when Avery took off her helmet during the ride, I wondered if that had been such a great idea, but we made it through unscathed and without any falls.

Afterwards, I lured them out of Farm Country with a bag of popcorn that we ate on the grass outside.