Mill B South, Big Cottonwood Canyon

Maddy took a picture of Gracie and Mom.

Then, Grace took a picture of Maddy and Mom. :)

Birthday at Snowbird

Lee and the girls took me to Snowbird for a birthday outing. We rode the tram and survived to enjoy the beautiful view at the top.

More Ballet Cuteness

In this video Gracie's supposed to be walking across the room 'en pointe' on a line. So cute!!!

Gracie's Ballet Class

Cute!

Gracie started her ballet class this week. When I asked her if she wanted ballet or tap she said "Ballet. They have pink shoes and a pink dress." Her decision was made entirely upon the color and cuteness of the shoe which unquestionably made tap dancing the loser. (Trust me, I tried to push the tap but when she asked me if the tap shoes were pink I had to tell her the truth and say no. And so, she chose ballet, much to her mother's dismay.)

I wasn't able to get very good pictures this go round but will definitely try for more next class. Stay posted!

Fishing. Sort of...

Long story short, our truck broke in Midway over the weekend so we had to drive back on Monday to pick it up. We thought we'd let the girls try out fishing in a little pond nearby. It was the middle of the day and we have a history of never catching fish so, of course, we did not catch fish. The girls seemed disappointed until they were too hungry and thirsty to care. Lee and Maddy ended up on the other side of the pond to avoid our lines crossing. (Yes, Lee and I were casting.) We are the wrong people to teach them about fishing, that's for sure!

Even though she didn't catch a fish Grace looks darn cute doing it!

Museum of Ancient Life

Lee and I took the girls and Peter to the Museum of Ancient Life a couple of weeks ago.

Maddy decided that the sloth behind her must have eaten healthier than Sid the Sloth (Ice Age) because it grew a lot bigger than Sid.

Gracie's not too thrilled with this shark.

Maddy and Peter enjoyed playing in the water/sand tables but Gracie quickly ended up playing a "show game" nearby.

Future paleontologists?

Big Cottonwood Canyon

Silver Lake
Gracie's reading the 'map' for us.

'Peter Days' aka Thursdays

The girls LOVE Peter. They like to 'help' him eat, as long as it's his food and not theirs.
All three of them are water babies so we will probably be out in the pool a lot this summer!

Athlete Maddy and Photographer Gracie

Maddy's sport this week was baseball. She said it wasn't as fun as soccer but I think part of her problem was that the bats were too heavy.
Gracie and I play at the playground or in the car while Maddy is at Sports Class.

Sometimes we play with the camera. Grace took these two pictures...

Of course, Maddy made friends with the only other girl in the class on the very first day. They are such good friends now that EVERYONE must hug before we can leave. She's determined to make me sociable.

We never get to do anything!

The visit to Gardner Village started out fun and cute. The horse rides are always a favorite.
After the horse rides we fed the ducks but soon discovered that the giant koi were a lot more entertaining to feed. Maddy liked the 'sucking' noise they made when they ate the food.

The next part of our visit happened so quickly and was so traumatic that I didn't get any pictures. (I wouldn't want incriminating evidence anyway.)

While feeding the ducks Gracie decided to remove one of her shoes and hold it in her hand. Why? I know not. With the other hand she grabbed some duck/fish food and promptly threw both food and shoe into the water. She immediately realized what she had done and responded by screaming at the top of her lungs and running from the scene of the crime toward the parking lot. (What else can a shoe lover do when a beloved shoe is lost?) So I am trying to fish the shoe out of the yucky duck water without falling in myself and run after Grace, all with an aghast audience. (I don't like to have an audience, aghast or not!) Thankfully, Grace fell into a heap of sorrow before she reached the parking lot allowing me time to get to her. The walk back to the car seemed like forever as I carried the inconsolable Grace (still thinking her shoe is gone) and the duck water shoe (ew!!!!). Since we all must participate in the chaos, Maddy's part was to trail behind, loudly whining, (again attracting an audience), about having to leave and making sure everyone knows that she 'never gets to do anything'.