Park Play

Just another day at the park.

 

Zoo Day

Saturday we ventured to the local Zoo, with Shea's parents, and had a day of exploring and playing hard.

 

 

The petting zoo was first and Bella was all too excited to see the animals, until they went inside and got up close. She screamed and ran from all the animals and no matter what, she did not want to pet them.

 

The statue of the deer outside was a little more in her comfort zone, but her nrevous smile tells all. She was still wanting to keep her distance.

 

 

The absolute cutest part was when she started dancing to the chirping birds, all that head bobbing was adorable!

 

The monkeys were SO loud we heard them the entire time and Connor was itching to see them from the get go. And when we finally got there ... he was done. Silly boy.

 



Lucky us there is an extreme playground right next to the zoo that Connor got to enjoy while Bella decided to cat nap.

 

What a day!

Boat Ride

 

Monday for FHE we joined Shea's family and set out for the Snake River in Idaho Falls, alongside the Temple. We got to ride a little family boat (a friend of a friends). Our first boat ride adventure! 

 

We were so grateful Grandpa invited us :)

My weak stomach cut our ride a little short but the kids didn't mind watching instead. Connor and Bella are madly in love with DOGS! So they watched a dog play fetch in the water. They were fascinated and in total awe, with excited shrills and giggles and bursts of laughter thrown all around.

Connor wanted to get his toes wet ...

We decided to enjoy a dinner at chick-fil-a, our favorite family friendly place to eat.

 

 Lucky us we came on Family Carnival Day, and Connor was in bounce house heaven!

 

It wasn't long before we ended at home with two tired little ones, ready for bed.

SHHH ... It is the Library!

Well I probably should have done this forever ago, but with two little ones that are known for their escape routines I have never worked up the courage to venture to the library alone.

So while my sister is in town we decided to take on the challenge.

It did not go as planned. And we wore out our lips with the amount of SHHH's we were throwing at these two, but it was fun and they both had fun moments :) Apperently they canceled storytime so that was a bust, so we made our own storytime and enjoyed every bit of reading to these little "bookworms" (I wish ...). Bella did decide to take over and start reading to me, I loved it for the two seconds it lasted :)

 

Connor was a busy boy finding stories, listening to books, playing, and rocking in the cool little chairs. They even had some simple computer reading games he tried to play. I cannot believe how old he is getting and it just makes me sad thinking of how fast each stage passes before the next one sets in.

Bella wore out quick and was ready to climb, escape, and shout "NO" at every turn. We did our best trying to distract her in any way we could think of.

So we were home soon enough, and these two crawled into Mommy and Daddy's bed for a much needed nap.

I will not be going alone anytime soon, so Shea will be my favorite library buddy when Amberlee leaves. In fact we all had a little outing today. It was quick and the kids didn't want to leave, so we made an EPIC exit with a tantrum throwing Bella and a bribed Connor in tow. Daddy's favorite part was discovering that "I SPY" books are perfect for our curious Connor!