Halloween 2016

Most enthusiastic Halloweener ever. Last April when we went to visit G & G Smith in California I checked out a random movie from the library that I thought the kids would enjoy, and man was I right.  The movie was Superbuddies (Shown below) a straight to DVD B-movie that is a spin off of AirBud. We have since discovered that it there are many "Buddies" movies and have also seen: Snowbuddies, Treasurebuddies, and Spacebuddies. Leona was Mudbud, the green puppy.  She told anyone who would listen that "I am Mud-a-bud." Really adorable.  She wore her costume all day on Halloween and has worn it many times since.

Eliza was Officer Judy Hopps from Zootopia and Clara was Rosebud, the pink Superbuddy.

Fire Station Visit

The Orem fire station puts on a pretty great Fire Safety event and we went this year.  Leona was interested in two things. 1)The free cotton candy they were giving away and 2)Touching all the things she wasn't supposed to touch.

Gymnastics

Back in October I signed Leona up for a tumbling class at the Rec Center.  It's the same one that Clara took last spring but for two year olds.  Since it was 16 two year olds each kid had to have a parent help them with the activities.  It was fun to do the one on one time with her twice a week. Almost without exception her favorite station each week was the bar.  She LOVES swinging on the bar.  She also liked just about everything else too, except the parachute.  She did it the first time (shown below) and found it terrifying when they all went underneath it and the parents shook it over them. With about three or fours sessions left she abruptly decided that she loved the parachute after all.

Toothbrush

I was trying to get ready and Leona came in the bathroom and struck this pose.  Then she said, "Look mom. I'm brushing my teeth." Then she giggled.  I see a great future of puns for this one. :)

Hiking

We went on a couple of really fun hikes at the end of summer/beginning of fall.  We went on one with Jacob that I can not for the life of me remember what it was called. Everybody had a great time.  When people got tired of hiking Jacob recited marching chants to pep people up.  

The following week we hiked Stewart Falls with Cambrie and Bryce.  Leona got carried about 75% of that hike by me, Clara got carried about 50% of the hike by Bryce, and Eliza got carried about 10% of that hike by dad.  It was a beautiful hike.  

Raspberry Picking

This is the face of a child who has eaten so many raspberries that she says, "Belly hurting." while her mom and uncle are trying to pick enough raspberries to make jam with them. Yep, still happy about life.