My Little Pony Live - The World's Biggest Tea Party

We were given free tickets to the My Little Pony show at the Nationwide Arena here in Columbus. Paige was so excited to go!! She didn't know much about My Little Pony before we went (except for the My Little Pony panties she picked out when she was being potty trained), but now she knows quite a few of their names...Rainbow Dash, Wisteria, Pinkie, Minty, etc. :0)

Brian made sure he took the picture because he didn't want proof that he really went to this show! :0) This really made for a fun family date, though!

It was pretty clever how they performed this show. Paige was fascinated by it all. It was fun seeing all the little girls in the audience all dressed up and holding their My Little Pony toys. I'm really glad we were able to take advantage of this opportunity before we moved!

Latest trip to the Bunny Fountains

We went to the Bunny fountains again last Monday. It was so much fun, like always. Paige loved playing in the water until the wind really started to blow and she got a little cold. Austin did well while we were there, also. He just chilled in his stroller for most of the time we were there! Thank goodness! :0)

Water Fountain Fun!!

Just thought I'd post a few pictures of our latest "fun spot" here in Ohio. Up in Dublin, about 15-20 minutes from our house, they have what we call the "Bunny Fountains". As you can see in the 4th picture, there are 3 gigantic bunny sculptures dancing on top of the hill. Down below they have water fountains and waterfalls that the kids can play in. It is so fun! Paige has been wanting to go swimming, but none of the outdoor swimming pools are open yet (later this month they'll be open, though). This allows her to get her new swimsuit on and get wet. She LOVES it as you can see from the pictures. She also LOVES her new swimsuit from Old Navy. We put it on for the first time and she looked at me and said, "I LOVE my swimsuit, Mommy. It's a ballerina dress." The things they can come up with to say! :0) The last 2 pictures are with Paige's buddy, Sammy. His mom and I are taking as many pictures as we can of them together because they are such good friends and they probably won't remember each other once we move away. We're very sad to be leaving such good friends and fun places to play!

Time Out for Women in Pittsburgh, PA

A group of over 30 of us went to Time Out for Women this last weekend in Pittsburgh. It was such a fun trip. The speakers were wonderful and Kenneth Cope was there to sing to us. The best part was just being together with so many friends and sisters! We went to IKEA and there are so many cool things there. I loved their toddler beds, kid toys, kitchen items, home decorations, etc. I think I liked almost everything I saw there. :0) I held back and didn't buy anything yet because I'm going to wait and get it at the new Salt Lake City store when we're back there. I didn't think it was a good idea to have to move it all in a month! :0)
I am so glad, though, that I was able to go on this trip. It was my last trip with all of my friends together before we move next month. :0( I will miss all of the special friends I have made here in Ohio the past 4 years, that's for sure!!

Zoo trip

On our way to the zoo, Paige kept telling me that she wanted to see the gorillas. I'm pretty sure I heard her say, "Mommy, I want to see borillas at the zoo!" over and over almost the entire 20-25 minute drive! (That's how she says "gorilla" by the way.) :0) So, we went and saw the gorillas. She loved seeing the real gorillas, but she had a lot of fun sitting on the statues also... especially the one in the last 2 pictures. She was very sad to leave them. She had to give them kisses and tell them goodbye when we left! It was pretty funny. After we saw the gorillas, we spent about 20 minutes watching the bonobos. For those who don't know what they are, they are in the ape family and they are the closest genetically to humans. They're pretty amazing and a lot of fun to watch. Paige just sat on the railing and watched everything they did. It's funny because she calls bonobos, bonobos and gorillas, gorillas. They aren't all "monkeys" like most 2 year olds would call them! ;0) We have a funny girl on our hands!

Photogenic Paige

Paige was outside playing in the dirt in our flower beds (with no flowers, sadly!) and I decided to take a few pictures since it's been so long. She was cheesing it up, as you can see! She's a happy girl, most of the time anyway. She definitely has her "terrible two" moments, that's for sure. She is a good big sister and loves to give Austin hugs and kisses. Her favorite chores are to wipe Austin's bottom during diaper changes and help give him baths. She gets so mad if she misses out on any of it! :0)

I love this picture. She looks like the sweet girl I know is in there somewhere. :0) I do get glimpses of that sweet girl every once in a while! :0)

I took this picture right before she threw the handful of dirt she's holding onto. She's in the middle of saying "dirt" if you're wondering why her mouth looks the way it does. :0)

And now he's awake!

Here's our happy boy! He can be pretty stingy with his smiles sometimes, but not this time! :0) It's hard to believe that he's going to be 2 months old next week!! Time is flying by too quickly!

Our little bug

Austin is such a sweet little boy...as you can clearly see in these pictures!!