A Day in the Life.

A collection of observations about my children punctuated by pictures of those children:

Goldilocks, of Goldilocks and the Three Bears fame, was a three year old. That explains, "It's TOO HOT!" "No, I want THAT CHAIR!" "I WANT THE BABY'S BED!"

Paul tells me these are Bob the Builder glasses.

Never get into a staring contest with an infant. Apparently they don't need to blink.

He saves his biggest smiles for his mother.

Don't tell your kid you are going to Legoland until you are literally entering the park. Otherwise prepare  yourself for a month of: "We go Legoland today?" "No, not today." "AHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

90% of the weird things your child says can be explained by the last movie they watched.

Crafts for Toddlers: 20 minutes of set up for 5 minutes of play.

Much more work for me than him.

Children of all ages are much cuter when they are sleeping.

Sleeping not pictured here.

Baby's First Visitors

We had Grandparents come and stay over the Holidays. Here are some pictures. My brain is scattered and exhausted so I can't really come up with anything more eloquent than that.

On Christmas Eve, we played in the backyard in the sunshine (please don't throw things at me.) Paul was bouncing off the walls to have Grandma Karen, Grandpa Dave, and Uncle Kody to play with him. Laszlo stared indifferently at the new faces and pooped.

On Christmas Day we attended our abbreviated church service before opening gifts. Paul really tore through his presents and Laszlo's and is still convinced there are gifts waiting for him to unwrap nearly a month later. Laszlo stared at the Christmas tree indifferently and slept.

We got a little bit of snow this year!...Because we went to Kitt Peak Observatory which is at the top of a mountain. Paul loved throwing snowballs and making foot prints. Laszlo stared indifferently at various astronomical instruments and dozed.

Not a solar telescope, just the regular type.

We went with Grandma and Grandpa to the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix. It is the kind of place that is just as fun for the adults as the kids, so if you are in the area and looking for something to do it is always a good choice.

Most of the photos I took were in this water area because it was Paul's favorite. If we had spent our entire day in that one spot it would have been just the same to him.

We made sure to see some Christmas lights at the Mesa Temple before heading back home.

We had Grandma Jamie and Grandpa Duane come for a visit too. Laszlo was blessed on January 1, 2017, all his Grandparents were in attendance.

Grandma and Grandpa Phillips

Grandma and Grandpa Burnett

I had to get some cute photos of our boy, of course:

 And I can't help but embarrass my parents by including these photos:

Our final big holiday outing was with Grandma Jamie at the Phoenix Zoo. Since we had to get Pa Duane to the airport, we thought we would make a day of it and go to this really big and fancy zoo:

Paul had so much fun and Laszlo slept through the whole thing. That is what I call a successful day at the zoo!

Now all our visitors are gone, our decorations stored, and Paul is asking if it is Halloween yet.