Rainy Day Activities and the Hokey Pokey

So we had our first week of cold rainy weather and I was such a dud of a parent. The first day of it I was sitting on the couch the entire time cuddled up with the mac and a blanket. It was just one of those days that drags on to be the whole week. So anyway we read a lot of books, watched home videos, etc... This was fun and lazy but that is not a way to get your child to be tired enough to nap. So I was searching the internet for easy rainy day activities. I came upon this subscription:

www.DoingStuffWithKids.com.

 This was a great idea. I get an indoor activity idea and an outdoor activity idea every couple of days. I save the activities and then I will use them when I need them. For the most part Grant and I have our routine and what we like to do but there are those days where he is stir crazy and starving for something new to do. I could have easily thought of the activities but its always easier when someone hands it to you in a neat little email.  So here are a couple things we did on the rainy days.

Sliding down a snowboard.

We were supposed to be rolling balls and cars down but this seemed more interesting to him.

We also harvested a carrot on a sunny day, from our garden. I have yet to harvest a ton but I'm waiting until I need a couple of the ingredients in something.

And the Hokey Pokey:

After the Trip

My family stayed here for a little bit after the vacation. We finally made it back to Orem! My parents got to see the progress of my garden and then celebrate my birthday. This post is a hodgepodge of what has occurred since the vacation so my parents have visited a few more times since then. I love it when they visit. It is nice that they are so close in Vegas. Also Megan visited over Education week. The photos of my garden show it in its infant stage. I should take a picture soon and show you the progress. Its almost done being my garden for the year and soon it will just be boring dirt. I don't like that because it has become a part of mine and Grant's day to water the garden together. Its also therapeutic so thats one less things to de-stress me with. Anyway, Meg and I had a lot of fun doing girl's nights. It is also nice to have my monitor-sitting family back so Perry and I can escape on a date (I still haven't found THE babysitter just yet).  So here are some pictures and a few funny videos.

To the left is my small part of the garden with tomatos, peppers, and in the front are cucumbers. It is overgrown now.

Loves lawnmowers.

Likes the sink too.

We visited the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was 2 dollar Tuesdays in August.

Roll-Up Crepe where Perry played a small gig.

We also went hiking in Aspen Grove to some falls. It is basically a huge grove of Aspen trees, hence the name. Aspen trees are one my top 3 favorite trees. I love how the light bark is accented with bright green leaves!

We took turns carrying Grant.

As Grant would say, "waturFALL! SHHHHH!"

Grant loves his bear. It was Perry's bear when he was a toddler.

Part of our harvest!

A green Red Pepper.

Portland!

So as I said before we went up to Portland where Amber and Jason live. We ate at a ward camp out activity. Had a couple of girl's nights while the boys went out as well. Went to downtown and went to this sand festival thing. We went to the Zoo, which I had never been too. And of course Trey was finally adopted, which for the previous post's sake, he wouldn't have been sealed if he wasn't adopted yet. I also had the privilage to spend some good girl time with one of my best girlies Heather from California, who was visiting in Portland at the same time. It was so nice to see her! I have a picture proving we saw each other. I was upset when I forgot to take a picture of us. But someone else caught one.

Heather and I on the Right. Meg on the Left.

Campout food.

Pretending something was hilarious

Petting a snake!  lol I just noticed I'm holding his hand down lol.

First "train" ride.

Discovered how much he loves his bumbo in his old age lol.

Grandma love.

He is obsessed with drums right now.

Boy's night at Chuck-E-Cheese.