May 2013

Paetyn has been asking to learn how to read the past little while and I thought we would give it a shot and see how it goes... today her new reading supplies came and she was so excited to open them all up and get started. I could not get the box open quick enough for her... Unfortunatly for her reading has been put on hold for a bit to finally get her potty trained!

and I finished Paetyn's mini makeover on her dresser today.. nothing super huge, I just repainted the knobs!

Paetyn and I are learning about gardens and how flowers and plants grow in preschool right now! She was so excited to plant her own seeds and watch them grow big big big!

May 21, 2013

Birds Of Prey

the 3 of us hopped in the car today and decided to see some birds at Birds of Prey... the condors were huge, you can not really tell by the picture, but believe me huge!

checking out the bird prints in the cement.

Paetyn dressed herself up as a bird.

 Paetyn has been wanting to walk over a bridge for months and asks all the time to do so... well today was the day! we walked over one... right over some water!

and then we were done and went home...

May 20, 2013 

what a super fun day!... We drove and drove with no idea of where to go and ended up having a fantastic lunch at the Boise Fry Company... and look what Paetyn found.

 I got some purple french fries with blueberry ketchup!!! the hamburger was pretty good too... after lunch we headed across the street to the neatest candy store - Powell's!

Paetyn had an amazing time looking at EVERYTHING! She thought it was the coolest place ever... she even watched some of the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory while there in fun theater seats...

later that day I even had time to plant our new plants (all 8 of them)...

May 18, 2013

Paetyn and I needed to make a trip to Desseret Book today and on the way we decided to stop at the Boise temple on the way! And just run around the Temple grounds and enjoy the great spring weather (finally it is nice outside)!

Paetyn, of course, had to being some friends along...

Aquarium! 

We had a fun family day at the Idaho Aquarium after Paetyn's haircut...

 We all had so much fun, especially Paetyn... she enjoyed petting the starfish and fish, but not the sting rays because she thought they were scary! She loved being able to play in the water with all the fishies and running around looking at all the cool new things! She can not wait to go back some day and asks to go everyday!

Paetyn's first hair cut! 

Finally!!!

Here is the before... super long!

During... she was so excited! During the haircut she kept turning to Mom and Dad saying I love you!

So much hair!

And the after!

May 2013 - Randomness...

Paetyn is having so much fun with her new chalkboard...

And I am so happy we are having spray paint weather! I have been waiting all winter to finish some fun projects!

This is going in Paetyn's new school room!

And I get bit by the spring cleaning bug...

I greatly miss having a garage to store all my paint cans in (among other things)... however I am so stoked I found a way to store a bunch of paint in a condensed way! Oh how I love Mason jars...

My favorite little buddy being cute as always...

She got me a bunny for Mother's Day and she loves to cuddle with it...

Paetyn and Mommy love to eat breakfast outside! And play of course...

Paetyn recently found amazing treasures at the thrift store! She found a barn and had to bring it home (best $4 I have spent in a long time).

Now her dinosaurs, My Little Ponies, monkey and bunnies call it home!

 Paetyn also had to have this house shelf from the thrift store!

Paetyn requested to have it purple...

May 1 - 4, 2013 An unscheduled trip to Utah...

Even though we went to Utah for a funeral we decided to have a bit of family fun along the way! (I apologize in advance for the picture overload. There were too many cute things).

Look what we saw while driving to Utah...

We were able to go to Ikea and In N Out while away... 

Temple Square!

The three of us had a great time wondering around Temple Square seeing all the sights...

Surprisingly Paetyn left Zebra in the car and brought her new stuffed animal puppy that she got at Ikea, named Ikea, with her. Poor Zebra has never been left behind before...

Paetyn had so much fun running around looking at all the water fountains and flowers...

I love spring, it is so pretty...

Paetyn was so happy to go see "The Jesus Rock", she could not get there fast enough. She ran as fast as her little legs would let her...

Lunch time! After so much walking we were all so hungry. We got lunch in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building at the Nauvoo Cafe. It was tasty...

Dinosaur Museum...

Days later and Paetyn is still talking about the Dinosaur Museum and asking to go back...

Cupcake Time!

Someone could not be happier...

Driving Home...