The Children's Museum

While in Utah, we headed to the Tree House Museum in Ogden. The kids had so much fun! At first I had Sierra's child-leash on her, but since the place was built for children, I took it off and let her run free. (Me running after her, of course.) There was so much for the kids to play with. All the areas had a them, like the music room, the building room, the reading room, the hospital room, there was even a room that looked like a miniature of the oval office. Sierra had a great time!

Liam in the "hospital nursery" playing doctor.

Grandma Vinson with a fish puppet on her head.

Sierra and Grandma Vinson in the "music room."

Sierra in the "building room."

My little princess in the "castle room."

Sierra making a clay beehive with Grandma Vinson.

If I'm ever in Ogden again, I'm definately going to take Sierra back to this museum, it was a blast!

I don't have any pictures to share and I'm sorry. But, as always, Sierra did something cute today. I was feeling a bit tired and down today and I was laying on the couch being lazy when Sierra handed me a dirty, stinky diaper and said "die" (meaning diaper). I told her to put the "die" in the trash please. She walked to the kitchen and I heard her trying to open the lid then I heard a bang, so I assumed that she had thrown the diaper away. She came back past me with a triumphant smile and I said thank you. Later on, like 3 or 4 hours later, I started to notice a poopy smell. Which isn't that wierd because we dump the diapers in our normal trash can, but usually the lid keeps the smell in pretty good. Well, I didn't think to much of it and continued making dinner. I opened the lower cupboard to grab a pan and noticed the diaper neatly stacked on the pans. I couldn't help but laugh because I could just see the picture of her struggling with the trash lid then giving up and deciding to put the diaper in the cupboard. But, because she's my girl, my OCD child, she had to stack the diaper on the pans nice and neat. What a good helper!

She just cracks me up sometimes. Tony makes me smile to. I just started to notice that he is always watching over Sierra. He's always around her, in the same room or just outside the room that she's in. He even likes to sleep in her room and he tries to sneak in there when I'm putting her to bed. He doesn't really snuggle up with her or anything, but it's cute how he's like her little daddy. He gets this perturbed looked on his face when she hugs him or lays with him, but he doesn't try to get away. He's just patient, like a dad, and just lets her have her fun. Today, she was swatting at his stomach and he didn't move. He would just make a biting motion towards her hand, but when he got close he would stop. Then he would look at her in this stern way, like he was saying, "no no baby, that's not nice." She, of course, continued to swat him and then laugh out loud. He finally nipped her, she whined, and then he got up and moved two inches to the left. Just enough for her to not be able to reach him. I watched this and just giggled to myself. They are so funny! Those darn kids!

Birthday for Alexis

Alexis and Sierra playing outside...

Monday Sierra and I went over to the daycare to celebrate Alexis's 2nd birthday. Alexis is Sierra's best friend at daycare. They love eachother, they hug and kiss and read books together.

Eating strawberry shortcake...

Alexis, opening her presents... (Chris, the daycare provider, makes sure that all the kids get something, she is a sweetheart).




I really appreciate Chris, the daycare provider, she is just a wonderful person and she really cares for all the children. I'm really lucky to have found such a great daycare where I know that my daughter is safe, loved, and happy. Chris makes the kids feel special and loved. She throws them birthday parties and not only makes the birthday child feel good, but goes out of her way to make the other kids feel good to. She bought Sierra and Christy purses with bracelets and necklaces. Thanks Chris! You are the best!

A Day in the Life of Tony

As the day begins Tony is excited and runs to the window to greet the sun and watch the people as they go to their cars.

Soon the little hairless one wakes up and tries to snuggle. There's not much to be done but to lay here and enjoy the attention, she's not so bad anyway.
The day is ending and soon the sun will be down. Oddly repelled by the light and completely nocturnal, venturing outside has to wait until darkness has arrived.
Okay, dark enough, now the real day begins...good night.
That ends the "A Day in the Life of Tony," now here is a cute picture of Sierra having breakfast in the bed....so spoiled!
The end.

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So, that was a video of Sierra reading. She absolutely loves to read! She'll go into her room, pick a book, hand it to me, and then climb into my lap. I'll read it to her and she'll turn the pages. Most of the time she actually lets me read the whole book and she listens to every word, but occassionally she just wants to sit on my lap and turn the pages. After we read a book she'll take it back to her room and get another one. I love it when I walk into her room and there she is, on the floor, with a book in her lap, slowly skimming the pages. Sometimes I catch her reading to herself, outloud, in her chinese-sierra language. It's so precious!

I also took some video of her in the bath, not because I needed more video of her in the bath, but because she was talking and I wanted y0u all to her some of the words she knows. She's learning new words everyday and she now knows the following:

• Kitty (pronounced "Ki Ee")
• Bath (pronounced "Bah")
• Mom (pronounced "Mom-mom" or "Ma")
• Dad (pronounced "Dah-dah" or "Day Ee")
• Me
• No
• Nite nite (pronounced "Ny ny")
• I'm gonna get you (pronounced "I git Oo")
• Baby (pronounced "Bay Bay")
• Light (pronounced "Lye")

I'm sure there's a few I missed, but you get the point.

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A Day at the Park

Here's Sierra in the Boise river at Anne Morrison Park. This is my favorite park in Boise because it has everything a park should have... a huge playground (with swings), a gigantic fountain the kids and adults can play in and it's right next to the river. Sierra likes it too.
Sierra made a new friend and she followed her around most of the time we were there.




She had a blast manuevering in and out of the rail bars and splashing in the water.
Then we hit the swings, of course. If Sierra was posting right now I'm sure she would say that the swings are the best part of the park. It doesn't matter how sunny and hot it is (like today at 103 degrees outside).

After the swings we headed to the fountain. Sierra likes for me to hold her and run around the fountain with her, so in order to get photos she insisted on the safety of her stroller.
She's just not sure about the water spraying her. Sometimes she smiles and laughs and sometimes she gets upset. I don't think that she even knows how she truly feels.
Well, after that long, hot day, Sierra went to bed at 7pm and mommy got some well-deserved alone time.