Just had to post this one

I know some of you are chuckling right now. Jamie?(: A little explanation: Andrew really likes to throw the kids up the air. He throws them HIGH! They love it, but it can be a little scary to watch. Andrew didn't realize how high until I took a picture of him throwing Parker when he was about 9 months old and all I got were his little legs at the top of the picture. So of course we had to do one like that of Makenna.

Dinosaur Museum

I finally talked Andrew into going to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. I thought it would be a fun family outing and it's so much easier to have Andrew to help with the kids when we go out. As I mentioned another post, Parker loves dinosaurs. So, he was super exctied to go the the "nusuem" (as he calls it). He knows it's "museum", but he's decided that he won't call it that. He does this with other words too, like straw=strawb, utah=newtah, lunch=munch. Apparently the acutal words aren't to his liking, so he uses his "cooler" version of the words. My favorite Parker word is "munch".(: Anywho, Parker was a little nervous at first, but once he figured out that there weren't any live dinosaurs, he loved it. He knew the names of some of the dinosaurs and he just made up names for the ones he didn't. He had some pretty funny ones, like a bocapokasarus and stuff like that. Makenna wasn't too interested and I got some shots of her showing her unhappiness at being there. Both of the kids had a great time "digging" for dinosaurs at the end, though.

The elections

My aunt sent this to me and I don't care who you are voting for, this is pretty darn funny! (Thanks Amy!)

http://www.peteyandpetunia.com/VoteHere/VoteHere.htm

A Cartoon Conspiracy?

So Parker's new favorite movie is The Land Before Time. He is big into dinosaurs right now and we watch that movie like 2 times a day. I would venture to guess that just about anyone around my age can still quote most of this movie. I know I can. "I smell...I smell...Ducky?" Ah, good stuff. Anyway, EVERY SINGLE time Littlefoot's mother dies, I bawl my eyes out. It's just not right to put a motherless women through a pity party bawl-fest twice a day. Not to mention my son probably thinks I'm a little crazy (if he didn't think that already). It probably doesn't help that my mom's birthday is Nov. 1st and she died Nov. 3rd. Double whammy coming up for me pretty soon. So, the point of this post. Do cartoons have it out for mothers? Think about it. Aladin=no mom. Bambi=mom dies. Cinderella=mom dies. Beauty and the Beast=no mom, etc... I could go on, but Makenna is crying for me in her crib. It's weird though, right?

Cornbellys

We finally got to do our family home evening on Wednesday of this week. We decided it would be fun to go to Cornbellys before it got too cold. It was fun, but way overpriced. $10.50 for a 3 year old? Oh well. Anyway, once we got Parker to try the big bouncy trampoline, he couldn't get enough of it. Of course getting him on it was an ordeal. He is so cautious! That was sort of the theme of the night. Parker being freaked out to do things and then wanting to do them again and again once we made him try them. Funny kid. Makenna was great, despite being a little cold toward the end of the night. I think next year will be a little more fun for her. But she was a trooper. We have been trying to have family night more constistently lately, and I am really enjoying it!

GO JAZZ!!!

I love the Jazz. So does Andrew. One of my favorite things to do is to watch a Jazz game. The Jazz played their first preseason game last night and they beat the Lakers! I know it's only preseaon, but it' still cool. Cool that they won and especially cool that they beat the Lakers. Take that Kobe!(: The Jazz are going all the way this year, I just know it! I can't wait!