Spring has sprung!

Spring has arrived!! Spring in Utah means 60's one day, snow the other...I love it! On our first really nice day, Will and I spent 7 hours outside between playing at our house, going to the park, having a picnic, hunting for bugs, smelling the daffodils, pushing his car, digging in the dirt, throwing rocks, and yes eating popsicles.

Will has definitely hit the "climbing" stage. The deck is going to be our summer project..sanding and painting!

Bird and bug hunting.

Goodbye snow shovels!

Will love his slide! His newest adventure is going down on his "belly."

He is Mr. Independent constantly saying "self" when he wants to do something by himself. This includes going down the slide and the stairs, feeding himself at all times including liquids (yes our laundry has increased), and trying to cross the street which is currently our number one source of temper tantrums :)

Picnics!!

The Indian Pow-wow

So we took Will to a Pow-wow about a month ago at Utah State University in Logan. My parents love to go each year and watch all of the dancing, listen to the drums and music, and of course buy beautiful authentic Native American jewelry. Will loved it and ever since then has been talking about the "Indians". We talk about the drums, singing, feathers, and Grandma's earrings. My dad bout my mom some gorgeous earrings and she has been wearing them so she can teach Will about the Indians. So the other morning, while eating breakfast with Will, my diamond earrings Cody gave me for our wedding, sparkled in the sunlight and Will noticed them and then asked, "Indians?" Love that kid and his amazing vocabulary and memory!!

Spring snow!

As of right now, Cody is up at Snowbird, with Kevin Keller, powder skiing!! The resorts got approximately 11 inches last night and I am glad Cody took the day to ski with a friend. Will is thrilled there is new snow today and of course we headed outside for a couple hours of fun. He loves his snowsuit and boots!! Spring snow means lots of mud and puddle jumping. Will even had his first few gulps of muddy gutter water...yum. It makes them tough, right?
Will has had a great day today. John and Shann across the street fed Will a gourmet breakfast of eggs, toast, cantaloupe, peas, and blueberry juice. He even has his own "coffee" consisting of chocolate milk in the mornings with John and Shann. They are adorable with him and his time spent over at their house consists of racing hotweels, playing with micromachines, hugging Tank their big black cat,coloring, trying puzzles, and touching Roger the fish. I think he will want to move across the street when he gets older! The later part of the morning consisted of making snow angels, shoveling, sledding, pushing his car in the snow, jumping in puddles, drinking from puddles (when Mom is not looking), launching down his slide in his snowsuit and saying "luge", and then getting all warm inside and snuggling Mom before he was down for his nap. He's my world!!!

More birthday fun, good eats, and the airplane museum!

My mom made me this devine birthday cake! Isn't it gorgeous?? Well it was delicious too consisting of white cake with raspberry ganache filling, butter cream frosting, and raspberry colored fondant! Amazing with fresh rasberries and good company!
Thanks for a great weekend, flowers, balloons, cake, cross country skiing time, and MORE!

Cody gave me these gorgeous flowers...purple irises and calalillies....my favorites!

Will is an eater!!! His new love juice boxes and cereal...both he has to eat without any help.

"Picnics" are a new favorite activity. Will is really starting to pretend play with his plastic animals, stuffed animals, and of course Ellie is always his best playmate.

My days are messy with a toddler on an independent streak. It is nice to have Ellie around to suck up the crumbs. Will now says, "self,"....meaning he wants to do it by himself. Independent activities include going down the stairs, eating and drinking, putting his shoes on, climbing on to the chair, and TRYING to cross the street by himself. Some people would say this is a defiant stage, but personally I don't see it that way. I love his adventuresome side of trying new things without any hesitation. He is an explorer, a risk taker, a fearless daredevil, and intense. He is also so innocent, tender hearted, easy to laugh, and is still a momma's boy! I love my days with my Wills!

A trip to the Hill Airforce Base Airplane Museum was last weeks highlight. Uncle John and Aunt Shann from across the street took a half a day off to join us and then we went out to dinner afterwards.

John just retired after 30+ years as an airplane mechanic. He was a great guy to have along!

Should we cut his hair?

Thanks to John and Shann for all of their love.