Lyvi's Vacation at Grandma and Grandpa D's Day 2

Today (Tuesday) started out pretty much like yesterday except for one very important thing I forgot to mention yesterday for breakfast my Gramps made me eggs. Yes that is right, I said my Gramps not my Gram made me eggs. Grams was off walking with one of her friends when I woke up so Gramps got up and made me eggs. They were delicious and I ate a lot of them. I love Love LOVE eggs. Especially the way Gramps makes them. They were awesome! Today Gramps made me pancakes for breakfast. He is amazing. I had no idea he could cook so much! I really like the pancakes but I think the eggs were my favorite. Thanks Gramps.

Here I am in the tub. I told you it was a big tub. I had so much fun. I played with lots of my Grams old measuring cups and spoons, sometimes it is REALLY tempting to try and drink the tub water but I usually stopped when my Gram would tell me not to. I love all of her soaps and fun things she keeps by the tub, I would love to have had all of them in the tub with me but Grams said "NO Lyvi!" She sure can be bossy sometimes!

This is a really bad shot of me all dressed and ready to go. Grams was trying to take a picture of my hair but I was pretty wiggly. I was hoping you could see my new shirt that Aunt Bekah made for me. It is so very cute with a sparkly cupcake on the front. I love it.

Thank you Aunt Bekah.

OK, here is my ponytail hairdo for Tuesday. The ponytail lasted until my nap then we had to take it out but my hair was still cute all tied back although I had to get used to looking at me without a bow! That was really wierd.

The most fun part of this day was going to the park! We got bundled up (because it was in the mid 60's) and Gramps put me in my stroller and away we went. I love my stroller. We saw a dog on the way and I got so excited. I love dogs. I like to blow them kisses and say "woof, woof!" whenever I see one.

I did lots of fun stuff at the park but my favorite was the swing! Gramps likes to swing me high and Grams loves to grab my feet. Sometimes she will stand right in front of me and my feet kick her in the rear end...that is hilarious!

Lyvi's Vacation at Grandma and Grandpa D's Day 1

Lyvi's vacation started Sunday evening when her parents dropped her off so that she could spend a few days with Grams and Gramps while they went on a Cruise to Mexico! It seemed like kind of a jip for her but she has tried to make the best of it. First thing Monday morning she got up and ate breakfast, then she had a luxuriously long bath in Grandma's big tub, then she dried off with a huge spa towel. She was thinking she could get used to this!

She got dressed in one of the many adorable outfits her mom and dad left her to wear and she brushed her teeth. Now she just needs a hair-do!
Lunch was some delicious mac and cheese and grapes (most of which ended up on the floor). One great thing about Lyvi is that she sure does love to feed herself. We can hardly wait until she can get the food on her spoon without having to use two hands! AlsoLife can be a mystery. She got some new warm pj's with bunnies on the feet! That was sure fun.

She also got a new pig! She really likes him. He has had many tea parties with her at the little table.
She has been practicing her chicken dance to show everyone!

Not to be proud but she is really good at it! Just watch below.

After all that dancing it was time for bed. What a fun day we all had! Lyvi is so good and sweet she is a great little sleeper and seems to have adjusted to Grandma's new crib without a hitch. You have to be easy going if you are going to be a world traveler.
(or even if you are just staying with your Grandparents)

Lyvi and Luke at the Childrens Museum

Luke-E-Luke and Lyvi and Sarah and I went to the Phoenix Childrens Museum last week. It is such a fun place. There are lots of interesting things to do there.

Luke is going to make a Pizza here!Luke loved putting dried peas in the scale!

Mostly he loved making ice cream cones!He had a great time shopping at the store! They both loved making ice cream cones...here is Lyvi with hers!

They got lost in the Noodel forrest!

My favorite thing was the bike car wash! It is amazing. Luke had some one tag along with him in this picture! The first time through he took Lyvi and I didn't get a picture of that one but here he is with a stranger in his back seat! Oh well! We had a fun time. Thanks Sarah and Lyvi for meeting us there!

Tuesday Car Wash Day

Last Tuesday Jacob, Luke and Nathan came over to visit Grams and Gramps while their mom and dad did something really special.Gramps put them right to work! Little boys really like hoses and soap suds and WATER!

Babies wish they were bigger so they could play in the water!

It was a lot of work but it sure made the car look nice! When they were all done Gramps said, "lets hurry and wash Chase's car to surprise him!" Luke was more excited about that than Jacob but they both helped. Chase was really happy his car was so clean.

After all that work we went down to the Park and played on the play ground. When Todd and Nikki got home from the Temple they couldn't believe how hard their boys had worked while they were gone! It was a fun day!

Halloween a little bit late.

Our ward had a really fun Halloween Carnival this year! The kids loved it. Tyler and Bekah dressed up as Nacho Libre and the Nun. Jacob was the scary and Luke was Dark-a-Vader (Darth Vader!) They had a blast playing games and winning lots of prizes...candy! There was a DJ there and Jacob and Lyvi had a great time dancing!
Nathan didn't get to come to the party BUT this is our little Humpty Dumpty the next night on Halloween! He was adorable.

Bekah and Jacob!

Gramps and Lyvi.

Jacob and Luke Bobbing for apples. Gramps coaching from the sideline.

I couldn't resist putting Tyler in his Nacho Libre Costume on my blog. Yes he is in the Bishopric and he created quite a stir. He won a prize at our ward party. They all loved him! A fun day.

Miss Lyvi can do the Chicken Dance!

Usually when Lyvi comes over she has to play with "boy" toys because that is mainly what we have. Don't get me wrong, she doesn't seem to mind and she is so sweet and easy going about whatever we have her do. Here is proof, she is washing my dirty window in the back! I've always wanted another girl around here to help with the work load! :)

A couple of weeks ago I got out my American Girl doll, Bitty Baby! Lyvi loves her. She is quite fascinated with her eyes because they open and close.

We broke down and got a little set at Costco for Lyvi. It has a doll, a stroller, a high chair and a little bed. She is in heaven and Luke really enjoys feeding the baby as well.

BUT possibly her most favorite thing is my Turkey that plays the Chicken Dance song. She loves to dance to it. I should have taken a video because she has got the chicken dance down pat!

It sure is fun to have those cute little children come for a visit!

Not Snowing Here!

Every year Grandpa invites the big boys over to help him put in the winter grass! While everyone else is shoveling snow we are planting and mowing. This process involves mowing over the lawn about five times until it is super low (almost dirt). Grampa needs lots of help to do this.

Nathan was exhausted by all of the work that was going on! Jacob took this picture of us!

Afterwards, the boys were so sweaty they thought a splash in the pool was in order. Let me tell you that was a very quick and COLD splash, but it was a beautiful day and we had fun being outside.

Here the boys are playing in the play house. One funny thing that happened was I gave the little boys a Crabby Patty. For those of you that don't know what that is it is a little candy that looks like a hamburger. It is made up of all gummy pieces. The first time I gave them one Luke ran out to the Playhouse, took his apart and put the tiny little piece that looked like a hamburber on the grill. This time he took the green part off of it and said, "Jacob, do you want my pickle?" They taste nothing like pickles! We get the biggest kick out of those cute little kids.

One cute thing that Jacob said this week was on Sunday, I called their house to invite them to dinner. I was talking to Jacob and I said, "Jacob, guess what we are going to eat outside!" He replied very excitedly, "You mean alfresco?" YES!! The Fancy Nancy books have definitely improved his vocabulary! Such cute and good boys!