Lehi Round-Up

The Round-Up Parade was great again this year.  Especially so, since Gavin was in it.

 He and the Lehi High School Marching Band did a great job!  He was hot and tired after, but glad he did it.
The kids had a great time eating breakfast, chasing candy and being together.

 The rest of the parade was pretty typical until we had a special visitor.

 The kids were so excited!  Everyone got a high five and a hug before Cosmo headed back into the parade.  So cool!

All By Myself

Guard loves yogurt.
Guard loves spoons.
Guard loves to be grown-up.
So, Guard fed himself his yogurt today, with his spoon, like a grown-up (or a grown-up baby!).

Nice.  Mom finally gave me a spoon.

 Peach beard!

 

Now I'm going to drink it.

 Now I'm going to dip my Graham cracker in it.

My yogurt is gone.  I've destroyed my carton.

That stinks.

I'm done.  Hose me off.

From Tank to Dress

I really have not have much luck repurposing clothes.  I just don't feel like I'm very good at it.  I like a good pattern and a solid piece of fabric to cut into and then sew back together.  But....I decided to give it another try.
Kate has a tank top that she really wants to like.  It's yellow and has a dolphin on it.  But, it was a bit too short in length and a tank top.  We would make her wear a shirt under it and it was just too hot and bulky.  It was time to get rid of it. 
Kate asked me if I could fix it so she could still wear it.
I brainstormed, pulled some discarded t-shirts out of the DI pile, started cutting, sewing and came up with this.  I cut off the bottom of the tank and used it to add flutter sleeves.  I added the skirt by sewing stripes from two old t-shirts.  It was so nice to have the hems already sewn!

I like how it turned out and Kate really liked how it turned out.

I was on a roll.  I remembered another tank Kate had.  This time blue, but with a dolphin too.  Luckily I had some orange dotted knit in my stash that matched well enough.

This time I couldn't cut enough off to make sleeves without cutting into the picture so I used the knit for sleeves.  The dress ended up being more of a drop-waist to keep the full picture.   I had to add an underskirt (an old white, stained t-shirt of Enoch's) because the orange knit was a bit thin.  Kate loves this one too.

Kate's favorite is the orange and blue.  I'm a bit partial to the yellow, white and blue.  Which one to you like?
PS - If you are going to toss some t-shirts, I'll take them!  Thanks!

Who Do I Look Like?

One night after getting Guard out of the tub, I wrapped him in a towel and took him outside.  He was being so cranky and I was trying to calm him down.  I walked over to the neighbors hoping to distract him.  When Bailey saw him, she started to laugh and said, "Do you see it?  Who does he look like?"  I was thinking family and said, "Gavin?" 
"No!  Guard looks like Jack Jack from the Incredibles!"
Oh my Gosh!
She was right!

 
Okay, not the best picture of Guard, but who can get that kid to sit still these days.  That little tuft of blond hair in the back, the big blue eyes, cute smile - I'd say they look alike.

The Same

The same clothes (almost the same, I didn't remember quite right seven years in the past!), the same age, the same pose - different boys.

 

Gavin

Enoch

Guard

None of my boys look exactly alike, but I see a lot of Gavin in Guard (personality-wise too, especially lately).  Enoch's twin, of course, is Kate.  The things that is so odd to me is that Gavin and Guard look to be about the same chubbiness.  The difference being that Gavin was in the 95% and Guard is in the 4%!  Oh! And Enoch's checks - who could forget those?  I want to go back in time and just kiss them!

What cuties!

Scattered Thoughts

1.  Our family decided to get a season pass to The Hogle Zoo this year.  We have had so much fun with it.  We have already used it a few times and the kids keep begging to go back for more.  Guard is fascinated with the elephants, Kate loves the wolves and Enoch likes the sea lions.

2.  Gavin had a blast at Teacher's Camp this summer.  They spent the weekend at Zion's in southern Utah.  He loves being with his friends and he has great leaders.  He got only slightly sunburned and came home with a few welts from painballing.

 

3.  We had an awesome time at Carson's birthday party this year.  At a park in Pleasant Grove, the kids were able to do down a giant slip and slide (I use the term kids loosely!).   Before they would slide down, they got doused in dish soap to increase the slipperiness.  It was a blast!  Gavin can't wait to go back with his friends.

Pioneer Pack Meeting

After a last minute cancellation of a guest speaker, I scrambled to come up with some ideas for our June Pack Meeting.  I finally settled on following the theme, Go West!, and we played pioneer games.  We had a very light turn out, but the Cubs that did come had a great time!
We had stick pulling.  Enoch and his friends really liked this one.  They discovered that if they got two Cubs, they could take on one of their leaders or Dad.  Kate almost beat Gavin (those long arms are almost like cheating!) and you know Guard and sticks; he had to have one!

We also played a game called Step, Hop, Jump.  Who would have thought that such a simple game would be so fun.  They boys loved it and lined up to play it time and time again.  Maybe it was the competition, but everyone had fun with it.  

You start behind a designated line and take the biggest step you can.  Then you put both feet down and hop as far as you can.  Then you really swing your arms and get into it and jump.  

We marked each boy's final place with masking tape.  They would always yell, "I can do better!"  And we would go through the line again.  Gavin won, but he's not a Cub!

 (Enoch jumping in the air.  The depth perception looks really off!)

We ended the games with a rousing game of tag.  We played rope tag where you join in on the end of the rope when you are tagged.  It as a lot of fun and the boys didn't seem to care when they were cornered and tagged.

We wrapped up the night with rolls and homemade butter.  I didn't get any pictures, but we make butter by shaking it in a mason jar.  It was really good and the boys were amazed that they could make butter.

It was a really fun night.  After Pack Meetings like this I sometimes wonder why we plan such elaborate ones when the boys just want to play together and have fun!