The following happened on the way home from the library, with Corbin looking at a new Star Wars book.
"Mom! There's a Star Wars map in here! You can drive to Star Wars! And it's only 15 minutes away!"
Betcha didn't know that.
8/26/13
Clarification: Found out yesterday that Corbin didn't think it was the real Star Wars, but a Star Wars Land kind of like Disneyland. Still, it was a cute thing for him to say.
We took the cub scouts (or "scout kids" as Corbin calls them) to the Trans Jordan Landfill the other day. We got to have a tour of the landfill, and then we learned about recycling. Corbin was in heaven! He loved it. He has dreamed of going to a landfill for years and years. :) I thought it was really fun and interesting, too!
Our Colorado friends, the Waldron's, were in town on Friday. They came by our new house for a play date. Oh, how we miss this family! It was so wonderful to see them and catch up. And it was great to see the kids playing together, like no time had passed.
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| Me and Rachael |
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| Corbin and Haden. Star Wars buddies for life. |
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| Avery and Lila |
Avery has upgraded from the tricycle to a bike with training wheels. She loves it! She picked up the pedaling really quickly, but she hasn't quite figured out the brakes yet.
We do only do friend birthday parties every other year. This year was a party year for Corbin, and he wanted a Star Wars party. The party was a lot of work, but I think that Corbin will always have good memories of it, so I am glad that we put so much time and effort into it.
Corbin is 6 years old! I can't believe how fast he is growing. I think he had a pretty fun birthday. We started the day with pancakes. Followed by some bike riding. After that Grandpa and Grandma G took Corbin and his cousin Bryson bowling and out to McDonalds for lunch. Once Corbin got home, I took the kids to the swimming pool. And then we had dinner, presents, and cake. A busy, fun-filled birthday!
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| pancake breakfast |
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| Light saber cake. I was pretty proud of how it turned out. |
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| Wearing his new Star Wars shirt |
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| Corbin has had lots of fun with this remote control truck. |
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| We found out a couple of days after his birthday, that Corbin had a double ear infection. Poor guy. He sure was a trooper. |
I gave Avery some string cheese today. It was still in the wrapper, so I asked her if she wanted me to open it. She said no, and tried for a few minutes to open it by herself. I asked her again if she wanted me to help her open the cheese. And she said, "No! Doggy open it!" And she ran over to Izzy and said, "Doggy open it?" And when nothing happened she tried again, but with the magic word, "Doggy, please open it, please?"
She gave up a few minutes later, and ran and got the safety scissors, and tried to cut off the wrapper. And then after a few minutes of that, she finally asked for my help. But, the only way she would accept my help, was if I pretended to use the scissors to open the cheese. Funny kid.
