Recent Outings

I've discovered recently that I am a much nicer and happier mama when I can take my kids and myself out of the house. It doesn't really matter what we do I always feel better and I've learned that Addie is just like me. We get so bored staying indoors and she's always a happier toddler when we go do things together. Every week for the past four weeks I've been able to find at least one activity or place for us to do or visit and it's been such a game changer when it comes to our moods here. Even if the weather doesn't look nice I've been able to successfully take Addie and Hudson out and it's been so fun seeing Addie enjoy herself. It's also been good for me to visit my family and friends. Hudson doesn't seem to mind either way, actually if he could talk he'd probably say that the car rides have been his favorite because some days his best naps happen to be during the rides. Anyway the following are some pictures of our recent visits.

Week 1 - Pollyanna's Place

This is where I took the least amount of pictures because I wasn't thinking much about it. I called my sister and asked if she'd be interested in doing a girls playdate with our friend Flor and her daughter. It was last minute but we were all able to catch up and visit while each of our daughters played together. It was also Flor's first time meeting Hudson. The last time that all three of us got together was a week before he was born so a girl's day was due. The only picture I got of that day was of Hudson testing out his future cousin's new play mat. Pollyanna's baby could be here next month which means we'll be driving out to her place a lot so I can get some newborn baby cuddles from my baby niece.

Week 2 - Butterflies

My cousin Allen and I had been trying to arrange a playdate for Addie and his son Samian for a couple weeks and we finally made it happen. Allen called us and said that he had raised butterflies and was going to release them and wanted to know if Addie would enjoy being a part of that. I'm personally not a fan of butterflies but I knew that Addie would LOVE it. I was right. She had so much fun. She wasn't scared at all and loved having them all over her. At one point she had three at one time. I couldn't get myself to get too close to them but Addie was able to just scoop them right up by placing her finger next to them. I did my best to hide my fear of all things bug from her because I don't want her thinking that she needs to be scared of them too. 

After it was released

Week 3 - Park

Addie was looking forward to the park all week and was super excited that I had invited Jaina to join us. The morning of that day Addie asked me when we were going to go so I told her that it would be after her nap. She was so eager for the park that she got in bed and took a nap at 11:45am. Her usual nap time is at 1pm. It's been so long since we've been able to go to the park and it was just what we needed for all of Addie's energy. The park has a trail that goes around the park and it touches the backyard fences of the houses near there and there's one house that we always make sure to stop at because they always have lots of goats roaming in their yard. This time we counted twelve goats and Addie was in heaven. She loved feeding them grass through the chain linked fence and I loved watching her. 

Hudson's first time at the park and he wasn't even aware of it at first. Napping away.

Week 4 - Charisa's House

One of my best friend's is Charisa and Addie sure knows it. Whenever my phone rings and it's not Danny or Pollyanna then Addie assumes it's Charisa. We've been friend's since seventh grade and I'm glad this friendship is one we've made sure to keep throughout the years. She has four young kids and Addie always gets her fair share of fun over there. We tried to get a group picture but trying to get six kids to look at the camera at the same time isn't the easiest thing to do.  

We only have three more weeks before Danny graduates from UVU and I'm so excited to have more time with him! I can't wait for this summer and more memories with my little family.