A New Place

I know there are a ton of places to explore with a two year old, right? Little by little, Watson and I are making our way to each one. We visited the Children's Discovery Museum at The Gateway downtown. I had never been there but was not disappointed. In fact, I regret not planning more than two hours for our visit. Watson loved, loved, loved the ball area. He tried out every sort of vehicle with wheels. He spent a second and a half in the big birdhouse. He loved the water feature and splashing around in the various levels. He even put a few veggies in his shopping basket at 'the store.' Next time we go we'll make sure to fit in a little craft project and more time to play in each fun area.

A Walk and Some Rocks

I really had no idea any boy, at any age, in any place, can be fully entertained if rocks and water are available. How did I never know this? We took advantage of a BEAUTIFUL Sunday afternoon by driving one last time to Snowbird. We love spending time hiking or walking or throwing rocks in the mountains. We are really lucky to live so close to so many fantastic places for these activities. Chandler was in heaven running around and exploring. Watson thought nothing could be better than tossing rocks into the stream we found.

Luckily, Chandler's great big brother instincts were sharp and he made sure Watson stayed dry.

Scott was so cute in insisting the photographer role. He crossed the stream to get a good shot and fell in a bit after.

These are truly the cutest boys I know. I'm sure I'm not biased in any way. I'm so grateful Chandler has a chance to be such a good brother to Watson and Watson gets to be Chandler's first little brother.

Family Fun Time

What happens when you load up four families camping stuff and head south east? You end up at the sweet man made, no motorized lake of The Palisade State Park. Sure, Scott's truck looked like "a man named Jed"'s, but the kids loved it all and we spent some great unplugged time together.

Instead of our annual Bear Lake adventure we headed to a quiet campground a little closer. Our campsite was great, especially after the "found" fire pit contraption worked for banana boats.
We kept ourselved busy with a treasure hunt, swimming in the beautiful lake, and eating good food. The two nights we camped, Scott and Chandler swam in the dark. They rigged up a light with a headlamp and a water bottle and played games until fingers and toes were pruny. Luckily for Watson and me, there were hot showers and plenty of space to run around. Scott even got a little golfing in a couple of mornings. A great time was had by all and I was grateful my family is the kind of family we want to spend a little summer break time together.

Welcome to the CARR-nival!



The Great, The Amazing, The Incredible WATSON!

It was quite the celebration! There were prizes, games, homemade corndogs, funnel cakes, and real goldfish. The birthday boy smiled from ear to ear during the party and ran around with the big kids until he was exhausted. Watson is quite the two year old. He is pretty opinionated, about most everything. He loves to watch "Curious George" first thing in the morning, he eats waffles and bananas for almost every breakfast, he likes Dad to read the same three bedtime books, and he knows exactly what monster truck he wants to take with him to bed. Yes, it was a great celebration to honor our favorite 'terrible two.'