Happiest Kids on the Block

Rodeo

2009-07-09T04:11:00.001-07:00

Dale and Lincoln went to the Lehi Rodeo in their get-up. Don't they look handsome! I love the too small cowboy hat. We will have to upgrade that soon.

Gotta love the cowboy boots.

Pool

2009-07-09T03:57:00.000-07:00

Arah, Sheri and I took the kids to the pool. Which then I realized that I am not the biggest fan of the pool with two babies. I need to put Lincoln in swimming lessons. It's a must next summer. He isn't very comfortable in the water. He had a life jacket and a tube on. It reminds me of the commercial about the car insurance and the kid has too much protectant devices. It was fun and I have made it ther a couple more times since this.

Chick-fil-a!!!!

2009-07-09T03:52:00.000-07:00

Just to let you know.....Kids eat free at Chick-fil-A, Wednesdays from 5-8pm. If we are in the area this is where we go. We took Gavin and Arah with us this time and they had a lot of fun together.

Gavin is walking down the slide.

Lincoln is stuck in the tree house...oh no, help Mommy!

Buddies just hanging out.

Dino Musuem with Taylor

2009-07-09T03:49:00.001-07:00

The last time Lisa and I went to the Dino museum, Lincoln heard noises and wouldn't go in. But the this time he loved the sounds. To be two, I just don't understand it.

Family pic at the play area.
Lisa and Taylor

Lincoln climbing the hands on Dinosaur. Don't you love how James is staring at the camera. Lincoln loves the Dino museum again, thank goodness because this is the place when the weather is bad to go.

Disney Movie Up

2009-06-08T23:32:00.003-07:00

We went to see the Disney movie UP. This was our first 3-D movie. It was James first movie ever. He is such a good boy that I thought we didn't need a babysitter. Which we didn't but. The second the previews starts I smell a stinky odor coming from James' diaper. When I went to a non changing table bathroom, and set him on the counter, I realized it was a blow out like no other. All over his back and down his inner thigh. Luckily, I pack the house and was well prepared for moments like this.

When I finally got him cleaned up we went in the movie and had Dale catch me up to speed. James sat and watched some of the movie and then ate most of the time. Lincoln watched 3/4ths of the movie and then started walking the stairs. But, I was surprised because he left his glasses on the whole time. Go figure.

James before the accident.

We love when Dale can come with us.

Needless to say it was a fun afternoon for the Rex's.

Play-DOH

2009-06-08T23:32:00.001-07:00

the simple things are some of the big things to my little Lincoln

2009-06-04T21:33:00.002-07:00

Lincoln begs to hold James. I love that they love each other. I will admit this is the time when I freak out. I am getting better. Love the bow tie, Linc!

Such a proud big brother. James loves when Lincoln gives him attention. Unless it's to close.
Loves kisses. Lincoln is my cuddly one. James likes his space.

lets play BALL

2009-06-04T21:32:00.001-07:00

Lincoln calls Dale about 3-10 times a day to ask him if they can go play baseball. Half the time he steals my phone and calls him without me knowing. So, here you go Lincoln your favorite thing to do. Play ball.

iT's CarPeT tIMe

2009-06-04T21:31:00.001-07:00

Dale thinks I am so lucky to go on all these fun play dates. Which I am. But, by far my favorite thing to do with my kids is Carpet time. Lincoln always says the funniest things and James loves the attention on his level. I love, love, love this time of day. I hope I never forget the things that are said at this time, and the feeling I feel just playing on the ground with my kids.

Garden with Madison and Kennedy

2009-06-04T21:28:00.001-07:00

The gardens at Thanksgiving Point is my favorite. Lincoln always tells me we are going to Gardens. He is a pretty persistant kid. Like I said what my baby wants my baby gets.

Madison and Kennedy came with us to do some arts and crafts in the play houses. We made a jumping paper frog. Lincoln looks so intrigued doesn't he.

James enjoyed himself as well.

This is the coolest part of the house. They have bees that fly into a tube from the outside of the house and work on a honeycomb. It is so fun to find the Queen bee. The have her marked with a marker.

Taaaadaaahhhhh!

Madison is posing on the Noahs rock.

Aunt Mikki brought some fun toys for the Noahs Arc water feature. It was a hot item with the other kids too.

Lincoln loves to have fun.

Mikki and Matt are so lucky to have these beautiful, sweet girls.

I have to kiss him in public as much as possible because sooner or later he is going to be embarrassed of me. Can you believe that!

Ring around the roseys....

Since, I have had James I get nervous going to the pool with both my boys without Dale. This has been a perfect place for us to go since the water is about a foot deep.

Doesn't James look like he is having the time of his life.

One of my favorite parts of the gardens is the little stations they have. They have a building area, which they played in for quite awhile.

This is what Lincoln built...isn't it beautiful.

They have a music area with a stage and little log chairs. Lincoln loves this wooden xylophone.

This is the arts and crafts area. I love the tower! Does every boy love to build towers or what.

Doesn't she look so cute in her polka dotted bathing suit.

Zoo with Taylor

2009-06-04T21:25:00.001-07:00

The zoo is such a fun place to go with my babies. Lincoln loves animals and loved seeing them in their habitat. His favorite movie right now is Madagascar and fortunately the animals that sing "I like to move it, move it" was there. The zoo has an elephant show, a bird show and a rhino show and we missed all of them. That's why we get to go again and try to make it one of the shows.

We brought our own lunch and had a picnic.

In the "Move it, move it" part. There was music playing in the background and Lincoln thought that was so cool.

Sporting my shades.

Thanks to Lisa and Taylor, we got in free. Can't beat that. Don't you love Lisa's little mini clone.

The bears were hilarious. One of them was swimming in the water and got out to try to push the other bear in the water. It was adorable. Lincoln liked that they were play fighting. He kept on saying, "There just playing, Mom." He always says it's okay I am just playing.

Lincoln loved that we saw Marty at the zoo.

I love that James is holding his bottle like someone is going to take. He loves his food.

The Orangutans were just lounging in the summer heat.

Almost Lincoln!

Don't you love that I pack a whole cucumber for Lincoln. What my baby wants, my baby gets.

You can't go to the zoo without the train ride. I was a little nervous going on it with James and Lincoln by myself. I continuously told Lincoln that he had to stay in the train. He obeyed.

I love the ZOO! I think James, Lincoln and I fit right in.

Garden with Taylor

2009-06-04T21:24:00.001-07:00

My friend Lisa and I love getting our kids together because maybe one day they can get married and look back on the continuous fun they had with each other. I would love to be related to Lisa. Hint, hint Linc. Okay, maybe I have a couple decades to go before this because an issue.

Another fabulous Thanksgiving Point place to go to is the Gardens. I love the water features they have for the kids to play with. They have activities in the mini houses on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 1000-1200. They do arts and crafts, play games, etc.

Farm with cousin Taylor

2009-06-04T21:23:00.001-07:00

I just had a new baby boy and felt a well needed date with my little man, Lincoln. I am so glad the Johnsons live across the street from us. We can get our Taylor fix whenever we want.

I love going to the farm with Lincoln. I get to hear his belly laugh continuously, when he is feeding the goats. You can tell he is loving life when he is at Thanksgiving Point. We got a pass to Thanksgiving Point and I love every inch of that place.

The farm has so many great things to do. You can feed the goats (Linc's fav), ride horses, wagon rides, milk a statued cow, pet all animals ( the donkey is highly not recommend to pet) and lots more because they always have activities to do. The one thing Dale and I love is that they have Monday Family fun in the barnyard. Like scavenger hunts, detective work, cowboy games, etc.

The Rex Family loves you Thanksgiving Point.

ABC It's easy as 123

2009-05-10T22:09:00.002-07:00

Bath time is such a perfect place to teach Lincoln. He is stuck in one spot. Halleliuah!

We got him ABC foams for the bath and that is where I have taught him the letters and the sounds to the letters. My little monkey knows it all letters and sounds. He's my little sponge. Linc doesn't even know he is learning. He has fun with it by sticking it to the wall and the tub.

We are now working on the first letter to words. It's really fun to see him grow. Most of the time I keep teaching even if he doesn't seem to even know I am there. But suprisingly, at the next bathtime he is reciting what we just went over. I love this little man. He is by far smarter than I was at two.

nOOdLe CrEaTIonS

2009-05-10T22:09:00.001-07:00

Lincoln loves to play with uncooked noodles. We glue them to make letters, we make noodle necklaces and we also, chuck them across the room (not my favorite). But he loves them and it's really easy to get out and clean up. I have to admit this is one of my favorite things to do with him because he can play for hours.

Board Game Olympics

2009-05-10T22:01:00.000-07:00

My son Lincoln loves to play board games. He can play the same game over and over again for hours. So, I came up with Board Game Olympics.

You set up board games in all of the rooms. Then you carry around a timer and then set it to the time that you have able to spent with your child. For example, I only had an hour to play and had 4 games set up. That makes it 15 minutes a game. Next you play the game and at 15 minutes whoever is winning at the time is the winner and won that game. Lastly, whoever won the most games wins a prize. Like, picking out your own lunch or having Mom clean your mess for you. Or you can buy prizes they picked out at the dollar store. (It all depends on if you want more garbage toys in your play room or if you want to analyze new ways for your kid to help out around the house).

Lincoln thinks this is a HIT!!!

Homemade Musical Instruments

2009-05-10T21:58:00.000-07:00

Okay, for those of you who know me, know very well on how I feel about where children should play musical instruments, far far away from me. But what better way to overcome my annoyance than to imbrace it by making home made instruments. We save any thing that would be a cool instrument. Like shoe boxes and paper towel rolls. Also, water bottles and extra little noodles. Save anything and be creative. It's really fun to see his imagination run wild.

I love how the wrong eye is open. Too cute.
Our guitar body.

We covered it with wrapping paper. The hard part of it all is not to take over.

I let him decorate it with some cool stickers. He was very sticker happy.

So, here's the good, bad, and the ugly. The fun parts were making a fabulous guitar for Lincoln for him to rock out on. But, the bad is me taking over. The ugly part was making him wait while I put the rubberbands on. Not my finest moment. But all in all it was a blast.

I pledge allegiance to the flag.....

2009-05-10T21:53:00.002-07:00

My friend Liz taught her son how to say the Pledge of Allegiance. They say it every morning to the flag. I thought it was such a great idea to help my child become more patriotic. It's been really fun to say and teach him on the drives that we take. We turn the radio down and he repeats it to me until he is ready to be done practicing. The one thing I have noticed since we have done this, is how many flags there are flying around. Now that he knows all of the words, he says it everytime he sees a new flag and says, "I pledge allegiance to that flag". It is simply adorable. We now count how many flags we find on the way to wherever we are going. Thank you Badger Family for the flag that hangs in his room.

Pizza Fun

2009-05-10T21:52:00.001-07:00

My mom saw on a talk show that you can make pizza with your kids as a fun activity together. I thought Lincoln would really enjoy this and so I got all the ingredients at my next outing to the grocery store. My son loves HAM. loves loves loves ham. He would eat ham and crackers for lunch and dinner every day if we let him. So, as our toppings I got ham and pineapple.

For the crust I just get ready made Pillsbury pizza dough and yummy ready made tomato and basil sauce. I let him unroll the dough and spread the sauce.

Then I let him put as much cheese as he wanted. (Next time I will get the right cheese)

Next was the ham....can you tell he loves ham. He kept on saying, "More, mom!"

Last was the pineapple and then bake.

It was so much fun to make a pizza with Lincoln. It was yummy. I will make this a traditional thing we do.

I can't wait to share....

2009-05-10T21:38:00.001-07:00

...my new blog of fun moments with my children. I want to challenge myself to constantly have fun with my kids. So, here is my challenge and my new blog. I will post all the things I do with my children. From the homemade activities, to the fun new field trips I go on, and how I capture and savor the moments spent. I will also, give you feedback of the results of the activities of what things I would do different and what things I loved most.

The one thing I learned as a new Mom is that my kids will remember how I spent the time I had with them. If it will be cleaning all the time and having them entertain themselves, or if I had fun with them. Not saying that I don't think a clean environment and chores are not an important part of raising great children, but it's not the most important part. I constantly have to remind myself of that.

I get my ideas from researching new activities from the Internet, friends, family and from books of ideas to keep kids busy. It takes a lot of time to find the good activities I want to teach my children. What better way to share it with all of you than a blog, so we can all have the happiest kids on the block.

Please give me feedback about any ideas or opinions you may have about this blog. I love to take ideas and mold my parenting skills to be the best parent I can be. And please ENJOY the results of the journey!