State Fair

We took the kids to the State Fair on Monday. They had fun going on all the "kiddie" rides. Jeff's mom was a good sport about taking Lexi on them all. She was too short to go by herself but thanks to Bonnie she got to enjoy herself.

This was the bumper car roller coaster... which she didn't actually get to go on, but at least we got a picture so it looks like she did. She was too small & would've gotten smashed.

We think Lexi enjoyed this one... we couldn't see her face most of the time. It spun too much, but Ethan and his cousin Makailey had lots of fun.

They had some barns we got to walk through & they had tons of animals. This was pretty perfect timing. The cow decided to take a poop as soon as we took the picture. So the kids wouldn't look at the camera, the cow was way too fascinating. They also had goats, sheep, and pigs (which when I took a pic of the pig she also decided to poop). Lexi couldn't stop petting the goats, she loved them! Until they turned around and she saw their faces. Lexi also got to go on her first pony ride, but the people wouldn't let me take a picture, they wanted me to pay. No Deal! 

This was Ethan's first roller coaster ride. Granted it wasn't a big roller coaster. But he had lot fun anyway.

Cabin fun

Well, I'm finally updating. Life has kept us busy. We took another trip to the cabin last weekend. It was our first time going up with just us. Jeff & his friends did some hunting while me & the kids went on four wheeler rides & killed bugs.

Jeff was such a peach and chopped some wood. Here's Ethan helping chop with his hammer

And here's Lexi helping chop with her paint brush

Ethan is such a goof ball... always trying to make us laugh

Lexi was a perfect angel the entire trip. Never cried once. (Just kidding) This is one of the rare occasions she wasn't crying. She did touch the hinge of the door on the fireplace & got a little blister. She learned fast that the fireplace is hot & we didn't have a problem with that again.

Lexi and Ethan played very good together. They got a little too roudy & Lexi hit her forehead into the table that's in the middle of the living room. There was blood everywhere! I felt so bad for her, it was her first big owie. She somehow hit her chin at the same time, but she didn't even notice that one- the other one hurt too bad.

Thanks to my kids for making my birthday so wonderful! I didn't have to deal with poopy diapers or fighting kids, no tantrums... it was the perfect day! Well, I did have to deal with all that fun stuff... but it was still a good day. Jeff took me to dinner & a movie, something we don't do much of. It was a real treat!

Lexi's new bed

  We moved Lexi to a big girl bed. She's only 15 months, but I wanted to give her time to adjust to a toddler bed before the baby comes. Needless to say she was not ready! I've spent many nights sitting by her bed waiting for her to fall asleep so I can sneak out. We're finally to the point where I don't need to be in there at all I just have to put her back into her bed a couple times before she gets the point that it's time for bed.

  Last week I heard her whine a little bit, so I went to check on her to make sure she hadn't fallen out. I peeked in her room & didn't see a lump on the floor so I went to make sure she wasn't cold. I pulled up her blankets, but I couldn't find her. I thought I was dreaming, I was still half asleep. So I woke myself up a little bit more & looked in her bed. She wasn't there. I looked on the floor, she wasn't there. I heard her whine again, but I couldn't see her. I was frantic!! I woke Jeff up & we went searching throughout the house. Obviously she could be anywhere, she knows she can get out whenever she wants. We could hear her but couldn't pinpoint where she was. Finally I looked under her bed (yeah right, there's no chance!) But there she was, asleep, lying on her tummy. I don't know how she did it, there's not much space under those toddler beds. But she managed it... we lifted the bed up & put her back to bed without waking her up.

Memories

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Weekend away

I'm sure all of you Coons girls remember our excursions to the cabin. Oh the memories we made! Building forts, catching frogs, & oh our walks with Grandma! If it wasn't for her I don't know what I'd do if I had to go to the bathroom when I was in the middle of no where! She taught me so much! We took our kids up there this last weekend. They had so much fun! Although the frog pond is dried up we went to Mirror Lake & took the kids on the raft & we did some four wheeling.

Jeff caught a bird and as soon as I took the picture it flew onto my dad's head.

Ethan and his cousin Kayla "fishing" with their sticks. 

Hanging out on the raft at Mirror Lake

Grandma was Lexi's best friend the entire weekend. She didn't want to have much to do with me or her daddy. But that's ok... she had fun with Gramma Jann

The whole clan at Mirror Lake. It was windy so Lexi's hair looks funny, but who cares we were camping.

There's the bird Jeff caught, it was just sitting on the deck of the cabin. It was very friendly.

The boys took the kids to the shooting range. Ethan watched as they shot the clay pigeons. Today Ethan found me his toy wrench & a penny & told me to put it in there & throw it in the air so he could shoot it... what an imagination!

This is the Place

The hour long wait in the hot hot sun was worth the wait for Ethan. He got to ride a pony for a minute & he loved every bit of it.

I'm a little slow on this update, but a couple weekends ago we went to This Is The Place Heritage park. Everything they had going was free. They had a petting zoo, pony rides, crafts, pizza & ice cream. They had these cute little houses for the kids to play in. We had a hard time getting Ethan out of the pretend store.

Ethan at the fire station

Lexi and her cousin Carson right outside the Indian teepee. She doesn't look too happy, but it's only cause I made her hold still to take her picture. She really enjoyed herself

Ethan is actually touching the cow with that one finger. He was very brave!

I heard Lexi actually pet the animals too. But she liked them better from a distance. 

  

Turn that frown upside down

  To eliminate some of Ethan's tantrums I started singing the Primary song If You Chance To Meet A Frown. I've been doing this now for a couple of weeks & have had a pretty good turn around. I can usually get him to smile about whatever he was crying about (usually something stupid). The other day I had a frown on my face, I was having a really bad day and Ethan started singing the song. Of course I couldn't help but smile & forget my troubles. It was so sweet how he was concerned about me & wanted to make sure I was happy.

   Ethan is constantly asking questions... "what do crabs eat?" "Why?" what does this mean? Questions I should certainly know the answers to, they're easy... but I don't know how to answer them, I know some of the answers but don't know how to phrase it so he can understand. And sometimes I tell him I just don't know... that doesn't satisfy him at all. Mommy should know everything!  I wish I could satisfy his questions. I'm so glad that he is curious & wants to learn, if only I knew everything!

   Lexi is learning songs... we were riding in the car one day and Ethan started singing Do As I'm Doing... Lexi started doing what Ethan was doing. It was so cute! We then started singing Popcorn Popping... she did the actions to that song too and whenever I ask her to sing me a song she'll start "singing" (I can't understand anything but pop pppp) and doing the actions to Popcorn Popping. I love to see them learn... they always surprise me with how much they know.