Zoo membership is the best. This time, Nora, Alex, and I met up with Shantelle and Abby and their neighbors. Toddlers surprisingly don’t care much about the animals, though–it’s all about the fountain, the playground, and the train.
Before bed, reading to Nora from my old copy of the Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook (which came out the month before I was born).
My mom suggested I re-read Goldilocks instead, to remind myself what might happen to someone who sleeps in a bed that is too small. But…would you give this up, if you were me?
Alex loves to pull Nora in her (recently decorated) wagon, and Nora loves to be pulled. A match made in toddler heaven.
Just a short little video to show you guys what happens after the little dancers line up:
At the end of each dance class, all the kids line up and dance off one by one under the different-colored stage lights. Do you know what a huge feat it is to get nine two-year-olds to stay in a single file line? BRAVA, Miss Tad.
While David was visiting from New York, we went to the Ben Folds/Utah Symphony concert at Deer Valley. Nora mostly ignored what was going on onstage in favor of Sarah’s electronic devices.
Nora looks all peaceful, doesn’t she? Out in nature, enjoying the rocks in this shady little canyon near Spring City? Little did we know that in mere moments our decision not to go to the bathroom before leaving home would have near-disastrous consequences.
But…I don’t like you the BEST.
When David came to visit, we spent the entire Wednesday playing. We went to the zoo, then met the working half of the family for lunch at Martine, and then headed up to Snowbird for a tram ride to the top of the Hidden Peak. When we got back down to the Plaza Deck, Nora asked David to go on the Euro Bungy as a special favor to her. What can a good uncle do? He did lots of high jumps and flips to satisfy Nora, and spent the next hour trying not to throw up. What a champion.
Part way through our adventures, David asked, “Is this what it’s like for you EVERY DAY?” Sometimes, my friend. Sometimes.