Young Love

There is a new family in our ward with a girl Sterling's age and another girl a little older than Evie. We took them to the park on Monday morning and Sterling & Anna were so cute holding hands while we walked around the path. Anna was careful to explain that when you hold hands, 'you put your fingers like this...' (as she intertwined her own little fingers to show Sterling how it was done). Apparently, she's had some practice with this- she is a slightly older woman... She's also a completely adorable 'red-headed pistol' as her Mom, Jamie, calls her.
Today we met them at the pool and Sterling was having an "off-day" with the pool, so he was a little scared to leave the steps. Finally, I put him in Evie's floaty crab. This is still wasn't enough (even with the two noodles and arm floaties), until Anna floated next to him and held his hand. They paddled around the pool together holding hands, happy as clams. So, maybe not really "young love" but a very cute friendship.
Thus far, we haven't really found someone for Sterling to be good friends with, but Anna may be the "one." They are going to be participating in our preschool co-op starting next week, so they will have lots of time to make a "go" of it.
Now if we could just get Evie to decide she wants to walk, she may be able to play with Brooklyn a little bit...

**All of these pictures were taken with my new phone! Nice, huh? It has this handy little USB cable that connects right to my tower and loads up the pictures AND at 2 megapixels... Voila! Je t'aime, mon petite téléphone cellulaire...

Toys

We had to do a little shopping today for Sterling's upcoming birthday and for preschool that is about to start, so I took the kids to Target and Toys 'R Us. Evie fell in love with a big stuffed Nemo- she giggled and layed her head on it and laughed when I slapped her around with the fins. Sterling fell in love with a Harley-Davidson scooter that revved like a real hog when you rotated the handles and of course the black Harley-Davidson 4x4(who wouldn't) while Evie prefers the pink variety of off-road vehicle. They did, however, agree on a pink corvette- go figure!

A Birthday Tale

Yesterday was my birthday. Typically, that means we (meaning 'I') coordinate for all our closest friends to get together at the restaurant of my choice and eat our hearts out. This year we had planned to be at our Annual Ward Campout and then changed plans last minute. So Thursday night, Doug asked what I wanted to do for my birthday, "Do you want to plan something to do tomorrow night?"

"I have to plan my own birthday...?"

We will skip the gory details. Suffice it to say, my Mom called Doug and knocked sense into his head and then he called and told me get dressed up and that he was taking me out- somewhere.

Last night, he took me downtown to Allessandro's fine Italian restaurant (one of our first dinner dates as a married couple), very romantic and yummy. And then we had just enough time (expertly coordinated) to stop into the Broadway theatre and catch a showing of Ratatouille (which I highly recommend). Afterwards, we had planned to walk a while downtown enjoying the warm August twilight and the weekend RedBullIllume display of extreme sport photography (amazing) until I felt a little ill (again, we won't go into gory details) and we drove home.

Moral of the Story

Husbands: For your wife's birthday, it doesn't take much to impress and make her feel loved and appreciated. Just a little thought, a little dressing-up, a little anticipation, a little surprise, a little time. As my Mom so aptly put it, 'Every other holiday, I have to do something for someone else. Valentine's Day, something for Larry; Mother's Day, something for my Mom; etc. My Birthday is the only day that is just about me!' Amen Sister! .......Or should I say 'Mom'....?

Good job honey!