Gardening, the Hippopotamus, and Other Fun Stuff

Gardening

Finally! Finally I can plant flowers. It has finally dropped below 100 degrees here in AZ.

So we went to Home Depot Gardening Center and after buying several pots of flowers I realized flowers are really expensive! Dang! I wanted to get more but they are like $3.00 for one pot of flowers.

Anna sure had fun playing in the dirt. Except she kept moving the dirt from the planter to the grass, then to the patio. A couple minutes later I found a pile of dirt on the living room floor. Anna!!!

The Hippopotamus

Anna is pure toddler craziness. Today in sacrament meeting she was playing with her little jungle animals nicely and quietly on the bench. I thought, Anna is being such a good quiet girl at church today, how sweet. Then next second I heard Anna holler, saw a little arm project upward, and a hippopotamus fly into the air over the heads of the congregation. Uh oh!!!, I thought, and then down it went. The hippopotamus landed on the man’s head in front of us. I mean of all animals, why did it have to be the Hippopotamus! I can just see it, “Ya, today in church a hippopotamus landed on my head.” I apologized immensely.

Other Fun Stuff

Just like when Anna was little, Kent has surprises waiting for me when I come home from work. He puts the girls in forts make of blankets or dresses them in funny hats to greet me when I walk in the door. It makes coming home from a long day fun.

Anna walked around for a good 5 minutes with a cookie in her mouth like this and Elise immensely enjoyed getting her first taste of an apple in the fruit net today.

Update: Elise finally stopped making faces when I kiss her.

Anna's new phrase she just learned is, "all done."

And to end this post, a funny Elise face to say good-bye.