As part of our welcome to the Phoenix Children's program, we all got free tickets to a Diamondbacks baseball game. It's not really our sport of choice, but we weren't about to turn down a free outing. It turns out that baseball games are not that fun with small children, who you have to carry from the distant parking garage, because what are you going to do with the stroller once inside? And we only made it through 4 innings, so that we could get them home and in bed at a semi-decent hour. It was a lot of work for one hour of baseball, but we felt very brave and capable for attempting it.
Our two highlights of the game came from Morgan:
She was holding the popcorn bucket when the whole crowd made an unexpected shout, and she was so startled that the popcorn flew and carpeted the ground. Erik nearly wept.
She turned around and saw the beer cups behind us and told their owners, "I want some!" Hehe, that could have been fun.
We love the abundance of splash pads and pools here. If we go outside in Phoenix, it's to play in the water.
Morgan getting spoiled by a ride on the carousel with Aunt Di-Di. The carousel happens to be right across from the library - some sick person sure planned that one well.
Sam's first little mohawk
We picked up cheap popsicle molds at IKEA, and I made homemade raspberry popsicles. I was feeling incredibly domestic and healthy until I dropped one of the popsicles all over the freezer and rug.
Turns out they're just as messy to eat. For some reason, I haven't used them since.
Erik took Morgan on a daddy/daughter date with my birthday gift card...hmmm. Morgan, of course, got the pink ice cream.
We also bought a new couch and happily gave our battered loveseat away to Goodwill (although I'm not sure anyone will want it...). It has been jumped on, spit up on, colored on, slept on, and generally abused in the 5 years of our marriage. RIP.
We were really impressed that a whole couch could fit in the back of our van.
Gotta stay hydrated in Arizona...
Two little friends
3 comments:
We make the same ikea popsicles at our house! But I learned quick to make vanilla yogurt ones... for the same reason.
Super cute! Thanks for posting, it's fun to touch base with all the good ole '12th ward-ers'.
I'm assuming in the summer you just let your kids live in their swimming suits in Arizona. Is this true? Looks like you're settling in well. :)
Post a Comment