Back to Iona!

Mom and Clarence came out to Iona for a visit so we went up the weekend they were in town.  It was a beautiful weekend so we spent most of our time in G&G's picturesque backyard.

Hattie was fascinated by the antics of Moppy and Great-Grandma!

Can't wait until we're all together again!

Friends?

I think Hattie and Olivia are finally starting to get along.  At least, Olivia knocks Hattie over less and Hattie hits Olivia less.  It's a start!  See, look at them playing so nicely!

They're playing peek-a-boo in this one.  Hattie's laughing hysterically :)

And all three girls love Kurt!  Makes babysitting easy (for me) when they just want to play with him!

Dinosaur Park

The Dinosaur Park was ok.  Hattie might like it better when she's older, but she also might be terrified. There were big fake dinosaur statues fighting and eating each other.  Sheesh!

Not sure about the animatronics...

She did enjoy digging for fossils!

And LOVED the playground!

She didn't want to stop watching the ducks!

I think in the future we'll save a few bucks and go to a free playground and/or duck pond :)

Craft time

With Kurt gone from 7am-7pm Monday through Thursday there are days when I've had to become more creative!

Diaper box tunnel:

Dress up!

Balloons!

Felt board:

Contact paper fun:

Sometimes we play this fun game where I try and startle Hattie (she loves it!):

We have lots of fun together!  Most of the time :)  Sometimes we can't wait for Kurt to get home!

Fancy Feet

Easter!

On Sunday morning Kurt, Hattie, and I went to sacrament meeting.  Grandpa wasn't feeling well so Grandma stayed home with him.  Grandpa did agree to take a picture of the three of us though (I asked grandma, but she recruited grandpa because he can see better).

We also had an Easter egg hunt in the front room, which went better than the one in Iona Square.  Hattie was an old pro at collecting, but she wasn't sure what to do with the candy inside.

It was a wonderful weekend!  Can't wait to go back at the end of this month!

Easter egg hunt in Iona Square!

My grandparents live a block away from Iona Square (aka 'the square').  On Saturday morning their street was suddenly flooded with cars- families parking and getting out.  Grandma and I were wondering what on earth was happening!  Grandpa walked in and said 'well it must be the Easter egg hunt in the square today'.  Oh really?  Hattie and I quickly got shoes and coats on and walked over.  Kurt was in the shower, but I knocked on the door, told him where we were headed, and told him to hurry up and join us!

I was shocked at how many people were there.  It was packed!  The whole town and more must have been there.  We found the 0-3 year old section and stood behind a couple rows of people who were all waiting for the signal to go grab the eggs (they were in plain sight).  The signal was given and the place went crazy.  Hattie was terrified!  She grabbed on to me and would not let go.  After a few minutes she calmed down, but all the eggs were gone!  

Despite her fear, Hattie had observed well.  Instead of gathering eggs, she went around picking up pine cones and putting them in her basket!  Needless to say, it was absolutely adorable.

Kurt met up with us and we wandered around the rest of the square.  And we ran into the Easter Bunny!  Imagine that.  Hattie found him slightly less terrifying than Santa: