Winter seems to be on it’s way out and spring is on the horizon! The kids just couldn’t stay inside today.
Jeremy helped Adam get on the swing and gave him a push before getting on his own swing.
Let’s Try This Again
I had a positive pregnancy test again tonight. It was not part of my plan to be pregnant again right now. I had wanted to wait a couple more cycles and go for a February baby, but apparently Heavenly Father decided that now’s the time, not later. After having a miscarriage, I’ve been afraid of getting pregnant again. So I’m afraid I will go through that experience again, but only time will tell.
Emigration Canyon
Today we went on a little adventure. At the spring merit badge pow wow, one of the merit badges that Ethan was working on was the Citizenship in the Nation. One of the requirements for that merit badge is to visit someplace that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. So we went to explore Emigration Canyon. Emigration Canyon is the canyon that the pioneers came through when they first entered the Salt Lake Valley.
It was so windy, and the little ones were asleep when we got to the look out point, that I decided to sit in the van with them. They didn’t stay asleep though.
Then we headed back down to the mouth of the canyon and checked out the monument that they have there.
Ethan was in a bad mood for whatever reason, and wouldn’t pose in the picture. We then decided to go check out the “This is the Place” park. We got there rather late in the day and it looks like it is similar to Old Salem in North Carolina, so we decided to not pay for admission today and plan another time to come back to be able to spend most of the day there. But we did walk around to check out the statues on the outside of the park.
Adam’s Tent
We had bought this little tent, when Ethan was little, and I saw it in the garage today and decided to get it out to inspect it. I remember part of it being broken but I couldn’t remember which part or how bad, so I had the boys put it up in the living room. Adam instantly wanted to hang out in it.
He loved that it’s just his size.
Upgrading Car Seats
I’ve been feeling it’s about time for a car seat upgrade. The car seats that we have had Chloe and Lydia in are at least 9 or 10 years old. Chloe is old enough and heavy enough for a booster seat now and Adam is out of leg room sitting rear facing and he is rather squished in the infant seat. So we went out today and bought Chloe a booster seat, and bought new car seats for Adam and Lydia.
Adam was really excited to check out the new seat while it was in the house and we were adjusting straps.
Here is the arrangement of the van with the old car seats. In case you can’t tell, that’s two forward facing seats, with the infant seat in between on the front row.
Here’s a view of the van with all the new seats.
The kids were all so excited to sit in their new seats that we decided to have movie night in the car. We put on “Emperors New Groove” and went for a drive, so they could ride in their new car seats.
