What I Loved this Week

There were so many things I loved in the last few weeks. I'm just going to lay it all out there!

I love finding awesome things out by the dumpster, in the "free for all" area! This week I went to take out the trash and returned with this sweet little kitchen. It needed a good cleaning, and had no accessories, but as you can see, we already had those! I had some fun setting it all up for Sienna to find the next morning. When she woke up, she came out of her bedroom and walked right past it. I told her to come back and even though she was facing it, she still didn't notice! Once I pointed it out, she stared at it for a few seconds and then immediately started to play. I always wanted one of these when I was little!

I love checking on Sienna during the night/naptime and finding her bed strewn with books. For some reason, she really loves this children's Book of Mormon.

And in the morning when I go to get Sienna up, she usually has a pile of books she's working on. I really love that she loves to "read"!

We went camping for the first time since having kids! We were a little nervous, but we didn't need to be! Sienna had a great little adventure sleeping in a tent, and has asked a few times if we're going to go again! Ryan made sure that our tent had a separate room to put her in...I think it made all the difference!

As part of the camping trip, we went boating. It was a lot of fun! Especially when we were able to ride on a tube pulled behind the boat!

Riley continues to be so cute! I love his chubby cheeks!

I had to practically force Sienna to don this little princessy dress. Who ever heard of a little girl not wanting to play with dress ups? Once she got past putting it on, she was a very happy girl and enjoyed our little "Princess Party", especially when she was served m&m's in a goblet, and when Daddy came home and danced with her.

This guy is beginning to swat at toys when they are held within his reach!

Making and playing with play dough was a lot of fun. Sienna made a mommy and a baby snake!

Some other things I loved this week:

• Last night during scripture time, Ryan was reading about Nephi building a boat and stated that Heavenly Father could do anything! He could tell that Sienna was not paying attention, so he asked her, "Sienna, who can do anything?" She looked at him and said, "He wants to build a rocket ship!" It wasn't even an answer to the question he had asked but it had us rolling on the ground!
• I was doing laundry yesterday, and had my roll of laundry quarters out on the bedside table. When I came back from putting my first load in downstairs, the roll was gone. I went into Sienna's room just in time to see her putting the last coin into her piggy bank. (Luckily there weren't that many left.) I thought it was funny and just let her have them.
• Yesterday after changing Sienna's diaper, I threw the used one across the room and into the trash. She must have liked what she saw because she said, "Good job throwing it, Momma!"