Busy weekend...

It feels like I haven't sat down for more than 2 seconds at a time this weekend, unless it was during a test drive. Saturday was mostly spent car shopping for a new "commuter" car for Brian to replace the Jeep. (That could be a post all on it's own, due mostly to the fact that Brian and I were on very different pages as to what exactly constituted a good commuter car. But it is done and though I am not too excited by the new car, I am not unhappy about it either. And I don't have to drive it everyday, so it doesn't really matter what I think about it anyway...) Tucked into all the business of life were some cute and funny moments I wanted to record before I forget.

Jake and Evie had a Primary Activity on Saturday morning. They had a man from the Utah Kite Flyers Association come and talk about kites, and give a demonstration of some indoor kites. Then the kids put together paper kites and ran around the parking lot trying to fly them in no wind. There were two designs to choose from, a beetle or a butterfly. And quite naturally the room tended to divide along gender lines. Except for my son who, without the least bit of self-consciousness, came up to me as I was passing out the butterflies and said, "I've studied the aerodynamics of both designs and I believe this one will fly better." He then happily settled down to color his like a Monarch butterfly. I love that kid.

On Sunday morning while we were driving to church, Jake announced from the back seat, "I am SO excited for Easter...or should I say... egg-cited?" We laughed and I said to Brian, "He is SO your child. Not that there was any doubt, but if there was that would have proved it!" Jake laughed and said, "It's true Dad, you only have about 25% of a normal person's sense of humor." Ah.. math jokes. That's our boy.

But Evie had her moments too. One of my favorites was during Sacrament meeting. We sat in the foyer because our chapel is currently under construction so they are holding Sacrament meeting in the cultural hall. And it is not to fun to try to keep 3 small children quiet and still on hard folding chairs in a room that echoes for more than an hour... so we sat in the foyer. A mother walked by with her beautiful little girl who is probably 2 or 3 years old, and was adopted from an African country (I believe). Evie quite excitedly (and quite loudly) pointed to her and said, "Look Mom! She's just like on Princess and the Frog! You know, with a brown face!" I said, "Yes she is as beautiful as a princess, isn't she?" hoping that the mother wouldn't think that my pointing three year old was being rude. You just have to love the ingeniousness of children...


I also had to get a picture of Evie's Rainbow Bright outfit that she picked out on her own when I told her to change out of her Easter dress. She is wearing a valentine's tee-shirt, pink and red striped pajama pants, the rainbow striped jumper I made her last summer and some hand-me-down rainbow jelly sandals... her fashion sense and color palette just make me happy!