We Just Can't Get Enough...

...Dinosaurs.

Ok, so Logan just can't get enough. We took him to Ogden to the Dinosaur Park, and we had a great time. They had some moving Triceratops and a moving T-Rex inside. Logan absolutely loved them. They also had your regular dinosaur museum stuff - fossils, skeletons, etc.

We got to talk to a paleontologist, and it was quite interesting. He was telling us about all of the new dinosaurs they've been finding in southern Utah. I asked how much they have to dig, and he said they are fairly close to the surface. I wondered why they hadn't been discovered until now, and he said that the locations are very, very remote. He let us touch some fossilized dinosaur skin as well as an Allosaurus tooth. He showed us a dinosaur jaw fossil, and you could actually see where the tooth roots had been. I found it kind of funny that a few of the things that he told us were things that we already knew... because we've watched so many episodes of the cartoon Dinosaur Train. (One was that most dinosaurs lost their teeth and grew new ones. Another was that they've recently discovered a new dinosaur in southern Utah and named it Cosmoceratops.)

The park also has several acres of paths outside with lots of dinosaur replicas. Logan loved seeing all of the different species!



Don't worry, the Triceratops isn't about to eat us. They're herbivores. :)


I have to brag about Logan with this one. It was a Deinonychus. He knew right away that the Deinonychus was the one with the sharp claw. If you look closely, you can see his terrible toe claw.





We were super lucky to have Grandpa and Grandma Peterson join us for this outing.


Logan was so glad that his Aunt Jackie could come along, too!

Lexi's New Toy

We picked up a new toy for Lexi last weekend. (Too bad these baby toys take up so much room!) She really seems to like it. She still can't reach a lot of the toys, but she loves standing up, and she loves sucking on things, so this has been a hit so far. We took it to basketball one morning, and a bunch of the other kids liked it, too. I wish I would've had my camera. Little Lexi was sitting in the chair and was surrounded by 2 or 3 much bigger kids playing with the toys. I think she felt like she was getting a lot of attention. It was pretty cute.

Special Delivery

Look what came in the mail today. We spent at least 15 minutes with daddy and the T-Rex chasing mommy. Will this become a daily activity? Somebody's excited for Halloween!

Lexi's Blessing

We were thrilled to have family join us for Lexi's baby blessing over Labor Day weekend. My sister, Dawn, and her family were in town from southern CA. Garrick's grandma, his parents, his brother Travis and his family, and his sister Jackie also came down. Finally, my aunt & uncle, cousin Sarah and her family, and cousin ShaRene and her family joined us. Other than the fact that Garrick and I had colds and then Garrick had what he thought was an appendicitis attack (which turned out to be nothing...just gas?), it was a lovely day! Here are a couple of pictures of our cutie. A special thanks to Dawn for loaning us Kate's dress to use for the special occasion. We tried not to get spit up on it, but I'm not really sure that's possible with this little one.

Getting Braver...

Logan seems to have inherited my scaredy-cat tendencies. He's always been afraid of swings, slides, rides, etc. Some of that changed a few weeks ago. I don't know what caused it, but all of a sudden, Logan decided he could go down some of the twisty slides and tunnel slides as long as Garrick or I was with him. Before we knew it, he was even willing to go on his own, and he loves it! We have been on a park tour of Orem these last couple weeks. We're checking out the playgrounds, the velocity of the slides, the number of kids, the presence of shade trees, etc. Park play is so much more fun now. Yay!!!!

We bought some "Pass of All Passes" last year, hoping to get our money's worth out of them. I think we've probably accomplished that, but barely. With a new baby and Garrick's Achilles injury, we've only made it down to Seven Peaks a couple of times. (Maybe next season.) The first time we went, Logan would ride my lap down the "baby slides." The next time we went, he went down those slides by himself (over and over and over again) and even braved some bigger slides on my lap. I'm hoping that next year he'll ride on my lap on one of the tube slides. We'll see...

Logan and Deyce coming out of one of the bigger slides. I think he would have liked it much better if it didn't splash water in our faces at the end.

Logan going down his favorite little slide.

A more recent picture of Lexi. She's smiling now, and it's so much fun! We go to the doctor on Tues, so I'll have to let you know how big she's getting to be.

Laundry Mishap

Do you remember plastic pants? I bought some a while back to use as Logan's washable swim diaper. As I was taking the laundry out of the dryer this afternoon, I ran across this...



...stuck to the back of the dryer. Oops! Just in case you are thinking of washing your plastic pants, I thought I'd let you know that you should NOT put them in the dryer.

Mommy Got Your Not-So-Subtle Hint

Today was the day that I was definitely going to get around to cutting Logan's hair. He HATES haircuts, so I wasn't exactly looking forward to this. I decided to make Logan a deal. If he could get through the haircut without crying, we would go to the store, and I'd buy him Buddy (the T-Rex from the show 'Dinosaur Train'). Not a bad deal if I do say so myself. Well, it didn't work - at all. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say there was practically weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, but we got through it - barely. Anyway, when we were finished, Logan said something about getting Buddy. I explained that we had a deal, and he didn't keep his part of the deal, so we weren't getting Buddy. A little later we were playing dogs and Logan's dog said to my dog, "We're going to the store to get Buddy." Was he trying pull a fast one on me by playing this out through his stuffed dogs? No worries, mommy caught your not-so-subtle hint.

I am a bit of a pushover, however. Logan did let me cut his hair (not really, but we got through the haircut - with him on my lap). I decided that he could earn the money to buy Buddy ($2.50). So, if he helps me sweep and mop the floors, we'll be making a trip to the toy store, and there will be one happy 2 1/2 year-old in this family.