Trouble

Easton discovered my containers in my kitchen and for the five seconds I turned around to stir dinner managed to pull the powdered sugar off the shelf and dumped it! He thought it was awesome! He was laughing and got really upset when we went to change him, like thanks guys for ruining all my fun!

He has learned a new word as well. I don't know who to blame Ella or myself. If I see him doing something he knows he shouldn't be doing all I have to say in Easton and he starts going "na, na, na, na, na. So sad that my 10 months old knows how to say NO already! Ella got in his face yesterday and pointed her figure at him and said "No Easton, my car," and before she could even finish, he was saying it back "na, na, na, na." Can't help but laugh at that one it was pretty funny he is already learning how to deal with her! He also likes to tackle her as well he is pretty good at pinning her down! She doesn't know what she is in for that is for sure!

Primary Park Day

Our ward had a primary park day a few Saturday's ago. The weather was perfect! Ella loves the park and to play. She asks multiple times a day to go play. Here she is with Garrett, she loves to play with him and "hold hand" as she calls it!

Halloween Mask

A couple of weeks ago a mom in our Mother's group had us all over to make masks and she even made us a yummy lunch! We didn't get our masks done so we brought them home. Ella didn't want to decorate it she wanted it on then and there so that is what we did. She loved it! I will have to remember this a few months down the road when we need a fun activity to do in the mornings!

She kept saying rawrrrrr!! Funny side story: when we turn the corner off of the frontage road by our house between the RV sales center and the Beer distributing place she always says rawrrrr, over and over again. We can't figure out why but she does it every time without fail! Another side story pulling into our garage she always asks what is that? I ask her it back and she tries to say house but it always comes out "hut." Seriously the way this house was built it might as well be a hut!
She was wearing this shirt again the other day and the lady at the grocery store asked her what was on her shirt. She proceeded to say spider, heart, "punkin", and kitty. I had no idea she knew what a spider was but apparently she does :)

She kept it on for quite a while she wouldn't let us touch it!

Tunica River Park

Last Sunday we went for a drive out to the Tunica River park. The last time we were there was almost a year ago when my family was here, partly because it got cold after that and then it flooded this spring. The middle of June we drove down there but it was still closed and we could still see water on the road leading back to it still almost a month and a half after the initial flooding. The gate was half open when we got there so we were a little hesitant to go in. We were the only ones there and looking through the window to the visitors center/museum/gift shop we couldn't see anybody. The gift shop was no longer open and everything was gone and the whole place was missing the carpet and flooring. The chairs were all set up and the museum looked functional but we could tell it was still trying to get things put back together a mere four and a half months after the flooding there this spring.

We enjoyed walking up and down the paths. There is the Mississippi in the back ground! We could tell it had been flooded there seemed to be a lot of debris around still.

Ella was fascinated with the water. She just kept saying water over and over again.

It was really bright walking into the sun so we gave East a break from it and pushed him backwards.

Running down the ramp. She loved it!

I know he is thinking why am I the one who is always stuck in this stroller and she gets to roam free?!?

It is so relaxing to me to sit in these rocking chairs and watch the river. You can't hear anything but the water! Only if there weren't a ton of bugs!

They have a few fake owls to keep the birds away and Ella was concerned about them. She talked about them for a good twenty minutes after we left. She kept asking where they went!

See here she is pointing at the owl!

It was amazing to see how low the river is after it was so high a few months ago. The beach on the Arkansas side of the river was bigger than I have ever seen and even on our side there was some beach which I had never seen so much of!

I love the drive out to the river park. It is quite the drive out there (I swear it didn't used to seem so far away!) but the scenery is awesome. There are fields and fields of cotton. Some of it had been harvested but most hadn't! This is the best picture I could get my camera died right after but I love it!

Playing at the Park

Ella has really taken to playing at the park. She loves it! Last weekend we made a picnic and went to the park to eat it! She was to busy playing to come and eat so she ate later! She is so funny the second she sees a playground she says "play me?" It is hard to say no to! Easton seems like he is just itching to get out there and play and climb with her, it is like he can't hardly stand it!

She loves the "tunna" as she calls it!

We were the only ones there the whole time playing until the last five minutes and a little boy came and followed Ella around!

Water Table

The weather has been really nice around here still! We have spent lots of time outside! The water table has been a huge hit the last few weeks with both Ella and East. Ella begs for it every morning, she can see it out the back door from her seat at the table. They both end up soaking wet but they have a blast for over an hour every time! I love that East is now big enough to play in it as well he loves it! Tomorrow may have to be our last day with it since we are going to have "the big cool down" as they keep saying around here!

I love how you can see the water splashing in this one!

Easton has learned how to drink it from the toys, nasty!

I love the splashing in this one as well. This kid loves water!

He walks around the table in circles trying to recover the toys Ella steals from him!

He was so serious about his playing!

High School Football Game

Last Friday we went with some friends to a high school football game. The people here take this type of thing very seriously. I have never in my life seen so many people at a high school game. It was next to impossible to get a parking spot. We went to an Olive Branch vs Desoto Central game. Olive Branch is #2 in the state and it was their homecoming game. We got there a few minutes into the game and it was already like 28 to 0. We had fun watching the kids play on the bleachers, talking, watching the game, and enjoying the beautiful weather! At half time they announced the homecoming court. The dresses these days are really fancy! Desoto Central finally scored in the last ten minutes of the game three times so the final score was something like 62 to 21. Olive Branch had put in their JV team so they were able to score and make it look not so painful!

We got a kick out of the scoreboard. Instead of "Home" and "Away" it says "Us" and "Y'all"! Awesome, only in the south! This was the halftime score!

She has learned to not smile, just stare!

These two love each other!