July 24th

The 24th of July isn't only Pioneer Day here in Utah but it is also Monty's dad's birthday.  We had a great time with the Borrowman's that day.  We headed down in the afternoon and played in the water.  Uncle Sam had a fun time with Mia and taught her that the ghost says "Boo."  Seeing as Boo is one of her favorite words, it wasn't too difficult.

We also learned why swim diapers are a good thing.  We had one but Mia was in a huge hurry to get in the water so we decided to just let her get in.

 After she started mooning people we decided it was time for a diaper change.

Mia also got to see fireworks for the first time.  She absolutely loved it.

 She had lots of fun with the sparklers.

When we started lighting the other fireworks several of the kids ran to the deck to hide.  Not Mia. 

There were flowers that would explode when they finished but Mia didn't even flinch.  She would just say, “uh oh”. When the fountains would start she would go, “ooooo” and when they finished she would look at me and ask for more. She loved them. We didn't get home until 11 that night and she stayed awake the entire time.  It was a lot of fun.

Piano Babes

I have a cousin who has a daughter that is just 5 months older than Mia. She was up at my aunt's house a couple says a few weeks ago so we went over for a play date. They had fun playing with toys, drawing with sidewalk chalk, then played with the water. After they were soaking wet we took them inside and we were getting ready to go home. Mia climbed up on the piano bench and started playing so Isabella climbed up and played right along with her. They had so much fun and were just howling with laughter.



Hopefully Isabella will come up to visit again sometime soon so we can play together again.

Mia also has a new obsession...socks.  She absolutely LOVES shoes, and now she has decided that she likes socks, mostly my socks.

The other day she came walking out from the bed room like this.

Those are my blue fuzzy socks and that is her boot that is 2 sizes too small.  She pulled the socks out of my night stand and dug the boot out of the bin in the bottom of her closet.  It was 102 degrees outside and 79 degrees in our house but she wouldn't take the fuzzy socks off. 

Such a silly girl!  But she sure  is a cute one!

Happy Independence Day!

We got to spend the 4th of July with Monty's family this year.  We had a big family breakfast, then the grand kids and a few of the adults played in the water.  It was lots of fun.

 Mia enjoyed being squirted in the mouth with the squirt guns.  Then she could drink the water.

 We also played with sidewalk chalk and showed our patriotism with a great big flag on the drive way.

I worked that night and Mia still doesn't do great when she is up past her bedtime so we didn't do fireworks this year but hopefully next year we will!