Ice-Skating--December 2007

For Jon's work party we went ice-skating at the 7-peaks arena. The girls really enjoyed it--we would take turns holding their hands and helping them skate around the rink. At the end Aubrey got really brave and skated all by herself around the rink twice! I was very impressed! We took Jonathan out also and he loved it, but they told us that we couldn't take babies, so he just got to watch the rest of the time. After we skated they got dough-nuts and hot chocolate. We all had a great time!

Halloween

The kids were too sick to spend the day at Grandma Robertson's with their cousins, so we tried to make it really fun at home. Everyone dressed in whatever black and orange they had. We made sugar cookies and then decorated them--the girls loved decorating their cookies--they would add some candy, eat it, lick off the frosting and be ready to decorate again! They didn't ever actually finish eating the cookie! That evening they were doing a little better so we decided to let them trick or treat a little. We dressed them up (Aubrey as a pirate, Mariah as a lion, and Jonathan as a bee. They were adorable (as you can see)! As soon as they remembered that you get candy at each door--they were running from door to door! Living in this area with townhouses everywhere makes for many doors without much walking--a definite plus with little kids!

Carving Pumpkins

We went to the Pumpkin Patch (Vineyard, Utah) with Grandma Robertson and the local Robertson cousins! The kids look forward to this yearly tradition! They all enjoy going through the corn-maze (I think the girls really enjoy holding the boys hands as they walk through the maze--they really are adorable)! After the maze, they get to see some interesting animals--goats, turkeys, rabbits, roosters, chickens, and maybe a few other odd creatures. Then they get to play on the playground area and in the blown-up toys! Then we top it off with a little toddler oriented spook-alley (meaning, not spooky, just kind of dark). After that we get to pick out our pumpkins to take home and carve!

Carving the pumpkins is getting more exciting as the kids get older. This year Jon and I each helped a girl--I helped Aubrey and Jon helped Mariah. Aubrey enjoyed pulling off the top after I cut it and helping get the insides out of the pumpkin. Mariah on the other hand, would not even touch the insides. She was very disgusted by it. She would decide to help Jon pull some out and then change her mind as her hand got close to the seeds and goo. She did finally touch it and squealed out in fear and disgust! It was quite cute and funny! Jon also carved Jonathan's pumpkin which is a Star Trek Enterprise ship--perfectly scary for Halloween! Ha Ha!