Our Weekend

We had a really fun weekend this week. On Friday night, for date night we went to eat at The Malt Shoppe here in Provo. For the first little bit we had the whole place to ourselves. It was fun. The boys LOVED the jukebox, and we caught them dancing quite a few times, especially Ivan. They also got to have their very first ever corn dogs. And both boys gobbled them right up, which was nice because usually when we go out to eat they are too distracted to actually eat. After we got home and put the boys to bed, Aaron and I finally got to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which we bought for our anniversary. I love that movie. We've seen it so many times, but it cracks me up every time.

Saturday we spent all morning doing yard work around the apartment complex. We have these huge trees that get this little seed pod petal things that come off by the millions and blow everywhere. So we tried to clean those up a bit, and planted some new lilac bushes (my fav!), and did the lawns. After that we loaded up the boys and took the to the Lehi Aquatic Center. We've been promising Lincoln to take him swimming for completing his potty chart for about a month and a half now. It was such a cool place! They had a baby area, with little slides and bouncy seats, and a lazy river, and a regular pool, and then the coolest toddler area I've ever seen I think. It had a big play set with tunnels and wheels you could turn to make water spray out, and a bigger slide, and on top of that structure was a giant bucket that would fill with water, and every 20 minutes or so, bells would ding and the bucket would dump out onto a roof with grooves in it that sent the water flying in all different directions. That was Lincoln's favorite part.

Since it was indoors and muggy, we didn't want to take our camera, but here's a picture of the bucket tipping that I found online. Linc had a blast swimming, as usual. Ivan on the other hand, still hasn't really warmed up to the idea, and he clung to either Aaron or I almost the whole time. We're hoping with more exposure he'll come around.

Sunday after church and naps, Aaron wanted to do a fun project with the boys, so he built them a whirl pool bottle. Basically you take two empty 2 liter bottles, fill one about one third to half way full of water, and then duct tape the other bottle to it so that the water can pass between the bottles. The boys thought it was great fun, even if they don't totally understand the concept of a whirl pool. They really liked watching Aaron make the whirl pool, and they also liked making the water just bubble (which is what happens if you don't spin it to make the whirl pool) like a spring.

And since I haven't posted a picture of my pregnantness since I started showing, I thought I should probably do that. Here's me and the belly at about 29 weeks.

This pregnancy the baby is riding low again, like Lincoln did (Ivan was up in my rib cage the whole time) so it'll be interesting to see how things go. I don't feel as big as I felt with Ivan, probably because there is more space inside of me. But I think I look bigger. But that could just be that it's pregnancy #3 and I'm all stretched out already. Either way, I'm not really concerned about it, just observing. It always amazes me how each pregnancy is so different. August still seems forever away in days, because the days go by so slowly, but the weeks go quickly and I'm trying to plan lots of things to keep my mind occupied for the next two months so that it will go by as fast as possible. At the same time, I have a lot to do and wonder if it will all get done before she gets here. :) Don't try to figure out the mind of a pregnant woman, it'll just confuse and frustrate you as much as it does her.