Play Date

When Lexi & Margaret decided to play in Lexi's room, I turned on some kiddie music & they both broke out in song...

Today, Margaret Herrick came to visit for a few hours. She and Lexi sat in the little chairs my grandfather made (and I painted) while watching Beauty and the Beast. 

Tonight during an after dinner walk, Matt & Lexi had a cute little conversation. And I promise that this is verbatim. We were shocked at the sentence structure, too!

Matt: Oh, that tree almost hit me.
Alexis: On your head?
Matt: Yeah!
Alexis: Oh dear. Well, we'll have to put a band-aid on it. And neosporin, too.


I usually pack a little lunch for Lexi to eat in her Nursery class at church, since we are at church during prime lunch time and I discourage snacks during sacrament meeting. Today I didn't have much time to put together a lunch, so instead of her usual PB&J, she got 2 slices of whole grain bread, a cheese stick, and some strawberries (in addition to any snacks they give her in Nursery). Her nursery leader reported to me that when Lexi took out her sandwich she remarked, "Oh no. She forgot the jam!"


The other day while walking down the sidewalk, Lexi spotted some unsightly piles left by a dog. She quickly instructed, "Don't step in the poop, Mom. Understand?"


While driving home from my mother's house a couple of weeks ago, Lexi asked a question from the back seat. I was trying to pay close attention to the road as I didn't want to accidentily miss an exit, so I did not answer her query. Once again, she asked the same question and I again did not answer. Then she said, "I asked a question, mom!" How rude of me to disregard her inquiries!

New Video Feature!

So I think I have figured out how to get video on the blog... this one was taken way back in February at my grandparents home, and Lexi is talking a whole lot more now, but we think it's adorable!

Scroll down for a couple more videos... It seems that the picture & sound are not perfectly synced... sorry for the annoyance that may cause.

New Living Room

Back in April, we painted the west wall in the living room. Then, my mother graciously lent us some furniture while she is renting a furnished home... and here is our completed red & black living room... Do you like? 

Albany, New York

This past weekend we were lucky enough to have access to a car (Thanks, Ryan & Abbi!) and decided to take a long-awaited trip to Albany to visit Stewart & Carolyn Forbes, some friends from our Provo days who are now living & working there. On Sunday evening we took a drive around town to see some of the sights. We spent time walking around downtown Albany and we were most amazed by the fact that the place was absolutely DESERTED! We only saw a handful of people while we were out! We walked into a park with an elaborate configuration of wood structures perfect for climbing and Lexi commented, "This is my favorite park!" The Forbes drove us around some residential areas of Albany as well, and we felt twinges of envy for all the people living in their own single-family homes- we especially fell in love with many of the row houses & brownstones in downtown Albany that are priced oh-so-affordably! On Monday, we took Lexi to the State Museum of New York, where there was a great exhibit about New York City (including a portion of the set from Sesame Street). Kind of ironic that we travelled to Albany only to visit a museum about the city where we live! We enjoyed a free ride on the State Carousel and then had some delicious & authentic mexican food at a little joint called La Familia (and enjoyed platicando en espanol con los duenos). Then we took an Aqua Duck tour on an amphibious vehicle. We spent about 45 minutes driving around the streets of Albany learning interesting things (that we then shared with the Forbes)... and then the tour bus drove right down into the mighty Hudson River where the tour continued for another 30 minutes or so as we learned about Albany & it's relation to the river. Lexi got a turn to drive the boat, and we really enjoyed this *twist* on a tour.

On Tuesday, the 4th, we took another drive out to Saratoga- a town we absolutely fell in love with. Another (cheap!) ride on a carousel and a nice leisurely walk around town and then headed over to a Revolutionary War monument and spent some time thinking about what a fabulous country we live in.

We had to drive back to the city on the 4th, since Matt's classes began on the 5th, but were able to see some fireworks on the drive home. We even enjoyed a firework display right in front of our bedroom window, as some people in the street below set some fireworks off which exploded at our level, and some people in the building across the street set off a display from their rooftop. Dangerous, I know. But fun to watch, too!
More pictures of our trip to Albany: click here.

Lexi loved the Forbes & their cats. Stew & Carolyn were so nice to Lexi and spent lots of time doing what she wanted them to do. On the last day of our trip, Lexi said "Stewart and Carolyn are my friends."

Descending into water on Aqua Duck Tour