Here's Gwen watching the kitty in the exhibit at the zoo. It was some kind of wild cat, but looked like a regular house cat. Gwen gave it lots of kisses and hugs through the glass. We won't be surprised if she ends up sick again this week since she spent much of her time kissing all the animals' cages.
She also liked the big animals that were easy to see - like these giraffes. We were worried that she wasn't going to have a fun time, but she loved it. We can't wait to go back. Maybe later this year when it's a little warmer.On Saturday, our ward had an activity for the kids where they got to paint on fabric for a quilt and have an Easter egg hunt.
Gwen refused to take off the big shirt she got to wear to protect her clothes. We finally had to bribe her out of it later before the egg hunt. She was the littlest kid there but she had fun playing games with everyone.
She had a hard time keeping up with the big kids on the egg hunt. She found three eggs before all the others were all found. The big kids would share their eggs with Gwen and I had them "hide" the eggs on the grass or sidewalk so she could find them. Then we showed her that there was candy inside the eggs and that was her favorite part. We still have the eggs out at our house and she'll come up to us with one and say "mar" which is her "more" asking us to put more candy in them. We didn't dye eggs or have baskets this year. I'm lazy and she's little and messy. We did get her a pretty Easter dress to wear. It's a 3T - remember that she just turned 18 months old - and it fit her perfectly.
Isn't she so pretty in her Easter dress? You almost can't see the cheetos on her cheeks that we used to bribe her to stay outside for the picture. It was lunch time and she was hungry after playing in nursery all morning.
Boot also liked the Easter weather which was just perfect for long walks. We couldn't go to the gym as much with Gwen being sick so we took a long walk one day along the Jordan River Parkway. It nearly wore all of us out. I don't remember it being that long. I guess it's a lot different when you're walking instead of wearing roller blades. It took us two hours to walk from 4100 South to 6400 South and back. I sure have a lot of memories about that walkway. I spent many evenings there with my friends Joel and Adam trying not to break our necks or get eaten alive by mosquitoes as we roller bladed through our teenage years.
Speaking of breaking necks, our little daredevil has figured out that if she gets the footstool out of the kitchen she can use it to get up on the coffee table and dance to her favorite TV show music like Elmo's World or Punky Brewster. Or the music to Guitar Hero, which we HAD to buy after playing it at Heidi and Glen's house one evening last week.
Gwen is one tough little rocker girl. It's a fun game and it's cute to watch Gwen dance to it. It is not nearly as addictive for me as it could be since my contacts start bugging me after a couple songs and I can't see the notes when I'm constantly blinking my eyes to fix my contacts. Oh well. I'm getting a new pair of glasses in April since Gwen destroyed my old pair. I'll post pictures on here when I get them.
