Fish and Fire Trucks

Beans and Cares=best buddies, have you noticed? But after long, winter days cooped up together they can easily turn into loathed enemies. This past weekend we aimed for lovely lazy days cuddled up at home, back together again. We tentatively planned on a trip to the aquarium on Saturday afternoon to get some wiggles out. But sadly, grumpy, whining attitudes ruled the day and the kids lost some privileges (namely the aquarium outing). There were tears and pouts and some serious talks. And then Sunday and Monday were great days--the kids tried very hard to be kind to each other, to speak sweetly to mom and dad, and to play happily together. It was very refreshing and they earned their little aquarium outing right back.

Oh Livs...that face is a constant around here.
And although it looks very grumpy, it is mainly her silly "get some attention" face.
She loves to pull it during church and get laughs out of all those sitting behind us :)

A lovely display but nothing compared to the reef fish I saw just last week...I really need to take the kids to Hawaii again--I think Cares is brave enough to try snorkeling. She was the only kid who touched the sting rays during our visit...

This morning we visited the South Jordan Fire Station for a preschool fieldtrip. Bentley was so pleased he could come since he is an afternoon Kindergarten boy. He loves fire trucks and the one we saw was even a ladder truck--his very favorite kind.