You may not believe me, but this is only a snippet of pictures taken in the last few days. Phoenix is enjoying unseasonably warm weather. A generous sister who loaned us some little boy clothes and a $7 trip to Goodwill solved our lack-of-shorts-and-t-shirts problem. I did pack a few warm pieces, in case it would get warm. It’s not normal for it to be in the 80s and 90s in March, even for Phoenix. I was caught a bit off guard. The kids are soaking in the sun…and lots of sunscreen.
They love it, but the sun is so overstimulating and overwhelming for me, that I’ve only been able to handle it in small doses.
Solveig chatting up a storm whenever someone locks eyes with her.
We spent a morning over at my sister’s house and played with cousin Jack and some good quality time with Lizzy and Mary, as this is our first time meeting them.
I have about 1,856 awesome pictures of them, but I’ll send them onto my sister and just give you this little taste of their cuteness. (Lizzy is on the left, Mary on the right. It’s amazing that it just took me a few minutes to tell them apart in person, and has been nearly impossible for me to do so in pictures.)
Grammy taught Silje and David how to play Battleship, and it’s a huge hit. It’s really fun to hear them play together. It usually goes something like thisSilje: Give me a clue David!
David: It’s not J1, J2, J7, J8, J9, or J10.
They give each other clues like this, which makes the games pretty short.
We visited the church I used to go to when I lived here. I usually get to see Candy, the woman who basically taught me how to sew. I found her husband, and told him how I found the sweatshirt that we made together, and that I had kept it all these years. He then sadly told me that Candy had passed away this last October. She had health problems for many years, but it still stung deeper than I realized to hear that news.After church, we visited Desert Ridge, which is an outdoor mall where the kids can play in the fountains under the shade of the palm trees.
We packed the swimsuits, but we had one unhappy camper. I’ve never seen him do this face before and it just cracked me up! He didn’t want to wear his swimsuit, and wanted to take a “bath” in the fountain, so he refused to go in at all.
Somedays, being 2 is tough.
The other kids had fun running around in the play area designed just for that. It’s a non-slip, soft surface that they ran around, with fountains that would shoot up and cool them off from the hot day. I’m not sure how hot it was, but the thermometer read 80 degrees in the shade.
We had lunch there of fish tacos from Rubios. It’s fried fish with cabbage (both things I normally don’t like, but I love these!) with a white sauce, and you squeeze at least 1 lime over the top. My brother got me hooked on these when I visited him once in California.
You can be sure that the kids are sleeping well here!
Brooke says
March 14, 2011 at 6:14 pmOh goodness, now I really am craving some warmer weather!