Happy Easter!!!

We had so much fun over Easter Weekend! We went on an egg hunt in Grandma Lindstrom's neighborhood. Lyla wanted to get out of her stroller and get all of the eggs so I kept her strapped in. When I finally let her out she kept trying to get under the ribbon.

Every time she picked up an egg she would shake it and try to open it. After she collected all of her eggs she sat on her blanket and and started eating.

Decorating eggs at Grandma Lindstrom's house.

Easter Morning. Daddy was reading a book and doing the animal noises and Lyla couldn't stop laughing. She is so silly!

Pretty Lyla in her dress in Grandma's backyard. She loves to run around in the backyard picking up pine cones, bark pieces and smelling flowers.

Lyla loves her Grandpa Lindstrom! She was walking all around the backyard showing him things.

I scream...

YOU scream...

LYLA SCREAMS FOR ICE CREAM!!!

Lyla will eat pretty much anything we give her, but I think her favorite might be ice cream (2nd would be tomatoes). For family home evening this week we decided to try a new ice cream place in Boise called Delsa's. She is starting to be independent with eating and trying use her own fork and spoon. She does a pretty good job and we don't have too many messes.

Can't believe she is 20 months old!

The month of March has been really fun for
us so far. We had a really nice spring day and so we spent as much time outside as we could. Lyla loves the little slide in Grandma's backyard.

Lyla was having so much helping her Grandma water flowers and rake up leaves.

Pudding!!! :-)

Over Scott's last spring break (he only has little over month left of school) we went to Menan, ID to visit the Lindstrom Great-Grandparents.

Lyla does well in the car if she has treat and toys. We also went swimming and she didn't hesitate at all. She ran right to the edge to jump in with her Daddy. She was kicking and splashing the whole time.

We went to the Idaho Falls Temple. It's so pretty there!

Lyla with her Great-Grandparents. She loves them. She really likes to have Grandpa sit right next to her.

We are having so much fun and can't wait for Spring!

SICK DAY










Lyla wasn't feeling very good. Nothing too bad just the cough with the runny nose. So we had a jammy day and lots of activities. Lyla loves playdough. I let her use my cookie cutters and I bought her the cheap version of playdough so I don't care if she mixes. I like her 'thinking face'. She sucks in her chin. It's so silly!

She loves to smile for the camera, but only when she wants to. She loves her little Lyla table and wont let anyone sit on any of her chairs.

Lyla likes to move things from one place to another so I got out some of our dried beans from our food storage and let her play with them. Now we have beans EVERYWHERE!!!

Lyla also likes her doll house. She adds lots of different little people to the family.

She has figured out her little bus, but she always sits on it backwards.

We went to the library on Tuesday! Lyla loves to take the books out of the bag and then put them back in.

Watched her favorite movie:

Despicable me!

We went outside just long enough to take her daddy to school. She is feeling much

better!!

Saturday Scott and I were helping clean our church (with help from Lyla) and on our way home I decided to get Lyla a kids meal from Burger King. She loved it! She ate all of her food and LOVED her crown.

We found a new park by our house. Lyla loves going to parks! Boise is the city of parks! There are so many different parks here. The weather has been pretty nice out...much different from Moscow and Utah. Lyla loves to wear hats. This one is her new favorite. Her Daddy brought it back from one a his many trips to Peru.

Starting to go down the slide.

Slowly getting down to slide down....

Remembering she goes down on her tummy...

can't wait for summer!!!

I want to be outside all day long!!

Brushing Teeth

Lyla loves climbing up her step stool

and 'brushing' her teeth!

She also likes to make faces in the mirror!

Isn't she the cutest thing EVER?!?!?

Lyla is also going potty on her little frog potty everyday.

It's kinda hard to train a kid to go to the bathroom

when she doesn't talk. So I take her in about every 45 mins to sit. Her diapers are dry and she goes in her potty.

She gets really happy when she goes and runs to her room to get a sticker.

She's growing so fast!

She is such a lady...she even crosses her ankles while she sits on her potty! :-)

Helpful Lyla

Monday is my day for grocery shopping, laundry and deep cleaning my kitchen.

Lyla likes to help....

Lyla is really good at the grocery store. She smiles at everyone and talks and sings the whole time. When we get home I let her run around in front of our apartment while I carry bags up and down the stairs. This morning she decided to just sit, watch and eat her Cheetos.

Lyla also likes to help me carry in the bags, but she always wants to carry the milk. I try to give here something light like paper towels, but she just keeps trying to carry the milk.

After we get the kitchen clean we always sweep last. Lyla loves the broom and sings while she sweeps. She even trys to use the dust pan.

We also do laundry on Mondays. I don't really mind doing laundry because I have such a good helper. I have to be careful and recheck my whites before I wash them because she likes to mix up my piles. She doesn't 'help' much with the folding...so I usually wait until she is asleep or really distracted by something else.

Lyla likes to help me make the bed. Her Daddy likes to have pillow fights and tickle wars with her so that's what she wants to do while I try to make the bed.

I am so blessed to have my little helper.