We are about to finish off our last full week of summer with a trip to Bear Lake with Jared's parents. I'm glad we have this to look forward to--we've reached the point in the summer when the kids have been getting grumpier and crustier at home. We had a glorious one-month period where Alice was finally old enough that she and Jack would just run off and play together for hours at a park. But now, either Jack is aging out of parks or just getting antsy with school around the corner. I'm lucky if he'll stay happy for 15 minutes at a park anymore before he comes back to me wanting to go back home, and then he and Alice will snip at each other the entire car ride.
In other news, Jack taught Alice to climb out of her crib, and now she is coming into our bedroom every two hours all night long. Thanks for that, Jack.
Here are some pictures from our week though. Making the most of the summer time we have left:
^^Jack dressed Alice up as a dinosaur. They do have their cute moments.
^^Our last positive park experience before outings all started going downhill.
^^Supposed to be asleep. Instead, plotting how she's about to learn to climb out of the crib and ruin everyone's summer.
^^Direct quote from Jack upon seeing this park for the first time: "Ugh, this is the worst park I've ever been to." Cool. Glad we drove 40 minutes to experience this jaw-dropping splash park. Utah parks and the end-of-summer crusties have ruined this kid for a good time.
^^ We had a local family reunion for my extended Roper family on Saturday--just a fun afternoon at the Provo Rec Center pool all together and then a lovely dinner it my Grandma's home in Orem. Alice had had a blast doing "flip backs" (backflips?) on this bouncy slide they had put up. A bouncy slide is an excellent idea at a family reunion with young kids. It was so fun to watch everyone run around together and to catch up with my own cousins I haven't seen in a long time.
