weekend review

Thursday night I had a mommy/daughter date with Caitlin. I took her to see "The Wizard of Oz" Ballet performs by Center Stage. She loved it of course. She had never seen or heard of the Wizard of Oz before but somehow was able to have a running non-stop commentary of exactly what was happening every step of the way ("look at her dress! looks at the sparkly red one! Thats the lion! Oh she's sad, they're doing passe, they're doing arabesque!".... etc.) She was cracking me up, and everyone else around us. My favorite was towards the end when she started sticking up for the wicked witch. She had been unsure about her the whole time then at then end she started asking when she was coming back and saying that she was "so nice" So then when Dorothy and her have the big fight and they melt her Caitlin was genuinely sad. I told her "the witch was being a little bit mean so she had to go" (actually she got melted but whatever) and Caitlin said "oh ok, she had to go to time out, she will be back." Luckily she did come back for the curtain call and Caitlin exclaimed "mommy! she's back! She's so happy now!" She really believed in that witch, really rallied for her. Also when the curtain dropped after the last dance right before the curtain call (also when it got dark and completely silent) she yelled "oh no!!! no don't go!" (me: it's ok Caitlin they're just done dancing) "But I'll miss them!" Everyone got a good laugh from that one. I can't wait for her own recital in May!

Friday we got to have all the Turnbull kids over during the day which of course Caitlin loved.. she loves them and they all play together so cute. That night Paul and I got to go to Timpanogos temple for our date night. It's amazing how no matter what trials or bad feelings or bad attitudes you bring into the temple, as soon as you get in there you want to resolve them all and be pure. The past week had been pretty stressful and busy in many different ways so it was good to go.

Saturday we had a full day and thoroughly enjoyed the nice weather. We got up and went to the Cedar Hills Easter Egg hunt. We were a little early (shocking I know) so we topped by where our friend keeps his horses and let the kids get out to say hi. Caitlin loved them of course- our little animal lover - but she still gets a little scared at first. Nolan was the big shocker. He had no fear and an immediate connection to the horses. He wanted to see them and touch them and was so mesmerized by them! He is not super expressive usually and this was the most reaction I've ever seen from him to something. It was really sweet. Paul was so happy because #1 it gives him ore ammunition for getting a horse and #2 Paul was the exact same way as a little boy... we've got some cowboys in our family!

We went to the Easter egg hunt and Caitlin couldn't wait to get in there while she was standing on the sidelines. However when the siren went to start the hunt she backed off and got nervous. I ended up coming in and helping her and she found 3 eggs before the mad dash was over. She was happy with her 3 though.






Then we played at home a little bit and then went bowling with Mike, Jenna, Bailey and Jordan Zamora. We basically had the whole bowling alley to ourselves and it was really fun. Caitlin loved getting her ball and putting it up on the cart thing and giving it a big push. We ended up buying her her own game on the lane next to ours and she just kept going. She doubled my score. Jenna was the winner on our lane so we had to buy her frozen yogurt.

After bowling we came home and the Turnbulls came over. Paul and Taylor went to go pick up the "special Easter surprise" (more on that later) while we all played. Then we got pizza and the adults talked and played games when the kids went to bed.