My Baby

How is that my little baby has turned two.  I have been kind of dreading this day because then she wouldn't be my little baby anymore.  I figure two really makes her a toddler.  But I still call her 'baby'.  Oh well.  I am trying to break the habit because I figure I have only three more months before another baby joins us.  Anyway, we did have a fun little birthday.

I hung up a big Happy Birthday sign on our back window.  Megan woke up and in typical Megan style asked immediately "What's That?"  (Her newest phrase which only gets slightly tiresome).  Megan loved the butterflies on the sign.

I tried to teach Megan how to hold up two fingers.  She made a very good attempt.  We will have to keep working on it.

I blew up a bunch of balloons and we played balloons for like 15 whole minutes (a long time for a baby - I mean a toddler).

Megan got to help me make the brownies.  My girls love helping with the cooking.  And they even all waited until after the pan was in the oven to start trying to eat the batter.

My family came in the evening to celebrate with us.  Megan liked opening all her presents.  Whitney and Rachel only had to be stopped from helping a few times.

She got fun presents like books and candy and diapers.

Getting ready to sing "Happy Birthday".  It was cute because Megan sang along.  And she did an awesome job blowing out her candles.  She is such a big girl.

And popsicles instead of ice cream.  So it was a fun evening.  They even got to go to the park with grandma in the evening.

And the next day a package came from Grandma and Grandpa Keeler. Inside was an awesome cash register and some playdough toys.  The cash register has seen a lot of action already.  It will be well loved.

My baby is not a `baby anymore.  So it is a good thing we are having another one.  But we did have a good birthday.  Thanks for the presents everyone.

Pasco Activities

We had a couple of other fun activities we did in Pasco while we were there.  Here are some random pictures.

We thought the kids would like splash park, but there were too many kids there and not enough Bingham girls.  So I think they were a little nervous.  Megan got a little wet with grandma.  The other two stayed out.

We went to a buffet for dinner one night.  The kids did pretty good eating.  Megan was eating ice cream - with a spoon and a straw.  Who knew I had such talented kids?

Rachel shows off her red tongue after eating an icee at the restaurant.

We went to the library one day.  The kid section there is much bigger than ours.  The girls liked sitting on the mushrooms and bringing me lots and lots of books to read.

This is from my dad's work fair.  It was on the Saturday and we weren't sure if the guys would make it back from camp.  The fair was fun (and not too hot).  Megan and Rachel liked the bubbles for a long time.

Whitney and Kaitlin for their faces painted.  It is hard to see Whitney's face paint, but she got to be super girl.

There was a craft station.  Lately Megan likes coloring or doing anything with more than one.  I guess coloring goes faster if you use six pencils at once.

Enjoying a popsicle.  That is my grandpa sitting in the back.  He came and that was fun.  He lives with my parents but isn't able to make it to many activities.  He told us that he use to get creamsicles for a nickle when he was a kid.

It was a super hero theme.  So my kids met lots of 'important' people - like Harry Potter.

And Bat Man.  The kids weren't too sure about some of them.

And finally we spent the end of the day playing in bounce houses.  

Anyway, those were fun days hanging out with my family.  And it was good to get some time with my sister who is heading off to BYU.  But it was also fun coming home and spending time with Will again.

Hermiston Parade and Fair

Such fun times have been had lately.  Last week was the Hermiston fair.  To kick it off, we went to the parade on the Saturday before.  This is the long parade where the kids get lots of candy.

Megan's favorite part was still the horses, just like last year.  She points to everyone all excited.

A pair of eyes were watching us.  I thought that was kind of neat looking.

Whitney and Rachel called this the Magic School Bus.  I think it was actually a preschool bus.  Just imagine all those animals going to school next year.

And for the first time, we received a stuffed animal.  This frog has been much loved over the last week.  Unfortunately, Will still didn't get his watermelon.  Oh well.  Maybe next year's parade.

We went to the fair last Friday.  Here we are checking out the animals.  Look at my cute little peeps.

We are lucky no little bunnies bit little fingers.  I was constantly pulling Megan back from the cages.  She is so fascinated with animals.

For the first time ever, you got to practice milking a cow.  There was a cool machine that you would use and it would tell you how much milk you got.  Whitney and Rachel both got turns, poor Megan was too short to reach.

A picture to show how windy it was at the fair.  There was a major dust storm.  I think everyone came home all gritty and gross.  We had to hold our food down so it wouldn't blow away.  This made the girls a little extra grumpy, but we all survived.

My favorite part was watching the juggler.  He was pretty cool and witty.  He even said something like "I bet your dads can't do this" which made made us chuckle because I bet my dad could.  

The girls got to meet Benny the Beaver.  He was handing out sunglasses and fake backpacks and other Oregon State University memorabilia.  Kaitlin got to "meet" him too.  She must have really wanted those sunglasses.

Watching the cloggers perform.  We missed most of this show because we were eating dinner.  But the part we saw was neat.

The girls wanted to do some dancing afterwards.  The stage was empty, so the girls got up and performed for us.

And the reason we went on Friday was to see Hinder perform.  The crowd was huge.  Kaitlin stands on a bench to get a good look at him.  We didn't stay very long though because we weren't really sure that it was Hinder and the songs were not so clean.  Oh well.  It was still a fun day.  Everybody was exhausted by the time we made it back to Pasco.

Going Camping

It has been a long time since I have been camping.  I was a little nervous to take three little girls and to be pregnant, but it was fun.  My mom invited us to go with their ward to a camp site called Teancum Timbers ( about 1 3/4 hours away).

Megan and I take a selfie in front of our tent.  We shared a big tent with my family and everyone fit just fine.

There were some games to play in the evening.  

The girls watch in amazement at Conner's ability to climb a rope.  What an impressive uncle.

There was a zipline at the camp site.  It took Whitney awhile to get brave enough to want to go down. (I think I was more nervous than her).  But after watching Conner and Grandpa go down several times, she decided to take the plunge.

And she loved it.  I wouldn't let Rachel go down; she still sometimes lets go of the chains on the swing.  But Whitney did a good job.  And no broken bones.

There were several families who did skits in the evening.  My poor mom was in charge of this evening of camping and she also ended up holding Megan the whole time who really wanted Grandma's lap.

And audience participation time during one skit (see how well Whitney participated).

Getting all warm for the evening.  Will went to bed with the girls; I stayed up late playing card games.  It actually didn't get too cold in the evening, so that was nice.

The next day, we went on a hike.  We made it to a bridge and the girls took a break to throw sticks into the creek.  For some reason, that never gets old.

Megan got carried up by Grandpa.  I don't know why we didn't take any water; that wasn't too smart.  But the girls did well on the hike.  The view from the mountain was pretty.  There is greenery in some places.  Megan calls them 'ho ho ho', which is what she calls trees that look kind of like Christmas trees.

So that was a great camping trip.  Thanks for inviting us.  The food and company were wonderful.

And not from camping, but still cute.  Megan has learned how to strip, she can even get her diaper off if given enough time unsupervised.  I blame two older sisters who take off their clothes to put on pajamas just wherever they happen to be.  Because Megan cannot get into the room where her clothes are, she finds her sisters clothes (usually some dirty ones that are on the floor) and puts them on.  It is a good thing they are so cute because they sure get into a lot of trouble.  Oh well.