June is starting to be a busy month for us!  Good busy, though.  Like socializing and having fun experiences busy :)

My adorable sister-in-law invited Henlie and me to go to Fun-A-Rama, part of the Art City Days celebrations.  Basically it was a fun thing for kids, although ideally, a little older than our kids, turns out :)

They had bounce houses and other inflatable toys.  Henlie and Charlie tried out the giant twister pad.  Henlie took off, but then found balancing wasn't so easy on it and quickly became less enthused about the whole thing.  Charlie did a little better, but still didn't play on it long.  

We got there in time for a little bouncing before the first magic show.  The magician was mildly entertaining.  The kids thought he was hilarious, though.  Ours were more interested in what was going on around them and watching other kids, rather than the magic.  But they loved clapping when everyone else clapped!




After the magician, we wandered a bit to see what else there was to do.  We stopped and got the girls temporary tattoos.  Charlie got a snake and Henlie got a blue butterfly.  We wandered back to the twister pad, but Henlie wanted nothing to do with it.  She and I hung out and took some pictures while Charlie played.



We did some wandering while Charlie and Camile attempted some of the other inflatable toys that Henlie was definitely too little for.  Turns out Charlie wasn't quite up to them either. :)  We saw they had a swing carousel, so we walked over to try that because Henlie LOVES swings.  They were a hit. 


You can't really tell from the pictures or video, but Henlie truly loved the swing.  She was so serious during it, but when it came time to take her off, she was super upset, yelling "Swing!"  After our first ride, the line was sufficiently short that we got back in it and let the girls ride a second time.  It was the same reaction at the end of it.  She did not want to get off!  I'm just glad we found something for her to do, and that she liked it.  It made it worth the $5 to get in :)


After the swings, we thought about letting the girls ride the train, but the line was way too long.  Instead, we looked at the food vendors and thought about getting some lunch.  Camile suggested we just go to her house and have grilled cheeses instead.  So we did.  So much cheaper, and we got to hang out and cool down in the house :)  After lunch, the girls read books, and then it was time to go home!

 

We've had a fun-filled June so far!  Thursday, June 5th, Henlie and I went to Springville to play with Charlie and Camile.  We were going to go to the splash pad, but ended up just hanging out in their backyard with the water table, kiddie pool, and swing set.  Perfect day :)

Once Camile filled the pool and put the slide in, I helped Henlie go down the slide....but the water was COLD and she wasn't too happy about that.  Then the girls decided most of the water needed to be relocated from the water table to the pool....or the grass, but not the patch of grass that really needed it :)

They get along quite well.  They're both learning to share a little, so that's good.  Not that the day wasn't without its fits.



The girlies loved swinging and going down the slide of the swing set, too.  Henlie even learned how to climb up to the slide on her own.




After the swing set, it was time for a yummy, sticky, popsicle treat.  Henlie and I shared one, which was a good call.  After popsicles, we sent them back into the pool to wash off :)




Eventually, the girls were done with the water.  They played some more at the swing set, and then just hanging out while Camile and I chatted.  The cutest moment (and there were a few cute ones, trust me), was when they'd hug each other, then topple to the ground giggling.  And then do it again.  And again.  And again.  They love each other :)





We had a really fun day playing.  I'm glad our girls are good cousin friends, and I love getting to hang out with my sister-in-law!  (Okay, not just Camile, all of you, but I only hung out with Camile this day - we could all work on being more social ;))

My Google+ has starting automatically making little digital scrapbooks along with their automatic editing.  So, for lack of a better title, I stole the title off of the book they made me :)

Tuesday, June 3rd, we decided to visit my Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's house.  Mostly I wanted to talk to Koreen about her honey.  Grandma was going in for surgery the next day, so Elisabeth was over to help out if they needed. I heart my cousin, Elisabeth :)

Everyone was super excited to see Henlie.  How could they not be?  We went out with Koreen to see the chickens.  Mocha had to stay on the other side of the fence, which caused her some anxiety.  Silly puppy.  Henlie helped carry the egg basket, too.



Koreen also took Henlie outside to color with sidewalk chalk.  Henlie loves to color.  I think that was her first time using sidewalk chalk, though.  She had a grand time.



It got later, and so we were going to head home, but they offered to make us some dinner, so we stayed haha.  Grumpy was sweet and made us pancakes, and Koreen made some scrambled eggs and bacon.  Even Mocha got scrambled eggs, because Henlie cracked one while we were out at the chickens :)

We had fun visiting and hanging out.  And Henlie loves farms :)

In other exciting news, Henlie went pee in the potty today! Yay!

We've introduced the potty a lot for awhile.  Just this past week she has been pretty good about saying "potty," but it was after she had gone in her diaper.  It was still an improvement.  For awhile, she will want to sit on the potty, but I think it's just because we sit and sing songs....we go through our whole repertoire before she's ready to get down.  

Today, we took a shower, and I was getting ready while she was still in the tub.  She told me "potty" and was sort of acting like she really might have to go.  I walked her to the other bathroom where her seat is, sat her down, and went back to getting ready.  I checked on her a minute later, and she was going in the potty!  She thought it was great how excited I was for her.  She also enjoyed getting to actually flush the toilet and, as always, washing her hands and drying them with the towel.

It was the only time she has gone on the potty, but once is better than never! haha  Maybe we'll have some more success tomorrow.  Or maybe not.  At least she is definitely showing some signs of readiness now :)  What a nice present for her 19 month birthday today!