bubble bath

i've never seen the boogie monster but i did find the bubble monster (actually two bubble monsters) in my tub. it was sunday and dave was gone to a meeting. it was time to get abe and kai clean so i stuck them in the tub and added a little shampoo, hoping if they soaked for a minute it would start to remove the layers of dirt they miraculously accumulate in amazingly short amounts of time. i left to lay max in his crib and when i came back....bubbles! I thought they dumped the whole bottle of shampoo in but when i asked what happened they, in a surprised and almost giddy voice, said, "we just turned on the jets..we just did nothing and then there were just...bubbles!" they were so excited and i have never seen so many bubbles...all over the bathroom.

i loved watching their eyes smile.... a fun mom moment....and yes, we were late to church.

slide rock

today we hit a natural water slide not far from our house called slide rock. it is an amazing spot on the way to sedona. a little river cuts right through the red rock and makes a series of little water slides. sadie and abe thought it was great, a little cold, and still great. they were pretty adventurous.



kai thought it was a little great and very cold. he was briefly adventurous and then enjoyed being wrapped up in his warm towel. max loves water, his dad, and being outside. so with a day full of all three... he was a happy kid.


when the water got too cold, abe found the perfect rock to soak up some sun, relax, and relish in the day.


afterwards, we went to our favorite little restaurant in sedona, the wildflower bread company. we sat out on the balcony and enjoyed the unbelievable panoramic view of redrock cliffs and just being together. it was a beautiful day!

soaring

there is so much to do in flagstaff. our plan is to live here for three years so we want to treat it like a big, long vacation and explore every chance we get. it is much easier for dave to walk away from dirty bathrooms than me, but dave was post call and needed a break from work so we left our dirty bathrooms and headed for the arboretum. we watched an interesting raptor show.

the kids loved watching the big birds fly through the ponderosa pines. We walked through the cactus house and abe and kai explored the cacti a little too much. their cute little hands were full of cactus needles. it's a good thing their dad is a doctor and can fix anything! they let dave scrape them out with his credit card.

then we went on the nature trail. it was a trail that goes in a huge circle so when we ended up right back where we started, abe's reaction was something like, "what! we ended up right where we started? i thought this went somewhere cool." overall it was a fun afternoon and we landed at IHOP for dinner. nothing like a silly face pancake to end a great day.