"30 minute lunch break"

I have started giving myself a 30 minute lunch break once Archer goes down for his nap...I had to set a limit for myself or I would honestly never get anything done...

So...

Archer started "pretend" today and it has been amazing, and super fun! He likes to mix/make things (mostly oatmeal and pancakes) and then offer it to me "mommy have it" and I of course take a giant bite and he says "YUMMY." Pretty fun---and super weird. It's so interesting to see him become a little person that is starting to understand the world.

Yesterday we woke up (Sunday is Colin's only day off as of right now) and had a wonderful breakfast with our in laws followed by a long trail walk. There was a fresh stream running all along the trail we were on and Archer took it upon himself to simply walk right into it. Pretty funny, and we let him play in there for a good bit before continuing on. After that we gave him a short nap, I napped (I have declared Sunday as a funday and NO WORK day), and Colin did an hour like mountain bike ride...NUTS. We woke Archer up and headed into Salt Lake City for a Bee's baseball game...WHAT A BLAST. They have a free train for the kids to ride and a playground, not to mention we sat on the lawn. It was a beautiful day and Archer got a snow cone, hot dog, lemonade, etc. After that we came home and had chicken wings and bedtime. Busy day! On the agenda for this week: a local indoor swimming pool with a lazy river and water slides, visiting a farm, two mornings of story time, and an indoor bounce house thing...not to mention hopefully several walks and lots of park playing.

P.S. loving Utah...missing friends (lots of asking for Brody and Eliza for sure). I miss having a friend (esp. Elllen) to chat with/do fun kid stuff with too. If only Louisiana and Utah were closer.

-Ok, lunch break nearing an end...blah.