Family Photos

 We had a lady in the area take our photos.  It ended up being really cold and the kids were miserable, but she still managed to get some good shots.

Two days later we had beautiful weather so I took the kids to a park to get some photos of them that didn't involve blue lips and red noses.

EnterTRAINment

We went to a place called EnterTRAINment.  It's the worlds largest indoor train display.  I'm not a model train person but it was very impressive.  The detail on the buildings and trains and people were amazing. 

They had a Thomas the Train that the kids and I rode on.  Those seats are not adult friendly. 

They had a little Trick Or Treat House for the kids to go through.  Each room was decorated differently for Halloween and had a bucket of candy

Cordon got his face painted and the kids got to pick little pumpkins to decorate with stickers.  Notice the BYU shirts?  These kids are obsessed with these shirts and would wear them every day  if I didn't take the time to pry them away from their little fingers to wash them. 

Connected to the train place was a Fun House.  This was one of those old fashion fun houses with the mirror mazes and optical illusion rooms.  It was really fun, but messed with Chris and my inner ear.  We were both pretty dizzy by the time we left.  Eliza didn't like any of it, I think she was also getting dizzy and she hated the mazes.  At one point we walked around a corner  and a blast of air caught us by surprise.  I thought that poor girl was going to have a hard attack.  She ran forward and latched herself onto Chris leg and was screaming, I have never seen her so freaked out.  I picked her up (Chris was currently busy consoling Cordon) and she would not let go the rest of the time we were at the fun house.

Here is a description for one of the rooms: The next attraction is Curtain Chaos, a bewildering maze of twists, turns and dead-ends through hanging curtains that test a visitor’s sanity and sense of direction.

That is a very fitting description. 


 The optical illusion room.  It made things look bigger or smaller depending on where you were standing.  Eliza as only about 2 feet in front of me, not the mile that it does look like. 

 The mirror maze.  Just Cordon and I went through this one.  We had to walk very slowly with our hands in front of us because it was so easy to walk into  a mirror.  The mirrors are angled so you can't see yourself coming, it just looks like a long hallway. 

 I am actually standing straight up in this photo.  The room was slanted around me. 

Eliza Turned 2

Eliza had her 2nd birthday.  We had a little family celebration for her with cupcakes and presents.  I was surprised at how much she comprehended.  She knew it was her cupcake, she sang along to Happy Birthday, she 'attempted' to blow out the candles without any prompting from us and she KNEW that pile of presents was hers. 

I guess seeing Cordon and Dad have their birthdays in the last month showed her how it's done.

She tried, but couldn't get enough air to blow the candles out so Cordon came to the rescue. 

nothing like sitting back and relaxing with a tummy full of cupcakes

She still doesn't like to open presents.  She likes to get them, but not un-wrap them.  I'm not sure why.  But this actually worked out great because Cordon got to feel included by opening the presents for her.  When each present was opened Eliza would yell "oh wow!"

Here she is showing off her loot.  Notice the wardrobe change.  As soon as she saw Aunt Karyn's gift of a new outfit she insisted on wearing it.

The pants are to big so they came off pretty quickly and she spent the rest of the evening sporting this classy look.

Yes, those are princess shoes over her pajamas.  That girl loves shoes.