Saying Goodbye

 Monday

The girl's cousins were celebrating the last of summer at the Pocatello waterpark this week because their school started Wednesday and we had a lot of fun! Claire remembered all the fun of the lazy river and the big pool and was trying to be so independent and go everywhere without me! Shay was independent too with her life jacket and able to swim on her own really well. I love taking them to go swimming now because they have so much fun without me having to worry too much about them drowning. I'll make sure to get them swimming when they are a little older but so far we've been practicing moving their hands correctly to swim forward. They already understand how to turn in circles and navigate to get their little mermaid toys after throwing them. Claire is okay with jumping in but Shay only wants to land on my arms so her head doesn't go under even though she practices holding her breath.

Wednesday

We drove all the way down to Ogden to go to a Dinosaur park that I remember going to a lot when I was a little girl. I wasn't sure the girls would love it as much as they did but they had so much fun because there were a playground, feeding ducks, digging in the sand, an art room, and their favorite was the moving dinosaurs. Right at the end of our walk-through was the animatronic ones that move and make sound with a mom Triceritops protecting her two little babies from a T-rex. We technically went three times because we started in the morning then took a break for lunch and went back then left to take my mom to her sisters so she could be ready in the morning to fly home and I came back through again with the girls. Their souvenir was eggs that hatched little dino toys but it took way too long in their opinion and asked all the time if they were hatched yet.

Saturday

It was very nice to have relaxing days now that we did so much the past few weeks so some days weren't very eventful. We did go see cousins and have a sleepover Friday night which made them tired for Saturday because they stayed up giggling and trying to keep playing after I put them all to bed. The cousin that is closest to their age slept on the top bunk of the bunk bed in their room so they were all really excited. We also went to a party BBQ for our church community and I was worried they wouldn't do well because they were so cranky right before we left. I'm glad we went because there was a cute puppy that made them so happy! Claire's goal in life was to be as close to the puppy at all times and luckily she has been trained by me to treat animals nicely. Claire protected it from eating human food, getting stepped on, or wandering too far from its owners, and it really impressed me how gentle she was even when it played tug of war with her dress.