Pez! Pez! Pez!

It's been a few weeks now since we set up the pez. Amazingly, the display actually lasted over 24 hours before Asher decided to knock them all down. He loved playing with them. He would thoughtfully look them over and set his sights on one, cautiously pick it up, and then delicately place it back before choosing another.







***ET is my new favourite dispensor. There are a few reasons for this:

1) Asher, who already knew about E.T. (due to the sculpture in our house--see reason 2 below), discovered that E.T. had a hat. A week after the display was dismantled, Asher approached Julianne demanding his hat. She got him his baseball cap, but he wasn't satisfied. He insisted on "coat hat". So she brought him his brown zip up, hooded sweater. He was ecstatic when she understood, and upon compliance of the request, he said E.T. and brought her the pez to show her that he had a hat like Asher's.

2) My sculpture that I made in ceramics class my last semester at BYU. It was supposed to be a bust of a real person (it was going to be Jacob Knudsen), but I'm not very good, or better-put, I'm horrible at making things look realistic. So the sculpture ended up resembling E.T. a great deal more than Jacob.

3) Look at that smile!

Spring Break

Spring break came and went quickly. Despite various illnesses from all 3, we were able to get out and do a lot. We basically saw a different part of town each day. Nothing was planned and everything worked out great.



1. We finally made it to the Harmon Branch library. Not in the best part of town-- in fact, probably one of the worst. But it's a great looking building (with great letters), and it's where we got our free culture pass to the Children's Museum.



2. We teamed up with Mike, MaKell, and Jaxon at the Children's Museum. After that, we headed to "Two Hippies Beach House Outrageous Tacos and Burritos" (that's the real name-- and no website, so this abc article will have to do).


3. After lunch, we said goodbye to the Bullochs. We were going to head home, but Asher had already had his nap in the "white car", so we took advantage and headed over to Scottsdale to get dessert at Sprinkles and then at Yogurtland.



4. We were too close to the train park to not stop for a ride on the Merry-Go-Round and train. Looking back, it was a perfect day for Asher. And not a bad day for us either...




I don't think we'll be doing a post for each day. You get the point.

Asher's Second Painting

Saturday at the Market

Yesterday, we went to Matt's Big Breakfast with Ed, Brooke, and Esley. We were celebrating for two good reasons:

1- I had just finished taking my last final of second quarter the previous day (meaning that I am done with all but one quarter of the first two years, and then it's on to the clinical years). And even better, I have a week off from class (even though I'm really supposed to be studying for the board exams-- but we'll see how much studying I get done this coming week, if any...)

2- Our new car (which we bought last Saturday) completed 50,000 miles. It actually happened on the drive down to Matt's. Anyway, it's a Subaru Forester. Julianne is the primary driver, and Asher the passenger. I must admit, I'm jealous. But our 'ol Honda with 200,000+ is still going strong (somewhat), so I'll keep using that for now.






Upon arriving at Matt's, we learned that our wait would be at least an hour. Conveniently for us, the Phoenix Farmer's Market is just one block from the restaurant. So we all wandered over and passed the time sampling treats, looking at baby goats, purchasing plants (2 squash plants and 1 mint), and taking portraits. The breakfast, by the way, was well worth the wait.







***Also, this could be a completely new post, (and it would be extra fitting since this current post is getting ridiculously long), but it should be known that Asher always reads in the car. He never leaves home without a few books. When we say, "Asher, we're going to go now" he goes straight for the bookshelf.

Just two weeks later

We made Asher a little pvc pipe soccer goal two weeks ago. We thought he was pretty good then (even when he sat on the ball). As you'll see, he's definitely come a long way.

"oooooooooo"

As many parents do, we usually cut Asher's food into bite-size pieces. For the past few weeks, however, Asher has insisted on having his food un-cut and as-is. To get his point across, he simply says, "ooooooooooo!" (like "boo" without the 'b' and about 10 seconds long). That's how Asher says "big".



Yes, this is Asher taking a bite out of Tilamook's Extra Sharp Cheddar. (The balloon is complements of Trader Joe's)



Asher had pasta and a cucumber for lunch yesterday. "Ooooooooo!" is how he wanted it.

Dinner time is a good time

Julianne always makes amazing meals, but somehow, these past few nights have been especially tasty. Just to name a few: baked white fish with herbs from garden, butter/lemon sauce, asparagus, pototaos; steak tacos with pico de gallo; pork dumplings; and more. These dishes were all so good-- if there weren't already so many great dishes at our house, I would say that this weeks menu should become our weekly menu. At any rate, I'll definitely be requesting these meals again.

I often tell Julianne that she should post an occasional picture of a certain dish and perhaps an accompanying recipe, but she always declines. I think I just may start doing it for her!

Soccer time

Bowling

Blocks! Blocks! Blocks!

"Temple"
(designed and built by Asher)

***Thanks for the blocks, Lolly & Grompin!