Apparently...

All you need is a hat.

And then, life is complete.

*If you didn't already guess, Dan couldn't catch her fast enough when changing her diaper.*

A glance

The past couple of weeks have felt super busy. (What's new.) I'm sure you all are feeling the same way. And that "busy-ness" has kept me away from the computer. So here's a glance at some of the happenings (in bullet points, no less).

• Dan reached his half way mark in school. Can you believe it? I sure can't. Time has flown by. And I am happy to report that Dan is LOVING Wyotech.
• While Dan has been doing the school thing, Alayna and I have been doing the Babysitting thing, among other things. But babysitting really does take up a lot of my week. I have had a little break for a few days, and I have to admit, I am LOVING spending one-on-one time all day long with my Layna. She is the best.
• When Alayna is down for a nap, after I have straightened the house, checked my email, and exercised, I have been crocheting. This new found hobby of mine really is quite addicting. I have been busy making baby hats and shoes. I promise to show off the fruits of my labor when I am done.
• On some of the mornings that I don't babysit, I have had a chance to help in my friend/former co-worker, Kathy's, kindergarten class. Oh, how I have missed teaching Kindergarten! But it has been wonderful to go and visit and re-live my Kindergarten teaching days. If there were two of me, you can bet that one of me would be teaching Kindergarten at Beitel and the other me would be staying at home with my little Layna.
• Prom was this last weekend in Laramie, and I was asked to be my little sister, Sarah's, hair dresser and makeup person. KaLee was my "assistant hair person" as she put it and also in charge of the manicure and pedicure. It was a blast. And I have to say, she looked stunning! Her hair was pretty darn awesome, if I do say so myself. In fact, I have decided that I will have to post pictures later so you can see the awesome-ness for yourself.
• One of the biggest changes recently is Dan was just made the 2nd counselor in the bishopric in our ward. I am now the single mother that has to fight to keep her child from running up to the stand to sit with her Daddy. You probably already know (because I have said it a million times), but Alayna is a BIG daddy's girl. I mean she love, love, loves her daddy. It was so sad to see her stand on my lap on Sunday and hold her arms out to Dan, saying in a very sad voice, "Dada. Dada." I have a feeling we will be out in the hall several times during Sacrament meeting for this first little while.
• I have a new (as of a few months ago) calling in our ward as the visiting teaching coordinator. I had no idea how much time goes into this calling. Especially in a transient ward like ours. This last week I made changes on visiting teaching routes since so many people were moving due to graduation. When all was said and done, we had to hand out 34 new visiting teaching routes.
• Mother's Day was fantastic! They just get better and better.

There is an unwritten rule...

That cousins who are close in age (and little) have to take at least one bath together.

The other night we watched cousin Easton. It was Alayna's bath night, so we thought, what the heck, why not see what happens when they both bathe together.

Can you tell she liked it?

This is the expression that was on Alayna's face 95 % of the time.

They had a blast. And since then, every single time Easton has come to our house, he has requested to take a bath with Alayna.

A box is all it takes

to keep the kids contained while you get a few things done.

For some reason this box kept Easton and Alayna entertained for quite awhile.

They loved climbing in and out as well as watching a movie while sitting in it.

It's the simple things.