All decked out

Spring weather in Utah is just lovely... if you like warm, shorts and tee-shirts one day and then the next day enjoy snow mixed with rain and hurricane-force winds. On one of those rain days, Pearl insisted on wearing every single piece of rain gear she owns. Luckily our neighbors David and Vickie supplied all the necessary gear. Boots. Jacket. And a hat. The only thing we forgot was her penguin umbrella, which I was honestly surprised there wasn't a huge fit when she realized it wasn't in the truck. And seeing as how we were already late getting to work, I didn't see any harm in letting Pearl jump in a few puddles in the parking lot. Too bad I didn't have the nicer camera to capture her happy little face as she splished and splashed in every puddle all the way into the building. Besides the rain gear, which got loads of laughter from her teachers and friends at school, this week Pearl suckered her dad out of about $10 worth of Baskin Robbins ice cream. At least $5 of it was my fault. I had thought 31 cent scoop night was Tuesday and send Jeff and Pearl with $2 to get a treat. Well, Wednesday was 31 cent scoop night. So Jeff and Pearl venture back to Baskin Robbins on Wednesday. Apparently cheap ice cream is only available after 5 p.m. And once Pearl spied her purple and pink ice cream, there was no leaving without a scoop. When Jeff told me what had happened I laughed hysterically!

One final thing that I've found just hysterical this week with Pearl, she recently discovered video games. Jeff pulled out his Nintendo DS while he was giving Pearl a bath. She convinced him to let her try and well, I'm afraid my kid is now officially a part of the gaming generation. The next post will have pictures of Ricco's room and all of Jeff's many "honey dos" over the past few months I promise!