Cynthia and the Vacuum

I usually try to only vacuum when Ben gets home from work so that he can entertain Cynthia in her bedroom and I can vacuum in peace. Today I decided to just do it and see what happens. Cynthia would not go near the vacuum when I first brought it out. I thought it was funny the way the would walk around it and keep her distance so I had to video it. One day when she is old enough, this is going to be so funny! By the time I was done vacuuming, she was petting it like it was her friend.

Copycat Cynthia

Cynthia's new thing is to climb on the couch, pull of the blanket from the back of the couch and cuddle up in the blanket. I could not figure out why she would do this. Then Ben informed me that I sit on the couch under a blanket and that she is just copying me. I thought that it was cute and annoying all at the same time. Annoying because I had to fix the blanket after every cuddle and cute, well because she is Cynthia and can only be cute! Lately she has been climbing into our bed and doing it as well. She push the blankets down, sit down and then pull the blankets around her.

In bed with Ben's safety glasses one. She kept wanting to lie down and I wanted her to sit up for a picture.

Smiles and giggles on the bed!

More smiles and giggles on the bed!

Today I found Cynthia sitting at the back door under the mat we wide out feet on reading a book. I thought that it was so cute! She will climb under anything.

Baking a Cake

I decided to make a little cake this week. Being the perfect helper that she is, Cynthia wanted to make a cake as well. So I gave her a little bowl and spoon. She was happy with that until she saw me putting stuff in my bowl. Then she wanted stuff in her bowl as well. So when I put something in my bowl, I put something in her bowl as well. She had such a fun time mixing it all together. She never messed on the floor or anywhere else. Such a prefect little helper! Here comes the next Betty Crocker!

Sadly there are no pictures on the cake because my fridge in on the fritz. My fridge is about a degree or two below room temperature and the freezer is over freezing. The repair man is due in the next few hours. With the fridge problem, the pudding that I put in the middle of the cake has gone off so the cake is on its way to the trash.

Stake Fair Day!

Every year our stake has a fair/BBQ. We never went last year since it was right at he same time that we moved into the ward. We thought that it would be fun for Cynthia this year so we went to see what it is all about.

We first had a BBQ dinner, then we went for a candy floss dessert. Cynthia was not impressed with it at all. She would not eat it or even touch it. She loves sweet things so we thought that that is was a little strange. Then we found out that some of our friends kids never liked it either. Maybe it is something that we grow to love.

Ben and Cynthia with the candy floss. Cynthia is pulling a funny face.

I took her to get her face painted. She got a little heart on her cheek. She looked so cute!



Ben then took Cynthia down the very big blow up slide. She loved it. I took her down once and Ben took her down twice. All times she laughed and giggled and had a huge smile on her face!

I took her fishing. She had a great time flinging the fishing pole around and splashing other kids. Patience is not something that she has yet.

She also got to through bean bags into some hoops. She missed every one, well she never got close to anything besides her feet. So she got to pick one up and take it over to the guy who was looking after the booth. Then she got a sweet.

At home after the fun day out. We all had a good time! Maybe next time she will enjoy the candy floss!

24th of July: Parade and Home Fireworks

Here is Utah the 24th of July is about 20 times bigger than July 4th. Every year Salt Lake has a huge 2 - 3 hour parade and a whole week of events leading up to it, along with a whole day of events. Ben and I went the first year we were in Utah, all our roommate went out the night before and slept on the sidewalk to get good seats to watch the parade. We also got to see President Hinckley in the parade. That is how huge the parade is. This year we decided to go. We did not sleep on the side walk - all me paranoid, but I did grow up in Africa. We got there 2 hours before the parade started and lucky us we found a good spot to be at. I thought the parade started at 8am so we got there at 7 but it really only started at 9. Cynthia got bored near the end of the parade, but it we still had a good time!

1 hour before the parade stared. Looking south on 200 East.

Looking north on 200 East. People have lined both sides of the street. They brought their tents and everything. It is really something to see if you are ever in Utah around that time.

The Ames Family! Cynthia was more concerned about life around her than smiling for the camera.

Just like the July 4th parade. Cynthia made friends with the people sitting next to us, who fed her breakfast with their kids. She got to sit on dad's, mom's and some of the kid's laps throughout the parade. But she preferred dad's lap because she kept going back to him.

Elder Henry B Eyring and wife.

Cynthia after the parade at home in her parade outfit. She would not wear her hat the parade and a kid on the one side of us had the same and tried to steal it when the parade was over.

Ben surprised me and bought $4 worth of fireworks for evening. We got sparklers and some other kinds that spin on the ground. Cynthia did very well playing with the sparklers. Notice in the video above, she tried to blow the sparkler out. She is so cute!

It was great day!

Welcome Home Pridays!

Our neighbour who lives above us severed her mission under the loving guide of the Priday's in Canada. She informed us about there little home coming party that they were having on July 19. We decided that we would crash the mission party. It was great to see them again and hope to see more of them in the future!

Cynthia's Owie Update!

Cynthia hand has healed up very nicely. We don't think that there will be any scars or future problems. Since she is like her father and enjoys to pick at things. She ended up picking her bandage off and picking at the blisters. There are only light pink marks on her hand where she burnt herself. She never had any problems using her hand after she burnt it. We are just glad that everything is great with her little hand.