Last Sunday I laid down on the couch for two minutes to rest. When I opened my eyes, I saw Gwen standing on a chair she had dragged over to the counter and yanking the spices out of the cupboard. I asked, "Gwen, what are you doing?" She replied, "Nothing owie, Mamma!"
She has been saying new words and phrases everyday. Xander commented, "Gwen's brain is like a two year old dictionary!"
Rus had Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday off; it was really nice to have some time all together. Thursday was Gwen's last swimming lesson, and since Rus was off he went with her to be "fishies". Friday afternoon/evening we went up to Provo Canyon for a picnic. The kids played in the dirt, we ate our picnic, found a little amphitheater and did funny "plays" for each other, and laid in the grass to discover what we could hear and see outside.
Saturday was the Scottish Festival and Highland Games that are held every year at Thanksgiving Point. As much as we would have liked to, we didn't stay all day. Rus was exhausted, and the younger kids just still can't handle staying all day (Isaac would have been perfectly happy to stay though...) The kids all brought their piggy bank money, and Isaac Xander and Gwen picked out plastic swords, and Laurelin picked out a sparkly fairy wand. Sean and Kate met us there, and we perused booths, then headed over to see Wicked Tinkers play. The kids danced a little bit, I danced the whole time (you know me...) and the kids let Rus get up and dance with me towards the end, which was lovely. We need to dance together more... Several people afterwards came up to us and commented we were just as entertaining as the music.... and I had a nice conversation with a lady who was from a town called Motherwell, just outside of Glasgow. There was a reenactment group with a kids activity called "Fight the Giant". There was a man (the giant) in armor with practice swords that the kids could fight. All the kids wanted to do it of course (Isaac did it twice, Laurelin however decided she didn't really want to it after she got in the ring with him), and we got it on film, so we're figuring out how to get that on here... We're putting up a clip from our other camera of the kids playing with their swords and pictures from the park. 
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