The Maddening, Circling Dilemma to Cookie Monster

My little princess is into the inquisitive phase of life. I laugh at some of the questions she asks, and am even more baffled by some of the creativity of others. Her favorite question to ask is why things are named what they are, or why we named her or her siblings what we named them. She has told me on a number of occasions that she would have rather been named "Ariel".
I recently overheard the following conversation between her and her daddy. Come on Brett. Cut the kid some slack.

P: Why is Cookie Monster named Cookie Monster?
Brett: Because he likes to eat cookies.
P: Why does he like to eat cookies?
Brett: Because his name is Cookie Monster.
P: Why is his name Cookie Monster?
Brett: Because he likes to eat cookies.

And on and on and on until I had to tell Brett to stick a fork in it.

Vegetarian in the Making

My little one this weekend discovered that ground beef and "poo-poo" look quite a bit a like. I was trying to feed her a taco, and every time I would get it close to her mouth and she would eye it, she would pull away, shake her head and say "poo-poo, poo-poo". Then, she would precede to shake her hands by her nose and say "yucky" (just like we do when we change her bum). I thought this was a short lived, one day thing, but tonight, I tried again. Tonight for dinner we had taco pie with beans and meat, and the same thing, when she went to have a bite: "poo-poo". I don't know if she is going to be the vegetarian, or if I am after all the images she is helping to produce in my mind.

Swim Time

The pool was crazy with 8 kids and only the 3 men taking care of them. The kids swam until they turned into prunes!!!

Hidden Valley Splashpad

We went to play at this great splashpad at Hidden Valley. It had a great playground that was huge and even had large umbrellas. It wasn't that hot, but it didn't stop the kids from getting wet.

Red Cliffs Hike

We went on a leisurely hike while in St. George. I have done this hike before, but in the spring when the creek is full and there is a waterfall. It was still pretty, and the kids loved it and did great. Other than seeing a tarantula and a few lizards, I had a great time. Not much of one for the creepy, crawly!

Up Close, Too Close

We headed down to St. George over the weekend and had a great time. I will upload more pictures later, but I had to post this picture. I have been trying to research online what type of spider it really was, but can't figure it out for sure. Some think it was a tarantula. Brett got a little too close for my personal comfort, and with my little girl!!! I told him to be careful that it might jump on him but he wasn't convinced. I could only stick around for one picture, so I should have taken a closer shot, but just couldn't. I am going to have nightmares tonight about spiders after looking at images online, too many...Just click on the picture for a closer view.

My Laundry Monster

Where are all of my missing clothes??? I am so baffled. I go to find something and it isn't there. I have racked my brain as to where it might be, but I have no idea.
When I was in high school, admittedly so, I used scrunchies. They used to disappear left and right and I was pretty convinced that I had a monster in my room who liked to eat them.
Apparantely he is back in full force. Now, if only I could find my monster spray.