What once was old, now is new

So Oliver thought it'd be nice to show our backyard neighbor all his favorite toys.  I was worried the dog would chew up all his transformers so we quickly got them back. I didn't realize that he had also thrown over his beloved horsie who he cuddles with at night and often during the day.  By the time we realized though, it was too late.  And the large puppy German Shepherd,  Demón, had already ripped him up.  Oliver was devistated.  I have never seen him cry so hard and for so long and repeatedly for the same item before.

Luckily, Wendy was coming up to get some aspen trees the next day.  The only place I'd  ever seen the giraffe  (it was a present from Carrie) was at the Bean Museum in Provo, which is right by Wendy's house. So I asked her to go grab one for us and she helped us out.

Oliver was delighted.  It is the exact same Horsie, just much more beautiful now and he loves it just as much add the old one.  We are so glad to have new resurrected horsie instead of half face,  no foot  horsie in bed with Oliver.

Our beginner climber

Teddy has decided in the last few days that he likes to climb.  He has to climb on and over everything.  Luckily his falls so far have been minor.

Zoo Time

Since we have a zoo pass this year, we have gone several times in the last few months. Yesterday was the first time that we weren't frozen to death though, so it was quite a different experience. Teddy was loving it so much, pointing and making sounds at everything.

Today we had stake conference. We headed for the primary room and ended up having it to ourselves the whole time. It was awesome.

 And last night my friend, Kirsten, gave us free tickets to go see her perform in Beauty and the Beast at the theater in Centerville. She was the dresser. She did great and the costumes were AMAZING. The Be Our Guest scene was by far my favorite. It was magical. Lumiere and Babette were pretty great too. Interesting fact: did you know that the price of the rights to the full version of this play is $28,000? Yes. And then they have to make the costumes and the sets. No one gets paid at this theater, it is all volunteer. They don't even make that much back in ticket sales, so they have to rely on donations. That seems risky to me.