Past Adventures

Wanna know what we did this holiday season?...read on.

Laura and I took a mommy-daughter trip to Hershey, PA.  We stayed over night in a hotel, bought chocolate, ate chocolate, went to the amusement park to ride the rides, and froze our buns off.  Good times.

 

One Sunday evening we went to the D.C. temple to see the lights and the visitor's center.  It's not like Salt Lake, but it was still nice.  They do a nice job putting the lights up.  I don't have the patience to do that, but I appreciate the work of others:)

Christmas day was really nice.  Justin and I got to sleep in until 9:00am, yippie.  The kids were so excited to open their gifts and play.  Alice colored most of the day, Laura explored her new toys.  Then some good friends invited us to dinner.  It was a very mellow day, not what I'm used to on Christmas day.  Someone is usually in bed with a headache by 3:00. 

Then Justin and Alice went to Utah to see some more family.  Laura and I stayed home and stared at each other for a week.  It was very lonely without them, but Alice had the chance to build stronger relationships with cousins she only gets to see once a year or so. 

Now we're all back together and all is well.  Alice is back to school, Justin back to work, and the rest of us are just plugging along as normal.  Happy new year to all.

My Baby Girl

Alice is six years old today!!! I can't believe it's here already. She's such a great kid, big sister, and friend. I'm proud of the choices she makes and I enjoy her companionship. Gush, gush, gush, I love her.

Little Dancer

Alice takes a ballet/tap dance class, and every so often the mommies are invited to come in and observe the class. Each lesson a child at random is picked to be the dancer of the day. They get to wear on old recital costume, tiara, and be the teacher's helper. Lucky for me, Alice was picked the day I was there:)

Lazy Daisy

We fell to the dark side and bought a dog. I was surprised by how much I really liked her from the beginning. She's a nice lazy dog with a very mild manner about her. She's 3 months and learning the basic commands. Since Justin and I are both sick we took the day to lay around and take turns napping. Daisy just followed me around and tried to not get squished by the kids. They really love her and were so surprised when we told them she was ours to keep.

Squishy

Alice has always been on the scrawny side, but in August she had her tonsils out which shifted the cosmos in her favor. I took her to the doctor yesterday and she's gained eight pounds in about three months. Now she's up to the 15th percentile, yippie!

I love easy mornings. Both my girls are awake, but they haven't cried or peeked out yet. They are just laying in their beds singing songs to each other in sweet little voices. There's no way I'm going in to mess that up. Since I can't post a picture of that, here are some of my random favorites.

Old Friends

I was lucky enough to spend all day Saturday with one of my old roommates from college. She's a sterling gal who has two great little kids and a hard working soldier husband. She turns the big 3-0 this week. Happy birthday, Meredith.