Monday, December 3, 2018

Victoria at 3.5

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The last six months it has felt like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Victoria has settled down! She's not climbing everything, getting into everything, or escaping the house. It is wonderful.


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She started preschool and gymnastics in August and loves them both.

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She has impeccable style.
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She loves to laugh at herself and get people laughing.

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Funny things Victoria says

  • "It's Clock-thirty" for anytime.
  • All lights are flashlights. "Mom, I need flashlight." "Mom, will you turn on the flashlight?"
  • Bee-sa-da-ghetti
  • "I'm really hungry a little bit more."
  • After she farts "Who farted today?" (Hoping to replace that with excuse me but it hasn't caught on yet.
  • When she was congested she told me her nose was tight.
  • We always tell her to get her jammas on. So she thinks pajamas are called jammazon. Therefore, she'll tells us she needs to get her jammazon on. 

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I'm trying to convince her she doesn't need to be held anymore while we are walking, standing in line, etc. She doesn't believe me.

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 She loves to read and is my first kid who loves to read the same books over and over.


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She loves her dad and calls him her BFF.

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The other day I was running a bunch of quick errands with her. The kind where there either aren't carts or you're just going to be in and out so fast there is no point getting a cart. Not only did she stay by me but she was an absolute joy to be with. I'm loving Victoria at this stage.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

No School November

The kids have a lot of days off of school in November. We played hard the first few days then we worked hard the week of Thanksgiving.

Springs Preserve for Nevada Day (technically October 26 but kicks of No School November).

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Breakfast with Kevin, voting, and Shark Reef on Election Day.

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Some of the schools are polling locations so all the kids get Election Day off. We started off the day by having breakfast with Kevin, then, because I wasn't on the ball enough to vote early, I took all the kids with me to vote. After the vote we headed to the Shark Reef and we all had a great time.

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The kids also had the next day off for Parent Teacher Conferences. Both kids are doing really well. Their teachers had nothing but great things to say about them.

Painting, Trampoline Park and Veteran's Memorial for Veteran's Day.

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Me, Holly, Megan, Rachel, Chelsea, Alyse
 All of our kids were there too but the mom's had the best pictures.


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The Veteran's Memorial has become a little tradition of ours and I love it.

Monday, November 26, 2018

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Halloween Festivities

Pumpkin Patch with Victoria's preschool class.

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Ward Trunk or Treat

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Actual Halloween
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Jack-o-Lantern

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A Long Weekend for the Books

Caitlyn signed up to do the Pumpkinman Triathlon with me and came down a day early to watch the kids so Kevin and I could have a night off.

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Our night was all about the Bellagio. We started off with dinner at Lago.

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Then spent the rest of the night watching the fountain from our room. The Bellagio has been a favorite of mine since I first saw the fountains as a teenager so spending a day there was a dream come true.


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The next morning we got room service, went shopping, and ended with Indian food at the food court. Then we headed back home to get the kids ready for Newton's trunk or treat. Caitlyn survived and the kids did too.

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My parents arrived in time to go to the trunk or treat with us.

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Caitlyn, me, Marcy, Rachel, Jennifer, and Kimberlie

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The next day was Pumpkinan. It was so fun to do it with Caitlyn and so many friends. I even got my best time!

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That night we had a great time at Container Park.

The kids had their Primary Program on Sunday. They both did a great job and even surprised us by being part of a quartet.