Friday Zoo Day

I was off last Friday so after taking Everly to school Aspen and I headed off for a quick morning at the zoo. It was a little chilly that morning to start but we were prepared. Aspen was really into wearing the hat and gloves. She also had her beloved donut holes. We opted out of doing the dino trail that day but saw lots of other animals. We saw the flamingos acting crazy and took a ride on Crocket the Camel. She was very funny seeing the tiger and of course we had to hit up the carousel before leaving. It was a really great morning. She is really at a fun age and I just can't wait to take her to Disneyland next month.We had a little Starbucks date that afternoon and she just kills me. Also, I love Portrait mode on my phone!

 

 

Monday off with Aspen

Last Monday I had the day off so Aspen and I got some one on one time. We took it easy in the morning and then once took Everly to school and got going we headed out to the park and library. She was so funny at the park. She kept saying "come for me" instead of "come with me" and wanted me to climb all over the playground with her. She could have played there all day but Everly reads so many books each week we really needed to go. We also noticed they had some children's books for sale for .50 so we bought a few including a Gaspard & Lisa book for Aspen. Everly used to love that show so after I found this book I introduced Aspen to it and she loves it too. Another great day with Aspen.

 

 

Aspen's Preschool Pictures

This week we got Aspen's preschool pictures back and I could just die they are so cute. I took her to get them done that day because I was off and I knew they were going to be good. I mean, we practice taking pictures daily so she should be. She is still my tiny girl but she is really looking big here. We missed the picture day last year but HERE are her pictures from two years ago. She is doing really well at daycare. She loves her teachers and never complains about going there. I don't want to jinx it, but I don't think she got sick at all this year either. She knows lots of the kids names at school despite the fact that she is completely happy playing with toys by herself. She is a little weird but we sure do love her.

Train Park day with Aspen

I had an extra day off with Aspen this week so we decided to take advantage of it and do something fun. After we dropped off Everly we hit up Halloween clearance at Target before heading up to Anthem to go to the train park. Aspen was very excited to be at the playground. She is becoming much more adventurous too. She has always been initially a scaredy cat so it is fun to see her growing out of that a little. Hopefully she is even more grown out of it by the time we go to Disneyland next year. She did great at the park and then we took a train ride before hitting up the swings. I just loved watching her face on the train. She has the best expressions. It was a fun morning and I am so lucky that I get this extra time to spend with her one-on-one. I love having girls (at least for now)!

The fact that this unicorn didn't scare her is also kind of a miracle

She went all the way up to the 3rd level by herself!

see what I mean about the expressions!

I love that little face!

3 Year and 6 Year Update

Everly actually turns 6 one week from today but Aspen turned 3 about a week and a half ago. Last week we had their joint birthday party and I also took them in to the doctor's for their yearly checkup. I was a little worried because I wasn't sure how well Aspen would do. She hasn't been to the doctor's in a year and the last time she was still so traumatized from all of her ear infections. It actually went way better than expected. Both girls behaved really well and did awesome with their flu shots. Aspen is still tiny at the 14th percentile for weight and 17th for height. She is 27 pounds and 35 1/2 inches tall. Everly is borderline perfect at 47 pounds and 45 1/2 inches tall she is the 63% for weight and 58th for height. If she gets to 46 inches by January she should be able to go on Indiana Jones when we go to Disneyland! Neither of the girls even cried when they got their shots. They were easy on me so I treated them with smoothies after. Also, for a fun flashback, HERE is their update from a year ago.

thumbs up!

Aspen tried to sit on the scale. It was adorable.

Everly has slight allergies and you can see the white line on her nose from scrunching it so much.

Pump it Up Birthday Party!

Last week we had a joint birthday party for the girls at Pump It Up! in Peoria. We knew we wanted to have a joint birthday party for the girls this year and debated where to hold it before finally deciding on Pump it Up. It was a little more expensive than if we had held it at home or a park but it was a lot less work. This was also the first time Everly invited her entire class to her party. A couple of her other friends have had parties there so she really wanted to have hers there as well. The only thing we had to bring was treat bags and cupcakes which I literally put together the day of. It was nice to just have to show up. We also didn't even have to worry about taking pictures. They do all that for you and provide you with the pictures after. They aren't very good quality but they are fun. We had a pretty good turnout and the kids had a blast. Aspen even had one of her little friends come! She took a while to warm up but then she was following the big kids down the big blowup slides! Everly loved sitting in the chair and opening all of her presents and Aspen was just ecstatic to finally be able to eat one of her cupcakes. Everly's birthday is actually next week so we will do a little family pizza party but this night went really well and she had lots of fun.

 

These slides are pretty fast

 

 

Everly and 2 of her godparents

the whole group.

Cam had a blast too

Love celebrating my girls!