Poppies

A few weeks ago we took a drive into the foothills to see the poppies. I don't think they were quite as spectacular as last year, but they were still beautiful. We are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place! Since Clarita hadn't been taking great naps on the weekend we decided to head out after lunch and hope that she would sleep in the car or at least rest. She did not sleep, but she seemed to enjoy the trip. She really liked the poppies and kept asking to take pictures with them! Towards the end of the drive she started getting fussy and asking if she could get out of the car. She managed to hang on until we got home without any real meltdowns. Emmett slept most of the trip, waking up to nurse on the way home. He was content to play in his carseat while awake. It was a great afternoon trip!

Teegee's Third Birthday

We had so much fun celebrating Teegee's third birthday! It was a cold rainy day, but the kids didn't mind. They had fun playing in the bounce house and running in the rain. At one point I made Clarita put shoes on because she was running around the patio in the rain barefoot!

Playing in the rain barefoot!

Laura and Eden

Tio and Bayleaf

Holly

Grandma Traci and Serena

They make the same facial expressions!

The theme of the party was Paw Patrol complete with a pinata, a game, cupcakes, books, and great food. Clarita had fun playing with all the kids and Emmett enjoyed watching the kids and getting lots of love from the adults (and he even took a stab at the pinata!). Bailey was there and Clara was really excited to see her. She said, "Come outside with me Bailey," held her hand out, and guided Bailey outside. It was very cute and I am glad they love each other so much! Clara, Teegee, and Ryland will all be in the same grade and it was fun to watch the three of them running around playing together!

Logan

Clarita was a good helper bringing Teagan gifts to open. She actually listened and didn't open the presents if Teagan didn't want her to (I didn't know she could muster such self control). We had a fun day with family celebrating Teegee!

This guy kinda looks like Fafa...

Princesa Clarita

Clara has been obsessed with princesses lately. She wants to wear "princess dresses" aka puffy dresses and dances around singing, "I'm a princess, I'm a princess." Sometimes we can convince her to do (or not do) something by telling her that princesses do (or do not do) certain things.

Princesas eat cereal in the playroom!

The zoo had their annual Frogs and Fairytales event and I thought it would be perfect for Clara. She got all dressed up in her princess dress (she was Princesa Clarita) and she, Emmett, and I headed to the zoo while Dada and Fafa went skiing (once we got there I was very glad that Dada did not come since he would have hated it). I didn't know what to expect, but thought there would be princesses walking around. Wrong. It was held in a back area of the zoo and there were different stations to go to. One of these stations included the princesses standing in front of a backdrop where the kids could take pictures of them. That was the only time the princesses could be seen and had an extremely long line. All of the stations had long lines and our morning basically involved waiting in line to do things.

Luckily we went to the cookie decorating station first before the line was long. Clarita was so excited to decorate a cookie with jelly beans that she then got to eat (she had never had jelly beans before). We also went to a game station where she matched frogs to their lilypads, a station where you could pet different lizards (she declined to touch them), and a snack station where she got a juice box which she was so excited about since she never gets juice. I told her that she could only have it because it was a special occasion and she now requests to drink "special juice" all the time. We ended with taking pictures with the princesas and Clara was so excited. She patiently waited in line (our only blunder was while I was trying to situate Emmett in the carrier so I could nurse him and Clara's snack bag broke. It was a bit of a disaster while we tried to collect everything and store it in my jacket pockets while Emmett screamed) and proceeded to hug every princess and then pose for a picture. This was so unlike Clara to hug strangers and pose for pictures that I knew she must be so excited about the princesses! It's funny because she has never watched a princess movie and had no clue who they were (except what I told her), but she was so excited nonetheless.

Such a trooper!

We then walked around the zoo and saw some of the animals. Emmett handled the trip like a champ and was his normal happy self. Clara is now even more obsessed with princesses and I see more trips like this in our future!

Eating In N Out on the way home