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Skipped Nap

May 9, 2015 No Comments

While lunch was being prepared, Janie drew some banana slugs.

Auntie Vyl prepared some yummy noodles with veggies, chicken, and peanut sauce.

Then, instead of taking a nap, Janie ran laps around the campground with Rowan and Auntie Vyl.

We also built a fire and Janie played with her painting notebook while Jack and Reese watched.
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She also learned how to roll dice during a game of “Pass the Pig”. Actually, she was rolling pigs but she got the idea.

Everyone snacked on fruit, cucumbers, salami, and cheese before dinner.

We also had some early marshmallows and Janie was so happy.

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She roasted one next to Daddy but it went up in flames before she could eat it.

Before dinner, Janie and Mommy did some relaxing in the tent. No napping took place at that point either.

Later, we all went out for Mexican food nearby since we didn’t have anything food prepared for that evening’s meal. As expected, Janie passed out in the car on the way back to the campsite and slept for the rest of the night. I guess that’s what happens when you skip your nap.

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Sunday Aquarium

May 3, 2015 No Comments

When Daddy asked Janie, “What do you want to do today?” She replied, “Go to aquarium?” So, that’s what we did after breakfast.

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“I’m Doctor.”

April 21, 2015 No Comments

“Doctor” came to the house to give everyone a check-up this morning.

Big GG and Otter were the first ones to get examined and they were both looking ok.

Next was Mommy, who had no crabs in her ear today. Phew, what a relief.

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Birthday Dinner

April 20, 2015 No Comments

For Janie’s birthday dinner, we went out for Thai food.

We ordered Tom Kha, one of her favorite things to eat.

She also had some of Mommy’s Pad Thai. She ate very well this evening.

On the way home, we stopped at the Disney Store just 10 minutes before they closed. We had just enough time for her to give Squirt and Nemo some hugs.

Our last stop was Walgreens because Dada needed more super glue. Check out these cool shades she picked out.

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3rd Birthday Party

April 19, 2015 No Comments

We celebrated Janie’s 3rd birthday today at the Children’s Creativity Museum. It had a Nemo theme and Janie was so happy to see her favorite characters on the cupcakes and balloons.

Before the food arrived, all the kids (and grown-ups) spent time in the museum playing with foam dough.

There was also a craft table where the kids made rockets.

For lunch, we had Hawaiian food, veggies, and fruit. The Spam musubi disappeared in a flash.

After lunch, everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to Janie and she had a funny reaction to what happened after she blew out the candles.

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Luckily Auntie Ishya caught the whole thing on video for us.

Janie chose a chocolate cupcake with a Nemo ring on top and had lots of frosting and cake on her face for the rest of the party.

In fact, all the kids LOVED the cake and each had blue frosting all over their faces.

I wasn’t sure if she would able to share the balloons we bought for the party but she did and actually handed some of them out to her friends.

Once the birthday party got packed up, we headed out to the carousel for a couple rides.

To burn off all the sugar, the kids went back inside for some more fun. They all played together on the slide and made a couple videos too.

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The slide is green so that you can record yourself with a variety of backgrounds.

I’m amazed that we somehow managed to get all the kids together for a group photo.

Thanks for coming to the party, Friends! Hope you all had just as much fun as we did!!

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Hillstone

April 15, 2015 No Comments

We went out for steak tonight and Janie was having a fun time playing with the camera today.

While we waited for the food, she colored and just hung out like a big kid.

She also ordered her own milk from the waiter by asking “Can I have some milk, please?” Unfortunately, she was hard to hear and Mommy had to repeat it for her. She finished this whole glass after dinner.

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Zoo

April 12, 2015 No Comments

We went to the zoo again this weekend and Janie just loves the flamingos. She even tried to be one.

The penguins were pretty funny today too. One of them was swimming really fast and then doing jumps out of the water.

The hippo statue is always a hit and today she said she was “driving”.

Our almost-3-year-old was looking pretty sassy today with her hands on her hips.

There were lots of flowers to pick this morning.

At 11:30, we snagged a good spot at the grizzly bear pond.

They threw live trout into the pond and the bears caught them right in front of us.

Janie got a little scared when one of them got up on her hind legs and walked really close to the glass.

Janie took a peacock picture today and I found her first one from 10/6/13. These pictures are 18 months apart. What a difference!

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For lunch, we had some pho and Janie gobbled it all up.

Such enthusiasm in this little one!!

Our last stop before heading home was 99 Ranch Market. She really liked seeing all the live seafood.

On our way home, she passed out and slept for a good two hours when we got home. It was a very exciting morning.

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Sunday Breakfast

April 12, 2015 No Comments

This morning, Mommy made rice porridge the way that Yai used to make it for her when she was Janie’s age. We ate at the coffee table with the window open. It’s the closest thing we have to a balcony.