Thanksgiving - For Thanksgiving we traveled to Des Mointes for a week, where we got to spend a lot of good time with Unkin Steve, aunt Sheila, Grandma and Grandpa (my in laws), my SIL, her husband and our adorable Nephew. I did a lot of puzzles with Sheila. Ben and Fliss are ALMOST old enough to just send downstairs to play.. but not quite. It was fun watching the kids unwrap early Christmas presents. We also got to go on a double date with SIL to see Bohemian Rhapsody.
Christmas - Since we had three days off as a family leading up to Christmas we decided to start things early and gradually opened gifts on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Then, Christmas morning (Tuesday) we opened Santa's gifts and went to my parents house for the whole day.
Ben got a lot of books board games, and a kit to design his own board games. He was super pumped about the game "through the ages" - a super long complex strategy game that is technically for ages 14+. As far as I can tell, Ben understands it better than DH due to watching you-tube videos about it .
Felicity got a real, working vacuum, peppa pig toys, puzzles, and board games. She was super excited about a triple bunk bed for her doll house and wants one in real life so that Amelia can share it with her and Ben. We enjoyed coloring Peppa Pig together on Christmas.
Amelia got some duplos, a mini golf set, and lots of little things. She was amazed by the christmas lights this year, and if the tree was turned off she would point at it until you turned it on and then crack a big grin. She also loved unwrapping gifts and if you were not fast enough in telling her which presents were hers, she would start unwrapping any she could get her hands on. Uncle Josh made her a super fancy rocking chair. She loved it. She also figured out how to climb up on Grandma's dining room chairs and was very proud of this fact.
On Christmas day we exchanged adult stockings and spent all day eating. We went on an "adventure" out walking in the woods where I was reminded I am raising city kids. When we got back from that all three kids passed out and I had a chance to do some Christmas puzzling.
It was a fun day and fun Christmas, but oh so tiring!!
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Felicity on her 4th Birthday
Felicity turned 4 on 9/22. We had a big party, which is exactly what she wanted. Her exact requests for her birthday party this year were
1. A LONG party at home
2. "Chocolate Donut Cake"
3. Attendance of two family friends R&R
We were able to accommodate all of the above, and ended up with about about 13 kids and just as many adults eating donuts - the adults having good conversation, the kids running all over playing. Felicity's gift was a fancy dollhouse. I fretted so long trying to decide what kind to get, worried about the compatibility with her current toys and whether the house would be worth the money and have the accessories she wanted. It turned out my worries were in vain - while the Calico Critters are not technically compatible with Disney "little people", she has mixed them seamlessly and installed the calico critters staircase on the balcony of her beauty and the beast castle.
Felicity at four years old.
On her fourth birthday she thought she would suddenly be able to read (she couldn't, and that little pout of sadness when she discovered this was too adorable).
She is fiercely independent and fiercely snugly at the same time. She wants to do so many things herself- pour milk, clean serve food. Other moments she acts like a total baby (goo goo gah gah and everything) and insists she cannot dress herself or stand up. She always wants more hugs from mom, regardless of how many I already gave her. Her and dad have a whole routine of all the different types of hugs they must do before he can drop her off at school (upside down. backwards, frog, leg, etc).
Felicity is a little monkey. I think if you let her grab your pinky she would find a way to use it to hang off of you. She is always lifting her feet off the ground.
Her vocab is constantly growing, but she still puts Fs infront of most 3-syllables, and also many 2-syllable words. Like Adult is fuh-dalt. Disaster is Fi-Saster. It does not matter whether she can say the correct starting sound, she just adds an F. Pajamas are Fa-jamas. She also has a bad habit (that is more related to inability to make the starting S sound) to say Sucker with an F... 1
(That is where I stopped typing, and I never went back! Want to publish this so it stays part of my records).
1. A LONG party at home
2. "Chocolate Donut Cake"
3. Attendance of two family friends R&R
We were able to accommodate all of the above, and ended up with about about 13 kids and just as many adults eating donuts - the adults having good conversation, the kids running all over playing. Felicity's gift was a fancy dollhouse. I fretted so long trying to decide what kind to get, worried about the compatibility with her current toys and whether the house would be worth the money and have the accessories she wanted. It turned out my worries were in vain - while the Calico Critters are not technically compatible with Disney "little people", she has mixed them seamlessly and installed the calico critters staircase on the balcony of her beauty and the beast castle.
Felicity at four years old.
On her fourth birthday she thought she would suddenly be able to read (she couldn't, and that little pout of sadness when she discovered this was too adorable).
She is fiercely independent and fiercely snugly at the same time. She wants to do so many things herself- pour milk, clean serve food. Other moments she acts like a total baby (goo goo gah gah and everything) and insists she cannot dress herself or stand up. She always wants more hugs from mom, regardless of how many I already gave her. Her and dad have a whole routine of all the different types of hugs they must do before he can drop her off at school (upside down. backwards, frog, leg, etc).
Felicity is a little monkey. I think if you let her grab your pinky she would find a way to use it to hang off of you. She is always lifting her feet off the ground.
Her vocab is constantly growing, but she still puts Fs infront of most 3-syllables, and also many 2-syllable words. Like Adult is fuh-dalt. Disaster is Fi-Saster. It does not matter whether she can say the correct starting sound, she just adds an F. Pajamas are Fa-jamas. She also has a bad habit (that is more related to inability to make the starting S sound) to say Sucker with an F... 1
(That is where I stopped typing, and I never went back! Want to publish this so it stays part of my records).
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