tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35536225219158438652024-03-18T19:55:55.457-07:00The House of NashAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.comBlogger653125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-61867694697274539252019-06-02T10:02:00.000-07:002022-04-02T10:03:41.733-07:00Clara Turns 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that our Clara-girl is 8 years old. I swear it was just yesterday that we were in Texas anxiously awaiting her arrival. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTCyEjlVN0oucUojFEG1zq__fXiGMNUQqKkO8ePoBp9IuDVc8VCo8wp8zQKRG57y_CtxiQ8ZGTC0qjgeIL48bKCSonxN2eL7vazuj2btbyVx6WdSTveWu_onyHU2bP-JSI37pW0VpM-I/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism+Pictures-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTCyEjlVN0oucUojFEG1zq__fXiGMNUQqKkO8ePoBp9IuDVc8VCo8wp8zQKRG57y_CtxiQ8ZGTC0qjgeIL48bKCSonxN2eL7vazuj2btbyVx6WdSTveWu_onyHU2bP-JSI37pW0VpM-I/w426-h640/Clara%2527s+Baptism+Pictures-4.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
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I still remember the shock of her thick, dark hair and the way she would hold her hands together when taking a bottle. And her silly, playful personality that she has shown time and again. That girl loves to tease and she started it early by throwing pacifiers out of her crib, just to see us come back in and give them back to her, then repeating her fun game. Being chased has always been her favorite and she loved when we would crawl around after her on our hands and knees calling "I'm gonna getcha!" I vividly remember her squealing and toddling away with a huge smile on her face, and she still loves those kinds of games today.</div>
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And then she got bigger and could talk so well so early and we have had so many, many conversations together. In the car, on walks, riding bikes, on airplanes and during our travels, and at home around the kitchen table. Clara is a talker and her love language is most definitely spending quality time together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhVyzwm_5NHlEPPKXqY2iKwfvkUS0td-9oGJX6RobgIAtXaz98EnKNhSzBJz5m1sIGbvvlNKCZMFKcV68JN3GusQ0Cd_IRrleWgOJb0_P1NvJM8ZDEZ5eb7QMq5DOVoLRdC5PV52v92Y/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhVyzwm_5NHlEPPKXqY2iKwfvkUS0td-9oGJX6RobgIAtXaz98EnKNhSzBJz5m1sIGbvvlNKCZMFKcV68JN3GusQ0Cd_IRrleWgOJb0_P1NvJM8ZDEZ5eb7QMq5DOVoLRdC5PV52v92Y/w426-h640/Clara%2527s+Baptism-8.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
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One of her character traits that I love about Clara is how earnest she is in everything she does. She tries so hard to please and do her best. She will sit for hours creating art, whether it's drawing and coloring (but never with crayons, she has always preferred markers or colored pencils), braiding bracelets, or cutting, gluing, and stapling. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She goes through phases of what she likes to create and one of my favorite to remember, although it was exasperating at the time, was her book stage where she would go through reams of paper, stapling multiple pieces into books, then writing and illustrating stories which she would only ever half finish before moving on to make another book. I have saved many of my favorites because I couldn't bear to throw them away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But she shows the same earnestness and intensity in how she swims and works on gymnastics and ice skating. Even piano, which she likes but doesn't love, is something that she enjoys and tries to do well at.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVE8lhytW79Q9k91ZA2oFT4HjViZLN6OJuVRFLC2kW8GNjC_l-G_2LlXWlzmDQNHqJQ1ZpBIWCuOobXaakjEzOdXkxfwxJY1ofYu8hYyeLOyZ4ZF7Cqi3G93qT1lLgr-o339_-bRVBeE/s1600/IMG_9432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVE8lhytW79Q9k91ZA2oFT4HjViZLN6OJuVRFLC2kW8GNjC_l-G_2LlXWlzmDQNHqJQ1ZpBIWCuOobXaakjEzOdXkxfwxJY1ofYu8hYyeLOyZ4ZF7Cqi3G93qT1lLgr-o339_-bRVBeE/w480-h640/IMG_9432.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Clara loves her family. She and Rose argue and definitely don't always get along, but most of the time they really are best friends. On good days, they can spend hours playing together, setting up elaborate classrooms with dolls and stuffed animals, braiding hair, arranging toy food and plates, and creating their own little worlds. And at night when we tell them it's time for bed, we will often hear them in their room giggling and talking until Rose falls asleep. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t2MCrykUyK1hyWnna_v75_TUJyBYIzlWFKKda9awB-fKlLgHfMt22sikZTd9DIUdHN2iqNlGIcuFTdzDU8PISTSPJorfUhe7K3QdpTa_sRmlIfNFCLHtPvtFopdzPKhNFKvP5YZ6mps/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t2MCrykUyK1hyWnna_v75_TUJyBYIzlWFKKda9awB-fKlLgHfMt22sikZTd9DIUdHN2iqNlGIcuFTdzDU8PISTSPJorfUhe7K3QdpTa_sRmlIfNFCLHtPvtFopdzPKhNFKvP5YZ6mps/w426-h640/Clara%2527s+Baptism-19.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
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Clara has also always been a big snuggler. She loves when one of us will crawl into bed with her and stroke her hair and tell her stories. One of these days she is going to be too big for it and won't want us there, but until then I'm grateful for all the snuggles. Even the ones in the middle of the night that I used to dread when she would sneak down the hall and climb into bed with us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She doesn't do that any more. It stopped about a year ago and had been tapering off for probably a year before that, but it used to be a nightly occurrence. I was always the bad guy who would take her back to bed and snuggle her there until she settled again, but she learned that if she could get in under the covers without waking me up, dad would always let her stay. She will still come in early on weekend mornings and hang out in our bed for an hour or more if we don't have anything going on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoCvJZRLMPYbDY7nuNB8_r7JVNnCLJtmynl5RSI2Roqkcbtce-WTKhtwwVzKDri__NQYO4C3vrevpiVaiSeVXwPYLeurh-cmDvL2hOX9UaAl8xJYqTaJe3UwiZ3AjSAFIeWDAFau-sCQ/s1600/IMG_9131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoCvJZRLMPYbDY7nuNB8_r7JVNnCLJtmynl5RSI2Roqkcbtce-WTKhtwwVzKDri__NQYO4C3vrevpiVaiSeVXwPYLeurh-cmDvL2hOX9UaAl8xJYqTaJe3UwiZ3AjSAFIeWDAFau-sCQ/w480-h640/IMG_9131.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Movies are probably one of Clara's favorite things in life. She has always loved shows from the time she was a baby and would crane and arch her entire body to see a screen. She has matured into being very responsible and having a good attitude towards screentime after it being a big bone of contention a few years back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did a total detox one summer with almost zero screentime and ever since then we've balanced things with maybe one show a week and a movie on the weekend. Star Wars is her favorite and she is dying to see Rogue One except I've put my foot down to some of the newer Star Wars movies because of the level of violence until she is a little bit older. </div>
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Clara is an excellent student and reads really well. If she has a book she is interested in, she will stay up late reading until it's done or until we realize her reading light is still on and go tell her to put the book away. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've been reading the "Indian in the Cupboard" series together as a family and Clara likes to read ahead after we tell the girls its lights out. She also loves the science units at school and it's the one subject she comes home and tells us about. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Clara LOVED her 2nd Grade teacher, Mrs. Gutierrez (or Mrs. G, as the kids all called her), and was getting teary-eyed on the last day of school when saying good-bye.</div>
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Other than that, it's hard to get anything out of her about what her days at school are like until weeks later when she will randomly offer us a snippet of conversation on the playground that she just remembered (usually about something alarming like a boy and girl in her class who have decided they are boyfriend and girlfriend, which makes me panic). </div>
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The only subject that really gives her trouble is math, and that really has been a struggle for her, although she always eventually gets it with extra help and focus. But she definitely does not like it and gets frustrated that she doesn't understand concepts right away, which then causes her to shut off and not want to work through it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We've been doing math problems this summer together in an effort to keep her from sliding back before the new school year starts so that she doesn't lose the math skills she worked so hard to attain last year.</div>
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For Clara's birthday this year, she wanted to have a few friends over from school. I used to worry about Clara making friends because there were some pretty serious cliques in her kindergarten class that carried over to 1st grade, which would have Clara coming home feeling sad that her "best friend" had decided to be somebody else's best friend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those girls are still at her school and still very clique-y (it's weird to see it unfold), but this year Clara formed some much healthier friendships with some really nice girls who all happened to end up in the same class. So we had Mai, Olivia, and Bella from school, and Clara's friend Jane from church, come to our house for games and more like a big playdate, per Clara's request. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDNecMsfWFl0IwEPzgsrZRrxHnpuRTYfd2ijKMDW50q6kLLAs7iLdiCjkpmocrdJo3XsLFmoUalGJ5LnzEus5ZKRPWJS4_m5Anjv4FsL4u4Bwahu9ls3XQKCqFtXNUfC28Q_Iy1jMzjA/s1600/IMG_9247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDNecMsfWFl0IwEPzgsrZRrxHnpuRTYfd2ijKMDW50q6kLLAs7iLdiCjkpmocrdJo3XsLFmoUalGJ5LnzEus5ZKRPWJS4_m5Anjv4FsL4u4Bwahu9ls3XQKCqFtXNUfC28Q_Iy1jMzjA/w480-h640/IMG_9247.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFK-_KlAxkJyNWO1FBYgPbf3Gl8DqqvtM7RgjCrxDL3PMPe_TM4uSnoTXIxGpwALSqbJYRUBNTjVJNISYQERtE1oaYS2hLuxNU1ySOZtnIDg8hXASRAkLggUR7CQVap6v2VArU0pBGhQ/s1600/IMG_9238.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFK-_KlAxkJyNWO1FBYgPbf3Gl8DqqvtM7RgjCrxDL3PMPe_TM4uSnoTXIxGpwALSqbJYRUBNTjVJNISYQERtE1oaYS2hLuxNU1ySOZtnIDg8hXASRAkLggUR7CQVap6v2VArU0pBGhQ/w480-h640/IMG_9238.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0xJm7eenIz21judrgupWmwZBv14f32YyIcDJiE28ytI12803jm3oEaiAbTcwsdfNO_HPUVz0s7cefWKDKR8IvkIiZr6Kve1n3gHutM2WPkjmeO7Hz1Y2u9oVK7UA58YUokU8twxBT6M/s1600/IMG_9252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0xJm7eenIz21judrgupWmwZBv14f32YyIcDJiE28ytI12803jm3oEaiAbTcwsdfNO_HPUVz0s7cefWKDKR8IvkIiZr6Kve1n3gHutM2WPkjmeO7Hz1Y2u9oVK7UA58YUokU8twxBT6M/w480-h640/IMG_9252.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdrQGbedawsn_7G4CdybeFc5I-mzbHw0MCQ3r5JhqJUZ35-8njmmZHmI-FO596K5xvfYPxsqNx8hAgP0Bsj579Ys6SUQ9qI0B2KRbjdzRTk75yn6GeiJtJkc7fOEnAW2uFDuSa1wEoSI/s1600/IMG_9241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdrQGbedawsn_7G4CdybeFc5I-mzbHw0MCQ3r5JhqJUZ35-8njmmZHmI-FO596K5xvfYPxsqNx8hAgP0Bsj579Ys6SUQ9qI0B2KRbjdzRTk75yn6GeiJtJkc7fOEnAW2uFDuSa1wEoSI/w480-h640/IMG_9241.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Clara got baptized two weeks after her birthday, on June 1st. Eight years old is a big birthday for us, because we believe that it is the age when children are able to understand important covenants surrounding baptism - to follow Jesus Christ, keep His commandments, and take His name upon us (essentially, try to be like Him). That's why we wait to be baptized until at least eight years old instead of as infants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0dF8Bb8hsu1tEs5lx2iw1SCpZ2M1E-3UhKvIWjHAH8XuibBXI5R528aJiqw_3DUiOzfgC8jF2HLGsSMx7yBGvv6YV2WGp88baOYjbv1TEEozh1YbPv7kJ_LNJf25bjfZdudznZ0uCGs/s1600/IMG_3447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0dF8Bb8hsu1tEs5lx2iw1SCpZ2M1E-3UhKvIWjHAH8XuibBXI5R528aJiqw_3DUiOzfgC8jF2HLGsSMx7yBGvv6YV2WGp88baOYjbv1TEEozh1YbPv7kJ_LNJf25bjfZdudznZ0uCGs/w480-h640/IMG_3447.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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Clara was so excited to be baptized. A little nervous too, but more about how many people were coming to watch, since Clara says she doesn't like to be in front of crowds. But mostly just excited. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And she was also prepared. Clara pays attention when we are at church or doing scripture reading as a family, and she knew that the steps she was taking were important ones to lead back to Heavenly Father. She knew what songs she wanted to sing, and even wanted to do a musical number with her cousins, Emma, Lily, and Adelaide, who came for the baptism, and a few friends from church. They sang "I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus" and did such a good job. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnINhM3DDyOiVKIniTh6F0BeNsa90sjtYgm6rxmijNWr1SZA1mQyXq5FMvCNbfVGGJHQIuW8EKo7xdDc-lUuwT9tJELku2Rw_qYKtHC6tMzStOA-axpl_5daXB53SKCd8LP2O03E9AnE/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnINhM3DDyOiVKIniTh6F0BeNsa90sjtYgm6rxmijNWr1SZA1mQyXq5FMvCNbfVGGJHQIuW8EKo7xdDc-lUuwT9tJELku2Rw_qYKtHC6tMzStOA-axpl_5daXB53SKCd8LP2O03E9AnE/w640-h426/Clara%2527s+Baptism-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETGc2QiW95FhPpebNurJqLRb5QLdlXRLzYudOaPHkB8jX5ezdIvU08tPne1WHyu9y3ggJMexzRR83ElbEXp1-N4ZwltMYJRztxsEjzL0YbwMumC40odoEpZ6RhyphenhyphenkVehYFOW29Kd2vPsE/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETGc2QiW95FhPpebNurJqLRb5QLdlXRLzYudOaPHkB8jX5ezdIvU08tPne1WHyu9y3ggJMexzRR83ElbEXp1-N4ZwltMYJRztxsEjzL0YbwMumC40odoEpZ6RhyphenhyphenkVehYFOW29Kd2vPsE/w640-h426/Clara%2527s+Baptism-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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She also liked putting together the program, and wanted me to lead the music, Grandma Cece to give the opening prayer, Grandpa Russ and Grandma Nash to give the talks about baptism and the Holy Ghost, and Grandpa Nash to say the closing prayer. Both her grandpa's were there to be witnesses to her baptism. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jNwHiPL8HNwJ_oDuKBiFmHWmMA2ckOMvfrSVLEYlSqZFG94zPcKickfuMU0BjKzs0pPdIdduvx7rOX1YwsFq8yxnc_PO4hwGGUScYylhUyrkbej33bojx_1-DqIrKNhQdJwgfhaTGnY/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jNwHiPL8HNwJ_oDuKBiFmHWmMA2ckOMvfrSVLEYlSqZFG94zPcKickfuMU0BjKzs0pPdIdduvx7rOX1YwsFq8yxnc_PO4hwGGUScYylhUyrkbej33bojx_1-DqIrKNhQdJwgfhaTGnY/w426-h640/Clara%2527s+Baptism-15.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rRIwe6LdR-n1mZnxapY2sN4fNOYzjlVzl6K-fVFfqOFltr2Soh8KWO_k7BqDeQDmWZeTJut89OZKWOeSt45v75uTObX2uyLxjswbS7Kx-ZTxjbE1ZBTCAGMGKfE403x4u1WuEw68VzQ/s1600/Clara%2527s+Baptism-17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1068" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rRIwe6LdR-n1mZnxapY2sN4fNOYzjlVzl6K-fVFfqOFltr2Soh8KWO_k7BqDeQDmWZeTJut89OZKWOeSt45v75uTObX2uyLxjswbS7Kx-ZTxjbE1ZBTCAGMGKfE403x4u1WuEw68VzQ/w426-h640/Clara%2527s+Baptism-17.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_bMFsHuB1PPMmV4LQdZFag1qOjQ2zP1jJtcVGdCJbRFURiutXZWm5oQke9mQrPaXmQQ78lV3fj6IQLhB_KII-TQgkfVTRbU_e55_gQRaE9_PBkqxRxf_0Lajs5yBeS-QJ9323ruyJ5w/s1600/IMG_3451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_bMFsHuB1PPMmV4LQdZFag1qOjQ2zP1jJtcVGdCJbRFURiutXZWm5oQke9mQrPaXmQQ78lV3fj6IQLhB_KII-TQgkfVTRbU_e55_gQRaE9_PBkqxRxf_0Lajs5yBeS-QJ9323ruyJ5w/w480-h640/IMG_3451.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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We were especially touched and grateful that some of Kayli's family was able to come from Texas and Utah to be there for Clara's baptism. We are so grateful for the open relationship we have with them, and it meant so much to us that Kayli's dad and Grandpa Lamoreaux were there to stand in the circle when Clara was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and give her the gift of the Holy Ghost. </div>
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Rose is officially registered for Kindergarten for this next Fall! She was a trooper and waited with me in the ridiculous line. It has been FREEZING here (literally - there was snow on the hills right by our house and we had hail and freezing rain the night before Kindergarten registration so it was super cold (for us)).</div>
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Hence the ski coat. But it was sunny that morning (lasted all of 4 hours I think). Hence the sun hat that we got for our upcoming trip to HAWAII!! But also the hat is on backwards. And she still has her badge from ski school this year. And she refused to look at me or smile. I cannot believe she is going to be in Kindergarten next year!</div>
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Meanwhile, back at home, Rose still loves dressing up and being fabulous as much as ever. She came in the other day like this, feeling super beautiful and proud of herself. Obviously I agreed with her and asked if I could take her picture. This time she obliged and even posed for me.<br />
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Paul got moved to a new office at his firm. It has these amazing floor to ceiling windows on two of the walls (it's a corner office) and gorgeous views. I'm weirdly jealous. The girls and I made a trip into the city to see it and have lunch with him. The girls had Boudin (Clara is obsessed with their clam chowder bread bowls) and Paul and I had the San Fran Psycho sandwich from a sandwich place that he's been raving about (with good reason - it was delicious). </div>
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Then we endured an agonizing 2 1/2 hour drive home because of the awful traffic just getting out of the city onto the freeway. Seriously, once we made it to the on-ramp, it was smooth sailing. It was just getting through the gridlock of rude, pushy, inconsiderate drivers on the city streets that was the hard part.</div>
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Post-church hanging out. Which Clara takes literally by sprawling across multiple chairs. Also, take note of the giant carrot Rose is eating. The girls' favorite treat ever is a full carrot with the leafy green stuff on top. Forgot that mom is a food blogger who makes things like this <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/giant-cookie-recipe/" target="_blank">giant cookie</a>. Nope, they want the carrot. They slay me.</div>
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So, Secret Cupid isn't going nearly as well this year as last. It's my friend Rachel's idea (from <a href="http://3in30podcast.com/" target="_blank">3 in 30 podcast </a>but I knew her before she was famous because we started the adoption process at the same time and have kept in touch ever since). <br />
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Last year it was so great and the girls loved it. They still love it but now they also kind of hate it. Rose drew Clara's name and hasn't quite figured out how to really kept it secret. She is trying and being sneaky, but then blows her cover by admitting to Clara that she picked such-and-such thing just for her.<br />
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Which apparently is soul-crushing for Clara to know who her secret cupid is by the way she has wailed and moaned over that fact, and the mean words that have been spoken about wishing she had a different secret cupid. To the point that I heard Rose say the other day "I'm a bad secret cupid. I quit." And then we had a big sit down talk. It was very sad, but we're working through it and Rose didn't really want to quit and the next day was so happy to pick up Clara's laundry and put it in the dirty clothes bin for her while Clara was in the shower. Clara didn't notice but Rose felt happy again to be serving her sister. <br />
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Also, those jewels on the bed in the secret cupid store have easily been the biggest hit this year. Both girls went "shopping" first and were smart enough not to pick them to give to their person, in the hopes that their secret cupid would choose them instead. I, obviously, opened the package and divided up those jewels and gave them both jewels on the same day and they were thrilled. <br />
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The girls and I took a little bit different route the other week when we went for a walk and ended up meeting some new neighbors who just moved in. Their kids had set up an orange juice stand with fresh squeezed orange juice from their backyard. Turns out they have kids the same age as Clara and Rose so we need to get back over to their house and see about getting to know them better since they are just around the corner from us.</div>
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We went to visit Jason and Ginny and their family in Auburn over Martin Luther King Day weekend and had so much fun. We love these guys so much. </div>
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Honestly, our favorite part is always just kind of hanging out, going on walks and to the playground with the kids, and playing games at their home. I lost game after game of Sequence no matter who I was paired up with, which was hilarious and frustrating. We brought Telestrations and the kids loved playing that together. It's like the game "Telephone" but with drawing instead of whispering in ears.</div>
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Rose had fun dressing up with Hadley and Tori, and Clara was happy to play with Ollie & Max. Ginny cooked a delicious lasagna for Sunday dinner and a yummy chocolate chip bundt cake that may have to get featured on <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/" target="_blank">my other blog</a> one of these days. </div>
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Jason and Paul worked on a house project (as usual) and spent some time planning out and measuring a new back deck that they are hoping to have done this summer.</div>
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We also got to do a double date with Jason and Ginny one night when they had a babysitter (their niece) come over. They took us to a really incredible Lebanese restaurant and we had the BEST food. We were trying to go to Topgolf, but it was a 2-hour wait, so we ended up at Barnes & Noble instead. </div>
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Paul and Ginny ganged up on me and bullied me into "signing my cookbook". It's a collection of recipes that I made years ago and printed on the site where I used to keep my recipes that shut down, ultimately leading to the creation of my food blog. We were all laughing so hard when we took this picture before church on Sunday.</div>
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We always try for a group picture but this year we did kids and grown-ups. We also took a normal picture and an "ugly face" picture. Ginny says she is the queen of ugly faces but I think I give her pretty stiff competition.<br />
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The Millers took us to Coloma where we mined for gold and actually found a few flakes each, which was exciting and fun. It's a touristy thing to do, but really interesting to see what it's like. Although Paul was disappointed to learn that they seed the dirt in the troughs with gold flakes so that people have a better shot at finding a little gold to put into little vials to take home.</div>
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I was channeling my inner John Wayne thinking "Thar's gold in them thar hills!" (I don't actually know if he said that or if I'm making that up. I can't actually remember where that quote is from.) </div>
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We also looked at the blacksmith shop where the blacksmith was making things out of metal by heating them and then pounding the red-hot metal on his anvil. The older kids loved it but the littler ones got kind of bored with that. </div>
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There was an old schoolhouse to check out, a museum, and an old log cabin that we got to go in with a couple in period dress who talked about the Mormon pioneers who were in that area when gold was found and showed us some of the tools that were commonly used during that time of the gold rush. The kids especially loved when they got to be pushed around in the old wheelbarrow.</div>
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It's always fun to catch up with some of our best friends who were pretty much the first friends we made when we moved to California after law school. It's amazing to see how our families have grown!</div>
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Rose turned five on the 19th and asked for a "rainbow unicorn" birthday cake. We did a little birthday party at home (more like a glorified play date with cake and presents) in between preschool and ice skating lessons that day. </div>
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It was actually kind of perfect. We just asked the guests to wear their favorite dress-up, then played musical chairs, then the kids went off to the play room. I was glad I hadn't planned any other games or crafts or anything because really, all they wanted to do was play. </div>
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Rose got some very nice presents although I think the one she has enjoyed most of all is the Elena nightgown that Tabby sent her. </div>
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I took Rose out to lunch at her favorite place (Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop) after her Tap/Ballet combo dance class. Then I got to work at preschool with her. </div>
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When I asked Rose what she wanted to take to preschool for snack on her birthday, she immediately said that she wanted <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/fruit-salad-with-marshmallows-and-whipped-cream/" target="_blank">fruit salad with marshmallows</a>. I tried to talk her into cupcakes, but she was adamant that we do fruit salad instead, so that's what we did. </div>
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Rose at 5 years old:</div>
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<li>Loves ice skating, dress-ups, reading books (especially the Mercy Watson and Princess in Black series), dance, gymnastics, and anything pretend.</li>
<li>Is obsessed with princesses (especially Elena of Avalor), jewelry, make-up, and basically anything fancy or girly. Whenever she notices me wearing lipstick, she comes begging for a kiss, hoping to steal some right off my lips for herself. She also likes to pick out earrings for me to wear and then won't let me put them in myself, choosing to do it for me instead (which causes me no small amount of anxiety).</li>
<li>Rose freaks out about spiders and even the tiniest scrape or hangnail, wailing until a band-aid is applied, which is the only thing that gives her any consolation. </li>
<li>She is still our social butterfly and makes friends easily. But she is also boy-crazy and is constantly informing us about all her various boyfriends and who she plans to kiss or marry. It's been cute, but it's also worrying us for what she will be like as a teenager. ;) </li>
<li>Loves anything chocolate.</li>
<li>Gives the sweetest snuggles and hugs. She still loves to be held and climbs onto my lap almost every morning, just wanting some quiet time with me holding her. When I snuggle her in her bed at night, she snakes her arm under my neck and pats my check. The other night she put her cheek right against mine and then told me softly, "mom, I'm so glad God made you." I died on the spot.</li>
<li>Deals with serious hanger issues. For reals, sometimes she just loses it and it's all we can do to manage her rage until we can get her to calm down and eat dinner. Fortunately, it's been less and less frequent to experience this lately.</li>
<li>She is soooooo close to riding a bike. Really I think we are ready for the training wheels to come completely off, but she's wanting them on still and we just haven't had the chance to head over to the church parking lot for some serious practice.</li>
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I keep telling myself I'm going to get around to posting on here, and then I keep not doing anything about it. I'm not about to try to play catch up over the past year (at least not today), but thought I would do a quick update on this past January 2019. Maybe some of this stuff will get a post of it's own, but most likely not. </div>
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I took the girls to Utah to visit cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. We flew out on New Year's Eve actually, and rang in the new year by going to bed early. Poor Paul stayed home to work. </div>
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Jennie and her girls joined us for most of the week that we were at my parent's house and the girls were absolutely in heaven playing together in grandpa and grandma's basement. They did dress-ups, put on shows, sang and danced and pretended their hearts out, and generally got along incredibly well.</div>
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It was nice to see my grandma, who is still hanging in there. She has Alzheimers and doesn't communicate much, but you can see that she watches the people around her and every now and then she tries to speak up and comment on something she thinks the girls are doing that pleases her.<br />
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We did four days of skiing, which was amazing and so much fun. The first two we spent at Brighton with the girls in ski school. Clara and Rose did a full day the first day, then just the morning class their second day. The rest of the time we all skiied together.</div>
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That first day, Rose was not at all happy about going to ski school and cried copious tears and threw a tantrum. I was worried that she wouldn't be willing to go back in after lunch (we check the girls out and eat lunch together outside on the patio with a picnic that Jennie and I packed that morning). She was definitely upset about going back and I know her legs were tired (oh how I remember that feeling from when I was a kid!), but I talked with the staff at Brighton about how she needed a firm but kind teacher who would just deal with the complaining until they got going. Once Rose gets past that initial bout of woe-is-me she does great and actually has tons of fun. </div>
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I stayed to watch to be sure Rose was going to make it and sure enough, she came stomping out of the ski school room with a tear on her cheek and a grimace, but once they had skis on and were moving, her smiles came back. She did great the rest of the days and we never had the same complaints again except for when we told her it was time to go home and we were done skiing for the day. Then she wasn't happy again because she wanted to continue skiing.</div>
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The third day we went to Solitude, which I loved since that's where I learned to ski. The girls kept wanting to go through the trees, which was hilarious and frustrating because someone kept crashing and getting stuck. But it's also what I remember loving when I was a kid. </div>
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It was super windy and snowy and cold - definitely the worst conditions of the whole trip since the other days were beautiful, sunny, and bright - but it was so worth it. I love the resort, I love the runs, I even loved the crazy conditions. </div>
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The girls also seemed to have the most fun this day, with 3 other days of skiing already under their belts. Their confidence was high and they laughed and giggled all the way down the mountain, intentionally falling into the soft powder until I told them to knock it off because I was getting tired of pulling them back out! </div>
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My best run of the trip was at Brighton one morning when I was skiing with Jennie and my dad. My dad told me about this ap, which calculates speed and distance as you ski. We got competitive and were racing to see who was going the fastest. 43.9 MPH is pretty darn fast, I think.</div>
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We also met up with some pretty special people while we were in Utah. Randomnly, we ran into my friend Rachel's son's birthfather at the ski rental store. Rachel and Ryan were adopting around the same time that Paul and I were going through the process for the first time and we've stayed in touch ever since. So when I saw their son's birthfather, I immediately recognized him from pictures on their blog and social media. I was super awkward about it, but he was really nice (just like Rachel had always described him). Now if Rachel and I could just meet in person...</div>
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We also got to meet up with Kayli and baby Felicity!! We had just seen her the previous month in Southern California when we were down at Joshua Tree and Disneyland, but this time we also got to visit with Connor (Kayli's husband) and her Grandpa Lamoreaux, who is seriously the nicest, sweetest person in the world. Felicity is just the cutest baby and Clara loved holding her. We all sat around and watched her almost attempt to crawl and it was the best.<br />
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Meanwhile, back at home, Paul actually did another guided fly-fishing trip, this time with his dad, in the Sierras and caught some massive fish. So it's not like he didn't have any fun while we were off skiing.</div>
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Since the girls have an extra week off school right at the beginning of the year, we decided to head to Utah after Christmas to ring in the New Year and start the year off right with some skiing. </div>
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Even though I grew up skiing Solitude and learning there on Moonbeam, we have been taking the girls to Brighton for ski school. This was Clara's third year skiing (she started when she was 4) and she is doing just awesome for only going 2-3 times each season. She went right to class and had a great attitude the whole time about it, doing a full day of instruction our first day, and then just a half day class the second day so we could have more time to ski together as a family.</div>
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Rose, on the other hand, struggled with going to class. Which is unsurprising since Clara was the same way the first year that we had her skiing. This is the first year that Rose was old enough to be enrolled (and actually, we cheated a little bit because she was supposed to be four and her birthday was still a couple weeks away) so last year she just skiied with me for a day and had done pretty well with the wedgie straps attached to the tips of her skis. </div>
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But this year, the real problem was just that she didn't want to be in the class at all. I don't think it helped that the first morning she was put in a group with a really young, cute instructor who let her quit pretty early in the morning before they actually started skiing and go back inside the ski school. Really all Rose wanted to do was play in the snow and eat it. </div>
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I know Rose and she has a hard time with anything that seems hard or foreign at first, but if she just tries it then she is fine and has a great time. Swimming, ice skating, even dance at first were like that for her. And there is almost no reasoning with her when she starts wailing about how she doesn't want to do it. But get her going and then she pretty quickly will change her mind and decide whatever she's doing is the best thing ever.</div>
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So after lunch and giving Rose a pep talk and a little tough love, and then talking with one of the program directors, we put Rose back in for the afternoon but with an older male instructor. I told him that I was pretty sure if he could just get Rose moving down the slope her tears would go away. Sure enough, even though she wailed and moaned the first 10 minutes out of the building as they trudged through the snow and got set up on skis and went up the magic carpet, once they started going downhill and she felt some actual speed, she did tons better.</div>
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We had a repeat performance of her tantrum for the first couple of minutes the next morning, but the same program director was there and once again, as soon as they got Rose up on skis and moving, she was all smiles and had a great time.</div>
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Which made it so fun for all of us because once classes were over Paul and I were able to ski with the girls, which is seriously one of the funnest things ever. I just love watching them ski and cheering for them and seeing how proud they are of being able to do something so difficult. There are so, so, so many lessons learned from skiing about resiliency and determination and effort, and such a great reward with speed and strength and endurance. </div>
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And the girls absolutely soak in their bonding time with us on the chairlift and skiing down the slopes. We skiied until the last minute the resort would let us for the afternoon because Clara just wanted to do run after run. I would still love to get the girls back on the slopes here in California but I don't know if it's going to happen this season with how busy our weekends are through the rest of the Spring. </div>
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I wasn't very good about pulling out my camera the rest of the trip, but did snap these pictures of Rose playing dress-up at Aunt Jennie's house. Or "Adelaide's house" as Rose puts it. She loves going there, both because she loves her cousins and because she loves all the toys and dress-ups. The girls had a great time playing together, which they do so well, and I'm glad we got to spend a couple of days at Jennie & Ryan's, just keeping things low-key since Jennie's girls were back in school.<br />
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I took my girls sledding at Soldier Hollow one day when Jennie's girls were in school, which was a lot of fun. Although it was still a lot of work even with the magic carpet to pull you back up the hill to sled on their runs. But Clara and Rose loved it. I was starting to come down with a bad, bad cold though and to be honest, felt a little miserable and ended up completely losing my voice after this.<br />
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Our last morning in Utah, we got to go to Emma's baptism. It's one of the main reasons why we wanted to be in Utah in January in the first place and we are so proud of this girl. She is such a sweetheart and I can't hardly believe she is already 8 and that Clara will be getting baptized next year, just like this cousin that she adores.<br />
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The long drive home wasn't too terrible. It was just me and the girls and we left straight from the baptism to head out. Fortunately, long drives like that aren't too bad for me and I'm pretty used to making them alone. The girls watch movies, read books, and enjoy snacks, and I listen to audiobooks and podcasts, and every now and then we just turn everything off and talk. It's actually pretty enjoyable. </div>
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Looking forward to skiing with these girls again next year!</div>
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Leading up to Valentine's Day, we spent the week doing Secret Cupid. My friend Rachel, who is one of the most amazing people I know, gave me this idea years ago and we've done it in past years to lesser extent, but this year after being reminded thanks to her podcast (<a href="http://3in30podcast.com/" target="_blank">3 in 30 Podcast</a>- if you haven't been listening, you should!) I actually bought a bunch of small little treats, lip glosses, balloons on sticks, etc. and each of us (me and Paul included) went "shopping" at the "secret cupid store" set up on our bed. The girls had so much fun with it, especially with the part about being sneaky, and we made sure that service was a big part of it. </div>
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I love that Clara came up with the idea all on her own to organize their shoe closet since Rose can never seem to find her shoes. I would give Rose ideas for how to serve her person (Paul) and she did a great job bringing in the garbage cans from the street. Little things like that made such a big difference in the mood of our house.</div>
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Valentine's Day itself was a little lackluster since it was so busy with school (I'm room mom again and was in charge of the class breakfast/party), work and ice skating lessons, followed by a dance that I was pretty much in charge of for our stake. But Paul gave me and Clara and Rose flowers, cards and chocolate covered strawberries and we all felt very loved. The girls and I still managed to sneak over to the parking garage at BART and heart attack Paul's car too.</div>
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Clara finally got back into gymnastics after a much longer-than-anticipated-break after breaking her arm last September. We had to release her spot in the session she had just started last fall and then had a heck of a time getting her registered back in because the gym is so busy these days! She was on the waitlist forever, but finally got the call that a space had opened up and she could start in February. Despite her somber expression, she is actually loving being back and her coach said she is actually progressing so fast that they are moving her from the Beginner class to the Advanced Beginners, which basically means she will be practicing on the high beam instead of the low beam and working on more difficult skills like backwalkovers and the like now.</div>
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We've been doing a lot of ice skating lately. The girls finished up their first 7-week session of lessons and are actually starting to move and glide and stop intentionally now. And on a rare day off of school, I took them to the rink for some fun free skating. Rose still likes to cling and hold and hand, but at least I don't have to bend over and support her under the armpits like I used to, which is back breaking work!</div>
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They especially loved watching figure skating during the Olympics and were inspired to keep going back to their lessons because of it. When the session ended, Clara was moved up to the Tots 2 class, although Rose is repeating Tots 1. It's another 7-weeks that ends mid-April and I'm not sure if we will continue it through the summer, but it's fun to watch the girls having fun out on the ice and getting back up when they fall down. If we DO keep it up, I'm pretty sure Clara is going to be asking for ice skates for her May birthday, lol.</div>
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Paul continues to work hard to keep our house nice. He did a bunch of clean up in the backyard the other week - trimming shrubs/trees, removing leaves, that sort of stuff. And the girls loved playing on the hill. We kind of got out of the habit of using our back yard to explore when it was all dirt this past year and then once the grass was in the weather got cold, so it's only now that things are starting to warm up a bit that we are using it more.<br />
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Paul and I realized that we had most of our weekends booked through April and we had been meaning to get down to Southern California to visit Tabby, so we were glad that she was able to see us on a Saturday in February. Paul was already in SoCal for work, so the girls and I drove down on a Friday after school and met up with Tabby Saturday morning to hike Monrovia Canyon up to the Monrovia waterfall. </div>
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It was a great, easy hike and I find it really rewarding to reach a waterfall at the end of a hike. The girls loved dipping their hair in the water, scooping it up in their hands, and wading in it. We had a few sad minutes after Rose tripped over a rock while trying to pass Paul on the trail and cut open her left knee in a pretty impressive gash on a jagged edge of the rock. Rose has always been one to dwell on minor injuries, especially if I don't have a band-aid to cover it up, so I was worried about how she would fare for the rest of the hike. But fortunately I had brought water bottles and was able to wash off the blood (Rose goes into panic mode at the sight of blood - it's both sad and hilarious) and get her moving again and she was able to shake it off and still have a fun time.</div>
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The girls always love spending time with Tabby and usually in the past we have gone to Disneyland when we go to visit, but it was so nice getting out and spending the morning with her hiking and exploring for a change. </div>
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Then over President's Day weekend we drove up to Auburn to spend a few days with our friends, the Millers. I was terrible and hardly took any photos at all, but on Friday night Jason & Ginny got two girls from their ward to watch the kids while the grown-ups went to a delicious Cambodian restaurant (the tea leaf salad was amazing) and a concert. Then on Saturday we hit up the farmer's market and played a lot of Aggravation. </div>
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We also went on a little hike while we were there because Ginny had taken her kids earlier in the week and seen a whole bunch of salamanders in the canal. Clara is pretty fearless about holding creatures like worms and stuff and she got right down into the creek with Ollie and Max to catch salamanders. </div>
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And that was our February! I still need to go back and pull together a post of January pictures, but then I will be caught up!</div>
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Merry Christmas (um, in February - sheesh)! In the spirit of playing catch-up and not worrying about a perfectly organized or up to date blog in favor of at least documenting our experiences somewhere, I'm dumping almost all of our December festivities into one massive picture laden post!</div>
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We loved our Christmas cards this year! It's the first time we've actually paid somebody else to do a family photo shoot for us and we loved the experience and the pictures she got of us and our girls. I posted all of the rest of our family photos <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2017/12/family-pictures-2017.html" target="_blank">here on this post</a>.</div>
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We did our annual pictures with Santa a little different this year and took them while we were in <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2018/02/texas-wedding.html" target="_blank">Texas for Kayli's wedding</a>, which was fun because the Santa Claus at the Ft. Worth Stockyards wears cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, and a red cowboy suit. Clara told him that she wanted gold roller skates and Rose said she wanted an Elena of Avalor dress. Neither of them got exactly what they wanted (although Clara is thrilled with her pink and white roller skates and Rose is getting her Elena dress as a present and wasn't at all upset about the dollhouse that she received instead). </div>
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I wish I had taken pictures of our Christmas Eve fun, but we had the Mason family over with their two boys and little girl. We did a hot chocolate bar, homemade eggnog, chips and dip, and fondue, then played songs on the handbells and acted out the Nativity. </div>
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The girls also had fun playing with the Little People Nativity set and the toy train that Paul set up around the tree.</div>
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Our funny girls decided to sleep in on Christmas morning, of all mornings. So Paul and I hung out just waiting for them to wake up, which they finally did around 7:30. These pictures are all from a tripod that I set up with an interval timer so I didn't have to worry about taking photos while we enjoyed the gifts from Santa and opened presents that were under the tree.<br />
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Rose got a dollhouse, which has been a huge hit with both girls, actually, and they have spent hours playing with it already. She also got a new soccer ball, a princess Sofia dress, a new bike helmet, a toy bow and arrow, a sequined purse from Clara, sparkly purple dress up shoes, lots of gaudy costume jewelry from dad, and a couple of new games and books (her favorite is a counting book called Ten Little Princesses).<br />
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Clara got a new bike (which we thought was going to be the big thing but has turned out to be of less interest than the roller skates at the moment), roller skates (the big hit), a new bike helmet, a couple of books and games (Monopoly Jr., Tenzi, and Ticket to Ride: First Journey have all been big hits), a new leotard, a Spirograph set, soccer goals, a baking set, and some new clothes including a quilted orange jacket that she absolutely LOVES because it is belted.<br />
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Oh, and we decided to give the girls an experience gift this year so I wrote a poem full of riddles and clues to help them (well, Clara, really) guess that we signed both of them up for ice skating lessons that start the second week in January. I hope that they enjoy it and thought it would be fun for them to take skating lessons before the winter Olympics start in February to help them feel inspired even more by watching the figure skating competitions with me.<br />
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Paul got a bunch of new tools, some swimming goggles, and a remote control Camaro.<br />
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And I got a new wooden cake stand that Paul made for me, along with some other kitchen things.<br />
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It was quite a haul and we feel very fortunate to have received so many beautiful things this Christmas.<br />
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Flashing back to some of the fun we had earlier in December, we did our annual train ride on the Niles Canyon Train of Lights, which is still my favorite tradition. I just love that experience and how fun it is, especially since our friends the Schaders and Fischlis from San Jose joined us again this year, along with a couple of other friends who haven't come before - the Pojdas and the McCleves. We took up almost half a train car and the kids and adults alike had fun swapping seats the entire time, chatting and playing and catching up. And of course, there's always hot chocolate to drink, cookies to be passsed around, and the visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, which terrified Rose for some reason.<br />
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Afterwards we all went to dinner at Round Table Pizza again, because they have a huge eating area that is always open so we can take over a big section and continue the fun!<br />
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The girls dipped pretzel rods and decorated them with sprinkles to give as gifts to their classmates this year. It was such a fun project and the treats turned out so great that <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/chocolate-covered-pretzel-rods/" target="_blank">I blogged about them on my food blog</a>.<br />
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Years ago, my sister Jessica started a tradition that we love and always look forward to, where she writes letters to each of her nieces from the North Pole. She comes up with cute elf names and talks about the things they have done this year that were good and encourages them to continue to stay on the nice list - that sort of thing. It's darling.</div>
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Except this year, on the day that Clara's letter came from Santa's Workshop, so did a warning letter for Paul from the Elf Review Committee, informing him that he had been naughty-listed. Paul and I were absolutely dying over how funny it was, but when Clara read the letter out loud, she burst into tears, sobbing out "but you're the best dad EVER!!" </div>
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She was so upset that Paul had gotten a letter telling him that he made the naughty list and was confused and worried for him. She tried to figure out what could have happened and it was all we could do not to crack up in front of her when we asked her why she thought he could possibly have made the naughty list and she thought and said, "well, I guess he does say 'what the heck' a lot." Seriously, we were just dying and love that girl so much.</div>
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So the next morning, she got up and went right to work at the kitchen table as I was getting breakfast ready. She wrote this letter to Santa, asking him to reconsider his position and I love it so much.</div>
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<i>Dear Santa,</i></div>
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<i>he goes to work, gives us snuggles, reads us books, let me get my ears pearst (pierced), (turn the page), goes on Daddy Daughter dates, does family home evening with me, wraps presents with me. </i></div>
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<i>Clara Nash, 6 1/2 year old</i></div>
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Seriously, cutest, sweetest, thing ever, right? That very afternoon, a retraction letter came from the North Pole explaining there had been an error in the system and a letter for a naughty boy named Paul Mash had been sent to Paul Nash instead. Rose also got a letter that afternoon and apparently what happened is Jessica mailed all 4 letters on the same day but somehow the one to Rose and the retraction letter got delivered a day after the one to Clara and the warning letter to Paul. </div>
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We also went to the Nutcracker ballet in San Francisco this year. We went to dinner first at a German restaurant in the city, which is one of my favorite traditions. Then we enjoyed the beautiful performance and the gorgeous music. The girls did amazing, even though it was a very late night, and both of them absolutely loved the ballet. </div>
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Clara had her class party at school. All the first graders decorated graham cracker gingerbread houses together, which was great since it meant I didn't have to do a whole lot as the room mom for a party. With everything else going on, I totally caved and just grabbed Costco pizzas for the class lunch part of the day, along with fruit, veggies, and those store-bought Lofthouse cookies. Clara was appropriately aghast that I would actually bring store-bought cookies when I told her my plan and admonished me that "homemade is so much better Mom!". But with the craziness of the season, and the fact that we had just gotten back from Texas, I just couldn't handle making cookies for 1st graders who I knew wouldn't care. <br />
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Unfortunately, the class party was 2 days before Christmas and unbeknownst to the parents, the 1st grade teachers had given the kids a writing assignment to write letters to the North Pole. Which were then sent to 8th graders who acted as elves and responded. They were obviously told not to make any promises, but Clara was pretty much 100% positive after receiving her response that she was getting the gold roller skates that she apparently was dreaming of but had never thought to mention to mom or dad. <br />
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It was too late to order anything from online, but Paul and I got lucky and spent our date night that evening doing last minute shopping and actually found a pair of skates in her size at Toys-R-Us (pink and white, not gold, unfortunately), so we were able to make that wish come true, but man alive, it was dicey for a while there. <br />
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All of the rest of December seems to have blurred together, but we did a bunch of other traditional things like decorating gingerbread houses, making plates of goodies for neighbor gifts and sending and receiving Christmas cards. </div>
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It was a hectic, crazy season and I'm hoping next year is a little more low key. It's going to take better planning on my part.</div>
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It's not that I'm disassatisfied with our Christmas, it's just that I think we want to scale way back. I want to have our address list done and ready to go right after Halloween so that we can just have the Christmas cards addressed and mailed directly from the printers instead of dealing with them when we are already busy. I want less actual "stuff" under the tree and focus more on experiences for the girls and as a family. </div>
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But most importantly, I want to do a better job of incorporating even more about the Savior in our actual celebrating. We talked a lot about the real reason and meaning of Christmas with the girls during December, but I feel like we can do better at adding more of an element of service and giving.</div>
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Way back in December (seriously, this poor neglected blog), we flew to Texas for Kayli's wedding. We are so, so glad that we got to be there for this special event - one that we have hoped and prayed for for her. </div>
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It was a quick trip but totally worth it to spend time with Kayli and her family. </div>
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We actually flew in Thursday night and spend Friday at the Ft. Worth Stockyards where they herd Texas longhorns down the street a couple times a day for the tourists. It was a little hokey (especially the "shoot-out"), but a whole lot of fun and those are some pretty impressive animals with amazing horns. </div>
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We also went for a ride on a stagecoach, got the girls' picture taken with a real Texas Santa Claus, and ate some amazing Texas BBQ at Cooper's (I highly recommend!) for lunch.</div>
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That night we went to a rehearsal dinner for close family and friends and got to catch up with everybody and eat even more delicious Texas BBQ (which was 100% fine by us!). Clara had been wiggling a loose tooth for weeks and ended up pulling it out right there at the dinner, which was hilarious and gross at the same time, so the tooth fairy visited our hotel room that night.</div>
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It was nice spending some relaxing time visiting with friends and family who we haven't seen since Clara was born there 6 1/2 years ago. And it was great having a little time to talk with Kayli's then-fiance, now husband, Connor. </div>
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The next day we spent grabbing breakfast at the Allen Diner. Paul is ALWAYS happy when he finds a good greasy spoon to eat in, and he is still talking about this place. </div>
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Then we spent the rest of the morning swimming at the hotel pool before getting cleaned up and heading over to Kayli's parents' house, where we hung out and visited, looking at the chickens and goats, holding bunnies, and having Clara's hair braided by Kayli's youngest sister, Holly. Clara got a turn braiding Holly's super long hair as well, which was really cute. </div>
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A bunch of Kayli's aunts and uncles and cousins were there, some of whom we've met on previous visits in Texas or Utah but many who we hadn't met before, and it was wonderful getting to know them. </div>
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Then that evening was the wedding and reception. It was raining, but thankfully let up just enough for the ceremony to still happen outside under a gazebo. It was our girls' first time going to a wedding, and they were very impressed with all of it, but probably most especially the popcorn bar at the reception afterwards, lol. Oh, and Clara said she liked all of it except the "yucky kissing part".</div>
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We had a fun time just enjoying the reception, and then the next day we got up and ate waffles pressed in a Texas-shaped waffle maker, and went to church with Kayli's family, even though Kayli and Connor were off on their honeymoon. We truly consider them all a part our own family. We miss them so much and have loved the few visits we've been able to arrange in Utah over the years, but going back to Texas was just so unbelievably special, particularly for such a happy occasion. </div>
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Clara took this picture of Kayli and Connor on her little Instax camera that prints pictures out like a polaroid and even though it's blurry and not the most amazing quality, I just love it. </div>
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This year instead of setting up the tripod and a self-timer in an attempt to get a semi-decent family photo for our Christmas cards, we decided to splurge and actually pay somebody to take pictures for us. And I'm so glad that we did! We went to Castle Rock Regional Recreation Area to take these pictures.</div>
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Taking our own pictures is always a stressful and frustrating experience for me because I can't be behind the camera. But our photographer was so, so nice and great with the girls (who talked about Denise for weeks and played "family photographer" to reenact the fun they had at the photo session). She actually just moved here this past year and although she doesn't practice any more either, she went to BYU Law School just like me. And her husband is also a lawyer and works in the same building as Paul in SF! And she took wedding photos for my cousin in Virginia! So many weird coincidences.</div>
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Anyway, I used the picture above for our Christmas cards. I just cropped it in quite a bit, but I liked the pose for card purposes. But here is my actual favorite picture from the entire photo shoot. </div>
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I would have used that one for our family Christmas cards (and was super close to doing so) except I really, really, really strongly prefer Christmas cards with the adults in the picture and not just the kids. So I went with the one of the four of us even though as a parent, I loved the picture of the two girls the best. It at least got used on the back of the card next to our short blurb about our family happenings in 2017.</div>
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I love the connection with Clara's hands around Rose's neck and elbow and Rose kissing Clara's cheek and holding on to her arm. The colors, the natural smiles and posture, basically all of it. But most especially, I just love that it shows one of my favorite moments with our girls when they are getting along and having fun and being goofy and sweet towards each other. </div>
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Rose is our big ham and loves to give big smooches, and Clara is so goofy and fun and usually a good big sister, despite the inevitable arguments that happen between siblings. But their relationship has grown a lot stronger in 2017, I think, due to both of them maturing and most of the time now they get along really well. And when they don't, it's usually because one or both of them is tired or hungry and not thinking straight.</div>
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I totally adored the individual portraits that Denise took of each of us. She managed to get some really great, natural expressions out of Rose, which is definitely no easy feat. And this is such a little, silly thing, but I'm glad to have these images captured of their smiles while Rose still has her straight baby teeth and Clara has her classic 6 1/2 year old smile with teeth in various stages of growing back in (she's lost 6 already).</div>
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Here are my top tips for getting your family photos taken (that I need to remind myself and Paul of next year since we plan on making this a yearly thing now):<br />
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<li>Trust your photographer. Let her do her job. Especially when it comes to directing the kids. Having done quite a lot of family photography myself by now, I've learned that the parents who are constantly micromanaging the session and bribing/threatening/coaxing/cajoling the kids make it SOOOO much harder to get a good picture! It stresses the kids out and undercuts the easy fun play approach and feel that you really want in a photo shoot to draw out those natural expressions and family dynamics. Denise did a GREAT job at this and I was definitely learning from her while also being one of the subjects. Also, when it's time for individual portraits, parents should literally step back - walk away even. I almost invariably find that if I can get the adults out of the area where I'm photographing a child, then it goes so much better for everybody. The same thing happened with Rose, who just needed some one on one moments with Denise without us hovering too close. I'll admit that it's fun to watch, but it's so much better to step out of the picture for that part of the session. </li>
<li>Don't try to coordinate outfits too much. I think most people know this by now, but it's way better to not try to put everybody in jeans and white shirts because it just comes off so cheesy. I think it looks much better to pick classic, timeless attire that everybody feels comfortable in. I like to go for at least three to four colors that complement without being too matchy-matchy. </li>
<li>Along the wardrobe lines, I also like accessories in photos. Hats (I still haven't been brave enough to do family photos wearing a hat myself, but I love them for other people - even if they aren't wearing the hat, but holding it, I think that goes over well sometimes too), scarves, jackets (for layering like I did with my jacket in these photos), and tasteful jewelry can really add a lot to photos, in my opinion. </li>
<li>Connection is key. At least in the photos that always end up being my favorite. I still really struggle with this in having our own photos taken and taking them of others, but I love physical connection - arms around each other, holding hands, etc. and visual connection where family members are looking at each other and not just cheesing at the camera. </li>
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I think those are my main things although maybe I will add to the list next year. </div>
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Happy <strike>Thanksgiving</strike> Halloween 2017 from the Nash Family Pilgrims!</div>
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Honestly, I was feeling super uninspired and unmotivated about making our Halloween costumes this year. I didn't sew anything last year and still loved the <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2016/11/halloween-2016.html" target="_blank">witch costumes</a> we put together, so I was really contemplating just cobbling together costumes again this year or (gasp) even buying them. </div>
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But after weeks and weeks of indecisiveness, I finally just got inspired by the idea of being pilgrims. I'm not even sure where it came from, but I went to Joann's, grabbed some patterns and bought fabric, knowing that if I did that there would be no turning back. </div>
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And it turns out these are probably my favorite costumes we have ever done! Although in reality, it's probably a tie between this year and <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2013/10/monster-mash-birthday-bash-at-house-of.html" target="_blank">2013 when we went as WWII icons</a>. I just love how they turned out and how fun it was to dress as a pilgrim family! I love the nerdiness of having thought about what colors and fabrics pilgrims might have worn and tried to make costumes that would depict something closer to reality than the cartoonish black costumes you can buy online. And I really love that both girls were really into it, especially once they realized how twirly their dresses were. <br />
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We took all our photos in Yosemite, which was New England looking as I could think of for our area. We actually brought the pumpkins and indian corn to Yosemite with us specifically for photos, but Rose found the bible in the nightstand and proclaimed it to be "her favorite book ever" and carried it around the whole time we were there, so it was only appropriate to also use that as a photo prop in this year's photos. <br />
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I even researched the Mayflower families and discovered that one of them - the Allertons - were a husband and wife with two daughters close in age to Clara and Rose. They had a son too, but they were as close as we could get. So to be totally specific, we went as Isaac & Mary Allerton and their daughters Remember (Clara) and Mary (Rose). It turns out we even had a book in our home library about the Allerton children, which has been fun for the girls to read about! Interestingly, Mary (the youngest daughter) was the last living Mayflower survivor, living to be 85 years old!<br />
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I really thought this might be the year that Clara decided she didn't want to do a family theme or begged to be something more mainstream, but she was all for the pilgrim costumes, especially when I told her I would make sure hers had purple on it. And she out of everybody really was sold on the idea of portraying Remember Allerton, which is what she told EVERYBODY who asked her what she was. Not just a pilgrim - it was "Remember Allerton, a pilgrim". Love that girl.<br />
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I'm hoping that she continues to feel confident and comfortable standing out from the crowd when it seemed like a good 25% of girls her age were dressed in Disney Descendants (whatever those are) costumes this year. We actually had a conversation about how it's fun and okay to be different from others and that can be a good thing, and she has taken it to heart. To the point that when I tried to convince her this morning to take an actual stuffed animal with her to school for Pajama and Stuffed Animal Reading Day, she reminded me that it's okay to be different from everybody else and that she really, really wanted to take the fly-fishing fly (with hook removed for safety) that Paul got her this summer in Yellowstone. Can't argue with that!<br />
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We carved our pumpkins the same day we got back from Yellowstone. The girls had a lot of fun and Clara even managed to carve her Jack-o-Lanterns eyes all by herself with a knife (which was super scary to watch but she was determined). Then she poked out a cat shape and let Paul finish carving the rest of it for her. <br />
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Also, for the record since I haven't mentioned it on here yet - WE HAVE GRASS IN OUR BACKYARD AGAIN! Yay! I'm so happy about this and Paul worked so, so hard to get this done in time for our Halloween party. There is still a lot to be done (planter beds, flagstone path, entire front yard) but just having grass back there is HUGE and I love it.<br />
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Both girls had really fun Halloween parties at school. Rose's preschool did a little parade and performance for the parents. Rose loved the "I'm a cat, I'm a cat, and my eyes are all shiny and bright; I jump in the tree when I hear a noise on this happy halloween night" song and had practiced it for weeks beforehand. I might have a recording of her somewhere on my phone that I really should upload here. </div>
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And the kids had all frosted sugar cookies to give to their parents, which was so cute. Rose was so pleased and proud carrying those cookies over to share with me and I just wanted to capture that memory in my head forever. </div>
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Clara's school had a parade as well, followed by class parties. I'm room mom again so I had to organize another Halloween party this year. But it's really not that bad since I already have a witch hat ring toss game, bean bag toss game into a Jack-O-Lantern mouth, and a carboard skeleton that we set out for a relay to grab a bone and run back, tag a teammate, and repeat until the skeleton is assembled. I also printed out some 1st grade appropriate mad libs and a parent would worked a few kids at a time filling a story out as a group, then while they ate their treats we let their teacher read them to the kids for entertainment, which they loved and found immensely hilarious. </div>
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We also did caramel apples again like last year in Kindergarten, which is always a big hit. I just use my <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/homemade-caramel-apples/" target="_blank">caramel apple recipe</a> from <a href="https://houseofnasheats.com/" target="_blank">my food blog</a> with lots of toppings like marshmallows, candy corn, pretzels, raisins, M&Ms and googly eye sprinkles and the kids love it. </div>
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After school got out and piano lessons were over, we went to Uncle Rich & Aunt Claudia's house for their annual pre-trick-or-treating fete with the classic donut on a string game. The girls were hilarious (as always) trying to gnab a bite of their donuts without using their hands. We finally told Rose she could just grab it to eat it but she tried and tried for a long time and laughed and laughed doing it!<br />
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And finally, trick-or-treating was awesome this year. The girls lasted a long time, filled their buckets all the way to the top, and didn't complain a bit, even when Rose tripped and dumped her entire bucket full of candy onto the sidewalk and in some bushes. <br />
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It was another fantastic Halloween and we are already looking forward to next year!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-63398785723584033682017-10-09T21:50:00.006-07:002017-10-09T21:50:53.064-07:00September Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Clara signed up for soccer this fall. She had great coaches and nice teammates and it was a really fun league. They started off the season with a parade down the main street in downtown Pleasanton. Each team is assigned a mascot and Clara's team were the T-Birds. So they dressed up in Pink Ladies jackets (one of the other mom's took care of getting all the costumes and stuff because she was the only one who had done the league before with an older child and knew that everybody dresses up). </div>
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Clara really enjoyed being in the parade but wasn't a bit starstruck by it. She played the whole thing super cool and waved with both hands, acknowledging the crowd on both sides of the street, like an old pro.</div>
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At her first (and as it would turn out, only) soccer game, she had a great time chasing after the ball. She's a really fast runner and could get ahead of it, but had a hard time remembering to turn back around and actually go kick the ball! She had fun though.<br />
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Paul was gone on a trip one weekend in late August, so I took the girls down to Watsonville to go apple picking at Gizdich Ranch, our favorite apple orchard. We met up with our friends from San Jose, the Fischlis and the Schaders, who we have apple picked with in the past. It was fun catching up and the kids still get along so well. I wish we could meet up more often but at least we are all doing the Christmas train again together in a couple months.<br />
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This was my favorite year of apple picking yet, probably, because Rose was big enough to walk all over and pick apples totally on her own, which made it more enjoyable for both of us!<br />
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Our friends, the Millers came to visit in September, which was so, so fun. Except....Clara broke her arm within about 15 minutes of them getting to our house. She and their boys had gone out back to jump on the trampoline while the adults were talking inside, when after only a few minutes, Ollie came inside to tell us that Clara got hurt and was crying. </div>
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It was immediately obvious that she had a broken arm. There wasn't anything poking through the skin, but the middle of her left arm had a definite, weird bend to it and you could just tell. So Paul and I got Clara into the car and left Rose with the Millers (and told them to just eat leftovers since I hadn't had a chance to get dinner started) and drove Clara to the emergency room (a whole other debacle, although in the end, we really had a good experience with the emergency room staff at Kaiser in San Leandro). </div>
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It's been healing well and she was in a splint, and then a cast for 4 weeks, total, and we go in tomorrow for more x-rays and hopefully a shorter cast instead of the one that goes all the way up over her elbow. Also, it's her left arm, thank goodness, so it hasn't affected her ability to write or draw, which are her two favorite activities ever. She chose a black cast and I got her paint sharpies so she could decorate her own cast as much as she wanted before going to school the next day and letting all her friends sign it. She tells me her next cast will be royal blue.</div>
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Other than that first day or two, I don't think she has felt any pain at all and has been such a great patient through this experience, even though it meant putting a stop to soccer, swimming and gymnastics. </div>
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Aside from the initial broken arm incident, we had a great time with the Millers visiting. We took them to Tilden Park where we rode the miniature train through the redwoods then went to the Little Farm to look at the animals. But one of my other favorite things is just hanging out and playing games or catching up at night. Our girls just love the Miller kids so much and they all got along so well. Hopefully we will make it up to their house soon for another visit!</div>
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The other big, big thing that has actually been going on for a long time is that we finally have grass in our backyard! Paul has worked so hard back there tilling and grading and installing sprinklers and plumbing (me too! I hauled dirt! Not as impressive, I know.) and we finally have sod down and growing in the backyard. Planter beds are in and hopefully we can get some plants planted in the next month or so and I will post before and after pics. For now, though, here are some process shots.</div>
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I have a few pics from Rose at preschool too. She is loving it and doing so well there, despite some death glares she gives to girls who get to the dress up shoes before she has a chance to. I have been volunteering there and in Clara's class and between that and my food blog, and all the other normal things, I feel like I have been insanely busy lately. Sounds crazy, but it's true. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Annnnd that's it! Who knows when I'll get an October post up here! (Hopefully before the end of October.)</span></div>
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At the beginning of the summer, Clara and I put together a bucket list of activities that we wanted to do. I wish I kept a copy of it or took a picture because Clara wrote the entire thing out in marker on construction paper. </div>
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Drive-In Movie Theater</h4>
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I mentioned this to Clara when we were making our list and then majorly regretted it because none of the movies started before 9:00 PM! So we put it off all summer until finally the weekend before school started we made it happen by going to see the Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature. The girls loved the experience, even if the movie was lame. It's not really our scene though and I don't think we'll be doing this again next summer because I would way rather just go to the regular movie theater. </div>
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Kirby Cove</h4>
I've been wanting to do this hike down to Kirby Cove for ages! We were lucky to have friends decide to come with us. It was a really great, little hike and beautiful views once we got down to the cove. We will definitely do this again!<br />
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Ice Skating at Iceland</h4>
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Mini Golf for FHE</h4>
Rose only did 2 holes and then gave up and just climbed around castles. Clara had fun though and legitimately played the whole time. <br />
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Sushiritto</h4>
I've been really wanting to try Sushiritto in the city. It's a cross between sushi and a burrito and it was tasty, although I think I will stick with regular sushi. We got the Geisha's Kiss which is a spicy tuna burrito, but it wasn't spicy at all, which was a little disappointing. It was fun meeting up with Paul for lunch and the rest of the day the girls and I spent at the Creativity Museum where the girls rode the carousel, made clay figures on wire models, did music videos and dress-up, etc.<br />
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Concerts in the Park</h4>
We didn't go to as many concerts this summer as we have in the past, mostly just because we weren't around for very many Friday nights, and the earlier concerts we decided not to attend because Clara had early morning swim meets the next morning. But we sure love the scene and the entertainment at these concerts. The girls love the music and getting ice cream from the creamery across the street. <br />
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Regular Life</h4>
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Paul has been working so hard all summer on the yards. He bought a used tiller for a great deal and has been tilling our terrible clay dirt and cleaning everything up. The other weekend we had a bunch of mulch delivered and Paul and I spent a Saturday hauling 80 wheelbarrowfuls of the stuff to the back yard which he then tilled into the existing dirt. We are hoping to have grass by the end of September but Paul still has sprinklers to put in first so we will see.</div>
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Clara has been keeping up with gymnastics and still loves it.</div>
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Clara begged me to get these weird cucumber things at the farmer's market. I didn't end up doing it but I'm still wondering what they are and how to use them. </div>
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Ardenwood Historic Farm</h4>
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This was actually during Clara's first week of school before Rose started preschool but we went to Ardenwood Historic Farm for their Toddler Day. It was such a fun, pretty place with pigs and chickens and cows. The kids got to "paint" the barn with water and wash clothes the old-fashioned way. Rose loved both of those activities and could have stayed all day doing either of them.</div>
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Venice Beach</h4>
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And of course we had a couple of beach days. These pictures are of my favorite one to Venice Beach. The girls had a blast and afterwards we went to get dinner at Sam's Chowder House with friends.</div>
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And that was the last part of our summer!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-41161638357385494562017-08-27T15:20:00.000-07:002017-08-27T15:20:10.535-07:00Rose Begins Preschool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The day is finally here! Rose has been dying to go to preschool ever since Clara started at John Knox two years ago! Rose was so pumped for her first day of school and was just thrilled to finally be old enough to go. </div>
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We had a meet-and-greet with the teachers (there are 3 full-time teachers for Rose's class - Mrs. James, Mrs. Richards, and Mrs. Harper) a few days before school started. Rose went right in and made herself at home playing with a big wooden castle and loads of princess figurines. There was a big conversation between Belle and Gaston about something I couldn't quite follow. </div>
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While there, Mrs. Harper told me that even though Rose was enrolled in the TTh class for 3 year olds (since she has a January birthday) there was a chance that since the teachers all know Rose already and she was SO CLOSE to the December cut-off that we could get an exception for her to attend the MWF class to give her one extra day of preschool each week. Lucky for us, Mrs. James (the head teacher) told me when I asked that they had just had a girl cancel her spot for the MWF class because her family was moving and we were given that spot even though there was a waitlist since Rose had a sibling who went to JKCP and family members always get the first spot on the waitlist. </div>
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It's been perfect for Rose since three of her friends from church (who will all start Kindergarten the same year as Rose anyway) are also in the MWF 4 year old class. So we know lots of friends and all the teachers this year and it's just been such a great transition! I get to volunteer there in a couple of weeks and can't wait to see how she interacts in the classroom!</div>
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Rose's favorite things to do at preschool are dress-up and playing with the princesses. But she has also come home with art projects that she has been so excited to show to me and Paul and Clara and always tells us "it's for youuuuuuuu!!!"</div>
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Their first day of school was actually the day of the solar eclipse and the teachers took the kids out 2 at a time with solar eclipse glasses so they could look at the sun with one-to-one supervision just to make sure none of them pulled the glasses off. </div>
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Rose's extracurriculars include speech therapy (which we FINALLY have set up with the elementary school!), swimming (she's doing AMAZING and can totally swim in the deep end without any fear or hesitation and is working on her arm and leg coordination), and a tap/ballet dance combo class. More informally, I kept our schedule open so that we can also do Music Makers each week which is a free song/story/playtime thing with a bunch of other moms and toddler/preschool aged kids from the stake. <br />
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Speech Therapy is going well so far - we really like Miss Penelope, her new teacher, and it's very apparent that Rose really needs the help. She's super smart (we have zero worries there) and doing excellent with language skills as far as vocabulary and ability to tell a story. The only problem she has is with articulating and she drops consonants all over the place. It's going to be a lot of work getting her speech where it should be since she has almost every issue in the book as far pronunciation goes, but when she focuses, she can actually make a lot of the sounds. <br />
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It's more like her brain just isn't connecting the sound with the word and the necessity of saying the word exactly right. Like she can make the "sssss" sound of a snake, but when it comes to saying "SNACK", Rose asks for "nack" and drops the "s". When I tell her to make the "ssss" sound and model "ssss-nack" she always flips them and says "nack-sssss" about 7 or 8 times before she FINALLY puts the "ssss" in front of the "nack" sound like she is supposed to. It's definitely a work in progress but I'm glad to have support and structure to start moving forward. <br />
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Rose is still a feisty little thing who is incredibly happy and hilarious as long as she is well-rested and fed but man-oh-man, if that girl is tired or hungry her crankiness is off the charts. We love her so much though, even when she is being a grump! I'm so excited to see how she grows this year at preschool!</div>
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Summer seemed to flash by in a blur! I will have to go back and play catch-up, but wanted to share some back-to-school pictures I took of Clara for her first day of school first. </div>
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Clara was so, so, so excited for the start of First Grade. She loved Kindergarten and really thrived in the social and academic environment of elementary school. There were no tears or nerves or hesitations the morning of her first day - she was up and getting dressed and all smiles on our way to school and lining up outside her classroom. </div>
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Clara actually has two teachers this year - Mrs. Cartmell and Mrs. Gonzales. They are a mother-daughter duo and they take turns teaching the first and second half of each week. Both seem very nice and Clara likes them a lot. There are 15 girls and 10 boys in her classroom and Clara knew three of them going into it - a girl named Bella from her Kindergarten class, Jacob from swim team and preschool, and Wilson who was also in her Kindergarten class although she didn't know him very well. </div>
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We did our traditional Back-to-School Feast for both girls the night before school started. Clara requested grilled lamb chops this year (last year she wanted whole grilled fish - I like her menu choices). We had an apple pecan salad, fresh homemade sour dough bread (my sour dough skills are a work in progress but it sure tasted good), and a berry pie a la mode for dessert. </div>
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Afterwards, both girls received Father's Blessings in preparation for the new school year.</div>
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I had to wake Clara up in the morning but she popped right out of bed and got dressed in the clothes we had laid out the night before. Drop-off was crazy with all the parents trying to park and walk their kids to their new classrooms. Fortunately, we had left plenty early so we had enough time to park and walk with the crowds of kids touting shiny new sneakers and bright backpacks. <br />
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Clara got right to work coloring and hardly seemed to notice when it was time for Rose and me to leave. Rose had the hardest time of anyone, asking all morning when we could go back and get Clara and telling me that she missed her.<br />
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I did the same thing as <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2016/09/claras-1st-day-of-school-2016.html" target="_blank">last year</a> and took the girls' back-to-school pics the day before school actually started so that we didn't have worry about it that first morning when I knew we would be rushing to get out the door or after school when hair was messy and girls were tired and possibly not as cooperative. Incidentally, if you click through to that link, it is frightening to me how much the girls have both grown in the past year! I miss my little Kindergartener!</div>
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Clara LOVED taking pictures this year. She hammed it up for the camera and kept coming up with new poses that she wanted me to be sure to get pictures of. She wore her cute new dress from Gap Kids that I found on clearance for something like $12, her sparkly shoes (also a clearance find at Gap Kids - Rose has matching ones and they are the favorite shoes for both girls). I got the chalkboard sign at the Target dollar section and I love it! Hopefully I can find some place to keep it so that I remember to bring it back out again next year. </div>
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When we were getting school supplies, Clara told me with so much enthusiasm, "Mom, I don't need a backpack or lunchbox this year because I have my purple ones from last year!" I ran with it and was excited with her because I'm not going to be a new lunchbox or backpack if I don't have to and she doesn't care! And hers were in perfectly good shape anyway.</div>
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I was going to include this little run-down in Clara's 6-year old update, but seeing as how her birthday was in MAY and it is now AUGUST, I think I had better just include it here. These are some of the milestones Clara experienced in Kindergarten/as a 5 year old. </div>
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<li>Learned to swim. And not only learned how, but discovered a love for it and really excels at that sport!</li>
<li>Learned to love skiing. We took her when she was 4 but she didn't love it like she did this past year once she was 5. </li>
<li>Learned to read. She can actually read super simple chapter books even like Junie B. Jones and Princess in Black and she has started doing it without prompting even!</li>
<li>Learned to make scrambled eggs. She still needs direction but she's loves doing it and we are working on pancakes and chocolate chip cookies next. You know, the important stuff.</li>
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The rest of the year is already shaping up to be a busy one for Clara. She has a bunch of extracurricular activities that she is involved in (to the point that I worry we are overextending, but so far she loves them all). She's still doing gymnastics, which she continues to love, swimming lessons (once a week at a new swim school that is focused more on competitive swimming - it's more intense and great for helping her with her technique), piano (we've met her teacher and she starts lessons on Tuesday), and soccer. </div>
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I was going to pull her from swimming, but after Clara told me that she loved swimming more than anything in the whole entire world except for me, Paul and Rose, I just couldn't bring myself to take her out of swimming until next summer. And while she is a strong, fast swimmer, she definitely needs to correct some bad habits and improve her technique. </div>
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The one thing we did drop this year was Spanish class. She enjoyed it last year, but didn't love, love it, and her friend who was taking it with her can't do it this year either. It also conflicted with our gymnastics time and I didn't want to rearrange the schedule that was such a pain to construct. </div>
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Soccer is going great so far. Clara's coaches are super nice and great with the girls. So far she has just been doing practices and doesn't start games until September 9th. It's a girls only league and they don't keep score at this age so it's not super competitive or intense, but I think that's perfect for what we want Clara to get out of this. Her team is the T-Birds. </div>
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I think Clara was more excited about her new gear - turquoise running shorts, socks, and cleats with shin guards and a new ball - than anything else. Her only complaint has been that her shins get sweaty with the shin guards. </div>
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And that's pretty much the update on how things are going for our First Grader so far!</div>
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We got home late yesterday afternoon from a weekend camping trip to Mammoth Lakes with friends and after the girls were in bed I ignored all of the stuff that needed to be put away and just developed pictures of something other than food. When Paul saw what I was doing he immediately and gleefully squealed "are you finally doing a blog post on our family blog?!?!" Okay, it wasn't really a squeal, but I know he checks that blog hoping for me to post and I haven't in oh, um, 2 MONTHS. I'm the worst. So much for that New Year's Resolution about posting 1x/week. </div>
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But seriously, this summer is kind of killing me and I cannot believe we only have two weeks left until school starts. We have a bucketlist of summer activities that we need to check off and not enough time to do it!</div>
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In fairness, we have a short summer break compared to what I remember growing up, and most of it was spent at the pool every day with swim team stuff, or visiting family. This Mammoth trip was our 3rd camping trip of the summer. So we've been doing lots of fun things. I just haven't had time to blog about any of it!</div>
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Anyway, I will be trying to catch up (maybe) but thought I would quickly post about this most recent trip.</div>
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We planned a camping trip with our friends, the Ball family, months ago so we could reserve sites in Mammoth. We stayed at the Sherwin Lakes campground in sites 11 & 12, which just happened to be the only two sites in the campground that had zero trees since they had all been felled by bark beetles a couple of years ago. Only we didn't realize that until we got there. So it was pretty hot and dusty with very little shade, but we didn't spend a lot of time there during the day so it wasn't too bad. </div>
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We loved that it was right next to a good-sized creek though and the kids literally spent hours there playing. Clara made dozens of teepees, boats to float down the creek, and braided the long grasses into bracelets, necklaces, crowns and rings which she gifted to me and Paul and then checked on us regularly to make sure we were still wearing them. Even when the other kids got bored playing by the creek, Clara stayed, totally happy and focused with her work. </div>
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We took turns making meals using the Ball's dutch ovens and I definitely want to get some now! I made a bbq chicken and sausage thing, which wasn't so great, and these cheesy garlic rolls, which were delicious.</div>
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On Friday after dinner, we drove to Convict Lake to go for a little hike/walk and just take in the scenery. It's such a beautiful spot but it was very windy.<br />
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The kids did what they do best and threw rocks into the lake for a good half an hour before it started getting too late and we decided we needed to get back to camp in order to do a 9:30 p.m. bedtime. I took portraits for my portrait project (which I've been awful about) while everybody was skipping rocks because the lighting was so pretty. <br />
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Rose, who is our early riser, made sure we were up and at 'em with the sun each morning before 6. But at least she was happy about it and other than a couple little things the second night of camping, the girls did awesome sleeping in the tent. After a summer with quite a bit of camping, they are getting to be pretty good at it. Both girls were super bummed when our time camping was over and Clara demanded that we camp for 10 days next time instead of 2. We were all pretty filthy after 2 days of camping, so I'm pretty certain we won't be doing 10 days any time soon, but I'm glad that both girls love it so much.<br />
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On Saturday morning, we headed to Devil's Postpile to hike. It's such a National Monument (so basically a national park except created by the President instead of by Congress) and a very interesting spot. And it's a good hike for the kids distance and difficulty wise. We didn't realize that there were campsites down in by Devil's Postpile that are first come first serve, but next time we go here I think we want to try and camp in the park, if possible, since there is a lot of hiking down around Devil's Postpile that we have never done.<br />
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On the bus ride down into the Devil's Postpile Trailhead, Paul pulled up my <a href="http://thehouseofnash.blogspot.com/2015/08/mammoth-lakes.html" target="_blank">blog post from our first (and only other) trip to Mammoth</a> two years ago when Clara was 4 and Rose was 1. I can't believe how much they've grown! <br />
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The kids were told to pretend to be stone columns. Really we were trying to get them to stand up straight in a row, but they all put their hands over their heads like this.<br />
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There is a loop around Devil's Postpile so you get to see it from all angles - bottom, sides, and top. I thought this perspective of columns jutting out at an angle was so fascinating.<br />
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I can't believe I don't have any photos from our afternoon, but we stopped in Mammoth Lakes for lunch at Schat's Bakery, then did a really fun hike around Horseshoe Lake. The kids weren't super jazzed about that hike at the beginning. Our girls were really tired and hot, but once we got them going there were probably 10 bridges to cross over streams and Paul and the girls all dunked their heads in the snow run off (Paul held the girls upside down and dunked the tips of the heads in and they thought it was hilarious). <br />
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Really though, I think the kids just wanted to be back at camp with freedom to roam around and explore. So after our Horseshoe Lake Trail hike we went back and they played their little hearts out while we prepped dinner, then cleaned up, and we still ended up with another 9:00 p.m. bedtime even though we had said we would try for earlier.<br />
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Rose and Owen had quite the conversation over by one of the coolers during dinner prep. I love that all the kids got along so well.<br />
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Clara decorated a piece of bark with wildflowers that she tied on with a long piece of grass, then sailed it down the stream. Over and over again.<br />
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Then on Sunday morning we made a big breakfast and packed up to head for home. Except our car wouldn't start. We were able to get it jumped, but when we stopped for gas it wouldn't start again and then it was really hard to jump it a second time. Once it was finally running again, we didn't turn the car off until we got home, even filling the van with it running. At home, we unloaded quickly, without turning the van off, then drove it down to the dealership to drop it off so it can be looked at today and we could all go home in the little car. Sure enough, as soon as we turned it off at the repair place, it wouldn't turn back on. So that's kind of a bummer.<br />
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But all in all, it was a wonderful camping trip and probably the last of this summer, unless we can squeeze in one more sometime in September. Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-83534734397279486062017-05-27T13:33:00.000-07:002017-05-27T13:35:40.817-07:00Clara's Moana 6th Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I feel like I started out the year strong, updating this blog each week, and now here we are almost at the end of May and I am over a month behind. My other New Year's Resolutions are similarly in shambles. Time to refocus and recommit!</div>
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Anyway, I have some catching up to do and I'm going to start with Clara's recent birthday party, since I have pictures developed from that day that I can share. </div>
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Since both our girls are Moana-obsessed (like most little girls in America I would say), we went with a loose Moana/Luau theme. Which turned out to be super easy since the party supply store had loads of cheap luau decorations. I picked up inexpensive grass skirts and flower leis for each guest, along with a plastic coconut shaped cup with a lid and straw that were on sale. They got to dress up and use their cups and then take everything home as their party favors instead of a bag of candy and other little toys that just get thrown in the trash. </div>
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Scheduling was tricky because there were so many conflicts with a school open house, a school carnival, a classmate with a birthday party, and a day trip to Yosemite all in the same week (aka, all reasons why this blog has been put on the backburner). So we ended up doing her party the day before her actual birthday, on a Thursday afternoon from 4-6. Which worked out because we fed everybody dinner and then parents were prompt picking their girls up since we were all going to the open house that evening. </div>
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The favorite activity? Maybe just free dancing to the Moana soundtrack. We knew a couple of guests were going to be late thanks to afternoon art classes and soccer practices so we just got started with dressing up and dancing. Clara got a Moana dress-up dress that she is pretty pleased about. It's not as cute as the one from the Disney store, but we went with this because it's a one-piece instead of a two piece, having the considerable advantages of being both more modest AND easier for the girls to dress-up in (and clean-up afterwards - one less thing to hang in the closet). She never even saw the Disney store version, so she is perfectly content with this version.</div>
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If you haven't seen Moana, Clara is standing on the arm of the couch pretending its this giant rock in the ocean that Moana stands on when facing down Teh-ka, the lava monster. She isn't normally allowed to stand on the furniture like this. </div>
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The girl Clara was spinning with is her friend Annalisa. She is in Clara's Kindergarten class, but she is also the only other Kindergartener in Spanish class and she is doing swim team with Clara this summer. She is really a sweetheart.<br />
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Rose got right in on all the fun. She refused to wear her grass hula skirt that she had been wearing for days prior to the party because once she saw Clara's Moana dress, Rose's grass skirt wasn't going to cut it. She was in tears until Daddy put together this special ensemble for her and told her it was "another Moana skirt". The flower necklace turned into a flower crown was Rose's idea though. </div>
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Once the other friends started arriving, we did a craft, painting rocks with green and blue glittery paint so that they could each have a "heart of Tafiti". Then we played "Who Stole the Heart of Tafiti" (basically "button button, who's got the button?" with a rock that I had painted earlier. The girls loved guessing which one in the circle was "Maui" and had stolen the heart. </div>
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Musical chairs was a huge hit because we just played more Moana soundtrack for the girls. They were all singing their hearts out along with the music as they skipped around the chairs. Rose was SUPER into it and you could see the gears spinning in her head as she strategically eyed each chair she passed, making sure she didn't miss an opportunity to grab one of the remaining seats before they were taken. She cried every time she got out and cheered every time she got to play again. </div>
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After games we ate dinner - just slow cooker hawaiian pulled pork sandwiches (made with crushed pineapple - they were only so-so; it was an experiment), pineapple chicken fried rice (fail - it wasn't very good - I need to figure out how to make fried rice better), and carrots, cucumber slices, pineapple spears, grapes, and "ocean punch" (a party punch made with blue hawaiian punch, 7-up, and pineapple juice). I thought the table turned out really cute. I just used a plastic tablecloth for easy cleanup and taped a tiki hut type grass skirt around the table, which made it look fancy. Then I made a centerpiece with a couple of pineapples, some mangoes and kiwi. And the girls loved their coconut cups.</div>
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Presents are always a big hit at kid birthday parties, both for the birthday girl and the kids giving the gifts. They always crowd around, so excited about the whole process. It was really cute and Paul and I were especially pleased and impressed that Clara took the time to read each card out loud. She's become such a good little reader!<br />
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Then it was time for cupcakes and candles before parents started showing up. I was experimenting with cupcake flavors and found a vanilla/white cupcake that I love - the search for a perfect chocolate and yellow cupcake continue though. I made a bunch, figuring that way I wouldn't have to bake again that night to have some to take to school the next day. The only fancy thing I did was to color half of the frosting blue and leave the other half white, then put both in a piping bag so that the frosting was piped on in blue and white swirls. I told Clara they were ocean cupcakes (blue water and white foamy waves) and she was thrilled about that. I totally skipped the seashell shaped chocolates and graham cracker "sand" crumbs that were in my inspiration cupcakes from Pinterest, but I don't feel bad about it one bit. I'm cutting myself major mom-slack these days and honestly, I think my family appreciates it since I'm not as stressed about silly little things. <br />
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And that was pretty much it! The day of her birthday was nuts with balloons in the morning, taking cupcakes and juice boxes to school, and the school carnival (in sweltering heat) in the afternoon. We ended the day with opening her family presents. </div>
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Clara was beyond thrilled with her Moana books and necklace from Grandpa and Grandma Nash, her ukulele and music books from Grandma Cece and Grandpa Russ, a new outfit with tiny wedge sandals from Renita & Judy and my grandparents, and a drawing book and flower press from Mom & Dad and Rose. Then we had dinner at one of our favorite sushi places where Clara opened all her cards and was beyond thrilled with the servers came and sang to her. Our servers were totally enamored with her and kept asking, as if surprised, "She like sushi?" Which she confirmed by expertly using her chopsticks to snag her favorites (she likes it all pretty much, but I the fried softshell crab and the eel are probably her particular favorites). </div>
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It was a great birthday! We can't believe she is SIX!</div>
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For Spring Break this year, we stayed put and Jennie brought her family out to stay with us. It was so fun and we loved having the Horne's here to visit and explore with us! They got here on Saturday and the girls were in heaven playing together and sleeping in the same room. All five of the big girls slept in Clara and Rose's bedroom and that first night it took a long, long time to get them to sleep. But really after that first difficult night they went down pretty easily the rest of the time. </div>
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Sunday was General Conference and we made cinnamon rolls for breakfast and enjoyed watching conference together as much as we could. We also took a bit of a break to go over to a local outdoor space with lots of trees and take pictures of the cousins together in the cute shirts and jean shorts that Grandma Cece had picked out for them. It's no easy feat getting a decent picture of the seven of them all at once, especially with the twins who are just barely 2, but I'm happy with what we ended up with. Mom - You will have to let me know which ones you like best and what size and I will print these for you. </div>
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When we weren't off exploring, the girls had a wonderful time just hanging out around the house. They did Cosmic Yoga together, played dress up, colored, jumped on the trampoline, played with the chickens, sang and danced their little hearts out, and just generally played well together. One night we even hired two girls from our ward to come babysit all 7 girls while us grown-ups went out to eat in Walnut Creek. The girls enjoyed watching Moana with the babysitters and the adults enjoyed a nice meal and conversation without having to coax any reluctant eaters!</div>
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Since Monday and Tuesday were bigger days with the beach and Muir Woods, we stayed closer to home on Wednesday and just went to Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek which has these fun turf-covered Jack & Jill hills for the girls to play on. Then we hit up Chik-Fil-A for lunch and did ice cream at Lourdes for a treat in the evening.</div>
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We knew that Thursday and Friday were likely to be wet days so we saved the museums for those days of the vacation. First we went to the Bay Area Children's Museum in Sausalito. Jennie & Ryan have a pass to Thanksgiving Point in Utah that gets them into hundreds of other museums around the country, so we all got in without paying, which was awesome. I loved that the museum was set up in refurbished army buildings just below Golden Gate Bridge. The toddler outdoor area was a big hit with Rose, Adelaide, Kaitlyn and Brigette. I think they would have stayed there all day if we had let them.</div>
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But the girls also liked the jungle/rain forest room and the painting room. And there was another outdoor play space that they enjoyed playing on after eating lunch. </div>
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After the museum we hit up Fenton's for lunch and ice cream sundaes. Unfortunately, there was a meltdown that happened here that spoiled the fun a bit, but mostly the girls did really well the whole week. <br />
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Jennie & her family ended up staying Saturday too because of bad weather and we went to the farmer's market and head cake for the twins' birthday, but I don't have any pictures from that day. </div>
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It was a wonderful spring break and we are so glad that Jennie & Ryan decided to come out and visit us! Our girls are still talking about how much they miss their cousins!</div>
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Oh dear, this DITL project is not going as well as I would like. March ended up being another last-day-of-the-month situation where I still hadn't completed it and had to take what I could get. I actually tried shooting the DITL earlier in the month and only made it partway through the day before things got hectic and I just forgot about finishing. </div>
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7:15 a.m.: Breakfast with Grandpa Nash who was out here for work. Seems like he has been out here almost once a month but because he is working so much we rarely see him. Mostly just for a breakfast or evening, since the rest of the time he is down in San Jose.</div>
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8:30 a.m.: School drop off. After Clara went into her classroom, Rose and I were walking back to the car when Rose (who had her toy phone) decided to "take pictures" of the flag. </div>
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9:30 a.m.: Time to hit the gym. But first I had to take a few pictures of Rosie in the parking lot.<br />
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12:00 p.m.-ish: Getting a little iPad time before it was time to go pick up Clara from school. <br />
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1:30 p.m.: I don't have any pictures from lunch of after school because both girls were melting down and it was all I could do just to get them fed without tears. I finally put them both down for naps (neither of them typically nap anymore) thinking that they wouldn't fall asleep but they just needed some space and quiet for a few minutes. Lo and behold, both girls conked out within minutes and I ended up with a rare hour of quiet to work on projects uninterrupted.<br />
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2:45 p.m.: Sadly, I had a follow-up appointment with an optamologist about the retinal tuft in my right eye that my regular eye doctor had noticed during my regular annual exam so I had to finally wake the girls up from their naps. You can see how Clara felt about that in this shot while we were waiting for my eyes to dilate (so uncomfortable, btw.). <br />
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3:45 p.m.: Soft serve chocolate & vanilla swirl ice cream cones from Meadowlark Dairy, which Clara calls "Cows Make Ice Cream" in downtown Pleasanton as a reward/pick-me-up for being patient during my eye exam. It was a gorgeous spring day and there was actually a long line for ice cream and lots of other people with the same idea as us hanging out in the park across the road, licking their ice cream and soaking up the sunshine.<br />
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For Christmas this past year, my sister Jessica offered to fly out and watch the girls for us so we could do a quick getaway. So we decided to take her up on it and do a fast trip down to Southern California to see Harry Potter World at Universal Studios. We have wanted to go ever since it opened but heard it wasn't the kind of place where we could go with the girls very easily. And that's definitely true. I hadn't been to Universal Studios since I was a kid but it's not very family friendly and most of the rides have height requirements that even Clara doesn't meet yet. And they were just too intense anyway.</div>
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We picked Jessica up on Thursday night from the airport and had fun chatting and hanging out at the house Thursday night and Friday morning. Then in the afternoon, Paul and I headed out. It was a fast drive and nice to have some one on one time in the car to talk to each other without the Moana soundtrack playing or being peppered with questions the entire time, lol. </div>
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We did dinner at Bubba Gump's at the Universal city walk area and then went to our hotel. The next morning we were up bright and early to be in line at the park entrance by 7:30. If you buy your tickets online, you get a discount AND an extra hour before the park officially opens at 9:00. We were probably 20th in line for the 8:00 opening, which was awesome. Of course everyone went straight to the Harry Potter attractions.<br />
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As far as the rides go, I don't think Harry Potter World is all that fantastic. The hippogriff ride is seriously less than 20 seconds long and the lines later in the day had a 2 hour wait. We were super glad that we just walked right on. The bigger attraction is the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. We actually LOVED walking through the ride staging/line areas. The decor was amazing and really well done. Except since there was no wait, we hustled right through and didn't get to really look at everything. That's the only plus for the 2 hour waits later in the day. </div>
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The ride itself made me super queasy. It's sort of a cross between the Haunted Mansion dune buggy and the Star Tours rides at Disneyland in that you are in small cart-type contraptions that moving along a track slowly, passing between screens and being jostled and jolted to simulate flying on a broomstick through spider dens and past dragons and around Hogwarts castle. It was definitely interesting, but honestly, not super Fun (with a capital "F") if that makes any sense.</div>
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But, disappointing rides aside, we still LOVED Harry Potter World and it was more for the immersive experience of it. They have done just a stunning job of making you feel a part of the wizarding world, from the costuming of the employees to the food to the shops and unique merchandise. We wandered for a long time, looking at things for sale, trying on a sorting hat (I'm Ravenclaw and Paul was told Hufflepuff although I would definitely say he is a Gryfindor), and going through Ollivander's Wand Shop. </div>
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We only had to wait 10 minutes for the wand selection demonstration, which apparently also has lengthy wait times later in the day. They take a group of maybe 40 people in a small, dim room with a master wandmaker who selects on person (a kid, always, I'm sure) to be fitted for a wand. Then there is a whole routine of trying out different wands and having them try out spells that cause the lights in the room to flicker, shelves to break, etc. until the "right" wand is found. When the kid is given the perfect wand a spotlight shines down on them, music starts playing, and a fan starts blowing on them creating this hilarious but cool "chosen" effect. The little girl in our group was obviously starstruck by the whole thing. </div>
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Afterwards, you go into the main wand shop where there are just hundreds and hundreds of wands stacked in boxes all the way from floor to ceiling. Each wand is a "replica" of a character from the books, but they don't just have the main characters - they have loads of very minor characters, which is really fascinating. If you loved the books, then you would love Ollivander's, I'm sure.</div>
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One of my favorite parts of the day was lunch at the Three Broomsticks. It is absolutely fascinating inside with a sort of dark, moody, pub-ish feel. There are rickety looking staircases overhead leading nowhere, which feels just right. And the food served there is all very British. I ordered the bangers and mash with peas, and Paul got roasted chicken with roasted potatoes and corn on the cob. Both were delicious - like, really, honestly delicious - and the prices were very reasonable for theme-park fare. We could easily have shared one dish. The only thing that I found disappointing was their sticky toffee pudding, which was decidedly NOT authentic. It had butterscotch chips and basically just tasted sweet without any richness or depth or date-flavor at all and the texture was more dry and spongy than rich and sticky. If you want a seriously incredible sticky toffee pudding, definitely try <a href="http://houseofnasheats.com/sticky-toffee-pudding/" target="_blank">this version</a> that I posted on my food blog. It's the real deal, or as close as you are probably going to get without going to the UK.<br />
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I actually don't have photos from the rest of the day but we really enjoyed the tram ride, which is more like 6 rides all in one and takes probably 45 minutes or so. The Jurassic Park ride was also awesome, and probably our favorite ride overall. The Mummy ride was another one that made me sick and we skipped Transformers because I could not get over the queasiness. <br />
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7:00 a.m.: Eating breakfast. Rose loves milk (really any beverage) and will drink and drink and drink and not eat. The little rascal. So she always gets a small cup to start and then has to wait until she has had at least half of her meal before she gets more, otherwise she just fills up on liquid.</div>
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7:45 a.m.: While I got ready for the day, Rose played with her bunny and blanket on the floor in our room. <br />
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8:30 a.m.: Dropping Clara off at Kindergarten. I just cannot believe how big she is getting. <br />
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9:00 a.m.: Back at home and taking care of business. Rose is getting so big too.<br />
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10:30 a.m.: We were planning to replace the back patio concrete and ended up deciding to redo the side walkway, driveway, and front walkway as well. So this was the state of our driveway all broken up into pieces and ready to be transferred to trucks and hauled away. It was a big project but we are pretty happy with the results. We won't be able to drive on it for a few more weeks still (we are waiting for the cement to cure completely before we stain it a darker color) but we went with a stamped design that looks nice, I think.<br />
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12:30 p.m.: Picking Clara up from school. I lost track of time at the house doing blog related stuff while Rose played next to me and didn't think to pick up my camera. <br />
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I love that she still holds my hand. Every single day. Both girls do this and it melts my heart. Also, the blossoms around here have been just gorgeous this year and I am glad I finally had my camera out to take photographs of one particular tree at the school with thousands of pink blossoms that we have been admiring for weeks. <br />
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1:00 p.m.: Lunch at Mr. Pickles with the girls. It's right next to Nothing Bundt Cakes and the animal feed store where we get chicken food. It's an eclectic little strip mall but we always stop in each of the three stores whenever we are here. <br />
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2:30 p.m.: At home working on homework. She gets a small packet of it each week and has to turn it in on Thursdays. She grumbles about it every now and then but for the most part gets to work and enjoys doing it.<br />
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4:30 p.m.: Waiting for gymnastics to start and watching a movie on the iPad with her friend Logan.<br />
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6:15 p.m: Paul got home earlier than usual and we ate dinner later than usual (Tuesdays are always harder since gymnastics goes until 5:30 and then we have to get home and make dinner). We are working with Rose on her manners but when she DOES decide to eat, she has a tendency to shovel things into her mouth.<br />
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And that was it. Unlike my first DITL, I didn't break out the tripod once. And once the girls were in bed for the night I felt totally spent and didn't pick the camera up again. Hopefully March will be better!</div>
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Early in the month we pulled Clara out of school for a week to go to Utah for a ski trip. I have amazing and treasured memories of skiing with my family while I was growing up and I'm loving every bit of creating new skiing memories with our girls. </div>
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We skiied two days - Tuesday and Thursday - so that everybody could have a break in between, but I think next year I want to shoot for three full days of skiing. I seriously don't know how my parents did five days in a row when we were kids when they were dealing with all five of us because that is a TON of gear and planning and preparation for lunches and making sure everybody has their goggles and gloves and socks and coats and pants and everything else that they need, including renting all of the equipment! </div>
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The conditions were as perfect as skiing gets. Gorgeous skies, nice temperatures that weren't too cold as long as the wind wasn't blowing straight down your neck, and the snow was fresh and wonderful. Plus, we practically had the mountain to ourselves since we went in the middle of the week and it wasn't spring break for anyone yet. It's not exactly easy to pull the girls out of school but I really feel like these kinds of experiences are 100% worth the missed days of class. </div>
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And anyway, our school district lets us take an entire week off without penalty or counting the days as absences as long as you do the full week (not a partial one) and give them two weeks notice to prepare a packet of Independent Study materials. So my mom helped Clara with a lot of the school work during down hours back at home and it's like she wasn't even gone. It helps that right now she is just in Kindergarten and doing really well with her reading so I wasn't really worried about her getting behind. </div>
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Lily, Emma and Clara all had a full day of ski school on Tuesday at Brighton. They were so cute together all suited up for a day on the slopes. We didn't realize that Clara and Emma had matching snow clothes from the Columbia outlets until we got there, lol. There was a little bit of clinginess from Clara at first - she was hesitant to go into the kids room where they prepped for classes, but she was brave about it and didn't cry. I think it really helped having her cousins there with her.<br />
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My mom was amazing and watched all four of the little girls at home while we skiied with the big girls. She said that Adelaide and Rose had a ball playing with each other. Then she packed up the 3 year olds and the almost 2 year old twins and brought them up to Brighton to meet us for lunch. </div>
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We had egg salad sandwiches and cheetos and fruit and cookies and it all tasted so good. For some reason, egg salad is the lunch of choice when we go skiing and has been since I was a kid. I love it! It's always nice to take a break and give your legs a rest from skiing and hard to get going again. The girls all had a bit of a hard time going back in for the afternoon class. Although all of them had leveled up in the morning, Clara and Emma were put in a class together for the afternoon and Lily was on her own in a little bit more advanced class. <br />
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While the big girls were back with their ski instructors, Jennie and I got Adelaide and Rose suited up and took them on the bunny slope for a few runs. <br />
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Then we hit the slopes. It was actually Rose's second year skiing and she did great! I was so proud of her! She was absolutely thrilled and giggled and laughed the entire time, just loving being on skis and on the mountain. I held her under her armpits for much of the first run, trying to coax her into supporting her own weight and standing up rather than making me carry her down the mountain (which was exhausting!). On the second run, I skiied backwards in front of her and she did much, much better even though I had to keep her upright and kept having to push her skis apart into a wedge for her while trying to explain what she needed to do to make that shape and slow herself down. <br />
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By the third run I was able to put a little distance between the two of us and have her ski to me while while I skied backwards. I would let her ski into my arms every few yards or so, catching her whenever her speed got too much for her, and she thought it was the best game ever and laughed and laughed. There was zero fear or nerves from Rose. <br />
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By the fourth run I was able to actually ski beside her much of the way down the slope and she had figured out how to stop herself with a "pizza" or wedge of her skis and I even started working with her on turns by explaining how she needed to point her feet in the direction she wanted to go. Then I would ski backwards across the mountain and she would point her toes toward me, then we would turn and go the other way, etc. It was pretty amazing progress for a 3-year old, in my opinion, and if I had had the stamina and had taken her multiple days she would have really been skiing by the end of the week. But as it was, I was selfish and wanted more time doing harder runs instead of teaching so this was Rose's only afternoon skiing this year. It was a good one though and next year she will be old enough for ski school. <br />
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Once the big girls were done with classes, we did a few runs with them to see what they had learned. I was amazed at Clara's progress and you could tell that she was super excited about skiing. The only thing we wished could have been different about Tuesday was more time skiing with the girls! A full day of classes was the right move for their first day back skiing for the seasons, but we all loved skiing together in the afternoon once classes were over and wished we had longer to do it.<br />
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You could tell that Clara was basking in the one on one time with me and Paul. She had been moved to a more advanced class in the morning and was definitely done with the bunny slope. She only wanted to ski Majestic which is much longer and with more advanced runs. By the end of the day she was even doing some easy blue runs and skiing trails through the trees. When everybody else started dropping off for breaks (including Paul), Clara begged to keep going so she and I skiied nonstop the whole time without a single pause for rest. I lost count of how many runs we got in. <br />
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There was a tiny bump at the bottom of one hill and she kept going over it and declaring that it was her "jump" and she had gotten air, which cracked me up. She wanted everyone to see it so Grandpa and Jessica and Paul all had to go on runs with us so she could show them. I was just grateful that this year she was able to get herself back up when she fell so I didn't have to keep bending over and hauling her back on her feet! And she had a fantastic attitude on Thursday - there wasn't a single bit of whining or complaining about being tired or anything - she had finally found the passion for skiing that I was hoping for for her. I can't wait for next year already! I wish we could find a free weekend to take her skiing in CA this season but our schedule is looking super booked and I don't know how we are going to be able to do it.<br />
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After skiing we stopped at Aunt Jessica's house to meet up with my mom and the girls so Jennie could transfer cars and head back to Spanish Fork. I was so glad that she had come to stay at my parents house for the whole time we were there so that we could talk and the girls could play. <br />
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My girls are obsessed with Jessica's dog, Juniper, and loved playing with her in the yard. They did NOT want to leave Jessica's house and are begging to go back. We had dinner at a taqueria called Lone Star or something like that and it was so yummy! <br />
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We went to Farmington Station to watch the dancing water show and get donuts at Mad Brooks. The girls always love doing this.<br />
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Then on Friday Paul and I drove down to BYU campus with the girls and spent the morning wandering around, stopping at the candy counter in the bookstore and looking at the science exhibits in the science building. It was such a gorgeous, Spring-feeling day and I loved seeing all of the students out on campus and just feeling the energy there.<br />
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Afterwards we went to Jennie & Ryan's house in Spanish Fork and the girls played with cousins, enjoyed cupcakes from the Sweet Tooth Fairy, and rode bikes. Clara even rode a two-wheel bike with no training wheels for the first time, which was awesome! I have some videos that I really need to get uploaded so that I can post them but I know that I will put that off and then this post won't get published and I don't want to procrastinate that any further so for now, no videos. After riding bikes, Uncle Ry got his tools out and the girls did a bike repair shop, which they really enjoyed. <br />
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Then while the girls watched Moana and had dinner with Jennie's family, Paul and I went on a date to Bombay House for Chicken Tikka Masala and Garlic Naan, followed by a super nerdy but awesome date wandering around BYU campus some more and enjoying the new Life Sciences building. We also went to the library and looked at an exhibit on medicine during Medieval times. <br />
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We finished our date at Waffle Love getting delicious Liege Waffles, which are just incredible. If you have never had one, they are yeasted waffles with Belgian sugar pearls kneaded into the dough. I always get the Red Wonder which is topped with cookie butter, whipped cream, and strawberries and raspberries. It's SO good. Paul got the churro waffle. <br />
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On Saturday we went to Paul's grandpa's 90th birthday open house, which was fun, but I don't have any pictures from this day! Then we stopped by to visit Scott & Maren (Paul's cousin and his wife) and their family. It was fun catching up with them and we wish they still lived around the corner like they did when we moved to Dublin. <br />
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That night John made a fancy dinner for everybody to celebrate his birthday and the Nash cousins all watched Moana (yup, our girls got to see it two nights in a row and they are OBSESSED). And we drove home the next morning! It was such a wonderful trip!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-1613153174265888392017-02-16T16:42:00.002-08:002017-02-16T16:42:13.855-08:00My Funny (and Feverish) Valentines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I decided after uploading these photos for this post that it is a shame I don't have a picture of me with my other Valentine - the one I married almost 13 years ago. I'm going to have to institute a new tradition of not just self-portraits but of couple portraits or something because there really aren't many pictures of the two of us together and I am just now really realizing that. </div>
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A few weeks ago, I took the girls out hiking in the hills in East Dublin to take their Valentine pictures so we could make cards to send to grandparents, aunts & uncles, birth families, and cousins. We had so much fun together (not always the case when I'm wanting to take specific pictures) and the girls were beyond pleased to get to wear their Valentine attire. </div>
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The little banner and was from the Target dollar section and it was such a fun little prop. My friend Christina made a large red heart out of foamboard after I showed her pictures of Deborah's heart from the past couple of years. She brought her kids along and we did photos at the same time, sharing props. Rose kept pulling a John Cusack move from "Say Anything" by holding the heart up over her head.<br />
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The medium size pink wooden heart was another Target dollar section find. They have surprisingly good props there!<br />
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This was the picture I ultimately chose for the front of the Valentine's Day cards. I just can't get over how their personalities are shining through in their expressions and poses (totally their own).<br />
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You can see by their genuine smiles just how much fun they were having. I'm pretty sure Rose and Clara were chanting "Shake she bottom" which is a game that Paul plays with the girls where he makes Rose's stuffed bunny shake her bushy tail while the girls crow with glee and Rose chirps "shake she bottom! shake she bottom!" over and over. She doesn't understand the pronoun "her" yet so everything is "she" for the possessive and it's hilarious and I'm going to be sad when she figures out "her".<br />
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This was actually my favorite lighting of the day and wouldn't you know it was right at the tail end of the photo shoot when we were heading down off the hill. The girls had done so well for me and been so patient but by this point I think we were all done so I didn't push it to get some poses here other than this quick image I snapped of Rose in the gorgeous light. The rim light around her curly hair making it glow is just my favorite.<br />
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On Valentine's Day, we went to the BART station and found Paul's car to heart attack it. The girls were so excited about this and had so much fun taping hearts all over the Civic. We had a number of cars actually stop to tell us that seeing the girls heart attacking their dad's car had "made their day", including two BART police officers in their patrol car. <br />
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After that though, we came back home for some coloring in a new coloring book the girls got in Cupid's mailbox (a new tradition this year - we got a little mailbox to set on the kitchen table and put notes, small things in it, etc.) for a few days leading up to Valentine's Day. Rose had woken up the night before with a fever that kept her pretty miserable for most of Valentine's Day itself, poor thing. She even took a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day and by 5:30 was just done. She pretty much refused food all day and was miserable whenever the Advil wore off. It was very sad. <br />
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This photo of Rose's eyelashes & curly hair was my favorite of the day. I took it when we were blowing bubbles in the backyard for a little bit. I took a whole bunch of her while she was being still and focusing on her bubbles.<br />
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Paul gave us tulips, chocolate covered strawberries and thoughtful cards. He also made me a really cool large serving spoon that he carved out of a piece of walnut wood. The day after Valentine's Day, Paul had to work late so after I put the girls to bed I took a few photos using my artificial light set up in the guest bedroom of some of the beautiful tulips. <br />
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I'm still keeping up with my 365 project and feeling really grateful for it because as I review my pictures from the past week or so I feel so happy remembering these captured moments. They are such little things, really - weeding and swimming lessons and playing at the park - but they are so big and important in our girls' lives. </div>
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I picked up some bags of peony bulbs at Costco and the girls helped me weed the front flower bed so we could plant some bulbs. We can't actually landscape our front of back yards yet since we are still working on hardscaping, but we have a few spots where I felt like I could at least plant a few flowers that should grow into good cutting flowers for bouquets later in the year. At least, that's my hope. And the girls seemed to enjoy helping with the weeding, or at least being outside and getting plenty dirty with me one day when we had a break in the rain.</div>
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Paul brought back a small cooler full of snow from Tahoe so that the girls could show it to the chickens. The chickens were not impressed until I threw some mealworms on the snow so they would peck around it.<br />
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Swimming lessons are always a highlight of the week. Rose recently started wearing goggles (we've tried them off and on in the past but she always rejected them - this time around she seems to finally appreciate them) and I think it's the cutest. The girls lessons are in side-by-side lanes with Rose's class on the steps and Clara's class in the deeper lanes. It's always so sweet to see them smiling and chatting with each other while their coaches are working with other classmates in the pool.<br />
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Our backyard has some terrible drainage problems and we have massive puddles that haven't disappeared even though we haven't had any rain in 3 or 4 days. The girls love it though and just put their boots on so they can stomp through the muddy water. Inevitably, one or both of them fall down and get soaked with filthy, muddy water and then require a bath. I don't put a stop to it though because it just seems like such good, healthy kid behavior and I'm glad they are making those memories. I just keep putting them in their oldest play clothes just in case I can't get the filth out in the laundry.<br />
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Rose is still in love with her Snow White dress up dress. It got a pretty substantial tear the first day she wore it and then it took me a couple of weeks to get out the sewing machine and fix it. When it was repaired, she was beyond thrilled and she comes to me every single day when she puts it on to thank me for fixing it for her and give me a big hug. It's the sweetest.<br />
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Rainy days have meant lots of dress-up play indoors and looking out the window at all the water.<br />
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Rose loves going to Music Makers with her little friends each Wednesday. We sing, dance, run, and do story and snack time. <br />
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When the rain finally cleared, we took the girls to the park to take advantage of the nicer weather. Somehow Clara and Paul started a wrestling match where she would try to tackle him around the waist and he would stick her foot between her legs to trip her up. She would go down and laugh and laugh, then go right back to trying to tackle him. Rose joined the fight and eventually the girls were able to bring daddy down together, then they climbed all over him, attempting to keep him pinned while he laughed and tried to get back up.<br />
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Another later afternoon, another bath after getting filthy in the muddy yards. <br />
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Not an amazing picture or anything but man alive we have had some beautiful sunrises here recently. Each weekend the girls come climb in our bed to have family snuggles on Saturday morning while Paul is home and we always enjoy seeing the clouds turn pink and orange and gold. It's too bad we have telephone poles and electric wires marring our views. <br />
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And that's pretty much what's been happening in our neck of the woods the past week!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462509372537876654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553622521915843865.post-23069685095073180752017-02-07T14:22:00.002-08:002017-02-07T14:22:43.288-08:00Christmas 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Clara was so excited to give this talking bird toy to Rose with a plastic cage. She picked it out for Rose at the toy store, which obviously meant it was a toy that Clara wanted to play with. </div>
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Clara was not as impressed with the Chutes & Ladders game that Rose got for her. <br />
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We got the girls some long, flowy skirts with tops that they can wear to church. They aren't my favorite outfits ever but the girls adore them and immediately begged to put them on. Rose also got decked out with her new costume jewelry from dad.<br />
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Backtracking a bit more to Christmas Eve. I didn't take pictures but we had the Hamby's and Ambrose's over for dinner and games and a Christmas movie. Then the girls went right to sleep. Although I noticed when I went in to check on them that Clara had pushed her blinds up to peek out her window to see if she could spot Rudolph's nose flying in the night sky (she told me the next day that she had seen him!). </div>
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Earlier in the month, we got to go on the Niles Canyon Train of Lights. It's one of our favorite holiday traditions that we look forward to each year. This was the first year that Mrs. Claus joined Santa for the ride and we were lucky enough to spot them getting ready to board the train together. The Fischlis and Schaders joined us again this year, which was awesome. The girls loved seeing their San Jose friends and are still talking about wanting to visit them again soon.<br />
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A few days after Christmas when work was slow for Paul, we took the girls ice skating at the rink that is just a couple of minutes from our house. This went SO much better than last year's outdoor skating experience and Clara actually was starting to get the hang of it. If I didn't already have her enrolled in gymnastics, swim, and Spanish, I might consider throwing ice skating into the mix just for the fun of it. Maybe next year when she isn't doing swim any more. <br />
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This picture of Rose just before she ate it cracks me up. Ice skating with littles is such a workout because you have to constantly bend over to help them balance and pick them up.<br />
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And finally, our annual photos with Santa Claus at the mall. They were so excited to meet him and looked so pretty in their Christmas dresses.<br />
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