Last weekend my sister and part of her family came to visit. We had a lot of fun going to some parks, eating yummy food, and walking the strip with four kids!
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| Playing at the park |
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| Ben, Addie, Izze, Jorgen |
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| Checking out Lake Las Vegas |
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| Hanging out at The Flamingo |
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| Izze refused to go anywhere near the M&M guy, it was so funny! |
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| Izze also refused to go anywhere near the Coca-Cola Bear, equally as funny! |
A few weekends ago, Andrew's parents were in town so we ventured out to Hoover Dam. We took one of the dam tours to see the power plants and then walked across part of the new bridge.
A few Saturdays ago we decided to check out Red Rock Canyon, which is only a short drive from our home. We lucked out because it was free admission to the State Parks that day, yay! We drove through the canyon and did a short hike.
Izze is very protective of her toys, and Addie's toys. She struggles with sharing or not getting her way, hmmm sounds like she's two! Izze can't handle just having one Barbie, but needs a whole pile. She is sure to sniff out the Barbies at any one's house and hoard them all, beware! Izze loves her princesses, especially Belle, Rapunzel, Ariel, or Sleeping "Cutie" (as we call her in our house). Izze has a mind of her own and she is not afraid to show it, she is very hard to compromise with, it's her way or the highway. She is a total Mama's girl, she won't leave my side and prefers that I do everything for her. She comes up with some pretty funny sayings and can be as cute as ever when she wants to be, we love our little Izze and her crazy antics!
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| Izze loves to play behind this chair with all the dolls, most likely hiding from Addie. |
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| I asked Izze to smile for this picture and this is the result, she really thinks she is smiling! |
At one of the hotels here they have an aquarium and on certain days there is a mermaid who swims around with the fish. The girls and I went to check it out one afternoon, the girls loved it and stayed the entire time she was in the tank.
The girls share a room now and when we moved we ditched Izze's crib for a big girl bed. Eventually we want to get bunk beds, but in the mean time their beds are just on the floor. Izze enjoys her new found freedom and often after she is put to bed she likes to get up and continue playing with her toys. She is rather quiet, most times, so we don't mind too much. One night before going to bed I checked on the girls to find them off their beds and asleep on the floor. Izze's position cracks me up, I wish I could have seen her just fall asleep as she was playing with all those toys!
Never thought I would have that as a title in January! We have been frequent visitors of the parks these last few weeks. We have two nice parks within walking distance, Addie asks each day if we can go to the park. Addie has conquered swinging herself on the swings, yay! Izze just loves to run around and try everything Addie does, which is sometimes a little scary.
