Since I'm not traveling for the next few weeks, I felt ambitious and proposed to Andy that we should do something fun this weekend with the kiddos... So we went to breakfast and then decided to go to a beach! Who knew there were beaches near us :-) Actually it's about 15 minutes from us at one of the big lakes in the area. And we had a blast! I wasn't sure how the girls would do with the sand since I'm not sure they have ever seen sand (sad I know). But for the most part, they did great - and Declan of course LOVED it. The girls did surprise us with how they reacted (or rather we expected that they would react a specific way, but they changed it up on us)... Steve was no fear and was walking around and in the lake (huge shock), Aven wouldn't leave the towels and wouldn't step foot into the sand or water (until right before we were heading home of course) and Bria was hit or miss, but loved swimming with Daddy and Declan. I liked building the sand castles with the kids since I'm not a huge lake fan (i.e. slightly terrified of what's in lakes) and Andy and Dec were water logs. Overall, it was a fun day!
Bria digging in...
Stevie and Bria...
Aven, very unsure about the scary sand...
Declan happy as can be...
Daddy and his girls (B, S, A)
Aven - the only way that she would play with the sand is if she was sitting on a towel :-)
Daddy and Bria watching Declan swim...
Our little skinny minnie Stevie...
Stevie and Declan - BFFs...
Mommy and Stevie...
The girls turned 33 months a few weeks ago and here is what they are up too... It's a little abbreviated this month :-)
Aven: Aven is still our spunky little girl... She's so much like Declan was when he was her age, it will be interesting to see if she's like him as she grows up.
- Nickname: Avie, Ave
- Favorite Thing to Do: Jump, off of anything and everything
- Favorite Food: Cereal and waffels
- Favorite Toy: Anything her sister has
- Favorite TV Show: Yo Gabba Gabba
- Favorite Book: All of them
- What She Doesn't Like: When her sisters take something she has
- Things She Likes to Say: She is talking more and more, but still overall is the one that is the most difficult to figure out what she is saying. She likes to say her sisters name (Bria) and will try to say most things that you ask her to say, just not much unsolicited
- Therapies: She's getting speech therapy along with her sisters and she loves it. It's adorable that when the therapist comes, they all sit in a circle and they actually pay attention to her, I mean they listen to her - it's unreal :-)
Bria: Bria is a big Daddy's girls... She always has been, but is more so now. She also continues to take her aggression out on her face. Yesterday while Andy and Dec were out and about, she fell off a stool and her tooth (the one good one after knocking out the other one) went through her lip. Yes, you read right her one front tooth, went one through one side of her lip and out the other side. I was a little nervous that I'd have to take her in, but I finally got the bleeding to stop. And I was happy that she still had a tooth there! She may have a little scar, but I'm thinking it won't be the last...
- Nickname: Bri, Bri Bri, B-B
- Favorite Thing to Do: Be by Daddy
- Favorite Food: Cantalope and muffins
- Favorite Toy: Little People (or anything she can put in her mouth)
- Favorite TV Show: Yo Gabba Gabba
- Favorite Book: All of them
- What She Doesn't Like: To sleep... Not sure what happened here, but she rarely sleeps through naps and is up at least 1-2 times a night
- Things She Likes to Say: She is a jabber jabber now... The latest things she says are "I'm coming" or "come on" (to her sisters as she pulls them somewhere). She also has taken a phrase from her brother and says "oh god" (not a huge fan). She loves saying "muffins," but mostly because she wants to eat them all the time and "please." She's also saying more 2 word sentences like "mine please," "I coming," "love you."
- Therapies: She's getting speech therapy along with her sisters and she loves it.
Stevie: Stevie is still our independent little peanut. She doesn't always like to get sucked into what her sisters are doing and she ADORES her big brother. I really think those two will grow up to be best friends... and I'm sure her and him will end up sharing a room at some point.
- Nickname: Just Stevie...
- Favorite Thing to Do: Reading books
- Favorite Food: Bananas (again)
- Favorite Toy: Minnie Mouse figures
- Favorite TV Show: Yo Gabba Gabba
- Favorite Book: All of them (she likes books the most and she has a stack of them in her crib for night and nap time reading)
- What She Doesn't Like: When someone doesn't do what she wants them to do or when someone takes what she is playing with
- Things She Likes to Say: No, mine, bye bye and many other things that we ask her to say. She likes to walk up to you and say her jibber jabber (sounds like blah blah blah blah blah) and then say bye bye - it's really cute because she's telling you a story, but you have no idea what she's saying...
- Therapies: She's getting speech therapy along with her sisters and she loves it.
L to R: Aven, Bria & Stevie
I get one CHEESE from Stevie, nothing from Aven and Bria is gone.
And last but not least, Declan. He seems to be acclimating to school more and more each day. He has his days where he acts out or doesn't want to go, but all and all it's going as well as can be expected...
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