The kids and I (Micah is out of town at a soccer tournament) decided to do a family bed, and for the first time ever, Dash was invited to stay all night.
Luckily he proved he has calmed down from the last time we tried it with him, and it was a success.
We watched a movie, and all of the kids were as perfect as can be.
(Minus the Pips who was put into her bed about 25 minutes in.)
About midnight I felt a bit squished and got up for a bit.
My spot was between Navy and Dash on the bright pink pillow.
Can you imagine how contorted I was by the morning when I heard the Pips crying for her morning appetizer.
Grandma always takes the kids on a special date for their birthday. This year, she and Navy decided on going to see Frozen at the theater. This would be Navy’s third time seeing it, which had Grandma worried. But I knew that Navy would love nothing more than to see her favorite movie star of all time — Anna — once again.
When Grandma picked her up, she had a few presents for Navy.
And you can’t imagine how thrilled Navy was to get her very own Anna costume!
Grandma had already asked for her hair to be in braids, so she was all set.
Off they went on their birthday date, and Navy got to do whatever she wanted.
So they:
Went to the park
Went to the movie
Looked at the animals at Zoomars
Painted her nails
Colored
Went to Beach Cities Pizza for breadsticks
Clearly…it was sort of a birthday dream for this almost 5 year old!
My view lately:
Not too shabby checking out the water and boats at the harbor while I walk with my two youngest in the double stroller.
But my favorite scenery is the silhouette of Scout against the amazing sunset.
This boy is growing up WAY TOO FAST!
He informed me that eating an apple hurt his teeth because he has another wiggly one on the top, and another on the bottom.
What a joke!
And after inspecting his mouth, he was correct about the two wigglies.
And he has his tooth growing in where it got knocked out.
Before I know it, this kid is going to be in braces, graduating from high school, going on his mission, getting married, making me a grandmother….
And just to think I can remember the day he was born like it was yesterday.
(Whoa….I have turned into my mother!)
I am not forcing the potty training issue with Dash, but I have been putting in Elmo’s Potty Time to put a little ant in his pants.
After he watched it through the other day, I asked, “Dash, are you ready to go on the big boy potty?”
To which he responded, “No, Elmo alweady did dat.”
I told him that he could do it also — just like Douty and Sissy.
He said, “No, I like my biapers. They make me warmy.”
Whatever.
This little baby of mine is always on the go!
All I know is that Dash is the cutest and most easy-going kid on earth.
I am hoping his on-the-go status over the last few years created him into what he is now.
Because if that’s the case, I am headed for a toddler that is even better than Dash.
Impossible?
Time will tell.
Navy tried out a dance class today that is partially dancing and partially singing/acting.
Needless to say, she LOVED it!
I’m not sure if she loved it because she loved it, or because they were dancing and singing to the Frozen song “Let it Be” she is obsessed with.
I think it’s safe to say that she will definitely be heading back to that class!
And it was a good thing my mom was there to witness it all because she said the second the class performance was over, “Now let’s go get her a decent leotard so she doesn’t look like a hoochie mama!”
Apparently, my mom prefers black over the hand-me-down she got from Kaili Hemeon.
This handsome gent came out of chess class carrying a trophy.
Apparently, there were four trophies.
Scout came out with third place and was pumped!
He has become such a little chess stud, and is proud to let everyone know it.
Bella has been out of town lately, and I have become Dash’s favorite again.
We have had so much buddy buddy time, it has been a blast.
Today, we had about an hour and a half together at the mall, and he was an angel.
We first ate, then headed into a few shops I wanted to check out.
Then I honored his request, and we hit up the playground.
He was happy as can be!
And kept making me look over at him.
“Watch this Mommy!”
And in the meantime, the Pips ate up a bottle and rested comfortably in my arms.
Glad this guy came out of the bath spic and span!
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