Two.Six Years

 2.6 Years

• Sam got baptized this month so we were able to have both sets of Grandparents out for that. You really love your grandpas and ran and gave both of them a big hug. You loved the next cuddles and attention from having more adults around. The weather is warming up for the first time, so it was just so nice having a picnic lunch outside with Grandparents while you and Millie played on the tramp (big kid had school). Grandpa Price was feeling well on this visit, so he had energy to wrestle on the tramp. You loved when he would push up on the tramp underneath with his feet. We hang out at the river once day and came back to pizza and a movie night. It was a fun weekend. 
• Spring break came, which meant the big kids were home all day. The weather wasn't super great, but we tried to get out when we could. I set the the trampoline, so that was a happy day. We spent a day in Lewiston, going to Gymnastic 360, the library, and trying a new frozen yogurt place. You just love having the bog kids around to play with. 
• We celebrated Dad's birthday with cake and presents. You love birthdays and will pretend it is your birthday afterward by getting a gift bag from the closet and filling it with random toys from the playroom.
• We couldn't take our spring break trip over spring break because of Dad's work schedule, but in April, we were able to visit San Diego with Grandma and Grandpa Price. We took off after dinner on Thursday and drove to a hotel in Spokane. Each of the older kids asked separately if I had booked a hotel beforehand because you didn't want to get stuck sleeping in the car again. The next morning, we caught an early flight to CA. It was so hot when we got there. We met up with the grandparents at the harbor, where we did a one hour boat cruise around the harbor, seeing all the different battle ships. We ate street tacos for lunch and then spent the rest of the day at the beach. Grandma borrowed her friend's boogey boards, so we were all able to go. To be honest though, you love the sand but are so afraid of the waves. It turned into a game between Grandma and I to see if we could get you to stand in the waves for a bit. On Saturday, we spent the day at Sea World. They had some big rides (you would watch on the side with Grandma because she was too scared to go) and great shows. We even stayed in the splash zone for the Orca show, which Grandpa and Dad didn't love, but all you kids were screaming out of delight when you got soaked. We stayed until the end, which made for a long, and cold day at the end. Sunday, we caught a local sacrament meeting, visited Dog Beach and tide pools, and ended the night with Mormon Battalion and Mexican food in Old Town for dinner. Monday, we go to go to the Zoo. It was so well done. The landscape was tropical. There was a bus tour at the beginning where we could see all the animals. The park itself was enormous, so even though there were tons of people, it hardly felt crowded. We even took the sky tramp over the whole park at the end. While we were taking the bus tour, you were climbing back and forth over the seats. Once time, your shoe fell off and landed on the road that only employees could go on. After the tour, a security guard drove around those road s with me to look for you shoe, but we ever found it. You kept taking about losing your shoe at the zoo. Since we got home earlier, we went to the beach again, but it was a lot colder so we didn't last long. We bundled up in whatever towels we had to stay warm. Tuesday was at Legoland. The rides were smaller there, so Millie could go on everything. What I loved about Legoland was all the areas that you could just build with lego bricks and all the cool play structures they have. The awesome part was when you were throwing a fit on the water boat ride. You wouldn't stand straight for the employee to measure you and was just crying that you couldn't go on the ride. The employee felt bad and gave us one fast pass that we could all use for the Emmett ride. Yay!!! That ride was 2 hour long and I did not want to wait that at all. We were not only able to walk up, but they struggled with loading the next group behind us so you and Maggie were able to go again. Grandma Matthews gave you some money to spend, and you chose an ice cream treat. Wednesday was our last day. We headed down for the beach one last time, which ended up being a beautiful day. We checked out of the Airbnb with no minutes to spare, and spent 5 hours at the USS Midway. It felt long to get home. Our flight didn't leave until 7pm, so by the time we flew in, got off the plane, got to our car, and drove home in the snow (that wasn't a fun welcome home), we finally got home at 2am.
• We came back to celebrate Easter. You loved looking for eggs and eating the candy. You got a Pinkalicious book. 
• You have been into dressing up a lot lately. So many outfit changes. I have to laugh that you found Maggie's mermaid tail for the pool. You like to slip in all the way so it looks like a strapless dress and pretend you are a mermaid. 
• The other day while driving in the car you were insistent on going to Grandma's house, as if it was just another stop on our errand list. It was so funny having you tell me to go to Grandma's house instead of the grocery store.