Three.Four Years

 3.4 Years

• Grandma and Papa Price came and stayed with you kiddos for 9 days while Dad and I were on a trip. You guys had a blast without us. For Christmas, you each made a coupon of a date that you wanted to do with them. You got to take Papa out for Mac-n-cheese and chocolate milk at Seasons. At night, instead of reading books, Grandma would share stories of her life. There was hot tubbing, movie watching, dollar store craft buying, thrift store shopping, board gaming, and partying. You guys were so good to them and I know they really enjoyed their time here. Grandma brought with her a box of Book of Mormon band aides that she shared with you for every scratch that you got. Well, at the end, she left you the rest of the box. You used everyone of those band aides like a sticker and decorated a picture with them. 
• Two amazing things have happened since Grandma has watched you. Grandma forgot a couple of times to put a diaper on you at night and you stayed dried. so we tried not using a diaper and just like that, you are fully night trained. You gave all your diapers away. It was awesome. Also, grandma had you lay down with her a few times, and she got you to nap. Whenever I tried laying down with you, you would just play on the bed. Well, Now I can get you to nap about twice a week. I love napping with you. 
• One of my favorite things we started this month is Mommy and Me Yoga class. You have a few friends go, like Nora and Trinly. I love how it is a good time to connect with each other. Your favorite pose is called lizard on the rock, where I curl up like a rock and then you lay with your back across mine, like a lizard basking in the sun. Another fun pose is where the parents do downward dog and you kids pretend you are doggies and your crawl around in circles underneath each of us. 
• We made a quick trip to Oregon. We told you kids the trip was for us to go to the temple. Actually Dad went to interview for a job there. I am typing this up, even though you still don't know. We took this interview mostly to see what is out there because Dad is feeling over worked and we have had this big pull to move back to family. The job ended up being really good. We haven't decided whether we are going to take it or not. I just thought that you should know, even though you won't read this until you are 18. We had fun while we were there. We helped Grandpa in the yard. We raked up the sticks leftover from trimming the grapes. You loved that you got to ride the four wheeler down each time with grandpa to take the sticks to the burn pile. That night, you guys got a sleepover at Dusty's. I am pretty sure you and Jessie pulled out every dress up dress and changed at least 10 times in that first hour. The next day, we went to a chicken and waffles lunch at their church and then headed over to Gervias to play Ga Ga Ball. We had a lot of fun with it. We ended the night at Grandpas with pizza and a movie. We got to hear Grandpa speak in church and then buzzed quickly back home so we could be back for Valentine's Day.
• Valentine's Day was a hit with you. First, we helped make Sam his box. This year, he thought it would be funny to be a toilet. Well, you were convinced that it was a really toilet and wanted to pee it in. Last minute, we invited some of your friends over for a party and lunch. It was a big hit. we had each of you decorate a brown paper bag and then pass you cards and candy to each other. It was so cute. The whole time, you kept telling me it was your birthday party.  I tried to set the table fancy and had hearts taped over the room. For dinner, we had heart shape pizzas with chocolate covered strawberries. We ended the night with you kiddos doing a crunch lab box with dad.