December 12,2011

Clea had her 18 month checkup today. She was in the 15th percentile for weight...80th for height and 98th for her head. She was excited to go to the Dr's this morning. I always tell her what we are going to do and she said ..Dr fun. When we walked into the office, she went running over to the fish tank. She said, "I sit down.I watch the fish swim". She is doing really well with her speaking. The Dr. asked me how many words I would estimate she has. I just said that she could talk and puts pretty big sentences together, up to six and seven words. He said that was great because they try to get three word sentences by age three. After the Dr's appointment, we went and did a few errands down in Salt Lake. I haven't done much Christmas shopping, so I did a little of that. It takes way to long though because Clea wants to walk everywhere. We stopped at Jamba Juice and they gave us a little cup for Clea. She was delighted and loved carrying her own little cup everywhere. She said..mmmm juice good.

Puerto Rico again. (Our east wind hideout)



Clea after a rough day swimming. 



These little guys kept popping out of the sand.

Old San Juan. 



Grandma and Grandpa came along on our adventure. 



She could play in the sand all day. 

Or maybe watch the fish swim in the lobby. 

Spaghetti

                                           

Clea's new favorite food is spaghetti and she eats it "all by self".

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Family Pictures

November 16th Sam's tenth birthday party.

My little Sam is not so little. He celebrated his tenth birthday this year at the Classic Fun center. He brought four friends to help celebrate and both sides of the family.
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Clea discovers the snow

The kids were so excited to see the snow outside. Clea decided it just might taste good too and gave a big "mmmm" as she put a handful in her mouth.

Halloween

Oh my cute little lady bug was so excited for Halloween. I don't think she knew what was going on other than she was getting lots of candy and loved being a bug.

We had a fun Halloween this year. Sam had a school party that included a parade. I don't think his school has done parades in the past years, but we have missed two of those years due to being in Florida. I was able to help out with Sam's classroom party. I helped with the doughnut bob. (Yes..the kids had to try to get the doughnut off a string just using their mouths) It was pretty funny to watch.
Halloween was on a Monday this year and Sam had the day off of school. He spent Sunday night at Grandma Arvella's with the cousins. At 3:00 on Monday, we went down to Zach's office and did some trick-o-treating to all of Zach's co-workers. We stopped at Market Street Grill for dinner on the way home. When we got home the trick-or-treaters were out in  full force. The weather was perfect for my little lady bug. She was so excited about candy and walked the whole cul-de-sac herself. As you can imagine it took a looooong time, so Sam took off and did most of the neighborhood himself.

 

Grandma and Grandpa Dickens had an early Halloween party this year complete with pumpkin soup bowls.

Scary Sam without his mask.

Picture from Zach's office. 

Escalante weekend