First Hair Cut

This week was filled with first for Mia.  She had her first hair cut.  I noticed it was getting longer this summer and figured it was about time for a hair cut. 

Dentist

Mia went to the dentist for the first time.  She did really good.  First we watched Aleecia get her teeth cleaned and then Mia got to ride on the chair, get tickled by the tickler, and spit into Mr. Thirsty.  I couldn't believe that she let them polish her teeth.  She didn't like the light and and the gritty feeling of the polish but she did great!

Mia's Addiction

Mia has an addiction to my cell phone!  She can navigate herself around better then most adults can.  We always catch her with my cell phone in her hand.  She has taken some interesting photos and videos.

Labor Day Weekend

This year I didn't want to be boring for the Labor day weekend so I called up my parents.  We originally had plans to go camping but we kept running into problems so we decided to take their boat to the lake.  My brother came into town for the weekend since he didn't have to work.  We stayed the night Friday and Saturday we went to Willard Bay.  It was a nice day and there wasn't that many people.  We got a nice spot on the beach.  We did some knee boarding, wake boarding, and tubing.  We had lunch on the beach and the girls played in the sand.  Then it was back on the boat.  Mia loved riding the tube and was fearless.  At the end of the ride her face looked like a windshield with bugs splatted all over it.  Aleecia decided to try the knee board.  She got up her first try but tried to go one handed to put the strap on and fell off.  David and I were so impressed with how well she did.  After boating we went back to my parents for a BBQ.  We hadn't been boating this year because of Eva so this was a nice treat for us and we had a lot of fun.

(Jacqueline, David, Clayton, and Aleecia on the tube)

(Mia making sand castles)

(Grandma, Mom, Mia, and Aleecia on the tube)

(Clayton on the wake board and me on the knee board)

(Mia's face with a bunch of bugs smashed all over it)

(Aleecia on the knee board)

(Eva enjoying her nap on the boat)

Aleecia turns 8!

Yesterday was Aleecia's Birthday!  According to Aleecia you can do anything you want on your birthday.  So, after school we went to Chuck E Cheese.  We ate pizza and fries and played games.  The girls had a ton of fun.  After we went to the store to find Aleecia a new backpack for school.  We didn't find any that she liked so we went and got some ice cream.  Aleecia loves powdered donuts so for her cake we made her a powdered donut cake!  I can't believe Aleecia has been apart of our family for eight years.  We love you Aleecia.

First day of 3rd grade

Aleecia has started the 3rd grade.  I seriously can't believe she is already in 3rd grade.  Aleecia has always been happy to go to school so there is never any tears shed.  After school when I asked her how her day went she said not good and that she didn't want to talk about it.  That had me worried and then I found out that the reason she didn't have that great of a day was because the recesses were too short!  She seems to like her teacher and knows a few kids in her class.

Mia is a big sister

I pumped just a small amount of milk and instead of wasting it I let Mia feed it to Eva.  Mia has done really well being a big sister.  I was afraid that she would be jealous of the new baby but, she loves her.  The biggest problem I have is Mia always wants to hold her.  I am so excited to see these two grow up together and be the best of friends!