Height & weights 11/13/14

Before I lose track of the measurements, I wanted to log them here.

We measured the girls tonight - getting so big!

Natalie - 5yr, 1 mo - 39lbs, 44.5 inches
Rhys - 3yr, 3mo - 28lbs, 36 inches

Goodbye Curls

Natalie donated her curls to Locks of Love today.  Sad and Happy day at the same time.  Hair has been a battle for a while around here.  She hates having it brushed and braided in the morning before school and it was difficult to wash and comb at night.  We gave her the choice, she could sit still for us, or she could cut it if she wanted.  She chose to cut and has been begging us to do it for a few weeks now.  We finally had the time to deal with it.

Here's the before, after and during shots.

 

PJs and Piggies

I put Natalie's hair in pig tails and Rhys begged me to do hers too.

The next morning she also requested "2 tails" and couldn't wait to show her BFF Lily at daycare!

Gymnastics

The girls started Gymnastics last month.  Natalie loves it and Rhys is warming up to it.  They are both actually pretty good at listening to direction, bouncing on the trampoline and balancing on the balance beams.  I think their favorite is jumping into the foam pit and hanging from the rings.

Thank you to Anna for the leotard hand-me-downs.  Rhys loves them!

Death Valley trip

We took a long weekend in February and drove to Death Valley with our friends.  It was the first time we had ever been - and boy is it a long drive!  The girls did great though.  We broke the drive up by driving to Tehachapi on Thursday night, then the rest of the way on Friday.  We stayed until Monday morning and then stopped in Lancaster to visit family.  We got stuck in 45 minute traffic delays in both directions, so that added to the trip too.

We did some little mini-hikes with the kids.  8 adults and 7 girls.  Lots of fun as always!