Veda's Birthday surprise!

As mentioned in the previous post Kristine and I had a fabulous trip to Washington D.C planned for our girls for their January birthdays. We could not wait to take them to the American Girl doll store! Veda didn't have a clue! Daddy took the day off work to drive us to the airport. I was soooo excited about this part. You have flown before but you were only 15 months old or so and don't remember. Once we got to the airport your excitement soared! We were early so we had time to watch a lot of planes come and go. When we boarded our plane you chose a window seat and couldn't wait for the plane to take off. Watching the excitement on your face was priceless! I felt like I was experiencing it for the first time as well. Take off was so fun! You were smiling ear to ear. You really enjoyed our flight and you still had no clue where we were going until you saw Kristine and the girls waiting for us at the airport. The weekend was a blast! We went shopping, ate delicious food, and explored the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. 

Veda is 6!!

Every year I am in disbelief when another child turns another year older. The days seem long but the years seem so short. Veda, you continue to grow into a little lady with each passing year.  You are thriving in school and love everything about it....well except sitting next to the kid who eats napkins at lunch. haha! Mrs Morelli always tell me how polite and quiet you are in school. Really? I must look confused when she says these things because at home you are very outspoken, and um not so polite to Grayson! You have even discovered talking back to mommy and daddy ALOT! This means you lose playing on the iPad and miss watching a lot of things you enjoy on TV. I know this is just another phase and together we will get through and survive.

 You have learned so many things this last year. You can tie your shoes, braid hair, ride a bike without training wheels, make paper airplanes, and READ! You seem to pick up words quite easily and can recite a book that has only been read to you a few times. Amazing memory!

For your birthday this year I had a wonderful surprise awaiting you! We were heading to Washington D.C. to meet up with the Kraft girls for a wonderful girls weekend visiting the American Girl Doll store. SO MUCH FUN! You chose Isabelle...she looks so much like you but with brown eyes. We did lots of window shopping at a huge mall, enjoyed lots of delicious food, and went to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. We had a blast!

Before we left we had a low key birthday party at home that included Nana and Papa and a few friends. We enjoyed Pizza and cake and Ice cream and opening presents of course!


A little interview with the birthday girl!

Favorite color:                                   Pink and yellow
What I want to be when I grow up:   Preschool Teacher
BFF:                                                   Riley
Favorite thing to do:                          Playing outside at school
Favorite Food:                                   Hot dogs
Favorite Movie:                                 Frozen
What I love about myself:                 I have a caring heart
What I love about my family:           They love me

Christmas

Always a magical time of year with my family. We were all together for several days in a row and it was nothing short of wonderful. We enjoyed making and eating cookies, going to look at Christmas lights, Singing Christmas songs, Finding our Elf each morning, and of course visiting Santa....Which Grant was NOT fond of!

Christmas morning was delightful. Nana and Papa came for breakfast and watched you open your gifts and we spent most of our day lounging in our PJ's and playing with new toys before heading to Nana and Papa's.

I always imagine Christmas morning with all of you opening your gifts slowly and enjoying each one...not the case! I could barely keep you all contained as you opened all of your gifts as fast as you could...I swear all I could see was a sea of wrapping paper! All of you were very excited about your new things, wanting every. single. gift. opened that very minute. Grant wasn't quite as eager to open gifts but he enjoyed himself a great deal!