Halloween 2021

 The Halloween festivities started a little early this year.

About a week before Halloween we had our first Calder family Halloween Party.

The had a black carpet with music for everyone to unveil their costumes.

Ralph, Kris, Bailey, and Bridget went all our with their inflatable pig costumes and dance.

We were a family of birds with Ryan and I being the nest.

They had a fabulous spread of food with the soup in an actual pumpkin.

They had cute games lined up for the kids and they loved it!

For trick or treating this year the boys lasted their longest yet of 1.5 hours!

Their buckets were full to the brim.

Thankfully they were willing to trade it in for tickets to a jazz game.

We had beautiful weather that night and it was actually enjoyable to be outside.

JLC :: 18 Months

 

Stats from Checkup

Weight: 22.88 lbs (52nd Percentile)

Height: 32.25" (61st Percentile)

Head Circumference: 18.75" (83rd Percentile)

Sleeping

Jaylee is sleeping 12 hours at night and takes one nap each day.

She goes down for her nap around 12:30/1pm and sleeps for about 2 hours.

Eating

Jaylee loves to eat what everyone else is eating.

If she catches you eating when she isn't she will follow after you saying, "A Bite! A Bite!"

She is a really good eater and will eat pretty much anything I give her.

She is getting a little pickier so she doesn't always eat her veggie or the main protein.

She loves popcorn, fruits, fruit snacks, and whatever you are eating.

Playing

Jaylee is so playful right now.

She tries to mimic what everyone else is playing.

She likes to make me food from the play kitchen and to carry around bags.

She loves to be outside.

She is always up for a walk, playing at the park, or even just being in our yard.

If she hears anyone talk about going outside she brings you her shoes.

She is very vocal right now.

She will repeat whatever she wants over and over until she gets it.

For example she will follow me around calling mommy until I pick her up.

My favorite things that she says right now are: "a bite," "ready, set go" "a shoes, a go"

She loves being around her family and is finally starting to warm up to other people.

She does a great job for independent playtime each day.

She loves baths (especially splashing)

Fall Break 2021

 For fall break this year we went back to Moab.

We decided to do this to celebrate the Yukon reaching 200,000 miles!

We left Thursday morning and drove straight to Moab.

We got ice cream and walked around the river path until it was time to check in to our hotel.

After we checked in the capacity had reduced at Arches National Park so we were able to get that afternoon.

We hiked to double arch and turret arch.

That night we ate food I had brought in the hotel and the boys spend at lot of time playing basketball.

On Friday morning we got up and headed straight to Canyonlands National Park.

We hiked to the Mesa Arch and hit a couple view points.

We tried to do a longer hike but everyone was getting tired so we didn't make it very far.

We were back at the hotel that afternoon for naps and rest time.

We played more basketball at the hotel that afternoon.

For dinner we picked up pizza and headed to a park.

On Saturday we checked out of the hotel and drove to Goblin Valley State Park.

This was a huge hit with the kids last year so we made sure to go again.

We spent the morning climbing and running.

We played hide and seek and ate a picnic lunch.

When everyone was tired we loaded up and drove home.

It was a wonderful trip and went according to plan.

It was miraculous that we didn't have to wait hours to get into any of the parks!

On our last day of fall break (Monday) we drove down to Jakers and let the kids pick our pumpkins.

Nana and Papa came over to meet us.

We didn't get to do this tradition last year so the kids were extra excited this year.

EMC:: 4 Years

 Elsie is spunky, imaginative, and loves to communicate.

She is becoming more independent and wants to do things herself.

She is great at imaginative play and loves to play dollhouse or princesses.

She is big into "cute and adorable" things.

She loves to get her hair done because she gets extra screen time.

She is really making an effort to be helpful with Jaylee and to try to include her when playing.

She is constantly talking and narratives her thoughts out loud.

She enjoys wrestling with Ryan, riding her scooter, and playing with friends.

Stats from CheckUp

Weight: 29.1 lbs (6th percentile)

Height: 39" (34th percentile)

We started Elsie's birthday off with presents.

This year she got a Snow White dress up costume, a pet shop play set, a Cinderella doll, Peppa Pig water bottle, and a backpack for school.

We followed up presents with cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

That morning we played with toys before getting lunch from Sonic.

After lunch we went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

Despite her expression in the picture we was excited to go and had a great time she just didn't want her picture taken.

The rest of the afternoon was filled with more playing.

She requested chicken pasta for dinner and an ice cream cake for dessert.

Happy Birthday Elsie!

We love having you in our family!

LRC:: 6 Years

Wow! It is hard to believe this bundle of energy is six!

Logan is so fun and loves to be around people.

He has lots of friends at school and is up for playing with anyone.

He has become a great little reader and math seems to come naturally to him.

He enjoys any kind of rough and tumble game but is becoming becoming a kind and gentle older brother.

 Stats From Checkup
Weight: 46.7 lbs (57th Percentile)
Height: 47.8" (88th Percentile)

For Logan's birthday he wanted blueberry muffins for breakfast and we opened presents first thing.

He got roller blades, Bowser's Lego Castle, a monster truck dirt track, and Super Wings characters.

Later that morning we took his friend Eli with us to Airborne.

They had a blast playing and running everywhere!

My cousins Clare and Ivy were in town so they joined us too.

After Airborne we picked up Sonic for lunch.

His afternoon included screen time and playing with his toys.

We had a picnic our back of homemade pizza.

He requested his funfetti cake that I had made a couple years ago.

He was so excited to get it again!

Happy Birthday Logan, we love you!!