Halloween Week

Today the library had a Halloween Party during their Preschool reading time and all the kids went in their Halloween costumes. Tiffany finally got to wear her Dora costume that tia Anna made for her. It was definitely the most original one!

Tiffany didn't want to sit down with all the other kids...she still doesn't care much for the stories, but she sure liked the witch (buxa) that she now knows thanks to all the Dora episodes that have witches in them!
They always decorate the entire room and Tiffany just loved seeing all the different things.
After the stories they always have some craft and games for the kids. Today she got to decorate a spooky house with all these sticker foams. She loves anything with stickers so she had a blast!
Doesn't she look adorable in her Dora costume?!
And of course we couldn't go without candy! They gave each of the kids a bag with candy and she went straight for the sucker!

Tiff's room

This is probably the 10th time I move things around in Tiff's room, but I think I finally like it! Last time I went to Rexburg I stopped at Porters (oh how I miss that store!) and got some cute things to make for her room. I needed new letters because the ones I made when she was born got ruined with all our movings. I also got a cute hanger and the 3 flower picture frame thingy. It was fun decorating these things! I love being crafty!
The table and chair take a lot more room than I would like, but she uses them so much that I don't want to have to move them.
The purple part of the curtain is actually from my room back in Brazil, my mom brought when she came, and she also make the adorable little things that hang from it. You can't see it in the picture, but there are 4 of them, and it just adds SO much!
All the stuffed animals are mostly mine from growing up and from our engagement. Bryan would give me a new one every month leading up to our wedding. It makes her room a little crowded, but for now it works. I think her favorite part right now are all the books, and the little play food Jasmine and Eric (Aline's kids) gave her for her birthday.
I just wanted to show this lamp that I updated. I actually got it for my 15th birthday and it was black with white in the middle, and it was designed to be a picture frame. But I forgot that the reason I never used it here is because the part that plugs in the wall was different. But I wanted to put it in her room so bad that I just cut that part off, bought a new one from Home Depot, and fixed it! I was so proud of myself! But of course I had to make sure I was doing it right or I could blow up the house or something! (no, not really, but you never know!)
And here is Tiffany feeding her addiction! One day while I was at work, Bryan wanted to watch something else but Tiffany kept asking for Dora, so he brought our old TV from the garage and put Dora for her to watch while he watched his program. Yeah...I'm not very happy about it, especially because she sits inches from it and thinks she has to watch it all day long! I do all sorts of things to distract her, but she always brings it up!

Pumpkins

I finally got our pumpkins yesterday to add to our decoration. I wanted to go to a pumpkin patch or something, but it hasn't happened yet, so I just got these for now!
And today I thought Tiff looked so adorable with this dress she got from Aubrey and Naomi for her birthday (thanks Patty!) that I decided to take some pictures. It was her first time seeing the pumpkins so she loved playing with them.
She is just getting so big! She is finally getting used to nursery...she cries a little when I leave her, but them after I go check on her she is totally fine. I love seeing all her grow up and learn new things!

October so far...

I've been wanting to come back to my blog for a while, but never find the time/motivation, and then it just feels like I'm too behind! So I'm gonna try and just post little by little and see if I can do better!

Yesterday the Brazilians here in Utah got together to celebrate Children's Day (Oct 12). I remember it always being kind of a big deal in Brazil when I was a kid...we always got a toy or something and just had fun! So I want to make it a big deal for Tiff too! We took the kids to the farm country at Thanksgiving Point. It was my first time there and I really enjoyed it. I think it's a great place to take kids and just let them connect with nature a little.
We wanted to take a picture of all the kids that went, but these were the only ones that would fit so we just got them first! (Eric, Jennifer, Tiffany and Jasmine)
The pony rides are the big attraction there, so I was excited to take Tiff. I really thought she would freak out, but she held on the entire time and LOVED it (even though you can't really tell in this picture...such a concentrated little girl!) She kept asking to "wide" (aka ride) and wide!
The plan was to bring a little toy for each of your kids, so I found this Dora bubble whistle and thought it was the perfect combination for Tiff (Dora and bubbles are probably her top favorite things right now!) But I couldn't get the bubbles to come out right, so she had fund just blowing the whistle and laughing with Eric every time she made a sound!

On the 4th it was Bryan's Birthday, so Tiff helped me make cupcakes. She loves to sit on our counter and just help me with whatever I'm making and I just KNOW that I'm going to miss this... so I let her!

She quickly remembered from her birthday about the candles, so Bryan let her blow his candles two (twice!)

Gotta love birthday time and all the yumi stuff we eat! I might need another excuse to make more cupcakes now that I finally got me some cupcake pans to make them with!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!!

Last week we took a few days off to go on a little vacation! It was SO MUCH FUN!! First we went up to Rexburg to meet my twin nieces. The next day we went up to Yellowstone and spent the day there. I forgot how beautiful that area is, and even though we didn't see a whole lot of wild life, we had an amazing time! The next day, after visiting with my brother and his family for a little while, we drove to Bear Lake, where we got to spend a day at the lake and it was PERFECT! Tiffany finally enjoyed it, since now she LOVES water, but she still didn't want anything to do with the sand. The next day we headed back home to finish off the week working, working, and working...but it was SO worth it!

Me with Carol and Bryan with Gabi. It's pretty easy to tell them apart, which is a good thing! Aren't they two little angels?!
Tiffany and Thomas. These two together are trouble!
Tiff and Bryan at Yellowstone. It was so hot that they decided to cool off a little!
This time Old Faithful actually got pretty high. And we got lucky because it started 10 min after we got there!

This elk was just hanging out while every one stared at him!

This elk just kept walking towards us.
Tiff got to hang out with her cousin Gage for a little while too, and these two just had a great time!
Tiff just loved her cousins...she wanted to hold and kiss them, and she was so sweet with them!
My beach baby. We found this float at my mother-in-law's and it was perfect, she never got scared of the water, not even when it got too deep for her. That was actually her favorite part!

She liked her float so much she wouldn't leave it alone.

Tiffany and her cousin Boden, I think because he is older, she just loves to follow him around and play with him. They had a lot of fun together!
Having her fist Popsicle all by herself...I know, I hate seeing her making a mess, but sometimes you just have to let it go!
We accomplished so much in these few days, it was great! Tiffany hang out with all of her cousins, and we just had the best time as a family!