September brought lots of fun. Especially for Mia. She turned 3! I can't believe it's been 3 years already. It's amazing how fast time flies. Mia loves coloring with her markers. One day she was coloring quietly in her room. When I went in to check on her this is what I found. She'd fallen asleep after shoving a bunch of markers in her sock. Nap time is a rarity around our house these days so that made it all the more adorable.
We picked up a couple kites when we were at the store and decided to try them out. We has one this spring but it broke. This time I bought 2 just in case one broke again. We got the cheap Barbie kite flying great, however no matter how hard we tried we couldn't get the more expensive one off the ground. Next time I'll just have to stick to the cheapies.
The 2nd weekend in September was Cousin Sophie's blessing. It was good to see baby Sophie again and spend time with family but somehow I don't have any pictures from it.
Just before Mia's birthday we went out to Red Robin for her birthday dinner. She absolutely loves their broccoli (funny girl).
The Friday before Mia's birthday we spent 8 1/2 hours in the car driving to Wyoming to see my brother and his family. They were blessing baby Daxton and we don't get to see them very often because they live so far away. It was our first time getting to meet Daxton too.
Mia enjoyed dinner with cousin Khloe but it was a new experience for her having to keep her food away from a dog.
The girls all ready for bed.
The next day we had a combined birthday party for Mia and Khloe. Khloe's birthday was over the summer but life was crazy at that time so she didn't get a cake or anything so we celebrated together.
3 candles for Mia and 2 for Khloe. Mia blew out all the candles so we had to re-light Khloe's candles for her to blow out.
They had lots of fun opening presents.
They got matching shirts and matching Noah's Ark magnetic games.
Birthday cake is always delicious.
In Wyoming you can do fireworks all year round. Since Mia loves fireworks and Khloe was kind of scared of them, Uncle Steve pulled some out to see if having Mia there would make Khloe think they were cool. She was still a little timid but did have fun. Mia on the other hand just wanted to keep going.
Mia, Daxton, and Grandma and Grandpa
Grandma and Grandpa with all 3 of their grand kids.
My brother Steve and his family- Nicky, Khloe, Daxton, and Buddy (the dog).
After an 8 1/2 hour drive back to Idaho we decided to let Mia have a bubble bath in Grandma's big tub. If Grandma put it a little soap to make a little bubbles then a lot must make a lot of bubbles. That's what happens when Mia gets her hands on the soap. She put half the bottle of body wash in the tub when we stepped out. When she sat down it was just a head floating in bubbles.
Once we got back home we had to have another birthday party with the rest of the family.
This time we did birthday pie.
To say Mia was spoiled this year would be an understatement I think.
Shaun the Sheep has been sadly missing from our house since it went off Netflix. Luckily Aunt Trina was able to find it online.
Nana made Mia her very own scrubs.
And she got a medical kit and 2 boxes of bam aids (her word for band aid) to go with them.
Lots of clothes and some new PJs
Mia's got the opening presents things down. She's going to be lots of fun at Christmas this year.
She got her very own camera so just maybe she will stop stealing ours and it won't take such a beating.
Her princess dress from Grandma and Grandpa.
And her scrubs from Nana and Grandpa
Now Mia can get dressed for work like Mom.
Apparently I didn't do a very good job taking pictures after Mia's birthday. We're spending more time inside these days with the cooler weather. We've broken out the Veggie Tales movies and Mia's very happy to have Shaun the Sheep back. Now that it's cooler we've had some lunches out with friends. Mia also started preschool one day a week at Bravo and she is loving it.
