Casey has been growing like a weed. She needs 1 more inch to be 3' tall. She still weighs around 27/28 lbs. She had her first dentist visit. No teeth cleaning, but she got to watch Daddy get his teeth cleaned, got to ride the chair up and down and then dental hygenist checked her teeth with the mirror. Casey had a great time. Then her preschool had a free teeth cleaning, where they actually cleaned her teeth and gave her flouride. So hopefully we will keep cavities away from her little teeth.
She is still in tumbling and is learning to spin around the bar. However, she tends to let go completely in mid spin and flies down on the mat on her back. She doesn't seem to mind, but the coach is trying to teach her the right way to do it.
We are still working on potty training, but she did finally go poop in the potty today. We've been trying to get her to do this for a couple weeks now, bribing her with a twizzler. We'll see if she continues.
The past two days, Casey has been talking with a country accent. Bath, That, Bag, Back all now have 2 syllables, Bayth. Even Daddy is Dayddy. Not sure where she learned this and I think she now thinks it's so funny.
Casey: "Daddy, Be quiet, Baby is sleeping."
Daddy: "OK"
Casey: "Hey Daddy?"
Daddy: "What?"
Casey: "Shhhhhhh"
On the Colorado scene, we have squirrels again. We finally had to get animal control involved. This time they are in the top of our A frame, so there is no safe way we could get up there. There are at least 3 of them. They tend to sit out on the beam and look down into our window at us...I swear they are pointing and laughing at us. But we have the last laugh now. Animal control shut out all their ways in, so hopefully this is the end of the squirrels!! Not keeping my hopes up.
As for the slopes, this weekend Vail opens, which means all of the resorts are open. We had tons of snow the past week, including a blizzard on Wed, which Kel and I drove home from Keystone in. It was quite a blind drive! Speaking of Kel, we had to bid her farewell, she came back into town to pack her stuff into a uhaul and is in the midst of driving it back to VA. She starts her new job in Rosslyn, VA on Nov 29th. Congrats Kel, we'll miss you!
Congrats also go out to our friends Jessica and Craig for baby #3, Madelyn. Can't wait to meet her. And a belated Happy Birthday to Tracy's Great Grandmother Katie who turned 90 this past Monday! We'll see you next week!
Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving and Safe Travels.
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| Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride. We drove halfway up a one lane rode that basically dropped on one side. It was scary, especially because we had to stop because of ice on the road and because the Yukon does not a good turning radius! |
Casey skipping on the one lane road
a yummy chocolate flower in Telluride
under the lift in Mountain Village, Telluride Ski Resort
Casey hugging Frisco
our kids at Telluride
Black Canyon, that is Gunnison River down below
letting baby walk on the trail
a great view of the west side of the Black Canyon, we had the park to ourselves
Casey and Rowan off to the playground
Dillon, Connor and Casey cheesing it up. I'm sure immediately after the picture they all went after the phone in Connor's hand.
"take my picture. lemme see"
