Nanny for the day

Valerie and Milo were without a nanny on Tuesday so Aunt Penny and I went to Huntington Beach to step in for the day. That was the longest amount of time I had been away from Tessa. It was nice to come home to her walking over to me and giving me a big hug! […]

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Following directions

Lately Tessa has done really well with following directions. The other day I asked her to turn off her music in her room while I was switching over laundry and she did it. Then she followed directions by taking trash and throwing it in the trash can. (Neither of which I got on video 🙁  […]

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Sea World 

Tessa went to Sea World for the first time today. James and I got free season passes for being teachers so we figured why not go. I know animals shouldn’t be in captivity but I thought Tessa should experience Sea World once. She did great on the drive there and napped. Once we parked and […]

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Library 

Tessa went to the library for the first time today. She loves books so I thought it would be a great place to visit. They have story time on Thursdays but it is at 11am and that’s her nap time. Once we got inside she was so excited! She walked to the magazine rack first […]

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Toddler 

Today Tessa became a toddler. I know a toddler is from 1-3 years old but for some reason she didn’t appear to be a toddler until today. All the walking has made her so skinny so maybe it was that. Or that she is loosing her baby face. Or it was this outfit and her […]

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Bye Bye Water

Tessa loves to take baths. In the morning when she is ready she walks to the gate at the bottom of the stairs and says bath. I let her climb the stairs and then she walks as fast as she can to the tub. Her new favorite part of bath time is watching all the […]

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Mother’s Day

Today to celebrate Mother’s Day the whole family went to Hunter Park to ride the train and have a picnic.  The train is run by volunteers and only runs the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month.  I was happy that Mother’s Day fell on a Sunday that it would be working.  I figured with […]

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Gymboree Fun

Tessa had a fun morning playing at Gymboree then we went to Wood Ranch for lunch and did some shopping at the Lake Elsinore outlets.           Bouncing on the bridge  http://youtu.be/W4dJfyjx_6c Dancing  http://youtu.be/Tkj1Dp8Pbgk

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