So every year at the end of January is Gabriel's biggest show for work. He is gone a week so me and the girls take off to California to see GG and Grandpa Wallet. We had so much fun just like we always do but it didn't even rain this time! However they really need rain but I am glad it didn't while we were there!
We had a 2 1/2 layover in Las Vegas so we rode the tram for at least 30 minute if not more. The tram was probably a 40 second ride one way. We just went back and forth. Besides being in an airport with 2 small children by myself Las Vegas was the worst of all airports. Keeping small children from all the slot machines was not a fun challenge! I would like to hurt whoever decided to put those in the airport. They obviously didn't have a 1 year!
Violet also became a stocker while at the airport. It was funny to watch her because he was just taking one step at the a time inching closer and closer. I guess she was just trying to see what was on his phone. But once he knew she was there she wanted nothing to do with him.
GG has a nice big tub at her house and even got out the bubbles!!!
One day we spend the day at the zoo and park. The zoo was actually a sanctuary for hurt animals or ones that couldn't survive in the wild on their own.
Not like we don't see these everyday but the girls loved the deer. I guess we haven't got this close to one before. She was friendly and not scared that is for sure!
Not sure how this happened but thought it was interesting GG took this picture with her IPhone. I joked with Gabriel that it looked like something that would be on Fringe. The show that we are binge watching on Netflix now! Very cool show! Just push through the first 2 episodes!
This girl was all about walking by herself and she doesn't want to hold you hand!
She ran away every chance she got!
This girl loves animals but I think she loved the park more this time. She loves horses and once she saw this thing she said "oh mom I'm so excited I found my park. It's a horsey park!'
And my little Vi Vi loves the swings! This swing was awesome! So this was a handicap accessible park and these are the swings so kids in a wheelchair can swing! So cool. We are getting an handicap park soon and I REALLY hope we get swings like these!
Brigitte let her sister ride for about 4 seconds! She didn't want to share!
One day we hit up the fish hatchery in Oroville. Brigitte was looking for all the fish. There were no fish at the hatchery...they had just released them that morning!
The girls loved watching the water rush by at least.
This is where the day got interesting! Violet decided she needing to try and climb through the bars and in the process kicked her shoe into the water. Of course she had to be wearing the cutest pair of shoes she owns (pink sparkly fake Toms!) So I rushed over to the building and got a man to try and "fish" the shoe out. By the time we got to the ladder I couldn't see the shoe anywhere! I couldn't believe how fast the water was moving!
But the man looks down this ladder a lot and has an eye for things that shouldn't be in there and he spotted it right before it was going into the river! Day saved! Then we asked about the fish and that is when found out where all the fish were but he said if we wanted to come inside and look at the babies and eggs we could! So we got to see the baby fish that just hatched and adjusting to the new water in a big tub. Then he showed us how they took care of the eggs, what they did with them, and the incubators. Of course the girls weren't really interested in this stuff but grandma and I found it interesting!
Probably the most fun they had was the very last day there and we went to a fun little bouncy jungle gym! They had soft equipment for the young ones and a huge jungle gym for the older ones to play on. Both girls played on the jungle gym and loved the slides but they much favored all the soft stuff to play with!
Violet followed Brigitte everyone just like she does at home!
Her favorite!
That end part is her wanted to go again! We are still working on this "talking" thing. I finally got tired and just sat the top of the slid and pulled her up. It was much less work on my part that way!
We also got to spend the weekend with my cousins and Aunt! My two youngest cousins used to call me "that girl"when they were little and Brigitte picked it up on her own and started calling them "those girls." Apparently it is a Sullins' thing not to learn your cousin's names. We also got to see little Sophie who is 6 months old and I thought Violet was going to love her because she loves babies...nope I just learned that she is extremely jealous instead! Thank you girls for coming to see us!
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