Mia Rides her Tricycle...

Mia has been reaching many milestones lately. She participated in Story Time activities on her own and learned how to steer her tricycle. On this day, we took a stroll around the block. I was having withdrawals from my camera, so I decided to bring it along.  Before getting started on our stroll, I took this photo of Mia showing off her princes like hands.

Not long after we got started, Mia found a feather.  Probably a pigeon feather since there are so many around our neighborhood.

As we started along again, she was having a hard time holding on to the feather and steering at the same time.  So she asked me to put it in my pocket for safe keeping.
This last  photo was taken the next day, but it is so Mia that I had to include it.

January 8th - That Darn Jeep

Winter is still around and the girls have not been playing outside very much.  On this day, they decided they wanted to take a ride on their Power Wheels Jeep.

As the girls were riding, Victoria stopped to point out the neighborhood cat peacefully sleeping on the ledge of a window.

After riding for a while, I noticed that the jeep was not moving as quickly as when we started.  Since it had not been charged in a while, I assumed the batteries were running out.  Sure enough, as we were starting to head back home it died.  I helped push, but I wanted to take some photos, so Victoria did most of the pushing.

After she got tired, Mia got off the jeep to help.

Finally we made it home.

Wine Makers, Villains, and Potters...

About a month ago we all had a day off and since we rarely have a day off together we decided to drive over to Pahrump and checkout their Vineyard. Although small, the Vineyard was nice.  I am sure it is nothing compared to those in Sonoma County, but for being in the middle of the desert, I was impressed. While we waited for our tour to begin, I snapped a picture of Victoria and Karen posing in front of the Vineyard's award winning Wines.


  While Jessica did some wine tasting, Victoria, Mia, Karen, and I walked around the Vineyard.
   LUNCH TIME!  And for dessert, wine tasting for me.

 After leaving the Vineyard, we headed over to Town Square.
 As we walked around Town Square, we noticed a display presented by Mac (the make-up company) where they would do you make-up, dress you up as a Disney villain, and take your picture. 
 The girls skipped the make-up part and played dress-up.  They really got into character.


To finish the day, we spent some time at The Artful Potter.



At Mt. Charleston with the Bojorquez...

On the last post I shared some photos from our picnic in Mt. Charleston. On this day we returned with the Bojorquez family to enjoy a nice afternoon outdoors.



Right next to our picnic area is a tepee that people have built with logs. The girls made their contribution to the cause.







After dinner we went for a walk...



As we walked through the forest the girls told me they found some berries. I went over to look at the berries and told them they should pick them up. Lucky for them someone told them NOT TO PICK-UP the berries…







When we returned to the picnic area, we had some cookies.





As we left the picnic area, I spotted some wild sunflowers growing by the side of the road. Of course, I pulled over and got these shots.

Picnic at Mt. Charleston...

This summer we discovered a nice picnic area in Mt. Charleston. Here are some photos of our time up there.



Momma gets our food ready.











After relaxing for a while, Mia decides she wants to ride her tri-cycle...



and shortly after, she rides it into the ditch....



and as she struggles to get it out, she looks at me as if saying, "PUT THE CAMERA DOWN AND HELP ME!".





We are big fans of the Cartoon, Avatar: the Last Airbender (we did not like the movie version, DON'T SEE IT). Inspired by the cartoon, we tried to get in touch with our Chakra.









After dinner, we decided to go for a walk. The last photos were taken while on this walk.