Yep, I'm missing this weather right now!! Kylee and I went with my mom to visit my sister Natalie and her family in Henderson, NV and my sister Michelle and her family in St. George. We got to enjoy this beautiful, warm weather for a whole week!
Our first stop was Henderson and Kylee had so much fun playing with her cousins. All of the toys were new to her and she thought sleeping in their room with them was the coolest ever!
I can't even tell you how nice it was being able to go to the park and let her get some fresh air.
Kylee and Tasha could have played in the swings all day. She's so silly, she kept scooting up as far as she could. Then she'd totally straighten her arms and legs and just hang there.
Or she would lean forward and just let her arms hang for a while.
She discovered the rocks and was in heaven. I don't know what it is with this girl and rocks Ü. They sat and collected the acorns that had fallen out of the trees and planted them in the ground again.
We had a busy evening planned so we put all the girls in bed for a nap before we left. They had so much fun playing in the room while they were supposed to be sleeping that they were all wide awake when it was time to go. As soon as the car got onto the street, Kylee was out cold.
By the time we got to the strip, all 4 girls were fast asleep.
Once everyone was back awake, we headed to the Lion Exhibit at MGM. The girls loved seeing the lions. They were asleep the whole time so Kylee kept yelling at them, "Get up! Get up lions!".
We thought the kids would like the M&M store so we headed there next. On our way there, we passed a street vendor dressed up as Cookie Monster. This totally made Kylee's day. She kept yelling, "Hi Cookie Monster! Hi Cookie Monster! Name Kylee!". She did not want to go in the M&M store because she'd rather see him. Anytime we passed a window with a clear view of Cookie Monster, she'd start yelling at him again.
We got a couple pictures of the girls by the big M&Ms and everyone was ready to go. It wasn't as much fun as we'd thought it would be, but they definitely liked riding the escalators Ü.
There's no way I could let her leave without getting a picture with Cookie Monster, so I gave him a few bucks and let the kids say hi. They all loved it! When we went to leave, Kylee said, "Bye Cookie Monster". Then she thought about it for a second and asked him, "Where Elmo?". Silly girl! He laughed and said Elmo wasn't here, but he would tell him she said hi. Kylee still hasn't stopped talking about seeing Cookie Monster. Every day until we got home she would ask if we could see him again.
From there we headed over to the Rainforest Cafe for dinner. At first the girls weren't so sure what to think about all the big, moving animals. After some persuading they decided they weren't real, well everyone except Kylee.
Every 10 minutes there was a rain storm and all of the animals would move and make noises. She would just sit and stare at the animals that were moving and tell me what they were.
Kylee's birthday was a few days before and the twins' birthday was in a few days so each of them got a special treat and a birthday song.
Kylee could have her birthday everyday just so she can blow out the candle. It's definitely her favorite part.
When we left there was an animated alligator that the girls thought was really cool. They didn't want to get too close when it's mouth was open, but they couldn't walk away either.
Our last stop for the night was Disney on Ice. All the girls wore their disney shirts and even got a fun light up toy for the show. You know, the really "cheap" ones. Oh well, at least you can replace the batteries and keep them for a long time. I'm sure we'll just take the same one everytime we go to the show.
We were pretty excited waiting for the show to start!
When Kylee saw Mickey and all of his friends come out, she couldn't even move. She just sat there with her hands in front of her mouth. Once they all came out she sat and yelled hi to each of them by name and then said "Name Kylee!!". I wasn't sure how she would do for that long of a show, but she was perfect!! She would even get in to the story and yell with all the other kids. The villans were trying to get Mickey to eat a poison apple and all the kids were supposed to yell to him not to eat it. Kylee sat on the edge of my knees and yelled, "No Mickey!!! No eat da apple!!". As soon as she called her dad the next morning, the first thing she said was "See Mickey on Ice!!". We've been home a week and she is still talking about it and names everyone she saw.
We went to the park every day and Kylee ate Cheetos there every day.
Give her Cheetos and she'll be your best friend.
I'm pretty sure she's addicted to them Ü. I just love how she's savoring every bite in this picture.
We had so much fun with them and Kylee definitely misses her cousins.
Next we headed to St. George and luckily Kylee was able to catch up on her sleep in the car.
She loved playing with Jordan and his barrell of monkeys.
Of course we had to go to the park while we were there too and take advantage of the weather as much as possible!
This park had some of the neatest stuff! We had a blast on this cool teeter totter.
Kylee had lots of fun riding it with Grandma.
She was even daring enough to try it by herself!
Whitney and Jordan on the crazy swing.
Kylee and Michelle on this super fast spinny toy.
This one was Kylee's favorite.
I tried it and got going so fast my eyes were spinning.
Ky even let Whitney take her down a big slide, which is a huge step for my little cautious baby.
We played outside in the yard and kicked the ball all night. She even jumped with me on the tramp for her first time. There was no way she was letting go of me, but she still got on it.
We had so much fun while we were gone and can't wait to see everyone again. Them and the nice weather of course.
