D. Family Coffee Break

What a full month we had in August!  Let’s get right to the updates! Someone turned 4 years old.  4!  I say it every year- I cannot believe how quickly time is going by.  Buggy is turning out to be one heck of a kid- so thoughtful, empathetic, and witty.  For her birthday this year we decided that instead of doing a big bash, we were going to go to Disneyland.  Grandma was able to fly down to join in on the fun, along with Uncle Scott, Dave, Grandma 2, Ninang, Ninong, and Lo!  And thanks to Nana and Tata who visited a week earlier, Buggy was able to go to Disneyland in style, as her new favorite princess.  These days it seems like our baby is truly non-existent.  She is now such a big girl- full of brilliant ideas and thought-provoking questions.  If only I could be so insightful.  She carries a conversation and responds to different s...

At the end of June we went on an extended family vacation to Colorado!  Yes, this city gal and her city kid went with the country dad to...the country.  We did a ton of outdoor things we usually wouldn't do like hiking.  Imagine it (I know it's tough)- my kid and I went hiking.  I still can't believe it.  The first few days were spent without Dad.  He came a few days into the trip.  So he missed the whining about rocks and dirt (from the kid, not me!).  Seriously.  She kept asking me why I would bring her to a place with "so much rocks and dirt!"  (You get the picture.)  Anyway, by the time Dad got to Colorado, a little Miss Bug was all about the rocks and dirt and even boasted to Dad how good she was at hiking.  She didn't disappoint and she hiked herself down the mountain, then up, then down again without complaints.  I'm sure his heart was happy because his eyes were beaming at how proud he was of his city girl.  ...