The Story of Simzgirl

So a million things have happened since our latest family vacation, but I thought I should at least get a few pictures up here to document the story. Sorry it’s taken so long.
Back at the end of January, we took a little family vacation down to Florida. We spent three days in Fort Lauderdale doing […]

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One of the ladies in my Stroller Strides class just send around a link to this adorable site, Sport Princess, that I think is pure genius! Who doesn’t want to teach their daughters that they can be girly and frilly yet sporty and hardcore?! It’s the perfect balance. I highly recommend you check out their […]

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I interviewed Ana before and it was pretty entertaining, so I decided to do it again. For the most part, I stuck with the same questions (name, age, future career, favorite toy, favorite game, best friend, favorite food, favorite cereal, and favorite movie) and was pretty surprise to see how the answers have (and haven’t!) […]

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Sim was cleaning up our old video camera (that we never use anymore since we both have Flip cameras) to loan to his brother when he came across two video clips from a couple years ago. Ana is so tiny. It is so hard for me to image she was ever so little. So on […]

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Last weekend I went to Seattle for a couple days to a Heritage Makers conference. While I was away, Sim and Ana attended the Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance that is put on each year through the Tualatin Hills Parks and Rec. I couldn’t have planned it better than to have a special activity for them […]

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On January 20th, Ana had her first day of Pee Wee Soccer class. She has been eagerly awaiting the day she could start playing soccer and in the Tualatin Hill Parks and Rec district that magic age is three. So as soon as registration day came, I camped out in front of the phone and […]

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I wanted to make a big deal of the fact that Ana is (finally!) potty trained, so a couple weeks ago I put together a fancy little tea party and invited all her little girl friends to come celebrate with her.
I found these adorable little red tea cups on sale at Ikea and they set […]

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Ana had her three-year doctors appointment this morning. Here are her stats from the appt:
Height: 37.75″ (65th percentile)
Weight: 30.4 lbs (50th percentile)
BMI: 150 (30th percentile)
Blood Pressure: 84/48
The stats I provided are a little different than I am use to. BMI? Blood pressure? It’s crazy that we have to start worrying about that stuff at three […]

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Today while Sim, Ana, and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch I happened to look out the window and noticed a few tiny little flecks of snow. They weren’t even really flakes but it was snow! Then by time I put Ana down for her nap giant cotton ball-sized snowflakes were falling […]

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Dear Ana,
Last week you turned three. THREE. I don’t even know how it happened. I know it’s a total cliché, but it seems like you were just born yesterday. Yet it’s almost impossible to remember life without you in it. But why would I want to? Ever since you were born my life has […]

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