End of Year Activities and Sick Days

I took the last week off of the year to spend time with the family and just to relax. We did various things from just hanging around, shopping, and even making a trip to the Aquarium. Lydia wasn't with us because she was at her dad's house, but my brother Philip joined us. Violet had her ups and downs this visit including a mega meltdown when it was time to go, but she absolutely loved the seeing the fish. She especially loved seeing Dora and Nemo in the tropical section.

Philip seemed to enjoy himself, except when Violet was having a rough time. We love hanging out with him.

It seemed like a great idea to get a picture of the girls on the frog, but Violet wasn't having it.

So instead Adelle rode the frog...solo.

The aquarium, though small, has so many fun things to see. When we went this time the penguins were especially active swimming around in the water. They were amazing to watch.

New Year's Eve was spent pretty uneventfully we just hung around at home, but right around midnight Violet got violently ill with the stomach flu. It was quite the start to the new year. Poor girl. We all came down within the next few days.