Saturday, May 29, 2010

Day at the Movie!


No better way to spend a rainy Saturday than watching Shrek 4 in 3D with the fam!!!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Beach Walk






Instead of preschool today, we spent the last (yes, I said LAST {tear, sniff}) day of preschool with the children outside at Larabee Park enjoying the sea life in the pouring rain! And because it was just for the preschool kids and Mommies, Paige got to have a play date at Daddy's office with a new petshop!!!

The Little Girls: (from "Sunrise, Sunset"~Fiddler on the Roof)

"Are these the little girls I carried,

Are these my little ones at play:

I don't remember growing older,

When did they?

Wasn't it only yesterday

When they were small?"

Monday, May 24, 2010

Secret Gate




Lo and behold we have a 5 year old neighbor just a fence away. And after months and months of watching the two of them (Piper and her) playing together (each in their own yard {sad, I know}), their daddy's decided to build a secret gate, so they can finally play together!!! With just a pull of the yellow string, they now no longer have to scream to each other over the gate!!
*I guess it no longer is a 'secret gate', now that I posted it on my blog!! :)

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Here's to a beautiful B'ham evening,






with some beautiful B'ham friends!
Happy Birthday Kelda!!
*Piper wondered where all the watermelons were at (probably because of the song she learned at preschool "down by the bay, where the watermelons grow...")?!?

Friday, May 21, 2010

We are so lucky...




...to have such a great photographer right here in Bellingham!! If you like my banner and ALL my professional photos enter to win a FREE (that's right, free) photo shoot with this amazing woman...REBECCA BRETHAUER. And even if you don't win, I think you should have her take your photo's anyway!! Good luck!!




*Photo's above are just some of the many favorites I have in my collection taken by Rebecca Brethauer Photography.


Can you find these beautiful girls?


After a fun day of lunch and shopping with friends!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Neighborhood Girl Party


is how we spent this beautiful Saturday afternoon!!

Picture day





Just a little sneak peak of what beautiful dancing 'red robins' and 'fireflies' we have to look forward to next month at their dance recital!

*firefly pictures taken awhile back (thanks to a good friend), because I wasn't able to catch them this time around.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Slim Pickens




(Mothers Day extended), Paige picked me the most beautiful tulips, and unbeknownst to me, they didn't come from outside (but from the bouquet I got from Chris)!!

How can you be angry at a face like this?!?!?

Sunday, May 9, 2010

A True Mother's Day Weekend

was not spent at at beautiful Sunday brunch, a casual walk by the bay, or doted on with flowers cards and candy, but with a house full of sick kiddos and husband.



It all started Thursday morning on a regular day of dance, when everyone (including daddy) had to come home from their Thursday regime because they were "a little" under the weather. 3+ sleepless nights, 6+ loads of laundry, 2+ dirty bathrooms, and 4+ days of chicken noodle soup later here we are...Mother's Day!



I hope this posting doesn't sound too mopey or at all as if I am feeling sorry for myself, because that really isn't the point. The point, you ask, is that this is what I signed up for. This is what a true mother does. This and all the other goods and bads are worth every single second of being a mother to my most beautiful possessions.



I will never forget this Mother's Day, being the one that my 5 1/2 year old told me that "you are the bestest mommy ever" at 3:32 am, or when my 3 year old told me that she'll "love me forever" just before bed. The greatest of Mother's Days is spent with family, the ones you love, and the ones that CHOSE you!!

*(and by the way, I did received a beautiful flowered pot and card from my beautiful Godson, some awesome homemade cards from my wonderful girls, and Chris was able to muster himself out of bed to buy me some beautiful spring tulips)!!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Are you ready for this???

Because after kindergarten orientation...we are ready for you!!!



May Day continued...

Piper's first attempt at picking, planting and watering her own May Day flowers!!

*one of the treasures she made at preschool!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

May Day


was spent planting potted flowers, bringing out all the outdoor furniture, and anticipating all the fun we are going to have this summer out on the patio!