happy birthday (aunt) heather!

You're my best sister ever! My very favorite one. Happy birthday!!

{you should get in more pictures, so I don't have to use ones from my phone}

another first!

Another perk of cruising...someone is standing ready to make soft-serve ice cream 24 hours a day. We ate A LOT. On the last day at sea, I left the kids at the pool with Orum and brought back 3 ice cream cones. Hazel's eyes were gianormous!!! I think she was in shock that she was going to get one all to herself. No sharing with a parent. It was her first, and it didn't take long for her to figure it out. She did have a couple of shining examples...

I also heard Renée say, "I LOVE when mommy does pool service!" Pool service? She said that like she sits at the pool all day and calls to her butler. We have neither, but points for me still.

complicated.

I just finished this super cute bedding for a set of sisters. I decided that I MUST take it outside to take pictures. It seemed so easy--the bed is only a few yards from the back door, and is easy to take apart/put together.

Got the bed outside and put together. The perfect overcast was gone. The sun was out--on the wrong side of the house. So instead of taking pictures in front of our grungy barn-esque garage doors, I had to turn the bed. Now there's a lovely view of the neighbors littered yard. The wind started blowing. The bedskirt was constantly flying up. I may have broken the bed a little, and I got A LOT of crazy looks from the passing traffic!! My friend even stopped to see what I was doing because she said she could see this bed for blocks down the busy street! It may be bright, but I LOOOOVE it!! And so do my girls...a duplicate set may soon have a home here!

I didn't even attempt to take the crib outside! I've decided that I need a spare bed in the garage just to use for pictures--maybe an iron one.

I mean seriously...those are 2 lucky little girls! My girls' pale pink and white room seems SOOO boring now. I can't wait to hear what they think about it!

boy rides shark.

boy loves shark.

boy gets crazy.

shark flips boy.

uncle saves boy.

boy rides shark again.

st. patrick's day 2010

Another holiday, another hair clip--at least that's what Renée and her friends think. They definitely came out ahead this year. Elijah was left with only green kisses. I had grand plans of sending him to school with green play dough shaped like shamrocks. If only I had started earlier than the morning of. I guess there's always next year, and seeing that I sent the candy in a big ziplock instead of on a cute card, etc. I have a lot to make up for! At this rate Hazel may never make it to school with anything!!