Giraffe, Giraffe, Bobblehead

Last year Lindsey wanted a giraffe party. Mean mom talked her out of it because she didn't know what to do at a giraffe party. We did a Hello Kitty party instead. Her hopes and dreams of a giraffe party continued throughout the year. So, of course, this year we had a giraffe party.

Aaron made her this giraffe cake. We had great dreams of a giraffe head coming out of the cake, molded out of rice krispie treats then covered in frosting. But time got the better of us and she got the simplified version. The great thing about Lindsey is she doesn't care. She is happy with anything.

I made her a giraffe hair bow to wear on her special day.

The kids each made a giraffe mask.

They made giraffe bracelets

They also went on a Giraffe Hunt around the house.

During down time between projects Cassidy let everyone in a game of Duck, Duck, Goose. I told them they should do Giraffe, Giraffe, and then choose something. Someone said Giraffe, Giraffe, Bobble head. Everyone thought this was hilarious and so the game turned into Giraffe, Giraffe, Bobble head.

She got a new bike. This bike has a tiny bike attached to the handle bar for her Barbie to ride on - how cute is that!

And of course, flowers from Dad.

Happy Birthday Lindsey!

5th Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

The Count Down ....

5 .... 4 .... 3 .... 2 .... 1 ..... GO!

30 seconds later . . . .

10 minutes later . . .

We came, we found, we ate, we left.

Ba-Bye

Easter Attire

Here they are in their Easter Attire. Shopping for modest Easter dresses is getting more and more difficult each year. I prefer they have sleeves. (For one thing, early Spring is not the time of year to be sporting a sleeveless dress. It is still freezing out there!) I purchased Cassidy & Lindsey's dress back in January - because if you find a dress with sleeves, you buy it.

My most difficult was actually Grant. I really wanted to find a solid colored short sleeve dress shirt. I looked high and low and didn't find one. In the final hour I finally found this solid white polo shirt and called it good. Next time I will start worrying about him a little sooner. I got very little participation out of him during picture time. This is the best shot I got. He was probably upset about not getting the dress shirt. ;)

Happy Easter Everyone!

Cute Shoes!

Today I put a pair of sandals on Grant that he hasn't worn before. He looked down and said "Cute." Then again on his way out the door. "Cute shoes." I looked over at Aaron and his face was priceless. He said: "My son just said his shoes were cute. He spends way to much time with girls!" Poor Grant, first the tea party, now the cute shoes. We need to find you some boys to play with.

Picture Practice

Aaron gave me a new camera for Valentines day. In order to learn something new it requires practice, so I took my kids outside and practiced taking pictures. I still have a lot to learn about f-stops and aperture and all that jazz. I need to find a good photo editing software to use. I am looking at Photoshop Elements or Apple has a new program called Aperture. Any of my photo editing friends have any suggestions?

Here are a few of my favorites. I haven't had a chance to go in and edit any of these. For these next pictures I had it set on continuous pictures so it captured the entire sequence of Lindsey throwing a shovel of snow. Kind of a fun feature.

This picture I am trying to capture the block of ice that Cassidy is throwing at me. It is hard to see it because it is white, but still cool to capture that mid-air.

I just love this picture of Grant. One of my very favorites.

I am excited to have a new hobby. Now I just need it to warm up so I can go outside and get more practice!

Friday Afternoon Tea

I have some catching up to do with my blog. I took these pictures a few weeks ago. The girls had a tea party with their after school snack. Why have just a snack when you can have a tea party - right?!

The girls allowed Grant to join their tea party as long as he didn't use their dishes and stayed on the other side of the table where he couldn't mess anything up. He didn't care, he just wanted the hot chocolate and food.

They each brought their doll with them to the party.

Of course Grant didn't want to get left out so he had his Elmo doll with him.

Some Stuff Grant Did Today