Sophia's School Easter party

We had a blast at Phia's school party. The kids filled deviled eggs(learned about texture) and Miss Adele is big on having the kids try new foods so they were each offered an egg they filled. Phia actually tried it and liked it after announcing numerous times that she wasn't going to try it and that it was "stinky"...ha! A lot of the kids actually tried the deviled eggs I was shocked. We also made an Easter craft. Half the kids made chicks and the other half made bunnies. And of course, no party would be complete without yummy food! I made bunny shaped turkey sammies and the kids loved them:)

Sophia concentrating very hard on filling her deviled egg;)

Strawberry Shortcake

Sheis still Phia's favorite! Tonight Phia was watching Miss Shortcake on tv and she said "Mommy I want to be in the tv, I want to be in Strawberry Shortcake", I said "why" and she said "because she's never seen me before!!!". Phia is sure Miss Shortcake would be her best friend. We're pretty sure too!

Bath fun

Nothing's better than a good bubble bath hat

Mommy still absolutely loves bath pictures. Leyla gives the kids their baths during the week and we get the weekend duty:) Phia and Presto are playing better and better together(of course sometimes it's still a boxing match). I love these pictures Leyla got last week. She joked that she's going to start charging us for her picture taking skills...don't blame her one bit! She's capturing such precious moments for us:)

Everett's 2nd b-day

We celebrated Everett's b-day last weekend. The kids always have a blast playing with their cousins(and their toys! Something about toys that arent' there's...can keep their attention for hours!). Auntie Sarah made really cute plates of food for all the kids and we enjoyed celebrating Everett's awesomeness:)



The kiddie dinners:)

They were THIS happy!


The girls loved playing together. Phia was very sad to leave.

Cutie pie enjoying her cupcake:)


Birthday boy!!

And of course Presto gobbled up his cupcake unlike his sissy who eats very slow and methidally and generally doesn't touch the actual cake part:)

Brunch with Arial

This is the 2nd time we spent the morning with a princess. A year ago, we met Snow White, Sophia loved it but not nearly as much as she did this year. When Arial walked in her eyes lit up. Arial gave the girls a few etiquette tips and taught them how to curtsy(which Sophia got a big kick out of and was doing it all afternoon when we got home). She listened to Arial's every word and as she read the girls a story and followed her every move when she danced around the room with the girls. We were the first ones to arrive so Phia was the first to get her face painted and the first to take pictures with Arial(much better than last year when we waited and waited and waited!!). Sophia kept asking Arial if she's show her shoes(Phia is obsessed with shoes) so to Phia's surprise Arial lifter her dress and she was wearing the same cream patten flats as mommy!!! Of course Phia announced "My mommy has those shoes on right now!!" And she reminded me all day "You have the same shoes as Arial". Hopefully we can go every year until she's sick of princesses...what?




Pure heaven...a hug from a "real Princess"


Sophia's smile when Arial told the girls that "Princesses always smile"



Concentrating on her curtsy:)

Easter fun!

We started early this year. The kids helped paint some eggs that we've hung around the house and we made salt, dough eggs in the oven last weekend to hang as garland. I also attempted to take some Easter pictures of the kids in the backyard. You never know what to expect with 3 little ones but i've learned the beauty is in the imperfection of these photo shoots. It's more about capturing a moment or a memory rather than all the kids saying "cheeeeese". Who wants a million of the same pictures anyway right? We also visited the Easter bunny! Presto gave him a million high 5's and Phia insisted on showing him her new dress(that was still in the bag). She pulled it out of the bag and walked over to him and showed him then just stared at him. Once she realized he didn't talk she put her dress on the ground and gave him a huge hug followed by blowing him a kiss, picked her dress up and walked away. It was such a cute moment:) Presto should absolutely be scared of the big bunny at this age but he didn't phase him! We gota huge smile out of Bentley even though we woke him up out of a deep sleep to take the picture. Complete success...

Such a sweet pic:)





Bentley just loves his feetsies so much I can't stop taking pictures of them!

Phia and Presto...

These two love playing together. They do some of their finest playing right before bedtime. We noticed they get along famously for the few hours leading up to bed time. They probably figure it's better to get along than have to go to sleep! We let them run around like wild indians upstairs for an hour or so. They both play in Phia's room for a bit where we can usually hear Phia telling Presto how she "has to go on a run" and she'll "be right back". For a while they would decorate Phia's hot pink mini Christmas tree(she insists on keeping it up in her room). We took them to their favorite park last weekend and got some really cute pictures of them:)

Mama loves this picture!

Sophia sings "This little light of mine...I'm gonna let it shiiiine" over and over around the house. We love that sparkle behind your smile Miss Phia:)




Such a lady. Even on the coldest of days like this day at the park...will only wear a dress. She tels me "mommy you still look pretty like a princess even though you're in pants".

In my next life, I'd like to come back with a 10th of Preston's enthusiasm!



We didn't last long at the park bc it was in the low 50's...too cold for mommy but we do love our park trips:)

Oh and Bentley bear was there too(looking cute as a button):

AND this is what happens when it rains and the kids get creative. They decided to take everything out of the pantry! Everything was fun and games until the baking soda broke open...woopsie!