Easter in Malibu with The Gordon's!

Going to the Malibu Easter egg hunt with the Gordon's is turning into a tradition! The first year we went I was pregnant with Bentley and this year it was Auntie Kelly's turn to be preggy! We picnic out on the lawn and there are lots of fun activities for the kiddies(although Presto was perfectly content riding his "birthday bike" all over the grounds). Last year I made cupcakes for everyone and this year i made homemade sugar cookies. I'd never made them before but they came out great! They also have an adult egg hunt so the Uncle Ryan and daddy fought it out for more candy for the kids! It was a beautiful day to spend with good friends and the kids left exhausted with a HUGE sugar high:)



Gooooo!! I love this shot of Phia mid hunt:)



Cutie Patootie!

The whole fam!

Jack and Phia:)

Cookie Time:) I put a chocolate peanut butter cup on each one bc Auntie Kelly loves them:)



Auntie Kelly provided the bubbles and there was a slight breeze so the kids barely had to blow!


Look how big that thing is!! Presto thought he hit the lottery!

And sometimes it's nice to remember how it all started. A very rare picture of just mommy and daddy. xoxo

Pinterest Easter fun

I baked salt dough Easter eggs in the oven, painted them , and hung them as garland in the house this year! Both Presto and Phia helped me paint. They painted the solid color and then I decorated. It was quite the project and took me way longer than it should've(hello 3 small children in the house??!!) BUT I just love how they came out (and I'm going to try doing the same thing for Christmas tree decorations). We now have home made Easter garland to hang ever year:) I also made paper plate Easter bunnies and the ears of the bunnies are outlines of the kids feetsies! Lastly, I made peep smores treat bags for all the kids who came over on Easter as a party favor. I wish I could be a full time stay at home mom AND a work full time. Just not enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do but I certainly try to squeeze it all in...ESP on the holidays!

Presto barely stayed still long enough for me to trace his feet!!

Phias little feet came out perfect:)

My smores treats:) The kids devoured them!

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:)