Bentley's Class Birthday Party!

 It true Tees fashion, our birthday celebrations are never just one day.  We had a Farm party then a class party.  Bentley painted pumpkins for all his friends.  He was so proud to pass them out and his friends were SO excited when they saw them.  Mama tries to think of things besides candy to give our friends:) Daddy took the morning off so he could come help celebrate and we pulled Sophia and Preston from their classrooms to join in the cupcake festivities.  Bentley got to wear a special crown and we loved seeing his face when we walked into the room.  Even Olivia got in on the birthday celebration! Such a fun morning!

Dance, Baseball, and Taekwondo oh my!

So our weeks are very packed with lots of dancing, baseball, and taekwondo.  Phia has dance classes 4 days/week.  She has her tap team class, tap tech, stretches and turns, jazz, and ballet.  Preston has taekwondo once a week and baseball 2x per week.  Needless to say it's hard for mama to keep it all straight.  Also, Bentley, Phia, and Preston are all in school but different days and all get out at different times just to keep things real fun:) Mommy is also the head of Fundraising again for our
school which sometimes feels like a full time job with event planning, marketing, an
d of course constantly motivating others to get involved:) We are having a blast trying to juggle it all.  I often forget what month it is let alone what day of the week.  My most favorite thing to do each week is watching our kids  participate in sports/dancing etc.  I truly enjoy watching and being a part of their day.  They are all growing before our eyes.  We are amazing at Phia's progress in dancing.  It's very challenging at times for her to keep up and learn but she's overjoyed to go each day and is so proud to be on the dance team.  Preston glows at baseball.  He's REALLY good at swinging and when he's paying attention, he's really good at running the bases.  He's definitely an athlete! We just need to get him to focus:)!!

Ojai getaway with Nana

I've been blessed with the most amazing Mama in the world.  She's the most generous and gracious Nana to our children.  They adore her as much as we do and we cannot believe how lucky we are to have her in our lives.  Daddy sent Nana and I away for a night to Ojai Valley Inn and Spa for a little "girl's" getaway(spoiled!!).  This place is pure paradise.  We enjoyed the afternoon with cocktails and a bike ride to town for shopping and er...more cocktails.  We even got lost on the way home! Woopsie.  We had an amazing dinner under the stars and had a relaxing evening which included a lot of sleep.  We were up bright and early for some gym time, followed by coffee and an amazing lunch in town at our favorite spot! Talk about a perfect girls night. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.   

Pumpkin Patch fun!

Our local pumpkin patch is right near our mall where Phia's dance class is so we drive by it daily.  The kids BEG each day to go so we always set aside a day to spend there.  It's always way too hot and in direct sun but the kids love it so we make time for it.  It's more of a mini carnival than a pumpkin patch.  This year Phia went on the giant trampoline that threw her super far into the air.  She was so excited(and a little scared) but very determined to go on.  Bentley was obsessed with the carnival rides and Preston was all about the bounce house mazes.  Needless to say we were pulled in every direction but still managed to get a few family pictures.

Olivia is 17 months!

 She's 17 months and the happiest little girl on the planet! She's pretty much perfect in all ways and we are smitten.  Olivia loves sleep first and foremost.  She naps with zero resistance no matter what time we put her down. She's super easy going.  Loves Preston to death.  Loves all her siblings of course but gets a kick out of Presto and he loves entertaining her.  She can say "uh oh" "no" "yes" "baba" "purple" "noon"(for balloon) still says "bye Nana" to everyone.  She has her signature squishy face when she smiles and now has added "CHEEEEESE" to her vocabulary when she smiles.  She comes to mommy's exercise class some mornings and the girls in the play area always say she's so mellow.  Just today she spent the hour sitting on the girls lap(didn't move at all) while she rocked in the rocking chair watching Barney.  Love it!! She definitely knows what she wants.  Loves taking baths, climbing on anything, gives the best hugs, and has the cutest dimples. She does not like shoes or her getting hair done...boooo.  She immediately takes out anything we put in her hair.

She's very unlike her sister in that way.  Phia LOVED shoes and her hair done when she was Olivia's age.  We love you just the way you are Libby Lou!!