oak glen 2012

We went to Oak Glen over the weekend. We picked apples and enjoyed the beautiful cool(er) weather. FINALLY!

Mason loved picking apples!! He would go to a tree, pick his apple and start eating it.  

We had so much fun! We love going to Oak Glen every year!

kisses

scarlette got an owie on her knee so mason kissed it better. 

they love each other ♥

student of the month!

I am so proud of Scarlette for getting student of the month her very first month of kindergarten!! 

She is doing so well in school and just loves her teacher!! I go in to help out once a week and I'm really enjoying it!

WAY TO GO GIRLIE!!!!

little model

I made Scarlette a skirt & matching hair clip the other day, so I decided to have a little photo shoot with her. She loves to pose; it cracks me up how she is the perfect little model for me.

i love this girl! ♥

easter

kiddos!

weekend at newport

We got to spend the weekend at the Newport Coast Villas with my parents.
We had such a good time! We went swimming in the rain, walked on the beach, enjoyed Ruby's Shake Shack & had lots of fun with our family.
♥

Mason had his first time swimming in the pool and his first beach trip. I decided he definitely has my genes for the beach. His first time putting his toes in the water he laughed. He ran around playing in the sand, eating it and flipping it everywhere. Total opposite of Scarlette's first beach trip. Even now Scarlette still doesn't really like the water and kept asking me to get her a wipe for the sand on her hands. Maybe we can work on that this summer. :)

Thanks for the fun weekend mom & dad! We sure do miss you!

brother & sister

i love watching them play together. even if scarlette can get a little rough with him sometimes, he still loves her and loves to play with his big sister.

UNO!

Scarlette got UNO for Christmas. We finally got it out and had a family game night. 4 games later and she beat us every time!!! Not even with us helping her out. We called it a night. The next day she wanted to play again, so we all sat down and sure enough she won again within just a few minutes! So far she is undefeated in UNO. John & I are getting kinda ashamed that a 5 year old is beating us!

5th

Scarlette's birthday started off to her waking up to her room decorated! She loved it.

Then we went to Chili's for lunch & she got a birthday dessert!

Next we went down the rabbit hole....

we met a cheshire cat...


found alice...



& we had crazy cupcakes!

and had fun with all the friends & family that joined us in wonderland!

Thanks everyone who came, it was a very merry 5th birthday!!!

scarlette jane

Dear Scarlette,
You are five years old. I can't believe how time has flown! I can still remember holding you in my arms, all wrapped up, fresh & new.


You have grown so much in the past five years. You are tall and beautiful. Your hair is long and as yellow as the sunshine. Your eyes are green like your daddy's with just a ring of blue like mine around the edge. Your pink cheeks are the color of roses and I love giving you big hugs and kissing them. You are a wonderful big sister to Mason, and even though sometimes I have to remind you to be gentle with him, I know how much you love him and he loves you.


You are still my little artist and have told many that they are free to call you as such. I have an ever growing collection of your latest masterpieces that I treasure! You are so creative in your art as well! There is always a story behind each drawing or painting. I am constantly cleaning up all kinds of scraps of paper from your latest piece of art that you cut out of paper.


You also have such an imagination when it comes to your playtime. Your ponies, fiaries, and now lalaloopsy dolls come along on many adventure with us and are often part of such elaborate stories I am amazed at how you remember all the details. You are so smart and remember everything, sometimes better than me! You love to "cook" for us and will have a diner all set up for us to eat at while we watch cooking shows with daddy, your favorite!



I love you so much sweet girl! I hope you continue to stretch your imagination and talents and grow up to be as wonderful as I know you will be. I love you! I will miss my four year old, but I'm excited for what this next year will bring us! Enjoy being five! Love you for always! xoxo

Love, Mommy

Past Birthdays

last day...

my little girl on her last day of being a 4 year old!

does she have to turn 5 tomorrow!?

our halloween!

We decided to decorate our pumpkins this year instead of carving.
It was fun doing something different!

Rapunzel, the dino, the kitty & john's "costume"

Rapunzel!

the Dino!

enjoying his candy. :)

I'd say Mason's first Halloween was a success!!

these two...

make me the happiest mommy in the world.
♥

my girlie.

♥

she is my "little artist"

our family in paper dolls.

scarlette's explainations:
-mommy has no hands because she is holding mason.
-scarlette's hands are up so that she is ready to hold mason.
-the house has a roof sticking out so that there is shade.

at first she messed up while cutting out john and threw him away. we told her that she did a great job drawing him and just messed up cutting him out so she should try again. she didn't want to. i told her she could even just tape him up and he would be fine. she still didn't want to. i told her we needed a daddy and she said...

"we can just say he is on a trip or something."

i laughed over that one. and then finally convinced her that we needed a daddy.
i didn't want to be a single paper mom.

my little loves.

my 8 week old and my 4 and a half year old.
i love them.

faire hair.

S went to the Renaissance faire with some friends of ours the other day.
She got her hair braided and she was so excited about it.
She wouldn't let me take it out for 3 days.

but when I did finally get to take it out it looked like this...

she thought she looked like Rapunzel.