This year was one of the nicest Thanksgiving holidays we have ever had... although it was rather small it was simply the best... We had a wonderful Thanksgiving breakfast at our house and decided to spend the rest of the day just relaxing and enjoying the quiet something we never ever do (my fault entirely)... We watched Beauty and the Beast while C napped, we took the girls to the park and had an awesome Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's. The kids were happy all day and there was no tears the whole day... a very happy and peaceful day. The rest of the weekend was more of the same, quiet, happiness and family time.
The prep for Santa continues... it is quite the affair this year as we have just ten more days to get everything ready before our annual warm weather vacation... And as C gets older and older she is more aware and way more into presents...
The more exciting countdown, seven days until I finish business school... can't wait! K is also counting down and so excited at the prospect for no more classes, group meetings and study sessions...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The joy of working from home
Listening to K and T sing Christmas songs... K just made a wish, that C never ever dies as she wants to be an adult as she wants to be with her.
K's Xmas list this year
Fairy wings
Dolls
American Girl dolls - every one ever made and all the accessories
Princess dresses
Princess shoes
And whatever else Santa wants to bring her. Translation all toys ever made.
K's Xmas list this year
Fairy wings
Dolls
American Girl dolls - every one ever made and all the accessories
Princess dresses
Princess shoes
And whatever else Santa wants to bring her. Translation all toys ever made.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Highlights from our zoo adventure...
We went to the Oakland zoo yesterday... sounded good on paper... K and her bff together... BFF' lil sis and C together... A lot of parents covering... and it went well until we got to the freeway exit... apparently everyone goes to the zoo on Veteran's day... so much so that it caused a traffic jam and the exit was completely stopped.. I would have never believed such things could happen before K.
As it turns out the day was just as great in principle. The highlight watching the elephants eat pumpkins in one bite. C was a bit late on her first zoo visit, but I have amazing shots of utter concentration as she took it all in not even wanting to stop for a picnic lunch.
We split up and decided to take the kids to Berkeley where we tried to go to a cafe in N. Berkeley. As it turned out to go was a good call and we got great pics of the kids wandering on the campus. We headed over to Cheeseboard for pizza, very impressive and happened to stumble on a live band. The kids loved dancing and eating. Really the way they think every meal should be. We ended the night with vanilla ice cream from Ici.
K spent 10 minutes in the car talking about how exhausted she was... completely and utterly exhausted. C demonstrated this by not even wanting milk when offered the choice of nursing or bed during the transfer for car to crib. K was exhausted until she was put in her bed at which point she jumped up and claimed she wasn't tired... Finally when we did get her into bed and on the last check in the one where I threaten to take all fun from the weekend "no more playdates, no ice cream, no anything if you don't go to sleep" I went down the hall and she called me "Mama, thank you for taking us to the zoo. I had so much fun today." And in that moment it was a day well spent and yup, decided a double scoop vanilla ice cream was a must at some point this weekend.
As it turns out the day was just as great in principle. The highlight watching the elephants eat pumpkins in one bite. C was a bit late on her first zoo visit, but I have amazing shots of utter concentration as she took it all in not even wanting to stop for a picnic lunch.
We split up and decided to take the kids to Berkeley where we tried to go to a cafe in N. Berkeley. As it turned out to go was a good call and we got great pics of the kids wandering on the campus. We headed over to Cheeseboard for pizza, very impressive and happened to stumble on a live band. The kids loved dancing and eating. Really the way they think every meal should be. We ended the night with vanilla ice cream from Ici.
K spent 10 minutes in the car talking about how exhausted she was... completely and utterly exhausted. C demonstrated this by not even wanting milk when offered the choice of nursing or bed during the transfer for car to crib. K was exhausted until she was put in her bed at which point she jumped up and claimed she wasn't tired... Finally when we did get her into bed and on the last check in the one where I threaten to take all fun from the weekend "no more playdates, no ice cream, no anything if you don't go to sleep" I went down the hall and she called me "Mama, thank you for taking us to the zoo. I had so much fun today." And in that moment it was a day well spent and yup, decided a double scoop vanilla ice cream was a must at some point this weekend.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Holiday cards
It is that time of year... holiday cards! Years ago we decided that every holiday season we would take professional photos of the kids as a way to capture memories in a much more stunning manner than my point and shoot capabilities.
The hard part ends up being how many pictures to fit in one card. This year we are using Shutterfly for the photos and are considering all the cards that have multiple shot capabilities... way too many to choose from, but here are some of our favorites
Shutterfly has quite a few options for holiday gifts and invites available such as Christmas invites, Christmas ornaments and Wall calendars
Our pictures were rained out last weekend so now we are in the mad crunch of getting pics uploaded to Shutterfly in time to print them... but what is a little pressure around the holidays. Here is to another year of holiday cards with my two beautiful girls.
The hard part ends up being how many pictures to fit in one card. This year we are using Shutterfly for the photos and are considering all the cards that have multiple shot capabilities... way too many to choose from, but here are some of our favorites
Shutterfly has quite a few options for holiday gifts and invites available such as Christmas invites, Christmas ornaments and Wall calendars
Our pictures were rained out last weekend so now we are in the mad crunch of getting pics uploaded to Shutterfly in time to print them... but what is a little pressure around the holidays. Here is to another year of holiday cards with my two beautiful girls.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Halloween
This was my favorite Halloween yet.
For C it was her first celebration of the holiday. She loved her school party, loved the gift bags and most of loved lollipops. She got to eat two over the weekend and enjoyed every lick. Pics to follow. She was a turtle, beyond cute and lovely.
And for K... she got it, like really got it this year. She was so sweet running up to houses, making sure C got a treat in her bag and counting up her treats and surveying her goods at the end. Our neighborhood as always was simply phenomenal and all the associated activities, parties and adventures associated with the day were fantastic. If this is any indication of what Thanksgiving and Xmas are like we are in for a treat. K also had a great time. This morning she woke up and said she wished it was Sunday again so that she could trick or treat.
The walkathon was a fantastic success. Thanks to all our friends who contributed Kaitlin raised a great amount for the school and had so much fun. I missed the event due to work, but heard it was quite the affair and K came home glowing.
Thanks to the Gmas we spent a wonderful weekend in Carmel watching some great friends marry. The last wedding for the year, but so enjoyable to watch so many couples marry and being able to celebrate their special day. We were treated to a pod of dolphins yesterday. So although an exhausting weekend it was great to celebrate Halloween with our girls and so fun to watch our friends marry.
For C it was her first celebration of the holiday. She loved her school party, loved the gift bags and most of loved lollipops. She got to eat two over the weekend and enjoyed every lick. Pics to follow. She was a turtle, beyond cute and lovely.
And for K... she got it, like really got it this year. She was so sweet running up to houses, making sure C got a treat in her bag and counting up her treats and surveying her goods at the end. Our neighborhood as always was simply phenomenal and all the associated activities, parties and adventures associated with the day were fantastic. If this is any indication of what Thanksgiving and Xmas are like we are in for a treat. K also had a great time. This morning she woke up and said she wished it was Sunday again so that she could trick or treat.
The walkathon was a fantastic success. Thanks to all our friends who contributed Kaitlin raised a great amount for the school and had so much fun. I missed the event due to work, but heard it was quite the affair and K came home glowing.
Thanks to the Gmas we spent a wonderful weekend in Carmel watching some great friends marry. The last wedding for the year, but so enjoyable to watch so many couples marry and being able to celebrate their special day. We were treated to a pod of dolphins yesterday. So although an exhausting weekend it was great to celebrate Halloween with our girls and so fun to watch our friends marry.
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