Remembering Grandma...

It is with a heavy heart, that I write this post. On Tuesday evening, my grandmother passed after a very brief illness. While I miss her already, I feel so very blessed to have her in my life for all of my 37 years. I am also so very gratefull that she got to know my husband and both of my children. She will be remembered fondly and missed greatly.

Choo-Choo Train

Surprisingly, the most popular thing received in our Easter Baskets this year is a hula-hoop! Lily is learning to hula-hoop and is pretty good in a short amount of time. Andrew loves carrying it around, placing it on the floor, and putting toys in the middle of the hoop. However, the greatest fun has been them playing choo-choo together. Inside or out, they do this and laugh themselves silly. Go figure!

New blog designs and photos

We're off on spring break and I had some time to play with the blog design today. I was inspired by all the April rain we've been having. I've been also longing for a very expensive camera, a digital SLR. I'm sure you've noticed that I'm a shutterbug esp. when it comes to my kids. Well, I have many friends who are the same and there's even the term "mammarazzi." to describe us. Many of my mamarazzi friends have the SLRs and I've had some camera envy. The pictures are so sharp and crips. The problem is that it's a very expenisve investment (somewhere to the tune of 600+ by the time you get a good lense). I'm also wondering if I just don't live a "point and shoot" life. I mean with 2 kids (one being a very active 15 month old), a mid-size purse, a diaper bag and a sit-n-stand stroller, can I reall manage a sizeable camera and a big lense? I decided to challenge myself yesterday with my current point and shoot camera. I put it on the manual setting and snapped some pictures of the kids before we went out for Easter dinner. The result of the best pictures are up at the top of the page in the header. I admit I love these two shots. I don't know what the test resuls show me. Does it mean that I have the skills to move on to the big camera or does it mean that I have a perfectly decent camera for my needs right now. Decisions, decisions. I do have to end this post with a funny obersvation and difference between my two kiddos. Lily has always done so well with being the subject of the photos. In fact, she kind of naturally poses. Andrew has much less tolerance to all my snapping. As a result, the "out takes" are pretty funny and show the difference between the two. Take a look!

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend with their loved ones. We've been having some fun, easter activities around here. Yesterday it was coloring eggs, this morning we had the egg hunt and a few days ago we got the kids pictures with the big bunny. I remember going to downtown Lazarus as a kid and having breakfast with the Easter Bunny, seeing all the windows decorated and the displays of real ducklings and chicks. I wish there was something like that for our kids. I couldn't resist doing and informal photo shot when the kids were dressed up for the bunny picture, so I have to include those. You know, it's so easy to figure out what to dress little girls in for the holidays. Sadly, the boy section is lacking in holiday clothes. Our good friends have given us the most generous boxes of their sons old clothes and there's been an abundance of little sweater vests. I have to admit, I love these little vests on Andrew and I love Lily in these bright colors. Enjoy!

Outside Fun

Whirly

Twirly

Swirly

Curly

Fun!


These are some modern pinwheel I picked up at the toy store. They spin easily in the breeze as well as from any arm movement. We all had fun dancing around with them. They are made of nylon and cost 1.99 at Toys R Us. I think they'd make a nice little addition to an easter basket if you are looking for any suggestions.

On a different note, I bought Andrew this little green shirt because I liked the color. When I put it on him, I had visions of Charlie Brown. Anyone else see the Peanuts connection?