a bunny named puppy and a bear named ariel

Kyla and Heidi's friend, Emma, treated them to a beary special birthday celebration at Build-a-Bear. I know- we've been on the birthday party circuit this month. It makes for some very fun activities for these lucky little ladies. Build-a-Bear was a new experience for them (Kyla has done it once before but its been a long time).  Kyla's choice: a cream colored bear, who before she laid eyes on the outfit, had already named Ariel. Heidi's choice: a sweet little brown bunny, who she named Puppy.

I tried to convince Heidi to get Puppy a ballerina outfit but she insisted on the Sleeping Beauty outfit to go along with Kyla's Ariel Bear. Isn't the red wig hilarious?

Thank you to Emma (and her mom and dad) for a wonderful time. Happy Birthday.

V is for Vespa

little faces

I love these little drawings Heidi has been doing for the last week or so on every piece of paper she comes across.

Gardening with Kyla

Sunday we pretty much spent the whole day park hopping with YaYa. We did make a quick trip into Target. One can not go into Target and come out empty handed...especially if you are with your YaYa. We left with one pink and green rake, one pink and green broom, a shovel, a trowel, and two pairs of gardening gloves.

Kyla has spent countless hours "gardening" (digging in the dirt) in the backyard lately.

Now that she had the appropriate tools I thought I better get her a few real flowers to tend to. We made a trip to the Do It Center and came home to plant the garden.

Birthday Ballerinas

It was this cute girl's 3rd birthday party this weekend.

Heidi was beyond thrilled.

The reason for her excitement: the party was at the Little Gym,

a place she had previously been too little for.

Her and Kyla had been talking about it for weeks.

Mostly about what they would wear.

Here are the outfits they decided on:

(Note: Heidi wears this almost everyday at our house.)

Practicing their moves before we go.

Shake it girl.

I love that smile.

The concentration on the balance beam was intense.

The tutus were in full force.

It was so much fun.

happy saturday!

If you live by us get out and enjoy it while it lasts. I have a feeling winter will come back soon but then again it is an el nino year, so maybe not. Let's hope.

sunshine.aperture.shutterspeed.pseactions

I feel like my blog posts have been pretty boring lately. No words, just photos. That's because I'm trying to get the hang of my new camera. There is SO MUCH to learn. Aperture and Shutterspeed are still VERY confusing to me. But the sunshine is making for lots of time to get out and practice. And that's just what these photos are practice.

Once inside I should be doing work or cleaning the house but instead I've been having fun messing around in photoshop with actions. So here are my favorite practice shots from yesterday.

More to come today....park photos once again.

mom can i pet it?

Don't worry, I didn't let her but she would have.

Indiana

Mr. Indiana Jones...

                                                                           ...you are so cute.

Skater Girl

As you will remember from here and here we've really been into roller skating this past year. Besides one time in college I don't think I had been since a fifth grade school roller skating party. This past year I've been four times. Anyways, this Saturday we went to Tiny Tot skate again, this time with YaYa and Kyla.


On the way there Heidi announced she did not want to skate because of a "scary monster and bunny that were on the wall." I had no idea what she was talking about but sure enough when we got there Marvin the Martian and Wyllie Coyote adorned the walls (I assume this is what she meant by the monster and the bunny).

Kyla however, did quite well for her first skate. No whining....a miracle! She decided that she indeed needed to race in the 2, 3, and 4 year old category. She did not fall at all and took 2nd place. She could have scored 1st if she had started out going the right direction. 2nd place (all places for that matter) won the prize of a green icee from the concession stand...A BIG PRIZE for a little girl. Great job Kyla....skating might be our new family activity...if we can get Heidi past the martian/monster and bunny/coyote.

♥s ♥s and more ♥s

I can not even begin to describe to how often we "decorate" around here.

It is a constant activity...I would say everyday we are decorating for some reason. Now by "decorating" I mean Kyla is taping things (string, paper, leaves, ribbon, etc.) to the wall because we are having some sort of pretend party.

Yesterday I decided to decorate the kitchen for our Valentines themed playdate today. It was a hit. This is what Heidi looked like for about an hour after she came down from her nap to discover the massive amount of hearts.

"Is this my Valentines Birthday?" she asked.

And the fun went on into this morning when I let them stand on the table for a few pictures.

sugar cookies are A LOT of work

I mean...A LOT of work. I don't make them that often and I don't even really like them but they are just so cute. It takes so long to mix the dough, clean up the mess, chill the dough, roll the dough, cut the dough, roll the dough again, clean up the mess, bake the cookes, cool them, frost them, decorate them and clean up the mess again. It wore me out! This time we made Valentine hearts but next time there is an occasion we will be making these cute cupcakes. Thanks mom! 

ten ♥n ten

I have to give Katie a shout out on this one since I copied her cute text descriptions from her January set.

new tricks

I'm excited to try out a few fun new camera tricks I've picked up tomorrow.

It's ten on ten.