Mornings are beautiful!

I just wanted to pop in really quick and say “hi”! I had ordered that 9,000 piece Cosmo Cricket scrapbook set from QVC and it came yesterday so I was completely sidetracked by it! Sooooooo pretty! Soooo many items! So many possibilities!

Tomorrow morning we find out what group we will be in at the UW. Another busy morning! But I thought I would show you what I get to see every morning; jammies, bed head and girls full of energy! And yes, Ava plays Yoshi on the Nintendo DS! I felt guilty at first but she is darn good at it! And surprisingly it can buy me some stamping time!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Ava’s first candy

Although Ava is almost 4 years old she hasnt had Halloween candy. And last year we took her and Audrey trick or treating at Microsoft (which we are doing again because it’s warm, safe and awesome!) we had to tell her to TAKE the candy. She didnt know what it was and why she was supposed to take it. She wanted the staplers, pens and paper that were in peoples office, not some silly package. When we got home later, she was playing with her candy, sorting it and having adventures. Fun times.

So this morning we had a bag of mixed mini’s on the counter and she saw the shiny bag and asked for one. Being the generous Mom that I am I decided to give her a mini butterfinger. I unwrapped it and she said “Chocolate, mmmmm yummy!” and then it was gone.

I tried to grab some pictures, they are blurry but super cute. While she was eating it she looked really confused. She was totally analyzing the flavor and texture. And she was sure to not let me know how much she liked it. This is what she does when she REALLY likes something, she pretends she doesnt care.

And then after it was swallowed she looked at me, and her eyes say it all. She LOVED it!

So her first candybar experience, it was successful. And I’m really excited for Halloween, she LOVES her spider costume and Audrey is just as cute as a pumpkin! I’ll definately be taking lots of pictures as they make their way through Microsoft for goodies and then for the party and dinner after.

Of course, then it’s back home for the Gina K party and the MFT party on SCS!

I should hopefully be able to make something fun tonight. This weekend was so busy with my treck into the scary city, and then on Sunday it was more shopping for the girls Christmas outfits and my first trip to the Gymboree outlet. Can you say SCORE?!?!?!

Lost pictures

So my avatar on SCS has been one of Bea Arthur for a while with the phrase “Dont you wish your girlfriend was hot like Bea?” and it made a lot of people laugh, and it also made a few people think I LOOKED like Bea Arthur….old. No, I dont.

And Sean and I had a website dedicated to our family for years and years but we took it down about a year ago to re-do it and it’s still not happened. On that website we had all of our wedding photo’s, which I loved. And those photo’s are on a server that isnt working and we cant find the actual photo’s in our garage. We have them, it’s just figuring out WHICH box their in.

So I used a search engine called ‘the way back machine’ and got to our old website with our wedding photo’s. The only catch is only 1 of those photo’s showed…..the collage he made for the main page. So I uploaded that to our flickr account in hopes that

A) Either the server works and we can recover the pictures, or
B) Some time we can find the pictures in the boxes and I’ll re-scan them

But until then, here is the wedding collage, which I have made my new avatar on SCS. So here is Sean and I at our wedding 6 years ago. It was at the Salish Lodge in Snoqualmie Falls, Wa. And although our hairstyles have changed since we got married, were actually starting to look more like we did on our wedding day again.

What Daddy and the girls have been doing

As I went to take the pictures off the camera today for my card I found these pictures of Sean and the girls while I’ve been out of it.

Ava got a bunch of new fall/winter clothes and it makes her look so grown up! She looks ready for school:

A cute little picture of Daddy and Ava outside:

And then my girls in their jammies….Audrey is totally catching up to Ava in size!

Crafting with Ava

Whenever I make a card with Ava she will draw and color while I stamp. But inevitably she wants to stamp too! She has a preferance to the “Priceless” set, almost always wanting to use it. Today however she was happy to use the ‘Season of Joy” set, and maybe it was because they look so similar!

She stamps with whatever hand I place the ink pad next to, today she used her left hand although she is right hand by nature.  Here are a few pictures of Ava stamping and having fun with the star “hand stamped” and cranberry crisp ink.

Here she is preparing to stamp:

And when she is hard at work:

And then inspecting her latest creations:

We usually go through about 10 different colors and 3 stamp sets before she is done. For her birthday I am going to get her some stampin spots  and a few sets I know she would like. I hope she always stays creative and always finds happiness in art, whatever form it is.

This is how I will remember my afternoons with Ava at age 3, stamping and drawing together.

I was right

She is 10% cuter today than a couple days ago!

What the kids are doing

I got back from the gym and found some fun pictures on the camera, so I thought I would share.

Here’s little Audrey with her sisters sunglasses on, so COOL!

Here’s Ava with Daddy giving a pinkie wave:

And then here are a couple of Audrey playing this morning:

I’ve been estimating that they get about 10% cuter everyday! Im a lucky Momma.

Happy with you

On Friday Ava and I had an extra long snuggle time on the couch. During this time there were several helicopters that flew in the sky. Ava is obsessed with anything that flies: birds, butterflies, dragonflies, balloons, kites, airplanes and helicopters. She was making me take endless pictures of her knees, hands and feet, while the helicopter flew by I snapped this one.

The great comparison

Ava at 18 months old:

Audrey at 18 months old:

New picture time!

Head on over to Flicker  (now in convenient sets!) for new picture of the girls including Ava’s first ice cream, potty time Audrey and gangsta juice!