Happy Halloween!!

The Halloween weekend started off with family quilting

at my house and included an early birthday cake for

mom...which I decorated in the spirit of the season.

Then on Halloween we got the cousins

together for a group shot. Two pirates,

one cinderella and one mini skeleton.

Take one...

Take two...

Take three...

Take four...what's so funny Caleb?

new baby & friends

We got a chance to go up and see the newest cousin: Caleb James

Here's Andrew, Michelle & Emily...don't they look alike?
I think Esmeralda needs a sibling....

Colton, Esmeralda & Iona having a quick snack at OMSI

A close up of Esmeralda & Iona...they are so grown up!!

Preschool Graduation Day!!

She wore her "cap" for about a minute then took it off

and proceeded to cry & hide her face because there

were SO many adults in the room staring at all the

kids...oh well! It was cute anyway.

some cute kids

Katie and I took the girls to a park and discovered this really

cool tree to climb in...and took the girls' pictures!!

Esmeralda

Rose

Lani

All three girls in the tree!

Esmeralda has some fun

Esmeralda and I have been having some fun at home lately.

Here's what we've been up to!

Esmeralda having a "hopping" good time at Easter!

Making breadsticks...

learning to knead the dough...

and finally mastering it!

Picking flowers...her new favorite pastime.

I finally bought her some "good" watercolor
paper so that we could paint together...

her finished work.

We had Ajay, from preschool, over for dinner
one night while his mom and dad went out...

he loved the fruit...

so did Esmeralda.

And it wouldn't be a good blog without the

"mom take my picture" picture.

A little late coming...but updated!!

The cousins were at Gramma's house for Valentine's Day weekend so we went too! We had so much fun with them. We went for a walk around Gramma's neighborhood and found lots of animals and heard lots of birds (I think the kids can all recognize the Chickadee now...thanks Gma Frances!). We also decorated cupcakes and cookies then we made valentines. The last few pictures are of Esmeralda with her Ergo dolly carrier, which is the same brand of carrier I still use to carry her! And last but not least some artistic chalk drawings by Miguel...and Esmeralda!