Easter Goodness

We had a whirlwind Easter weekend. We travelled to the Bay Area to bring Easter Lilies to my Dad's grave, drove to my bro's house, dyed about 2 dozen eggs, had an egg hunt, ate BBQ with my family, drove back home, ate more BBQ for dinner, dyed another dozen eggs, went to church, drove to P's mom's house, ate a delicious lunch of ham and lamb, had another egg hunt, drove home, and then...exhale...took a nap.

Super busy, super fun, and here's a video I wanted to share of my super sweet girl and her super cute Easter outfits having a super time searching for eggs (some where plastic and filled with animal crackers, so they were still super).

Birthday Cake

My brother's awesome. He made me an "Office" cake. For fans of the TV show, you'll recognize this cake as Michael Scott's desk complete with dundie and "World's Best Boss" mug. Everything on it is edible and the cake was yummy!

Did I mention that my brother's awesome?

Happy Birthday to Me!

Peter went to SF today and came home with this:

A pink box from Miette! We usually don't get to partake of their goodies unless we go to the ferry building in SF (they're macaroons are so good...swoon), but I guess they opened one near Chris' place. Yay!

Inside were these:

Birthday Cupcakes! Chocolate with Old fashioned vanilla frosting, chocolate buttercream, and one gingerbread.

We decided to celebrate Eastern Time, so we only had to wait until 9.



A great way to start my birthday!

More furniture makeovers

I got a sewing machine from Peter for an early birthday present! Yahoo! It arrived early so Peter let me open it yesterday. I've never used a machine before but it wasn't too hard to figure out. I couldn't wait to get started on my first project. You'd think I would pick an easy project for my first. You would think.

I decided to make a go at reupholstering some cushions. Talk about jumping into the deep end of the pool! I got these two chairs with mismatched cushions from a yard sale---5 bucks apiece! The chairs were in great condition, nice and solid wood...but those ugly cushions had to go. One was an old fashioned floral and the other a tacky gold brocade...both were made of a shiny polyester material.

I took the cushions apart to use as pattern and this is what I came up with. I didn't go as fancy as the originals and do piping, but I did tackle some zippers. I think it turned out pretty well. I really like this geometric patterned fabric too.

You like?

Cats!

That's Lauren's new favorite word since we had dinner with friends Saturday night. There were 4 cats there! Lauren showed no signs of cat allergies and had fun playing with them. Luckily, they are very easygoing and didn't mind a little pig-tailed girl running after them and pulling their tails.

Word Games

Lauren and I play this fun game in the car when we drive back home after picking her up from Grandma's. I ask her what she did all day and she just repeats the last word of every question, no matter how silly. It's funny how she understands that it's a game and will repeat my words even if she doesn't understand them. It kinda goes like this:

Lauren, what'd you do today?
-day
Did you go outside?
-achide
Did you smell flowers?
-awer
Did you see a doggy?
-daggy
did you eat chicken?
-cheek
Did you play on the sidewalk?
-wok
Did you have adobo?
-abo
Did you peel an orange
-owane
Did you go to the grocery?
-ree
Did you watch grandma's soap operas?
-sopa


It goes on and on and on...it makes the 10 minute drive home go by so fast and it's amazing how her language skills improve day to day. Sometimes I'll throw in a hard one like "Did you watch the television?" and she just looks at me with her mouth and eyes open wide. Funny girl.

Everyone Has Fun in the Music Class

That's the title of the opening song in Lauren's new music class. It's a fun and interactive music class for kids 4 and under held at our new favorite place: the local library. The kids get to play with different percussion instruments, dance, jump and sing. It's way cheaper than Gymboree and only a mile away from our house. Even though we don't think Lauren needs a music class for exposure (she get enough of that between our house and her grandmas...we're a pretty musical bunch), it's great because she gets to interact with other kids. I'm sure she could use other company besides us and her grandparents!

Shaking her bonbon

She was a little shy at first, but by the time the maracas and tambourines came out she was laughing, playing, and dancing with the other kids.

Making new friends

Grandma R. went to class with us and took part in the fun.


After class, Grandma and Lauren had fun in the kids play area of the library


Isn't our library cool?