How to celebrate Cesar chavez day

Organize a protest? Write a letter to a politician? Read about the history about farm labor in America? Sadly, no. I did none of those...

Ummm. I went to the mall. Lauren and I had a rare (these days) mommy and me day so we headed out to the mall for a day of:



Did a bit of window shopping




Rode the carousel




Took pictures in front of the Easter bunny's house




Danced in the food court


We ended with a sushi dinner with friends to celebrate a couple of belated birthdays and my early birthday.




Cake x 3!!!!

Baby cakes!!

Two of my dear cousins are having babies! We attended a joint shower for them last week. I attempted my first Diaper Cake. I used about 65 diapers for each cake and four receiving blankets. I think they turned out quite nice!










One for G & B who are Expecting their first boy










And one for R&R who are expecting yup, you guessed it, a girl!

Best of all, Lauren got to play with her cousin Lilly!! They were hugging each other like this all day.

Silly rabbit

Sticks are for kids! (her new favorite snack are Pringles
Sticks)




Having fun at the Target dollar spot.

Little artist

Working on another masterpiece.

We set up a little art nook in the kitchen. There's not much room but it's the only non-carpeted area in the house (besides the bathrooms). We didn't want to worry about cleaning up paint and water spills.

She never got into fingerpainting cause she HATES getting dirty so she went straght to painting with a brush. She can spend an hour happily painting away in her little kitchen corner. Here's her latest creation. She usually paints on butcher paper or scratch paper that I bring home from work but I found this old canvas in my art supply closet and let her have at it:







She calls it: Beautiful Flowers Colors

Happy St Patricks Day!

Shamrock sprinkles make me happy!

Sometimes only mommy gets it.

Lauren: Mommy, Mommy! Time for Beeyekpeeyast! Auren want CanCakes! Chochaj!
Me: You want pancakes and sausage for breakfast?
Lauren: Yes! Cancakes and chochaj for beeyekpeeyast! YAY!