Beach Bum

our friends the tate's are visiting this weekend, so we took the kids to the beach this morning. roman rarely gets to go to the "real" beach because i'm not a fan, we normally hang out at the sandbar. but, i think he likes the ocean, what do you think?

Hairy Scary

time for a haircut?

Let Them Eat Bread

what do you do with a package of hot dog buns that were frozen and when you attempt to thaw them, they are hard as rocks? why, feed the ducks, of course!

Pablo, Party, Presents

we had ro's birthday party today. i stayed up quite late last night making him a pablo cake. who is pablo you ask? well, pablo is a backyardigan, of course. duh. i don't have to bake from scratch, but i at least need to bake at home and ice it myself. there is just something charming about homemade, mom-decorated, imperfect birthday cakes that warms my heart. well, i'm pretty proud of myself, so i thought i would brag a little...check me out!

ro was pretty excited for his party, here he is following me around with his balloons...

first, there was a little playtime...mady and hala had fun playing with his toys.


then on to the presents! woo hoo!!! check out all the great stuff my friends and family gave me for my birthday.



and then, of course, the bag provided quite a bit of entertainment...



then, we moved on to cake. i might have been more excited than roman. okay...i definitely was...but he could barely contain himself when he realized that the birthday song would be sung by all partygoers. to him. at the same time. see how he is biting his lip? we should all be so excited on our birthdays. really.



i don't have any pictures of him eating cake. he won't eat it. of course, i knew that before i spent my friday night making a cartoon penguin out of blue and yellow icing. i just didn't care. my kid was gonna have a pablo cake at his birthday party, dangit.

She's Scrappy!

i just wanted to show the cape and initial tag that i made for roman from scraps that were leftover from the tag blanket project. ta da!

cape or huge bib?

more of a stop sign than a circle!

maybe i'll do better next time!

Who does this?

An Owl Says What?

we were reading bambi tonight before bed. ok fine, not reading, just looking at the pictures. a fun game with roman is asking him what sounds the animals make. he's pretty good...or so i thought...until tonight.

me: what sound does an owl make?

ro:

don't you love how his eyebrows are in sync with his "owl sound"?