Meemaw/Mimi Visits

Being that Cyrus and I are both transplants to the area we live in, we have very little family around.  The family we do have around is a 2 hour drive away, so we have created our own family of friends that we see and do things with regularly.  On occasion though we find ourselves longing for a family visit.  Last week Sophia had preschool winter break, so it was the perfect time for Meemaw to come out and visit.  And boy did she visit.

In addition to many little presents, new books, stuffed animals and other gifts she showered the girls with, she really spent quality time with them.  She crafted and bathed them, played games and even babysat them for 2 days while we had a parent's time out in Napa.  It was a wonderful week with lots of adventures- Half Moon Bay on Monday to fly kites and eat lunch, play dates with friends, a visit to the Children's Discovery Museum, Disney on Ice, and Sophia's first lemonade stand.  Here are a few pictures of our adventures.

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Meemaw/Mimi Visits

Being that Cyrus and I are both transplants to the area we live in, we have very little family around.  The family we do have around is a 2 hour drive away, so we have created our own family of friends that we see and do things with regularly.  On occasion though we find ourselves longing for a family visit.  Last week Sophia had preschool winter break, so it was the perfect time for Meemaw to come out and visit.  And boy did she visit.

In addition to many little presents, new books, stuffed animals and other gifts she showered the girls with, she really spent quality time with them.  She crafted and bathed them, played games and even babysat them for 2 days while we had a parent's time out in Napa.  It was a wonderful week with lots of adventures- Half Moon Bay on Monday to fly kites and eat lunch, play dates with friends, a visit to the Children's Discovery Museum, Disney on Ice, and Sophia's first lemonade stand.  Here are a few pictures of our adventures.

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Slides & Swings oh my

A great day at the park.......

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Slides & Swings oh my

A great day at the park.......

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Letter Writing

As a child and even as an adult, I loved to get old-fashioned mail.  With the recent announcement of the post office ending Saturday delivery and continuing concerns about their business model I can't help but wonder if the reality of inexpensive hand-written letter will soon end.  In the meantime though, Sophia has really started to love writing letters.  So far she sends them only to a few people outside of our home, but this list is expanding quickly.  She sits down at a desk, asks for paper and writes.  Her love for this is so great that she asks to look at the card section in Target whenever we go there.  So, for Valentine's Day we got her a Villian's notecard set with her Villian's figurine set.  These are a few pictures I snapped of her writing before she told me that she was busy writing and it was not picture time.

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Letter Writing

As a child and even as an adult, I loved to get old-fashioned mail.  With the recent announcement of the post office ending Saturday delivery and continuing concerns about their business model I can't help but wonder if the reality of inexpensive hand-written letter will soon end.  In the meantime though, Sophia has really started to love writing letters.  So far she sends them only to a few people outside of our home, but this list is expanding quickly.  She sits down at a desk, asks for paper and writes.  Her love for this is so great that she asks to look at the card section in Target whenever we go there.  So, for Valentine's Day we got her a Villian's notecard set with her Villian's figurine set.  These are a few pictures I snapped of her writing before she told me that she was busy writing and it was not picture time.

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The flu has hit

The past week has been tough- the flu hit the girls one at a time, one day apart. Needless to say we spent a lot of time resting and enjoying the extra cuddles with the girls, but gosh am I happy they are on the mend.

 Hope you are all weathering the flu season well.

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The flu has hit

The past week has been tough- the flu hit the girls one at a time, one day apart. Needless to say we spent a lot of time resting and enjoying the extra cuddles with the girls, but gosh am I happy they are on the mend.

 Hope you are all weathering the flu season well.

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Happy Valentine's Day 2013!

For Valentine's Day we made salt dough hearts, X's and O's to string together for decoration and give to Sophia's teachers.  Sophia also made each teacher a cupcake, which we boxed and delivered earlier this week.

Making Salt Dough ornaments:

Baking, Decorating and packaging the Cupcakes for school:

 

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Happy Valentine's Day 2013!

For Valentine's Day we made salt dough hearts, X's and O's to string together for decoration and give to Sophia's teachers.  Sophia also made each teacher a cupcake, which we boxed and delivered earlier this week.

Making Salt Dough ornaments:

Baking, Decorating and packaging the Cupcakes for school:

 

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Christmas 2012! (a bit late & out of order)

Decorating the gingerbread house

Eating Ice Cream Sundaes that Nana made

Enjoying their new dollhouse

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