Lovin’ the sunshine

We’ve had some crazy weather of late… one day it’s snowy, the next it’s blue skies and sunny! The first set of pictures were from the first bits of sun we saw early in March… the girl’s were all too happy!

These were too funny not to post. Allie will NEVER sit still in her high chair, and somehow she managed to get stuck like this:

And alas… just this past weekend: two perfect days for spending them completely outside. It was nice to study and read outside. On Friday I think we were out from 11-6 and on Saturday we took the kids to the park and played for 5 hours before running errands! And again tonight… rain… but it was fun while it lasted!

My kids are way more fun than Homework!

I had been spending a lot of time at school and with no exams the following week, I decided to take a break for the day and spend time with the kiddos. Malia’s request? Build a snowman and go sledding. So we headed to White River sno-park on Mt Hood for a snow-shoeing, sledding adventure.

It was pretty fun. Allie didn’t enjoy it as much as we did… but next year she’ll be older and it will be even more fun!

Malia’s 4th Bday!

Malia had a little bit of a birthday month (in February) since life has been so busy and crazy. It was so hard to find the time!!! We started the celebrations one weekend with a visit to Red Robin with her friends Hadley and Collin, a week later had the family over for a pizza party and celebration, and finally by her actual b-day, I think we forgot to even mention it!

RED ROBIN

(yup… I chopped my hair and LOVE it!)

FAMILY PARTY

It was perfect timing… Leah (Malia’s cousin) just happened to be down from Seattle! Nana sent these cute dress-up dresses and the girls had fun playing in them.

On top of many many fabulous gifts from grandpa, grandma, papa, an nana we were excited to surprise Malia with a new bike!

*Just for memories sake… Malia wouldn’t wear anything but a dress and leggings around this time. She’d get upset if she had to wear jeans because “they are not cute!”. She’s been very much into how she looks lately, and as a result, we got her a new wardrobe of dresses so that her preschool didn’t judge us for sending her in the same outfit everyday (sometimes slept in) because it was a battle we couldn’t fight every stinkin’ morning!!!*