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Bayus is FOUR!
Friday, April 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
On Tuesday our little Bayus turned 4 years old 
To celebrate we had several special little friends over for a train themed party. This year Bayus was extremely involved in the planning of his party, so much so it was all I could do keep up with him and his ideas! A special thank you to my dear friends who took pictures of the party for me (I got called away to a birth just over an hour before the party, but it was super rapid and I made it back in time for the cake and presents) and also one dear friend that took my cake decorating weaknesses under her wing and made a point of coming over late the night before to help me put together a somewhat recognizable train cake- thank you ladies!
I’d also like to thank Sonya of Sublime Threads for her awesome work on designing and making Bayus’ birthday shirt for us. If you ever want a truly special outfit with quality workMOMship then check out Sonya here
Another great link I need to make sure you have is for MrMcGroovy and his amazing cardboard building plans and kits!
Please watch the short video I made (get a cup of tea while you wait for it to download) that includes images of all the little details we put together for the party and some of the unexpected entertainment like magnifying glasses and the chickens
Shall we dance?
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Hannah enjoyed a night out with Daddy yesterday. She prepped all week, marking every calendar and counting down the days. She prepped all day including a long bubble bath, having mommy paint her nails, and borrowing mommy’s necklace. The boys were excited for her outing and Bayus went with mommy to get the wrist corsage (and he thoroughly enjoyed presenting it to her). Once all was ready mommy snapped some pictures and they were off!
Hannah’s favorite parts of the evening? Dancing to the chicken dance was at the top she said. It was a really special night put on by a local community center and brought to our attention by our friend Val. Val’s husband and daughter went to the event as well, which was a real treat for both of the girls to be there together.
Fairies, Ballets and Puppets…..
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Just a few pictures to highlight some of the fun from this past week(end). Hannah went to a much anticiapted ‘fairy’ birthday party and worked long and hard on her gift. Grandma Engle suprised Hannah and took her to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ in Seattle. All three kids enjoyed watching the group ‘Puppets Please’ put on a Christmas show at our local library. The activities and the advent calendars are counting down……..its almost CHRISTMAS!
And the ‘mania’ continues…
Sunday, December 14th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
This weekend was full of activities, including the annual Gingerbread house party put on by dear friends of ours. Every year they graciously invite us and a slew of other friends and in preparation they bake our gingerbread houses from scratch and mix up some royal icing! Everyone comes bearing gifts of candy for the building tables and food for the buffet- its always a blast! This year the boys let Hannah have full reign over the design and construction of the house as long as they could help eat it later 
The long awaited pictures from the Masquerade Ball!
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments
This post was a long time coming….but hopefully you feel its worth it I had to collect images from 2 of my cameras and from the cameras of my little sister and 2 other friends (hence the lack of continuity in file names).
We had a magical day with all our friends, please enjoy the video by clicking below. It will take some time to download for viewing, feel free to get a cup of tea while you wait, but if you can’t possibly wait to see the video you can also click below and scroll through the images used in the video.
Thanks for looking!
Yeeee-Haw!
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Some friends invited us to this special event put on by their church, WayPoint located on the pennisula. It was a fun filled day filled with hot dogs, baked beans, mechanical pony rides, leatherworking, cactus roping and lots of games. My kids tried out the three legged race event for the first time as well as horse back rides with dad (which they have much more experience with- dad is glad they don’t have spurs!).
