Buddy

Dear Hudson,

You are just growing before our eyes buddy!  You have found your voice- they say.  What I mean by that is you tend to scream for what you want/need.  "MAMA!!!!"  Is a pretty common thing around here.  We also get, "WAFFLES!" "BABA!" "BLANKIE!" 

I can't get enough of your little face and those very long eyelashes.  Every morning you snuggle up on the couch with your blankie and baba to get ready for the day.

You LOVE your cars, trains, sisters, and constant attention.  You don't think it is funny when anyone tries to multi-task.   You hide in my closet with your cars while I get dressed- we can't possibly be more than a few feet apart sometimes:)

The train table provides constant entertainment around here.

Buddy, you are so much fun to have around and feel less like a baby and more like a little guy.  You love to talk about your body parts and know your clavicle, knee, elbow, ankle, teeth, mouth, ears, etc.

xoxo

mom

Stylin

Anna,

A perfect outfit for a perfect afternoon outside.  We love your style baby girl!

Xoxox

Scootering at Stanford!

Kids,

We had such a great day! Anna had a play date, we had gorgeous weather, and everyone wanted to scooter! The quad has the best smooth hallways to cruise around.

Hoover Tower was open too! Such a great day with beautiful views as far as the eye can see!

Anna and her cute friend!

What an amazing day!

Caterpillars!

Thanks for such a fun day!
xoxo
Mom

Sales and Seeds

Taylor and Anna,

What a school week! Taylor, you and two of your brilliant sales colleagues (cute friends) sold brownies at school to raise money for your class chickens (50% tax went toward the cage, incubator, and other supplies). You each made a whopping $3.00. We paid $2.99 for the blondie mix, but had to buy two boxes since the first had to be trashed. So, all told, we lost a few dollars but it was a great experience;)

Anna, on Friday, Daddy came to your class to teach seed school! You learned all about seed dissemination, and germination. Each one of your classmates got to plant a seed and take home some flowers. Such a fun day!

Wacky Day in a Wacky Week

Girls,

This weeks is absolutely NUTS! We have three doctors appointments, two hip hop classes, two swim practices, art class, two class projects (one is a huge baking project, one is building models of our house and a grocery store), two full time jobs, a birthday, a birthday party, a play date, AYSO registration, dinner plans, Daddy doing seed school in both the AM and PM K classes, and of course- this week would have wacky Wednesday.

I sorta forgot that we had this wacky day coming. Forgot to buy the spray hair color, couldn't find the wild socks and was tired, but we pulled it together! It was 1/2 as%ed at best, but not entirely horrible:(

Some coathanger wires that Daddy cut and I shoved into braids:)  Perfect Pipi and they stayed through lunch!!  Victory!

Anna, your socks are wacky, only because they don't match, and because they are Japanese with toe slots.  Thank goodness the boot exposes the slots.

FLOWERS!  So many flowers for seed school!

Our grocery store model.  Yep, a doll and monster truck really make the scene.  Anna, you were an awesome partner for Daddy and me on this thing.

Cast on. Cast off!

Anna,

You are the best sales person I have ever seen.  You went to Dr. G last week and we really thought you would need another round with casts.  You told Dr. G that you needed a break- you wanted to ride our bike, you wanted to take a bath and you were over this whole situation- so I was almost shocked when he said, "ok, let's take the week off and see how it goes."  What?

So, you are in the boot and working so so hard to walk with your heel first, and follow dr's orders.  If you are not in the tub taking a long bubble bath, you are riding around the block for as long as you can after school.  You are such a rock star Anna Davis!  We are so so proud of you.

 A little atrophy on the left:)

You have been fascinated by the incision markers.

Obviously not for the faint at heart, but kinda cool.

xoxo
mom

Eight is Great!!!

Dear Taylor,

You are the greatest eight year old ever! You are brilliant, clever, sweet, kind, loving, and gorgeous outside and in!!!

We have loved celebrating this milestone with you three times!!! You had a friend party on Saturday night, Daddy's family Sunday night and a day of activities today!

We finished the day with a very special treat- you got your ears pierced!!

We love you so much baby girl!!!
Xoxo
Mom and Dad