Granny's Part II

Granny's house is definitely the most fun place on this planet (on Lilah's little planet at least). Granny has the best toys and also let's you do pretty much anything you so desire (ie: put on makeup and play the piano nice and loud). :) Granny even lets Lilah ride on her little bike that is actually a planter...but is the perfect size for a two year old.

Such a Blessing

I just recently was chatting with someone who told me how fortunate I am to have such great girlfriends. I do feel very blessed to have some of the greatest friends - some new and some that I've known for nearly 15 years.
Jackie, Emily and I got together for a little going away dinner and drink night before she headed back home to Atlanta. We had a great evening of laughing, joking, reminiscing, and a lot of smiling. What a gift it is to have friends that no matter the time apart or the miles between us that we pick up just like it was yesterday and our friendship only becomes stronger.

Lubed Up and Ready for the Sun!

One of our sunny days - all ready in her flip-flops, sunscreen, dress, and shades.

Summer 2011 Maiden Voyage

First of all, we are official trailer campers. We have just recently joined Thousand Trails which are private sites for members (or guests of members) only that have many amenities for the true trailer camper (ie: pools, mini golf, sport courts, scheduled activities, a store, etc).
So we made our first summer adventure in the trailer for Memorial day weekend. It was so much fun going with the family and spending time all together. Lilah slept real well and also had such a great time playing with Natalie and Kaden. We had fun relaxing, hanging out with everyone, making smores, and "throw wocks in wawa". :) Lilah loves the trailer and now points out all trailers that we see on the road and I think can hardly wait to go again. We head out this weekend to Leavenworth - and I'm excited to get on my swimsuit and spend some time in the pool and in almost guaranteed warm weather.

Picnics and Crayon Making

I have taken another loooonnnngg break from my blog. I'm hoping as I spend late on Saturday night starting to catch up that I still have a follower or two. ;)
I'm goin' way back to maybe late May.
Julie and Samson visited us on one of our few beautiful afternoons for a little picnic snack time in our front yard. It was one of my attempts to encourage my daughter to eat. But she was more distracted with her good buddy "Shepa".

A few days later, when the rain returned (sigh..) Lilah and I made new crayons from old, broken crayons. I got the idea from Jen in my PEPS group who had done this with her little girl. We melted the crayons in a muffin tin and then chose different candy molds to pour the melted crayons in to make new crayons in the shape of different foods and hearts. It was fun (except for the fact that we made a brown pretzel crayon that looks like a chocolate covered pretzel and Lilah has tried to eat it a few times....I don't blame her).

Elmo is TWO

Our Elmo party finally arrived this last Saturday. Lilah has talked about it for weeks now and was almost as excited as I was for the Elmo cake and her Elmo party. It turned out pretty mellow and easy - just as I hoped for. We did probably have about 30 people, but just served cake and drinks. Everyone hung out and watched Lilah walk around in her Elmo costume and watch all the other little kids. It's so fun now that they are playing with each other. The weather held off so the kids played outside for awhile, pushing Lilah's new pink, bubble-blowing lawnmower around. We got through I think three gifts before she was so over it, and then took the next day to finish opening them. She can only focus for about two presents or so and then wants to play or do something else. Lilah had a blast and I think the other kids did too - with the running around outside, strawberry cake, chocolate Elmo cake pops, and Elmo party hats - it was a success. :)

Girls Night :)

It seems like I've had a lot of these lately. I am very fortunate to have a husband that doesn't mind that I get a child-free night with girlfriends and is willing to stay home and be home with Lilah. I think I definitely owe him once Mike is home!
We had a little night out with some girls from college and a few post-college friends. We hung out with some wine and appetizers at Sarah's and then headed to Ozzie's for some chatting, singing and dancing. A super fun night with some ladies I've been friends with for over 14 years....wow. And no matter how much time passes, it's like it was just all yesterday and we just act like we did back in our college days and earlier teaching days. Well....sort of...a little different now that we're older, wiser, and wake up at 6am with a baby or babies.