Pumpkin Patch '09

Last Thursday we had a field trip to Hunter's Pumpkin Patch with Sophia's preschool. It was a little chaotic, but a lot of fun.



This last picture is Sophia and her friend Wyatt. She is convinced that his name is actually "Quiet" so I had to ask him to be in the picture with her. :o)

Cake Details

Well, I started to organize the office, but somehow always end up here on the computer doing pictures and blogging... I thought I would share the whole process for Abby's cake...

First the inspiration. This is the bedding that Kimberly chose for Abby's room. The walls were already light blue, and Kimberly always loves vintage, antique-y stuff. Soooo cute.

Here are some closeup shots of the bedding.

This was my original plan, but I later decided to do the base layer pink because Kimberly's favorite frosting is cherry.

Then I bought a few new decorating tips and tried to remember how to make flowers. I made them out of royal icing so that they could be prepared the week before the shower. I made one batch of royal icing and it went a looooong way!

I made the cakes on Thursday, refrigerated them overnight, and decorated all day Friday. Luckily, I have very well behaved kids! It turned out great. Not as perfect as the picture in my mind, but I'm still pretty proud.

Then for the MOST stressful part. Packing it up and transporting it to Woodinville, a 2+ hour drive!! We made it without any problems! (Well, besides me missing the exit and having to turn around and adding 1/2 hour on to the drive. Griffin slept pretty much the whole drive, so I'm glad he didn't add to my stress level!)

Doesn't She Look Sweet...

First Haircut

And No - I am not talking about Griffin. (Although I'm sure his will be in a couple months.) Sophia Rose had her first trim at 3 1/2 years old. The ends were getting a little too tangly. It was hard to cut off the little ringlet parts of her hair, but it turned out pretty cute. Just a little off the back...

I'll post another pic after it dries and I fix it.

Fall is Here!

My favorite part of fall is decorating the house and lighting all my yummy smelling candles. Sophia helped me sort through and put up all the Halloween decor this weekend. I also sewed her Candy Corn Halloween costume, and made sure the Tootsie Roll costume fit Griffin. Sophia loved playing in her witch costume from 2 years ago, but the hat was a little small so she had Griffin wear it all day.

Before I finished the bubble hem...

A little snug around the cheeks!

Well, it's pretty good for my 1st attempt at using a pattern.

I had no idea what I was doing, but it turned out

pretty cute from a distance!

Miscellaneous Pics

This is the cake I made for Kimberly's baby shower.

We are expecting Abby to arrive this December!

This is how Griffin takes naps on Daddy's watch...

Our pretty girl.

He's on the Move!

Griffin is 6 months old now and loving his walker!

Mommy's Ballet Costumes

I finally went out to my mom's house to get all of my old ballet costumes. There are a lot of them! Sophia can fit in a few of the smallest ones. She loves them!

Bluebird Lion

Seaflower

This was a pie maid costume

My very first one was a little purple glittery butterfly costume when I was 4. Sophia loves it! But I guess we forgot to get a picture of that one... We must have been too busy dancing. :o)

Beach

We went to the beach about a month ago and my best friend Sandy & her boys met up with us to spend the day. I forgot my camera, but here are a few pictures that Sandy took.

It was a beautiful ceremony...

The bridesmaids all wore pink.

First Day of Preschool

What a big day for our little girl. Preschool. I can't believe it. She was so excited, and in good spirits.

Baby brother was so excited, too!

We arrived early and took a lot of pictures.
Here she is galloping into school!

Sophia had a little playdoh time with her new friend named Griffin!

Lots of puzzles

She had been looking forward to the sand table all week!

And then it was a goodbye kiss for mom,
and straight back to the sand...

I went shopping and ran a couple errands and was back 1/2 hour early. I really didn't want to be late or miss out on picture moments. A few parents needed to stay the whole time, I guess. Most kids were fine, though.

This was the end of class at circle time.
Sophia is sitting on the floor right in front of the teacher.

All the parents eagerly waited for dismissal time, cameras ready.

Here are 2 of the 3 teachers,
and a little friend snuck into the picture, too!

We went to McDonald's for lunch -
her choice of anywhere she wanted to go...

And Grandma & Joe met us to hear about her day.

She loved it and is excited to go back on Thursday. She's such a big girl!