For Elsie’s birthday, grammie and grandpa got her a Sand and Water Table – a perfect height for a little girl, and a kneeling dad… While dad likes to build sand castles, elsie much prefers to SPLASH! One waterproof smock from Etsy is on its way!
This weekend we were invited to an afternoon gathering – we arrived without the most important item for a translucent baby girl with red hair – a sun hat! Fortunately Bill and Linda offered up some hats from their boys (Will and Tim) and instantly a little Jets fan was made. Here is Mark telling [...]
Heather and Finley came down for a visit and we had so much fun! We captured some photos of the girls playing on the grass – we can tell they are already best friends. here they are gossiping about their moms … Finley is adorable – one look and she beams a smile right back. [...]
Grammie gave Elsie her first crayons and they spent some time coloring together. For those of you who don’t know, my mom is an amazing drawer – if you ever have the chance to play pictionary fight to have her as your partner.
We had a great time at Elsie’s first birthday … we had lots of friends join us for an afternoon of chatting and eating. Elsie was a princess in her birthday outfit from Heather and Finley (who flew in to celebrate the big day). (excuse the number of photos Elsie in her birthday skirt, with [...]
We had so much fun with Elsie’s first birthday. I love working on little details (it drives mark crazy) but I definitely think the details make the party. We found some fun headbands in the target $1 area and that set the theme for the Garden Tea party. I found some fun paper at the [...]
We did it! Elsie turned one! I decided to cut the posts into sections so I didn’t overload you with too many photos We were lucky to have lots of help getting ready for Elsie’s big day. My parents flew in on Thursday night and we spent Friday pulling together details and making cupcakes. Mark [...]
Elsie today wore a lovely brown and pink outfit. The skirt has built in leggings with lace trim – really rather nice and comfy.
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Elsie has a little shaker she likes to get her groove on with. Here she is working her striped pants and orange bow! It even sings in Espanol – “Azul… Naranja… Verde”