Princess Clara

More pictures taken from Botanica Garden. Clara looked so cute standing there on the rock. Dale took the pictures. Clara called these rocks "Princess steps". She is so cute! We went back yesterday (since we now have a membership), and the moment we walked in, she says, "Oh, I love this place!" We are going to go back and take more pictures. It's amazing what happened while we were gone for a week. All the tulips and daffodils are up and open. It is so beautiful. A must-see!!

Pinkalicious!

It all started when my good friend came over to our house. She told me about a book "Pinkalicious". A little girl loves the color pink (imagine that), and she eats several pink cupcakes. When she wakes up in the morning, she has turned PINK-her hair, skin, etc. Her mother, who is quite concerned, takes her to the doctor, who tells Pinkalicious (the name of the little girl) that she must eat GREEN food to turn normal again. YUCK! So, Pinkalicious ends up eating just one more cupcake and she turns . . . Wait a minute! You should read the book and find out what happens.

I found out that they have several books with this character: Purplicious and Goldilicious. They are coming out with several more later this year.

So, as Dale says, I am obsessed! I am planning all the fun we are going to have for Clara's Pinkalicious Birthday Party (which isn't until August).

Did you also know they performed Pinkalicious on Broadway? To make matters worse, they were performing it at our dinner theater here. So . . . . We went!!
They served us Mac and Cheese, Hot Dogs, Chicken Nuggets, French Fries, and Apple sauce. I could tell the adults just loved it.

Who doesn't love cupcakes! This is Pinkalicious and her brother Peter.

She is so spoiled! Daddy bought Clara a Pink crown and Pink cotton candy! What can I say?! She's our Pinkariffic Princess!

Happy Easter!!

We went to Botanica Garden and took our Easter pics. These were just a few of our favorites. I will be posting more pics of our outing soon! Clara and James were sooo cute! I love the pansies that were in bloom. Clara was absolutely beautiful in her dress.James was also really precious. The safest place to put him was in the grass, without any flowers around. He was practicing picking them for me.

Shortly after we took these, we had a really bad storm. It worked out great. Sorry there aren't any pictures of Dale and I. We don't believe in taking pictures of ourselves.

Lost and Found!

I knew Dale took some pictures of Clara in front of our Christmas tree last year. I found them. They were too cute. Plus, I wanted to show off the Christmas Dress that I made.

The Best Punishment for Misbehaving Kids!

My dad would always tell us to go in the backyard and pick up ALL the sticks-little and big. He never liked to mow over any sticks (or rocks, for that matter). So, today, since it is so beautiful here (60 degrees), the kids and I spent a little time outside, playing. I decided, while James was detained in his swing, to pick up any sticks I saw. James likes to pick up every little thing and put it in his mouth-this would include sticks, rocks, leaves, etc. Before I knew it, my little bucket was FULL and I hadn't even gotten past our tree, which is the "halfway mark" in our backyard. So, now I know what to do when Clara is acting naughty.

Oh Boy! He's ONE!

We celebrated James' birthday on Sunday. We were planning on actually celebrating it on Saturday (his actual birthday), but it snowed all day. Our one day of snow. It all melted by Sunday.

It's hard to believe James is one. The year flew by so fast! You can't see it very well, but I made James a blue train engine cake for his birthday. He really didn't know what to think of it until I gave him a little taste.He really got into it!What a face!Birthdays are so much fun!