May Day Pictures cont.

My front door decoration. A bit of an after thought since I got so wrapped up in the play date I forgot to get flowers for the door.
Paige with her sack lunch.

Vicki, Bailey, Reagan and Paige enjoying the flower decorated cupcakes.

Kate, Reagan and Bailey with their flowers they planted.

Sarah tried to get the five of them to take a picture with their flowers...at least they're all in there.

More May Day Pictures

Vicki playing with the staws from the lei making.
Mom feeding Raif...his participation in the Play Date.

Annabelle, Kate, Reagan and Bailey ready for planting.

Annabelle stamping her flower pot.

Molly with Paige and Lucas

May Day Play Date

Reagan stamping her flower pot.
Kate, Reagan and Bailey waiting for the planting to begin.

Bailey stamping her flower pot.

Tallulah and Paige

Reagan, Bailey, Kate and Paige coloring flower pictures. Kate's wearing her lei she made.

Naples Island has a yearly tradition of decorating your front door to honor May Day. When I got the flyer I was inspired to have a May Day Play Date for Bailey and a few friends. What started as a small play date turned into a bit bigger of a party. I thought how fun it would be to include the grandma's for the play date, since they don't always get to see their grandkids interact with other kids. We had a great time with 11 kids in total and 10 adults...a pretty good ratio. The kids got to color flower pictures, make a lei (I was reaching out to my Hawaiian roots since May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii), and plant a flower. We had beautiful weather to picnic outside and the kids all had a wonderful time.

A Day at the Beach

Mommy and Raif

Bailey holding the sea slug

Colby and the sea slug

Raif fast asleep in his tent, oh what a life

The weather was so beautiful this weekend we decided to take the kids in the avon (little boat) over to the beach. It was Raif's first time playing in the sand. He had a little siesta when we first got there, but then had fun squishing his toes in the sand. Colby and Bailey decided to make their own tide pools and find sea creatures to put in them.

Santa Ynez Trip

Aaron and Sarah invited us for a quick get away to Santa Ynez for a dinner hosted by one of the wineries they belong to. We packed up on Friday morning and headed up to Santa Ynez. We dropped off our bags at the Hertzog's place up there, and were off wine tasting. We had a great time and were so glad to be able to spend a little time with great friends, minus kids! Sarah even got the chance to be our wine pourer (what were they thinking!) Thank you to the Irelands for inviting us and to the Hertzog's for their generous hospitality.

Bailey's Discovery

Here is a recap of my conversation today with Bailey:

Bailey: "Mommy, Boomer has a hole in his body."

Mommy: "A what?"

Bailey: "A hole in his body."

Mommy: "Where is the hole?" (As I glance over to Bailey she is lifting up Boomer's tail pointing at his bottom)

Bailey: "Under his tail."

Mommy: "That is where he goes to the bathroom, Bailey."

Bailey: "Oh, okay."

The things toddlers say...

Easter Brunch

Our family photo
My mom and Dad with Raif

Stike a pose Lexy!

Jaymee finding more eggs.

She is her father's child. I can't keep shoes on her.

We hosted an Easter brunch this year. We had Colby's parents, my parents, my sister and her girls (Eli had to work until 6 a.m. so he was not in any shape to hunt for eggs), Grandma Pat, Grandma Donna, Colby's Aunt Jennifer and cousin William (who were her from Hawaii for a few days), and we welcomed home Colby's brother Guyton who just moved back from Houston. We had a lovely brunch in which everyone brought something (much easier with two small ones in the house). I didn't get a chance to take many pictures, even though everyone brought something there is still a lot to do when the party is at your house and I didn't get pictures of everyone.