Beach Day

What a beautiful weekend we had!! So Matthew was just a tad (ok, more like a huge amount) upset that I wouldn't let him swim in the water Friday night at the beach, it was dusk and then dark, just a little too cold - so when Saturday turned out to be another warm and beautiful day, we packed some lunches, loaded into the car and headed straight to the beach! Matthew is already loving the beach so much more this "summer" (ok, summer is still a few months off, but I feel like beach season is beginning) - he just runs right down to splash in the water, he loves it :) Kaylie is going to love it more this year too, she loved playing in the sand (instead of eating it like last summer, haha).  Looking forward to many trips in the near future!

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K trying the splits, M loving the water :)

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Fun in the sand!

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Later that day, enjoying a mini-ice cream (and yes, it made a huge mess) :)

Warmer Weather

The weather has been so up and down lately! One day we're enjoying the rain, cold and hail, the next it's just about in the 80s! I've actually enjoyed it, the best of both worlds :) Today was one of the warm ones, so after naps we headed to the beach to watch the sunset - beautiful!

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He loved jumping over the "cliff"

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Playing in the sand :)

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I love this sweet face :)

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Watching the sunset!

Hello, Kitty!

We're having a little family party to celebrate Kaylie's 2nd birthday, so in preparation for the Hello Kitty theme I'm planning, I decided to try out some Hello Kitty cake pops! I had no idea if I'd be able to pull them off, but I'm so happy, they turned out super cute :) I took a few pictures of the process, just for fun - if you want the full tutorial visit Bakerella :)

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Some fun supplies :)

(except I ended up using chocolate cake mix for these)

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<3 Hello Kitty! <3

Adventure Walk

What a beautiful day it was today! The kiddos and I celebrated by getting out of the house, going down to the duck pond to feed the ducks, then going for an "adventure walk." What fun :)

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Ready for our adventure - pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. 

I'm working on the whole spiking of the hair thing, haha ;-)

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Me & my boy :)

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Kaylie found a ladybug! Or should I say a ladybug found Kaylie!

A Birthday in Pictures (mostly)

Our sweet & silly little girl turned 2 yesterday!! We celebrated her special day by spending the day at SeaWorld, what fun! Here's her birthday fun in pictures :)

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Kaylie woke up to pink balloons all over the floor - both she 

and M have had a blast with those! We started the day with a 

cinnamon roll birthday "cake", she got to blow out the 

candles (with big brother's help of course)

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Our sweet baby girl, as a newborn, on her first birthday, 

and yesterday on her 2nd birthday!! So pretty :)

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We made it to SeaWorld! Posing with the Walrus (Kaylie wasn't so 

thrilled), posing as a fam, stacking some blocks, bouncing fun. . .

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Meeting Elmo! Matthew walked right up to him, lots of big

hugs, great pics :) Kaylie wanted nothing to do with them, haha :)

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Love this pic, walking with my kiddos <3 (BTW, Matthew 

HATED that ride straight ahead - "let's not do that ever again"

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Kaylie riding on Daddy's shoulders <3

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Underwater viewing stations. . .

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Waiting to see the Shamu Show, which is how we ended our fun

day at SeaWorld :)