Celebration

I'm a blogging slacker! In my defense I still need a new laptop, I can't resize photos on this one. Since I last posted we went to Tahoe, celebrated my birthday, celebrated Easter, celebrated Patrick's birthday, and had a party for both kids. Next up is Molly's second birthday on Friday, then our wedding anniversary. Add in a few birthday parties for small friends and we have been busy! So click over to Flickr and you can see some pictures of what we've been up to, here are some previews! The first one is from today at the zoo. Molly is a tad obsessed with rhinoceroses right now, so we thought she would enjoy the chance to view one in person. Who knew they stunk so much? Molly was happy, but kept asking if the rhinoceros would bite. Hee!



And can you feel the birthday love here?











And in school news....Patrick got into both the public school and private schools we applied to. Last week we made the decision to send him to private. But I don't seem to be sitting well with it :( which makes me think we need to rethink it. I wish the future of public education in California didn't seem so bleak. Sigh.

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

I was lame today and left the house with a nearly dead camera battery. As a result I barely got any pictures. And not only that, I never got a picture of the two kids together. Ugh. I seem to go in hot and cold spells with the camera, I need to try and be more consistent with it. More so than being consistent, I need to actually do something with all those digital images. I have thousands of the,. Tens of thousands actually. And I've only printed out about 50 pictures in the last 2 years. Oops! But I digress...

Patrick and Molly had a very nice Easter. We spent the entire day with family, which included trips to 3 different houses, and no less than 4 Easter egg hunts for Patrick. He now has enough chocolate to carry him into 2009.

Here's 2 snapshots from today. Patrick is playing with his cousin Brandie, and Tom's mom is holding Molly.





Yesterday we went to a graduation party for my cousin Aerin. She graduated from UCSB in less that 4 years, with a double major! My aunt and uncle live in a farm, complete with llamas, sheep, an emu, and many, many hawks. Patrick was in total heaven. He had a fantastic time and can't wait to go back.

Patrick wore his "farm hat" to the party...



And Molly just enjoyed playing with sunglasses. She is her mother's daughter ;)



And here is my Molly Catherine, with my second cousin Molly Katherine. So the two Mollys are second cousins, once removed. When you come from a large family you actually know exactly what that means.



Last but not least, my birthday isn't for another week but my mom couldn't wait to give me my gift. I love it a million times over, it's a framed picture of Molly done over Andy Warhol style. Isn't this just the best?

Easter Egg Hunt

Just a few quick pictures from today, Patrick really enjoyed hunting for eggs. But more than that he enjoyed the chocolate the Easter Bunny was kind enough to bring. I think I spent the entire day answering his questions about when he could have another piece of chocolate or another "jelly egg". We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather today, based on the news it seems like the rest of the country had a cold snap, including a bunch of snow in Cleveland (sorry Dad!).








And just a little funny I had to share. The other day we were in the car and Patrick piped up with this gem from the backseat...

"Hey Mama? Turtles don't sit in high chairs. They live in the water. And turtles don't wear hats and they don't talk."

So true!

Easter Bunny Hop

On Saturday we took Patrick downtown to meet the Easter Bunny. As you can see it went swimmingly :P

Easter Morning

Happy Easter!

Easter Parade

We're getting ready for Easter! Yesterday Patrick and I made cookies. Patrick really just wanted to play with the cookie cutters and the frosting. Doesn't this look "nummy" (as Patrick would say)?



We couldn't find Patrick's Easter basket, it may have been a casualty of the remodel (it seems like we have a lot of those!). I found a smaller basket that works. The small eggs are Play-Doh, and the larger eggs are filled with cheddar bunnies. Tom is searching for the Peeps I bought as I type.



Have a wonderful Easter tomorrow!

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Happy Easter!