...then there's my boy!

I never said he was the smartest kid. But he's brilliant when it comes to finding new uses for things you might think to throw away!

Yes, it was his sister's birthday and yes, she did get a lot of loot, but in Alex's mind she missed the best of the bunch. Who can pass up a clear hatbox wrapping, when it serves as an astronaut helmet!?!

Now that's a future McGyver don't you think!

Ella and the eyepatch

Just a snap shot of what you missed in the past month. Ella had another eyelid infection. And we tried to get her to wear the eye patch to keep her from smearing around the ointment. She liked the idea of an eye band-aid. Until it kept her from seeing her books. Then the patch came right off. Oh well, the stuff childhood is made of I guess. She was cute, even with one eye!

A Fairy Happy 3rd Birthday

I know it's been a month since my last blog. Things get busy around here. Especially with the boy up on both feet much of the time these day. But more on that later. Our baby girl just turned 3 yesterday!

We had her first real party, not our friends, but hers and she wanted fairies. I think that new Tinkerbell movie comes out sometime soon and the Disney magic is already working on my girl.



But with a wave of mommy's magic wand and daddy's credit cards, we transformed this place into our own little Pixie Hollow. And 5 little girls plus Alex and Colin (our princes for the day) had a blast! We had pixie dust, magic wands, wings and even fairy fizz punch. (who knew you could still buy Pop Rocks candy!?)


It was a blast, but exhausting and loud! Troy says little girls squeal louder than any Metallica concert he can remember! You should have heard the shrill!


In the meantime, Ella's already planning for next year. Looks like I'll have to talk her out of a High School Musical party. (again!) Happy Birthday my little fairy princess! I can't believe it's been 3 years already!