Fighting the flu

I was able to catch these sweet moments of my kids with my parents the other night when we met them for dinner at our neighborhood cafe. The kids ended up with a nasty flu the next day, which explains the tired red eyes (and explains why Haydn was laying down on the bench saying he was too tired to eat his mnm pancakes!). They have such wonderful relationships with their grandparents, who keep right up their in depth imaginations, and I am so thankful that they have such special people in their lives.

Haydn turns 4!

Ok, so I'm sad to say that my camera has fizzled out and I haven't been able to keep up on photos this month. I'm currently shopping around for a snazzy new one as my 30th birthday gift to self, but until then my photo blogs will be few...

I do happen to have a few pics via my mother's camera phone of Haydn with his birthday cake. We had a wonderful party on Sunday at Kelsey Creek Farm where we were well entertained with the farm animals, toys, fields, creek, and most of all, wonderful company. We celebrated Haydn turning 4 with a penguin-themed cake that Haydn has been asking for all year. I had a lot of fun making the penguins out of fondant, but ran short on time doing the finishing touches. What's important is that Haydn loved it and came away with some great memories!

Pretty day for pretty pictures

Ok, so I haven't been able to take many pictures lately because our camera is on it's last leg. So, naturally I was delighted on Friday when we got a chance to spend the afternoon with a dear long-time friend Lisette who just so happens to also be a wonderful photographer! We headed out to Lincoln Park in West Seattle where we were met by a beautiful day - what a delightful surprise! The kids weren't much in the mood for saying 'cheese', but Lisette worked her magic with the camera and moody kids and managed to still pull off lovely shots in her seemingly effortless way. Here is the link to her blog post with pictures from our day: http://lisetteandcameron.blogspot.com/2009/04/friday-i-had-opportunity-to-spend-day.html

We finished off the outing with a stop at a yummy bakery for pizza and bread before diving into tasty treats at Cupcake Royale. The kids left West Seattle with happy little tummies and promptly passed out in the car as soon as we hit the road. Definitely a good ending to Spring break! The fun beach at Lincoln park is begging a revisit this spring...