Category Archives: child’s play

Lil Miss ‘I’ @ 5 months

How extra adorable is this baby age/stage?  At what other point in your life can you stick your foot in your mouth and have everyone die over the cuteness?!

Back in February we travelled east to see lil Miss ‘I’ and her parents.  Even though she’s ‘just’ a baby, my boys think she’s pretty special.  She smiled the brightest when they were near, in fact it was a bit of a contest which one could get her to giggle the most!  The giggles were contagious and I seriously thought of packing her up and bringing her home with us:)


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Love Day, 2015

I’ll be honest with you. This Valentine’s day post almost never happened. Sigh.

Photo shoot 1 — I had unrealistic expectations of my boys. I forgot they never sit still….ever!

Photo shoot 2 — They were in a mood. We allllll had epic meltdowns.

Photo shoot 3 — I had technical difficulties. sigh. Lighting…

Photo shoot 4 — Armed with realistic expectations of my boys, a better lens and lots of M+M’s to bribe my boys with…this is our result!

Happy LOVE day everyone!!! XOXO

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Seems Valentine’s Day bloopers are becoming our thing….

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Simon turns 7

I just gotta say…I hate writing.  A simple post like this takes me forever.   A day when I was struggling with words and memories, Simon and I looked up his previous birthday posts.  After having a good laugh I realized how important this collection of memories were to the boys and I.  Sooooo…here goes…

Excited about running and chess club, Simon adjusted well to the move here in Seattle.  Having his own room and a 9:00am start time on school mornings, that’s not much to complain about! Especially since he typically wakes up on the couch in our room…  Yes, you read right, he’s turning 7 not 2, but he’s my leetle bebe;)

He’s just as random as ever, and continues to keep us entertained.  Serious comments like “So basically I can do ‘O’s and zero’s but I can’t draw circles.” or “We have to wait until the spring before we can get spring water for our fish?” have us shaking our heads.  As much as he LOVES to run, he thinks hiking is exhausting.  His favorite number is 40 and his favorite color, pink.   He spent his birthday money on 30 fake snowballs and that night he fell asleep with all 30 snowballs stuffed into his pajamas.  I’ve loved the increased hand holding and hugs.  The words ‘I love you’ still have not surfaced (except once on accident) but as someone recently reminded me, actions speak louder than words.

A lot of changes over the last few months and this mama was not up for the extravagant birthday party challenge!  So Simon and I settled on having a few friends over with games, food and cake.  Big fancy party or not, this boy was happy at the end of the day:)

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What’s your favorite color?  Pink

What’s your favorite food?  French fries and veggies

Favorite restaurant?  McDonald’s and I order 4 piece chicken nuggets

What’s your favorite number?  40 and 9

What’s your favorite thing about Seattle so far?  The Duck tour

Who is your best friend?  Well, remember my friend Brian in Preschool?  He only spoke Spanish.

What’s your favorite subject at school?  Story time and math

Where is your favorite place to go? Somewhere I can buy toys 

What’s your favorite song?  I have a lot of favorite songs.  All About That Bass, is one and Animals, by Maroon 5

What makes you happy?  Getting presents

What is your favorite thing to do?  Play Minecraft

You love to play board games.  What is your favorite one?  Monopoly

What do you like about being a kid?  You can fit under stuff

If you were the president for the day, what would you do?  Well, I wouldn’t hurt anyone but I would take all the money from the bank…because…I looooooove money!!

How would you spend one million dollars?  I would spend it on Pokemon cards

How do you know we love you? Because you’re my family!

Do you wish there were more people in your family?  Yes, a little sister. But not a baby, about 5 years old.

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Noah turns 9

This year Noah made the difficult decision between having a party with his friends or going to Safari West, a wildlife preserve located in Sonoma County.  Much to my relief he choose the latter.  Safari West was the perfect gift for my animal loving son, not to mention an easier event to organize than a boy’s birthday party at our home.  Hah!  Take that Pinterest!


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What would you like to be when you grow up?  Park ranger or someone who uses dogs to rescue people who are lost in the mountains

What is your favorite restaurant?  Cool Hand Luke’s

Favorite food?  Ribs

Favorite color?  Black

Favorite subject at school?  Art, I like drawing and painting

Favorite song? Turn Down for What  (interesting choice…)

If you could only have one pet, which one would you pick?  I’m not answering that

How would you spend one million dollars?  I would buy dogs

What makes you happy?  Playing with animals

What is something you are good at?  Track and Field

What is your favorite thing to do?  Have friends over and play Minecraft.

Where should we go on our next family  vacation?  Paris, I would like to learn French.

How do you know that we love you?  I get lots of hugs and kisses


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No animals were harmed in the making of this post.
Featured animals are as listed below:
Shadow, Spike, Venom, Isabella Iris Vom Shtal, Russia, Moonlight, Snorelax, Timber, Fred, Daphne, Joey, Molly, Lucky and Puff Cheeks
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Love is all you need

Okay…I know I said I was taking a break but since Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite days of the year…I had to pop in and do one quick post of my sweet boys and their V-day cards.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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And of course…what would a photo shoot with kids be without some serious bloopers!

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