april 30.  2012

i wanted to take some cute pic’s and have them hanging up at our vintage circus birthday party.  plus, if anyone knows me, they know that chocolate is a vital source of survival.  so of course i made chocolate mustaches for the party, pure deliciousness!

the pic’s of the girls turned out pretty cute!  taking pic’s at evergreen lake was a blast-it’s absolutely gorgeous, with huge green mountains all around, and a gorgeous lake with a walking trail around the entire lake.  can’t wait to try out the paddle boats!

april 29.  2012

where does the time go?  i can’t believe nadia is already four years old.  we had a fun little family birthday party, in excitement for the big double birthday party coming up!  alex made her the cute dress she is wearing(which she wears with a sweater to be modest), camden gave her some of her little pet shops, and madison made nadia a craft.

nadia decided instead of cupcakes or cake, that she wanted lemon poppy seed muffins.  so she and i made them together, which i really enjoyed.  she is such a smart little one!   we had fun spending time together!

april.  2012

alex wanted a new nook holder, and she went and made one.  i love these creative kids i have been given!  i learn and am inspired by them all the time!

we sold so much furniture before we moved, with the intention of saving on the moving weight, and then to buy something new once we arrived in colorado.  we ordered a new bed once we got to colorado, and it took over two months to get, since they make it on order.  so our room finally feels complete!

it’s nice to change up the furniture every couple of years, and what better way than recycling money from selling things!

april.  2012

so far, the denver zoo has been the best zoo i have ever visited!  beats the d.c. zoo, and georgia zoo, hands down.  the girls and i had a blast looking at all the animals we haven’t seen before in a zoo-but were discussing how sad it must be to not have to hunt or be able to run around and have freedom.  the good thing we did see, was that a lot of them are apart of a breeding program, and then they will let them back into the wild.  a great way to help almost extinct animals stay around longer!  we are looking forward to the new elephant exhibit opening up in a month!  can’t wait!

what better art to look at at a birthday party, then that of yours and your sisters’.  so i commissioned the girls to paint any vintage circus idea they had, so we could hang it up at the birthday party.  they turned out so great, i just absolutely love the beautiful artistic touch this will add!

we were invited to a friends’ home the saturday before easter, and i think that was the most fun i’ve had watching a scavenger hunt.  mainly because now we are in colorado, living in forest, and how much more fun could that be?  there were dozens and dozens of eggs hidden, along with five golden eggs, each one containing a $5 bill.  the area was marked and outlined with balloons at each corner, and it was a race!  an older kid whose house it was was nice enough to place one of the golden eggs near nadia, and said, “here’s an egg!”   she was so excited to see she had won $5!

after the easter egg hunt, we headed to the airport to pick up shelby, our new labradoodle.  so we sadly didn’t end up coloring the four dozen hardboiled eggs we did, but no one seemed to care.  we got a dog!