Bangs & Bun

Before the haircut. I'll miss her wispy baby hairs.
It only took one snip!

And voila! Bangs! Gosh, she looks older!

Getting ready for the Prima Ballerina dress rehearsal and photos.

The teeniest bun I've ever seen.

And they added sparkly pink glitter to jazz it up.

Easter Sunday 2010

Easter Sunday was quite eventful. We met up with the Estrellado's and the Lee's for 10:00 a.m. mass at the Mission de Alcala. We had a little family photo shoot in the beautiful garden area. Later that afternoon, we headed over to Bonita to celebrate sweet Lilikoi's 2nd birthday. Bubbles, sidewalk chalk hopscotch, delicious tres leches cake, and a spectacular egg hunt all perfectly planned by the Nierva's.

But to top things off, we had an earthquake. It was definitely one of the longest earthquakes I've ever felt. This all happened during the egg hunt which took place in the front yard. All you could see were the cars swaying from side to side like hydraulics on Highland. But I don't even think the kiddies noticed. They were too busy looking and running around for Easter eggs. All in all, we were safe. That's all that mattered. And I sincerely counted all my blessings, each and everyone one.

Spring Break Snapshots

Day 1 Disneyland
Fiona's very first time eating cotton candy! She would've eaten the entire bag if I'd let her. Such a sweet tooth!

We had dinner with Maryann and Emil at Nickel Diner, downtown Los Angeles. This was our foodie adventure. Guy Fieri recommended it. It was a little sketchy in the evening though. A better time to bring kids would be around breakfast or lunch. Farley had a flat iron steak with chimmichurri sauce and shoestring fries. Yum!

A variety of mouthwatering desserts. Red Velvet Cake with chocolate chips, homemade Pop Tarts, homemade Ding Dongs, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake covered with potato chips, Coconut Tapioca pudding, and sweet old Sugar Cookies.

A crazy selection of donuts. Maple glazed bacon donut. Day 2 The Happiest Place On Earth

Papa and Fi posing by the main entrance.

Ruby and Fiona driving Mr. Toad's roadster

Met up with the Nierva's and Lee's for dinner. And for dessert, the girls had Princess Heart LOLLIPOPS!

A Dancer Is Born

She REALLY looks forward to Saturdays with Ms. Angela.

In this little dramatization, the girls are sleeping flower fairies, ready to wake up the rest of the flowers in the meadow. Just adorable to watch. Some of them are able to follow directions and others dance to their own beat. Hehe! Fiona is guilty of that, sometimes.

Catching some air before she performs a little tap jig to the

song If You're Happy

Loves to here the clippity-clap of her tap shoes!

Where are the eggs, Mama?

I just have to share this funny little story. So, here it goes. One day Fiona stumbled across an egg coloring kit purposely hidden in a Target bag. She took it out of the bag and ran with it.

F: What's this Mama?

M: It's an egg coloring kit, baby. It's for Easter. When the Easter Bunny comes (didn't feel like explaining the religious meaning quite yet).

F: Can I open it?

M: Not yet, love. When it's Easter time.

F: Can I open it, now?

M: I'm sorry, baby. No.

Being strong-minded (or should I say defiant) she took off with the egg coloring kit, ran up stairs into the bedroom and plopped herself dead center of the bed. She immediately ripped the box open. She shook out the entire contents of the kit and out came the dye tablets and some stickers. Fiona peered inside the box with a confused look on her face.

F: Where are the eggs, Mama?

Weekend Scrap

Ballerina Girl

Check Fiona out! She's on her tippy-toes! You could totally see her concentrating. I'll always remember how enthusiastic she was right before dance class. And I'll always remember how much she loved her blue tutu.

Lil Cupcake

For Valentines Day we had cupcakes at Influx in Golden Hills. Couldn't decide between Double Chocolate and Red Velvet. So, we got both! And Fiona was the first to dive in. She inherited her sweet tooth from her Mama.

Just the 3 of Us

Even though these photos were taken over the summer, I really wanted to scrap it. We're just all smiles here. We had just finished a nice lunch at Tender Greens in Point Loma. Full and happy bellies!

While we were browsing the photo library we stumbled across so many other photos that we forgot about. We keep taking pictures but don't print them out. So, I'm going to try and be better about it. Even if I just scrap ONE photo for each event or special occasion. We'll see how that goes.

Meet Eloise

She's a gray cat with blue eyes. A finicky little thing just like Fiona. But seriously, this was such a fun sewing project from Wee Wonderfuls! Absolutely gratifying. The simplicity of the pattern and attention to detail puts me on cuteness overload. I heart this and want to make more. I've made a few cats and bears a while back for other special little girls in my life. And I thought, "I can't believe Fiona doesn't have one yet!" So, let the sewing begin.

Mind you, Fiona and I have been working on this project since December. She helped pick out the fabric and buttons. And I did the rest, of course. Now, It's February and I'm so proud that Eloise is here. She just needs a tad bit more stuffing though. Just a tad.