Michelle's Fun Day

This is the second time in a row my long post has disappeared. I'm getting very frustrated with Blogger.

Anyway, yesterday we had a mini-reunion with a couple of other families from our travel group. We all had a lot of fun and really enjoyed catching up. We were lucky to have one day with no rain so the girls were able to play outside and go swimming. They all enjoyed that a lot. Afterward, when we were changing the girls out of their swimsuits, they all decided it would be fun to run around nekkid. They ran around like that for a good half hour and it was absolutely hysterical. Finally they were ready to put some clothes back on to eat and play some more. The girls were all very sweet and played well together. Michelle had a great time and drove us home afterward (just kidding).

Michelle's First Vacation

I just typed out a long post which disappeared when I tried to publish it so here are a few pictures from Michelle's first vacation to Sanibel Island. I'll try to do a real post about the trip soon.

Easter Fun

I hope everyone had a happy Easter. We had a wonderful Easter! We took Michelle to San Antonio to spend the holiday with her grandparents and cousins. It was a short trip but we all had a wonderful time. We went to a barbecue at Roman's mom's house Saturday evening and Michelle had a great time running around and playing with her cousins. They had an Easter egg hunt, a pinata and cascarones. Michelle loved the cascarones. It was a lot of fun cracking eggs over people's heads and watching confetti come out.

Sunday we went to church with my parents and then to brunch at a beautiful restaurant on the banks of a river. It was really nice. Afterward, we went back to Nana's house for another Easter egg hunt and more cascarones. Michelle had such a good time. She ended up getting 5 Easter baskets filled with lots of toys and more candy than any of us could eat in a year. We left most of it behind but she definitely got a taste for candy. She's been asking for it ever since.

She was worn out by the end of the trip. Monday evening she fell asleep in the taxi on the way home and slept all the way through the night until Tuesday morning. We're so happy we were able to give her such a special weekend.
It's so much fun playing in Nana's backyard.

The happy family at Easter brunch.
Enjoying the fountain.
Being a very good girl at Easter mass.

Modeling my new ladybug boots.
Don't forget me.
I love tea parties at Nana's house.
Look at my pretty Easter basket (one of five baskets!).
Cascarones are fun. I'm even getting myself.
Hunting for Easter eggs at Nana's house.
I love getting to wear my new spring clothes.
Getting ready for the Easter egg hunt with the cousins.
Aha, found one!
Look Mommy. I found an Easter egg.
Getting ready to hit the pinata.
I'm not sure why I'm hitting this pinata but it's fun.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Our beautiful Irish lass 2009
Blowing Irish kisses 2008
First St. Patricks's Day 2008

Tagged!

I just discovered that I've been tagged.
Here are the rules.
1. Go to your pictures folder & select the 6th folder.
2. Select the 6th picture in the folder.
3. Tag 6 people. I've seen this on several friends' blogs so I'm not tagging anyone.

Fortunately the sixth picture in the sixth folder is a picture of Michelle so it's a very cute one. It was taken outside Nana's house on our visit for Michelle's birthday in August.

Random Acts of Cuteness

"I don't like the snow." This is what she said after we spent 10 minutes bundling her up to play in the snow.
Princess with an attitude
Send me to Nana's house

Happy Valentine's Day!

We enjoyed a wonderful Valentine's Day with our precious little valentine. I realized we've just started our second round of holidays with our princess. Even though Michelle was home with us last year at this time, it kind of feels like our first Valentine's Day together. I have to admit I have absolutely no memory of last Valentine's Day. I took a picture of Michelle in a Valentine's t-shirt (which I attached below) so I know we must have acknowledged the day in some fashion. I just have no idea what we did. We had only been home from China for 2 weeks and were still recovering from jet lag and illnesses so it was probably pretty low-key.

Michelle's daycare class had a party yesterday so she had a good time getting valentines from her friends and having some yummy snacks. Roman sent me some beautiful roses at work, which was so sweet. This morning we took Michelle to her gym class. She absolutely loves going there. She squeals with delight when we pull into the parking lot and she just can't get out onto the floor fast enough. It's really the highlight of her week. After class, we came home and gave her a nap before going out to dinner. We took her to our favorite Italian restaurant. She really enjoyed her meal (as you can tell by the pictures). She just loves going out to dinner. It makes her feel special.

We bought her a small stuffed teddy bear, some bubbles and an Elmo DVD. She loved all of her gifts. She even took her teddy bear to dinner with us. She's so affectionate with her stuffed animals. She gives them gentle kisses and pulls them to her and says "big hug." She's such a precious, loving little girl.

We're so happy that we have our princess with us to celebrate Valentine's Day. We had so many years where it was just the two of us. Now there's nothing more special to us than the three of us going out to dinner as a family.

Valentine's Day 2008
Valentine's Day 2009