3.31.2010

3.29.2010

happy birthday

yet another birthday blessed with a wonderful family and awesome friends. josh had a busy week with work and school, but we still found time to celebrate. he surprised with a little blue box, which anything that comes in a little blue box has to be a good thing!
thank you josh for another beautiful necklace...seriously you have great taste.

then my parents surprised me on my birthday when they showed up at my house with a yummy cake and fun gifts. growing up i did lots of sewing projects with my mom, actually she did the sewing and i tried it on. anyway she thought it'd be fun to do a project together again so we're making a kitchen apron. the best part is they (and yes, they my dad did help pick out the fabric-so cute) found a pattern to make one for elle too. so the idea is once elle gets old enough to help i can make one with her that matches mine. love the idea!

on saturday josh took me out to a fun romantic dinner at bentwood tavern- awesome restaurant in new buffalo right on the water then a restaurant hop to zoes (our favorite spot) for dessert and coffee. it was so fun to just sit and talk. sad enough we were tired and ready to go home at 8:30...how old are we??

thank you to josh's parents for the AWESOME camera lens...check out the cool pictures at the end of elle. the new results of my lens. still playing around with, but love the blurred effect.
thank you to everyone for making my birthday so special.





had to take it, it was too funny!
no she's not smiles all the time, although most of the time.

childrens museums

elle has been checking out the local children's museum this month with 3 visits in just 4 weeks...surprising that we have the time for all that! earlier in the month we meet my sister and her family at the children's museum in GR. elle tries hard to keep up with the older ones and doesn't seem to mind trailing after them.

josh and i spent a saturday afternoon at curious kids museum in st. joe and then strolled around downtown eve though it was a very COLD day out. elle was trooper bundled up in her cozy stroller. special picture to emily dock: elle might just have a future in broadcasting- check out the picture below, em.

eewww....grossology is visiting st. joe's curious kids museum on the beach. elle enjoyed a fun afternoon checking out the new exhibit with grams, gramps, and aunt anna. there's everything from smelling body odors to a life size OPERATION...so cool! might just need to take my 3rd graders there. of course elle was much more interested in the WATER!! the carousel on the other hand was another story, she's still not so sure about it. still we had a great time.

wow, what a month! we are cherishing all these fun times with her just one on one.

curious kids on the beach:


what do you think auntie em???

toddler farm at curious kids:

GR kids museum w/ the cousins: