Tucks 1st Day

It was Tuckers first day of Nursery today. This means I can finally return to class after a 3 year interruption. It means no more aimless wandering of the halls wondering if it would be better to stay home and put my child to nap while I read the Ensign. Does this mean a lighter diaper bag, less distractions, more time to ponder and reflect? Or does this mean a possible calling into the Nursery because my child has MAJOR separation anxiety?! Time will shortly tell.

GETTING READY

The morning got off to a rocky start. He spilled his bowl of cold cereal all over his Sunday pants and had to got to church all wet.


THE POUT

I'm sure that having his big sister in class to show him the ropes helped to ease his first day jitters.

The days are long...

One of my favorite people moved away and now I am sad.

When I get desperately sad I will I drown my sorrows with spoonfuls of this most delicious cake. It is completely impossible not to be elated while savoring a piece of chris' outrageous chocolate cake.

I wondered how long it was going to take Finely to notice they were gone. Last night (the day after our friends moved) she asked, "I want to play with Owen at the park". I explained that they moved to a new house in Utah. She replied, " I want to go to Tah too!"

Six years

1. Six, 2. araw-araw pinipindot, 3. What hides behind door Nr 6?, 4. 6, 5
. six, 6. Day 76, 7. Six, 8. Seis, 9. No. 6, 10. One Digit / 6, 11. 6 in six sec
onds, 12. lift button, 13. Nature's Number 6

Six years.

4 jobs (between the two of us)
2 exciting moves to the greatest places in the country
1 loyal dog
2 fantastic kids
3 working cars (1/2 a million miles between them)
a handful of great vacations
6 Mustache Mays
incredible memories
lifelong friendships

Six years of marriage and so much more.

I love you- and I LOVED our night out on the town.

In case you forget this is how the night went down.

I picked you up from work at 6:30
your office: second floor 1st window

You gifted me this sweet lil' thing... instant love
nikon coolpix
and I snapped a picture of you to capture Mustache May

We dined at my favorite spot in town Piazza Italia
you had the lasagna
I had the linguine and clams

Then dessert yum

and we drove home down 23rd, the long way with no complaints
tonight was my favorite night of the month

Back home to our reality

Happy Anniversary

Pink Princess Tea Party

This was the party inspiration LOVE this!

The day started like any other birthday with good morning streamers and a special just-for-you breakfast. Her breakfast of choice: "Lifesaver" (Life) cereal and fresh strawberries. She opened a few gifts and Skyped with her grandparents.

Then it was down to business. For the past week she had anxiously been anticipating the day she could go and pick up her Cinderella birthday cake she had picked out from the grocery store. It was exactly what she had hoped for. We grabbed a bunch of pink helium balloons and headed home to finish setting up for her party.

The Pink Princess Tea Party Crew
these are some of Fin's very favorites

Planning all of the details
This little princess was very involved in planing her party. For dessert she requested lemon cupcakes with pink frosting. She wanted to play 2 games, find the candy (ring pops hidden in "golden dragon eggs", and holly holly hassle step into my castle (the princess version of "red light, green light"). She wanted crowns and wands, candy necklaces and lots and lots of candy. Sugary bliss.

Thank you's
for the princesses: candy necklaces- licorice rope and gummy lifesavers
for the knights: plastic knight figurines and chocolate coins

No girls allowed
Because she has just as many boy friends as she does girls we had to modify the Pink Princess party a little. The boys were definitely territorial when it came to allowing the girls into their "castle". They kept chanting "No Girls Allowed! No Girls allowed!"

The Goings On
While the girls decorated their crowns the boys had a sword fight and obstacle race in the front yard. We played a couple of games as a group and then ate some lunch.

Presents and Cupcakes
After lunch we opened presents and ate more sugar and that was that.

The After Party
Tucker couldn't have been a worse host if he tried. He lost it within the first 5 minutes of the party so he was banished and missed the entire thing. We held an after party so he wouldn't feel left out.

Later that night...
We had one final celebration after her dad got home from work.
It included:

One: super cool bike

One: giant slice of Cinderella cake at 10:06pm

One: long anticipated balloon launch
and we called it a night.

my little 3 year old

happy birthday

"just finley"

Don't try to get creative with her name. She is quick to correct those who try.
"I am just Finley and I am just a girl" she will say.

The other night I asked her what she would like for dinner. She said, "Rice and Beans". Anything else I asked sounding a little surprised. Her answer, "Just a fork."

Happy Birthday my simple little girl.
We can't even begin to describe how much we love you.

conversations

I was reading Finley this poem by Shel Silverstein the other day.

Zebra Question

I asked the Zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy day?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on
And on and on he went.
I'll never ask a zebra
About stripes
Again.

After I finished reading the poem I said, "I want to be happy with some sad days. What about you?" She said, "I want to be a Zebra."

Another Year

So far so good...
this new year has been good to me.
sprinkles cupcakes sent from a friend.
new kicks from nordstroms.
birthday wishes from across the globe.
the company of a great friend.
an attempted birthday celebration, to include a baskin robbins 31 flavors ice cream cake.
gifts, cards, texts (LOVED this one: "Wishing you a Star Wars Birthday May the 4th be with you".-thanx frances!), IMs, phone calls, fb messages, emails, comments, skypes, and loads & loads of hugs and kisses all to let me know i'm loved.
thank you and i love you too!

the party goers and glorious mustache may
color reflects the mood...it got CRAZY!

(below) my favorite shot of the night
taken by finley she also took the pic of wrigley

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Amy!

I think we're to that point where it isn't cool anymore to say which birthday it is so I'll just leave it at that, Happy Birthday.

I love you.

If Finley could type I'm sure she'd say something like, "I love you, miss you" Since she thinks the 2 must go together like, "Magic word, please" rather than just "Please."

If Tucker could type I'm sure he'd say something like, "Mama, Dadeeeee, Ball."