Pigtails and Pancakes

Claire,

One of the best things about staying home with you is our morning time together. Once the school bus leaves and I put the baby I watch down for a nap, it's just you and me.

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We chat....

and tell jokes...

....until the lure of Sesame Street becomes too much to ignore...

..but it's always good while it lasts.

Love you bunches.

Mama

Break Out the Bubbly

Bubble machine, that is! It's one of my favorite summer toys, I can't lie. I mean, who isn't instantly cheered when they see bubbles floating in the air? To me they are a little bit magical. Even Princess can't resist them.

These were all taken the day of Claire's party. I may or may not have had a few glasses of the real bubbly myself before shooting these pictures...






After a while I started wondering if the Crostar lens would have any effect on the bubbles...
OOOOOHHHH - it did!




Pretty!



Tell me this picture does not make your heart happy...



Beautiful!

It's About Bloomin' Time!

On Good Friday I woke up to a great sight - our street is coming alive. The Bradford Pear trees were all just starting to bloom....

Wake up, street!

My weeping cherry was right on the cusp of glory!

The daffodils were peaking -

I love how this one is half white and half yellow.

I tried to pick one of each type for my vase -

White, yellow, peach and white, yellow and white...

By the afternoon my cherry tree was just about in full bloom!

And so was the rest of the street!

Ahhh....one of the few things our builder did right was line the whole street with pear trees. It is really something to walk up and down our block among all those blossoms!
Happy Spring!