'twas the night before the 1st day of school

And all through the house NOT A child was sleeping not even the young one. The lunches and backpacks are packed with care and the outfits are pressed and ready for them to wear.

After a long day of fun in the sun with our besties I thought bed time would be a piece of cake - I was sadly mistaken. All my careful planning and time management to get them in bed early seemed to fail. At 9:00 two of the three were still laying in bed looking at their books wide awake and hollering for Mommy. Tomorrow morning should be fun! Lets hope for a restful night of sleep and stress free morning.
I can't wait to post pictures tomorrow!!!

Lizzy Bug

Today we were so excited to celebrate Lizzy's first birthday. Her Mommy did an AMAZING job with a beautiful garden party. She made the most adorable giant flowers for the party. I think Erin also found another calling. Her sugar cookies were DELISH and ADORABLE - look out Panera. We were having so much fun at the party that it is hard to believe that I did not get any photos of our kiddos playing, in the ball pool, bubbles, flowers, or the slide.
Happy First Birthday Lizzy!!!

Week one is in the books

Bulldogs get a W. Great way to start off the season with a 35-27 win over Valley Christian. This next week is going to be a tough one. We face Marin Catholic. They served up the one loss we had last season. I gave a feeling there is going to be a lot of game film being viewed around here and very little sleep.
I managed to get a little project done just in time for kick off.
GO DOGS!!!

Hero in a half-shell...turtle power

Today Caden went vintage. He spent the day at Nonie's and she pulled out some vintage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He had so much fun playing with them and thought it was HILARIOUS when I was singing the song.
I have to give a big THANK YOU to Grammy for making us dinner. It was wonderful. It was so much fun to come home after a LONG day and play with the kiddos instead of having to cook dinner.
Here is a photo of the cutest Ninja Turtle I know.

8 or 9?

Oh Pluto you have become a source of much frustration to a little 4 year old boy. Caden is very much into obsessed with the Solar System. He has a few books he reads at nap time and one we read every night. Since the obsession he now has a lunch box, back pack, puzzle, model, and yes an alarm clock. The poor child is so funny he gets so frustrated that some books list Pluto as a planet and others say it is dwarf planet and some don't mention it at all. Really, NASA and publishers we need to come to some agreement - you are killing the poor child. It is kind of cute he now corrects me when I read the old books and tells me it is a dwarf planet. He also knows one of the moons is called Charon, but he likes to call it Aunt Sharon - Adorable!!!
He continues to AMAZE me and surprise me. I love that he wants to grow up to be an astronaut  (funny - I had the same dream going up thanks to my Sally Ride report) and Buzz Lightyear.
I love you Buddy, I hope you get the chance to go to the moon one day!

Happy 85th

Yesterday we celebrated GG's birthday with some Hawaiian style. My Grandma has so many special memories of Hawaii. She was stationed there, met and married my Grandpa there. She had one of her babies there and ended up being stationed there again.

It was so much fun planning the big surprise celebration. My family LOVES surprise parties and during the planning Chris kept telling me to NEVER throw one for him. I think that is really just asking for one right?!?!

Back to the party- it was a beautiful night with lovely weather. It was super special that we were able to get my Grandma's siblings to fly out for the special event. Aunt Charlene and my cousin Ann flew out from Virginia and my Great Uncle George flew out from the family farm. It was a pretty big deal that we were able to get him to leave the farm. ;-)

What a  fun evening celebrating  a really special person in my life. I am so blessed to live so close to her. I love my Tuesday evening "dinner date" with her and I LOVE that my kids get to know their GG.

Happy 85th Birthday Grandma!!!





One of the funniest and sweetest moments of the night. Watching my Dad and brother learn to hula. It was pretty cute.



And then she stole the show. She was soooo excited to go up and learn to dance. It was PRECIOUS!

My Saturday morning creation. I will be posting a tutorial over at Teaspoons and Twine.

A Brighton Day!!!

The adjustment to going back to work full time is getting better. My heart still aches to leave my kiddos every day. But I have to say I am LOVING working with my Kinder team. They have welcomed me and made me feel so loved. As a welcome gift they got me a fancy BRIGHTON LANYARD- I know how exciting!!!! I went home and told my husband for my birthday I will be needing some charms. His reply " What's Brighton?" Clearly we don't go to Walnut Creek enough or hang out with the Barrons enough.
Thanks Kinder team for the warm welcome.