LA Story: Island's

After Quinn's birthday, we hot-footed it up to L.A. for a few days to see my dear friend Tasha and her family. Remember her from any of these places? As a double bonus, we met my other dear L.A. friend Stephanie (and family) at Island's for dinner one night. Fun for all!

Coloring to pass the time.

Eating crayons to pass the time.

Dillon's in the clean plate club!

She always forgets that ice cream is cold.

Dillon, Crosby and Christopher.

Everyone is doing their own thing.
Quinn had to change out of her ice cream clothes.

Birthday Party Round-Up: Hunter

I know I usually group two birthday parties together, but Quinn's buddy Hunter is getting her own post. Why? Because she had the most amazing "petting zoo" ever! Goats and guinea pigs? Nope! More like anteaters, pythons, and wallabies! Happy 2nd birthday, Hunter.

Anteater eating strawberry jam. Like they do.

Crikey, that's a wallaby!

Photo bomb from Hunter.

Dillon and Quinn are really into the tortoise.

Hunter and Quinn at the water table.

That Was Then / This Is Now (31)

We are going waaaaaay back for this one! Recently I posted about how Quinn gets to wear a lot of Craig's old clothes. Well! His mom sent us a picture of Craig in the yellow dog jumper! I won't say who's cuter...

Blue steel, Craiggy!

Goofball kid.

Wordless Wednesdays (105)

Taken 4/22/2017

Mini Quinny Party: Zoo Edition

After taking a slight detour through Dillon's last day of school, we're back to Quinn's birthday festivities. We know Quinn loves her animals, so we went to the zoo where she picked up a cute stuffed koala bear she decided to name "Granola Bar." Reminds me of the time Dillon wanted to name unborn Quinn "Stop Sign."

Monkeying around.

Birthday selfie.

Put ya hands up, put ya hands up.

Hugs!

Dinner at Lazy Dogs.

Wordless Wednesdays (104)

Taken 3/27/2017

There Will Be Blood...But Not Too Much

Dillon handled her first blood draw like a champ. She was a little nervous but not a single tear in the end. She looks justifiably proud:

Adventures in Learning: Citizens on Patrol

We're lucky our girls love school. Of course, they get to do some pretty fun things!

Bubble fun.

Getting a ride from a friend.

Story time!

Just hanging out.

Dillon's school had an international day of fun. Every grade celebrated a different country. The kinders had Zimbabwe. I impressed everyone with how much I already knew about Zimbabwe. That's right, I'm smart enough to be a kindergartner.

Dillon's "traditional" artwork (lower right).

Henna tattoo from Pakistan.

Girl photo outside.
Note our homemade tissue paper flowers from Mexico!

Quinn and I colored Joan Miro paintings in Spain.

Last Day Hooray!

Seems like only yesterday was Dillon's first day in elementary school, but suddenly her entire first year is over! No big deal...just learning to read, multiply and run miles...there was a last day ceremony where the students got certificates and sang songs about community workers. A very cute morning!

New sign needed!

Recognition for running miles.

Certificate of achievement (everyone got one).

With best bud Olivia.

With fave teacher Mrs. S.

And, of course, the song about the postal workers of America: