February 28, 2010

For Tom's birthday breakfast I made these yummy French Breakfast Puffs, from his "girlfriend's" website. They were VERY messy to eat but OH SO YUMMY!!

February 27, 2010

At our house we think it should be a law that you can't work on your birthday. Unfortunately, for Tom the big guys at Eastham Foster don't think like us. Tom got home from work fairly late on his birthday so we didn't do much celebrating. He opened presents and then we quickly had some cake before bed. Hannah made the cake for her daddy with a little help from Grandma Judy.

February 26, 2010

The girls went to spend the night with Grandma Judy & Grandpa Kevin. Grandpa Kevin met the girls and I at Tom's office for the big drop off/kid exchange. Rather than sitting in traffic only to have to turn right back around I decided to hang out at the office. I brought the computer and worked on my pictures while waiting patiently to start our date night. It's such a treat for us to have date nights! We went out to dinner at Changs and then we went to see Sherlock Holmes (a great movie). It was a fun night. Thank you Grandma Judy and Grandpa Kevin!

February 25, 2010

Emerson loves wearing Grammy Na's old silver heels around the house. She wears them with such confidence as if they really did fit her tiny feet. She actually wears them better than I can. :)

February 24, 2010

Tom's brother Kenny was in town this week for work. We met up with him at Buca di Beppos for some yummy Italian. Nana just happened to be in town today with her sisters (one of her sisters had a doctor appointment in Seattle). It also just happened to be that she was staying across the street from Beppo's. So we surprised the girls with a few extra dinner guests. The girls were so surprised to see Nana. :) In honor of Tom's upcoming birthday we decided to celebrate...the giant cupcake may or may not have been the real reason for letting our server know it was his birthday on Saturday. :) I love this picture and Hannah's reaction to the giant cupcake.

February 23, 2010

Tuesdays are my day to help out in Hannah's classroom. I laughed REALLY hard when I rounded the corner to their room and saw the bulletin board in the hall. The class did an art lesson on Andy Warhol and they each had to "Andy Warhol" themselves. This will be a keeper for sure!

February 22, 2010

With as much as my girls love blueberries, I thought it would be fun to have our own plant. Costco to the rescue...two plants for $11.99. I am excited to watch the girls watch the blueberries grow.

February 21, 2010

Sunday...Tom's day off. We met up with the Henry's to go letter boxing at Lords Hill in Snohomish. We ended up finding one of the 6 different boxes and spent close to 3 hours walking. The kids all did wonderful. The complaining started about 10 minutes from the car, which in my book is pretty darn good. I did get a good laugh out of our fearless leaders. You can see the confidence right on their faces. :)

February 20, 2010

Hannah's newest favorite toy, Littlest Pet Shop. At first I thought they were ugly little things, but now I think they're super cute. Look at that little fishy, so cute and so fun to play. Today Hannah and I had some quality LPS time while Emerson napped.

February 19, 2010

Apparently, while I was at work, the girls were busy helping papa with his trains. The girls love "helping" papa and I think he gets a kick out of it too. :) Thank you mom for picking up the camera and capturing this for me today.

February 18, 2010

JJ and I took the kids to the park before school again. We are taking full advantage of having warm sunny days, in February. The trees were absolutely gorgeous in downtown Everett. I think spring might be a little early this year. YAY!

February 17, 2010

It was a warm and sunny day today. No coats for us as we dropped Hannah off at school. Spring is just around the corner.

February 16, 2010

At least someone will look at me when I'm taking a picture. :) Emmie sat down with her baby and they were watching Yo Gabba Gabba. A new favorite at our house. If only we didn't have to watch the same episodes over and over again.

February 15, 2010

Our beautiful Caitlin turned 18 today. 18. I cannot believe it!! We all went to eat at Terracotta Red to celebrate her big birthday. I laughed pretty hard when I looked over and Caitlin and Casie were acting so maturely. I really laughed (gagged a little) when Alex, Caitlin's boyfriend, grabbed the chopsticks and started using them. Happy Birthday Cait-Cait, we love you.

February 14, 2010

Valentines Day 2010 and this is the one and only picture I took. We spent the day just being together as a family. It was actually kind of a lazy Sunday, which, during tax season is a welcomed thing. Tom made his famous manicotti and the Henry's came over to enjoy it's yumminess with us. We spent the evening playing Mad Gab and doing a LOT of laughing.

February 13, 2010

The girls and I have had fun watching our Amaryllis grow. We were amazed at how fast it grew so we thought we'd keep track. Each black line represents one day!! Hannah and I joked that if we watched closely we could probably see it grow. Good thing my girls don't grow that fast, they grow fast enough as it is.

February 12, 2010

Tom and I got to celebrate our Valentines a little early. Grandma Judy & Grandpa Kevin took the girls for the night so we took advantage of our kid-free status and went out to dinner. We've been meaning to try the somewhat new Terracotta Red restaurant in downtown Everett for a while now but just hadn't made the time. OH MY YUMMINESS!!! Seriously one of the best meals I've had in a long time. Think PF Changs meets Everett. We had garlic noodles, Mongolian beef and sesame honey chicken and for dessert...Chinese donuts. The Chinese donuts were to die for. Little donut holes covered with sugar and they come with a passion fruit puree to dip them into. OH MY! I would have been happy just drinking the passion fruit puree. So. Good.

February 11, 2010

JJ and I went to a Yoga class tonight. I was a little worried when JJ posted on Facebook that she is a "Yoga Rebel" and tends to giggle in class...giggling and Jamie are not a good combination. No giggling actually happened in class which I was really relieved about. It was a nice class (not the beginner 101 as pictured above :) ) for me and my beginner status...not too hard but not too easy. I'm really glad that we went. It was a great. We could have done without the Mexican food afterwards....but boy was it yummy. If we venture out again next week, we've decided that we'll skip the bad food afterward. It kind of defeats the purpose. :)

February 10, 2010

With no school on Friday, the big Valentine exchange was moved to Thursday. Hannah and I had fun making her Valentines with the stamps that Nana let us borrow. Sure beats the store bought ones. :)

February 9, 2010

This may not seem like much to anyone else but this last box of files brings me MUCH joy. I think the end of my job is near.