this girl

this girl....

loves the color blue

loves her gymnastics classes

is fearless

loves eating burgers & sushi

(not at the same time)

is so sweet and loving

(she has to give me exactly five kisses before she enters her classroom)

loves elephants 

doesn't really have a sweet tooth

loves chips--especially cheese puffs!

says she will be a "cooker" (chef) when she grows up

this girl turned 5 years old today! 

a special birthday brunch

it was my mom's birthday last week

and to celebrate, my sisters and i made a special birthday brunch for her

birthday cake, a breakfast casserole and lots of french toast

when i asked her what she wanted for her birthday

she said she wanted her "own" _ _ reasons why we love mom/lola

just like the one we made for my hubs a few weeks before

(the "fill in the blanks" are for her age--- i don't think she wants me disclosing that!)

so, by golly that is exactly what she got!

my sisters, zoe, pia and i each pitched in with reasons

and zoe and pia illustrated the reasons

she absolutely loved it!

and after we stuffed our bellies with too much yummy food

we sang happy birthday and blew out the cake 

and once again stuffed our bellies, 

but this time with the delicious cake my baby sister made

and because we ate way too much and because my mom loves shopping

we decided to go shopping to burn it all off!

happy birthday mom! thank you for all that you do for us

we love you!

his 33rd birthday

it was our main man's birthday yesterday

it was pretty low key

we had sushi for lunch

birthday cake in the afternoon

and then left the girls with my parents

and headed into the city to enjoy dinner with friends

of course when i asked him what we wanted for his birthday he replied with

"nothing..."

but i wasn't about to give him nothing since he does so much for us

i sat the girls down and asked them to tell me 

why they loved their dad, 

i wrote all the answers down and they took turns illustrating each reason

and that's how we came up with his gift

"33 reasons why we love Daddy!"

here is a small sampling of what they came up with

as you can see they came up with some pretty funny stuff! 

my favorite is reason # 11: he doesn't smell 

this was one of pia's... and i guess lack of smell is important when it comes to love! haha.