the essential bennett...

1:1 with Bennett while Madeline naps.
sometimes its so hard to carve out some time alone but it always pays off.

You’ll never be One again…

what a fun day Bennett (and Madeline) had today
trains trains trains.
here is a mini recap :)

Did you hear him ask for a plate in the middle of the song!?

Guests: Henry and Sophie, Luca and Emma, Benjamin, Eliana and Ziva, Tommy and Eleanor.. and the parents!

big sister train engineer

that’s how he says ‘cheese!’

early march is so busy!

goldilocks!~

daddy’s bday!

wacky wednesday

at earth treks

namaste- yoga class

pirate party for benji

yosemite

jackson hole! with our crazy ski hats

bennett’s bday party. my first custom cake. (more to come)

kids say....

...the darndest things. Such as:

'The Vamanos Snowmann'

Kind of makes sense when you read Dora the Explorer books and see the play Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'.

don's award trip to Jackson Hole WY!

Smithsonian

how awesome is it to be able to go here just on a whim?

my little monkeys.

Valentine’s Day

wishing every day was valentine’s day:

chocolate croissants:

(ok, so honestly, ours are chocolate and madeline’s is nori- she loves the stuff!)

 

then there was school…

 Madeline’s class had a ‘wear and eat things that are red and pink’ day. strawberries, raspberries, cookies, cupcakes and a sea of hearts!

even the little brothers were included in the fun!

Don made heart shaped pink pancakes from scratch and this lovely message for me

nothing says love like your first initial made outta sausage…

I baked homemade pop tarts for the kids’ surprise breakfast

we made cookies for friends and neighbors

everyone got to decorate some for their friends and eat one for dessert!

food

nothing beats homemade soup and bread machine wheat brioche on a cold snowy day!

Aint no stopping her

Most of our videos are of the back of her these days bc she is always on the go. so independent! 3 videos from last week's trip to sf.








and here she is posing with her very own snowman


and check out the neat new tattoos we got!

chatting with mr b

i just realized i never posted this. it was taken just after christmas. gotta get a new one soon so you can hear him really talking up a storm

Bennett makes his move

On a date with friend, Olivia, in California
they were watching a puppet show at Happy Hollow
and obviously as she talks and talks he is saying in his own way
"just watch the show!". "Do you see whats happening up there? its incredible!'



{oops- i posted the video in the san francisco blog post a few days ago so it wont repost here}


grab her butt. and cozy up to her
then looks back at Papa for a little affirmation

stud.

Yogi

Madeline is loving her yoga class!

 

Flower

Cactus pose

cow pose moving to cat

Down Dog!