Easter pics!

Yes I know Easter was about 2.5 weeks ago but I finally have a little time to blog about that. Easter was super fun this year. On Sat afternoon, Lilly lost her first top tooth (which would set off a whole chain of teeth falling out over the next few weeks! Another post on that!) so we had the excitement of BOTH the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy coming to our house all in one night. The kids were actually pretty good about going to bed that night. Michael and I followed our usual Easter Eve routine of watching The Ten Commandments on TV (we never make it to the end since it's over wayyyy past our bedtime), enjoying some cocktails together while we wait for the Easter Bunny (and now the Tooth Fairy) to show up. I love that we have this routine together and it's probably the only Sat night in the entire year that we sit down together and watch a movie.

On Sunday we spent the first part of the day together as a family, relaxing and enjoying our goodies. The Easter Bunny usually leaves books in our kids baskets along with some candy. And he was kind enough this year to leave Mommy some Cadbury eggs (my weakness) and some wine! He knows me well!

Then we headed to my parents house for the afternoon to spend time with the rest of the family. We had a nice sit down dinner and an egg hunt. The Easter Bunny also visits my parents house and every year he brings all the grandkids new bathing suits for the summer. That guy really knows what we need! It was a great day and the kids were all exhausted by the time we got home that night. :)

 What?!! The Tooth Fairy is coming tonight too?!?!

The baskets are done!

So much excitement over her $$

Waiting to check our their loot...on a side note, someday I want to take all of my "on the stairs waiting" pics and make a book like 10 years from now. We always take their pic just before coming down for Christmas and Easter morning. Or maybe I can make a collage of these pics to hang on the walls on my stairway???

We cannot wait to dive into this collection of the 6 books of Mary Poppins this summer :)

Bobby collects the Pete the Cat books

Mmmm blue candy...

The East Bunny also brought the family a deck of cards. I taught the kids how to play War and Go Fish. Michael taught the kids Black Jack...

My loves...

My everthings...

Cousins (just a few days before my newest nephew arrived)

It was also my grandmother's birthday! And her favorite thing is shoes so my mom made her a shoe cake. And little individual bunny cakes for all the kids.

Egg hunt time!

THE END!

Loralee's 3rd birthday pics

So I have about a billion things and pics I need to blog about but as usual time has gotten away from me. Since Loralee's birthday was a month ago and I didn't post anything in April I figured it was about time to get to it. Loralee turned 3 on April 3rd. I like when her birthday isn't super close to Easter because I feel like we have more time to focus on her before the holiday. In case you're wondering, Easter doesn't fall on her actual birthday until she turns 56. So I think we're good for awhile...

I scaled down her birthday this year since I know I have plenty of years ahead for big parties. We kept it pretty simple at the park near our house and did a butterfly theme. And of course Nana came thru again with her amazing cupcakes and cake!

In our house 3 is an awful age. I don't know what it is, but we seem to have these angelic babies up to the age of 2 and then on the night of their 3rd birthday, they turn into this demon child. Every single Lloyd kid, for the entire year they are 3...Loralee hasn't been too bad yet but she's definitely had her moments. I'm happy that this is the last time we have to go through the terrible 3's in our house. There are many things I'm going to miss about having toddlers in my house but the tantrums, meltdowns, and crazy attitude is just not one of them.

So here are her birthday pics! Enjoy!

cupcake bouquet #1

cupcake bouquet #2

butterfly cake

pinata time!

candy time!

But the best part about our parties is playing in the dog run.

She loves being three and I wouldn't trade this firecracker of a kid for the world!

The End :)

Picture time!

It's that time again! We just did our annual family pics as well as Loralee's 3rd birthday ones. This was our first time taking pictures where it went super smooth. No crying kids, no diapers to change, didn't have to schedule our appointment around nap time, and everyone was smiling! Dare I say that it gets easier as they get older to do this???? 

 The whole pack!

I could just eat Loralee in this pic

My loves, my whole life, my everythings

Getting a little antsy now...

Definitely over it at this point. And yes I totally bought this one for my collection because it shows how our photo sessions really go

I just had to have this one showing how much taller 6 year old Bobby is compared to 7.5 year old Lilly

It breaks my heart and is my greatest joy at the same time that our baby is turning three this Thursday

This pose takes my breath away because she is looking at me during these shots. I hope she always loves me this much.

This hair, those eyes, that smile, just kills me!!c

Hello Spring!

Hello Spring! Well spring has actually been here in Southern California for the last 6 months but according to the calendar, we can officially celebrate it's arrival. The kids have started counting down until Spring Break (3 weeks yo!), and we are getting ready for our little lady Loralee to turn 3 (less than 2 weeks yo!).

I still can't believe our littlest Lloyd is almost 3. I can't believe that summer is just around the corner too. But "life is so brief and time is a thief" in this household. So we just keep on keeping on in all the chaos, joy, and happiness up in here. 

I could just eat this kid!!

Almost 4.5!!

Almost 7.5!!

My sweet boy!!

Hello Spring!

At Knott's with my nephew 

Threw a sprinkle for my sis in law before the arrival of my beloved nephew "Jello" as he is nicknamed. Can't wait to meet him in just a few more weeks!