hope you all had a LOVEly valentine's day! as per usual, my fancy girls were busy bees.
lu helped me bake pumpkin banana bread for neighbors the other day, who surprise salted our driveway when a small ice-storm hit & jon was still out of the country. i love our friendly, happy neighborhood!
ballet saturday-
eloise was SO happy to hear her daddy was headed home! :)
dad's welcoming committee- "welcome home, daddy!"
daddy/daughter candyland date-
valentine's makin' station!
a lovely sunday afternoon a couple weeks ago. our neighborhood park restrooms are closed for the winter, which makes it a bit tricky to visit now that lu uses the loo. we headed just up the street to the elementary school playground instead- HOORAY for dry undies! this was eloise's first time in the double-stroller sans carseat, given our usual babywearing situation. she had a blast! *kick kick kick*
**sidenote: lucy is absolutely, completely potty-trained- she even wakes up in the middle of the night to let us know she has to go! i am blown-away by how quickly this all happened once she made up her mind that she was ready!**
lucille washing the lucille mobile- LUCLMBL :) jon's mother's day gift to me a couple of years ago was this personalized license plate. what should we change it to now? my best friend, lauren, suggested "van-durand" :)
watching "the wizard of oz" while i pulled dinner together- truly her current obsession & main topic of conversation :)
valentine treats for my sweets :)
opening snail mail valentines from family & friends :)
library fun!
little bunny ready for spring :)
auntie amy & tasman headed to kc to help meme post-surgery [hysterectomy]- lucy & tasman were so happy for some extra special play days :)
fireside tea party while daddy [uncle jon] & tasman had a man-to-man date :) have i mentioned how much jon longs for a son? he used to say we'd go to 7 to get one- that was pre- having our 2 sweet girls :) now... who knows?!? :)
cousin kiss pile! :-*
new garage doors in the midst of the crazy! next up: exterior paint. fun to see it all [slowly] coming together...
& new waterproof sling! just the ticket to enjoying both my girls together in the water this summer :)
auntie amy with meme's oldest grandbabies- amy's baby bump #2 not pictured :) [milo samuel due this june!!!]
valentine's sister bubblebath- pink water sprinkled with rose petals. we started this sweet little tradition with lu last year-
those rolls!
jon made me heart-shaped french toast satutday morning, paired with 2 dozen pink roses- love my gentleman :)
valentine's day was spent at science city to give meme a break from the kiddos! we had such a blast- 5.5 hours of serious fun!
lucy's favorite part was far & away the tornado. can you guess why? :) "it's just like dor-fy!" [still talking about it days later- quite concerned with how it's doing, so i've promised her we'll visit again soon!]
sharing a cookie-
& a kiss :)
el belle was such a trooper with the numerous far-away bathroom breaks that big sister needed :)
dinner at a japanese steakhouse- the kids did great considering their active, long, busy day!
& now that valentine's day is over, it's not too early for paddy's day crafts- haha! we tied in lucy's beloved "wizard of oz" rainbows :)
family dinner with aunt alli last night-
& we woke up to SNOW!
& hot cocoa :) [in her sleeping beauty nightgown that she insists on wearing every single night- & day if i'd let her!]
we're spending the week helping out my mama with a few fun activities here & there-
xoxo,
-ivy
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