spring is knocking...

and until then, there's nothing more to see here ;)

xoxo, 

-ivy

dinners on the road, nights at the studio (dance and art), and squeezing in some local theatre. we're counting down to spring break and after a warm couple of days, we're sending positive juju into the world for higher temps to stay. such a mood boost!

xoxo, 

-ivy

crawling our way through february, one snow day at a time... with the random event squeezed between winter storms that trap us back indoors for awhile. 

it's a very midwestern winter in kc this year :)

xoxo,

-ivy

january was 72 days long. moving on...

xoxo, 

-ivy

 

N i N e !

our baby bea turned 9! she's our most expressive, biggest animal lover, friendliest neighbor and most likely to try anything at least once. she loves collecting "stuff" and at any given moment may have 20 mini hand sanitizers in her backpack... which is always a fun email from the school ;) she brings such tenderness to the world and she makes life oh so fun!

in news from our eldest, we love seeing lucy do what she loves, and we're excited she's been accepted into the kansas city ballet's summer ballet intensive. she's looking forward to spending all of june with dancers who share her passions while learning with such a historic company.

and in other news, time marches on...

warmer days ahead!

xoxo, 

-ivy

 

a bite of the big apple

we had the best of times on our new york city adventure! these fearless girls quickly adapted to city living and were in such awe of all the things.  

jon had a work trip in texas, so the girls and i packed a full day of fun for day 1! 

serendipity for frrrozen hot chocolate was first on our agenda-

followed by lots of walking down to radio city and ice skating at rockefeller-

jon surprised us by showing up early at our hotel door and walked us to our first show of the trip!

seeing six with the girls was hands down a TOP life moment for me! it was i n c r e d i b l e and their joy was palpable . . . .

cozy city living :)

we took the subway downtown on the morning we saw hamilton to visit trinity church. jon was eager to give us a history lesson in preparation for the evening ;)

and the most fun stop ever- the eloise tea party at the plaaaza!!

...where we celebrated BB turning the big 9!

in the room where it happens-

eloise's all-time favorite rainbow bagels from her previous trip to nyc were a morning must! she's only been talking about them for 8 months now...

so proud of lucy for auditioning for the school of american ballet's summer intensive. she was brave, poised, and met some new friends who love what she loves!

followed by a little times square sephora makeover... duh

jon and i asked bets to take our picture before dinner and this is what we got :)

followed by... :)

"a few short days in new york cityyy"

until next time, nyc. we <3 u!

xoxo, 

-ivy