Category: my weekend in pictures

{Friday morning Eloise decided she was a ballerina and wanted to put on a show for Daphne and me. And, she let me put her hair up in a bun!}

{On Friday evening we had family dinner at the Sadliers’ house and got to have a belated birthday celebration for these two crazy three year olds. Happy Birthday Eloise and Elliott!}

{We left late from family dinner, but Eloise never went to sleep… so at almost midnight she was finally in bed. Aaron says he wasn’t asleep when I took this, (Eloise was definitely NOT asleep yet!) but he and Eloise were both passed out five minutes later when I went in there!}

{On Saturday we went to dinner at a neighbor’s house and Eloise loves their cat and his outdoor tunnel.}

{One baby gate up. And so it begins.}

{Eloise had blackberries this morning and when I looked across the table, it looked like she had a missing tooth!}

{Always running out the door, but I was wearing a silk shirt this morning so I thought it should be documented!}

{Daphne liked catching up with some other baby friends this morning at Eli’s birthday party.}

{And Aaron and Eloise were having WAY too much fun at the party!}

{Gah, she’s so happy! And almost sitting up on her own. How is she growing up so quickly?}

{Our friends are remodeling their kitchen and needed a new home for their dishwasher, so we gladly replaced our old dinosaur one. Thanks to my hubby for setting everything up! You know you are grown up when you are excited about appliances, right?}

We only had one birthday party this weekend guys, and it was the last one of the summer. Seriously, so much fun but I think we are all partied out.

This is our last weekend of summer before Labor Day next weekend, so we sort of laid-low without a lot of plans. It was perfect. And tomorrow is supposed to heat up just in time for our last week of summer vacation!

How was your weekend?

M

 

{Less than 5 minutes before this photo was taken she was in the middle of that play mat… trouble, I tell you.}

{Got out of the shower to find Eloise reading to Daphne. Swoon.}

{Eloise reading to her babies.}

{Daphne has had a rough few mornings and we think it’s teeth. She wouldn’t go back to sleep in her crib but would sleep with Papa. Hard to complain since she usually sleeps until 8 (!) but 5 or 6 am is rough!}

{Playing with the sand at Clara and Caleb’s birthday party on Saturday morning!}

{And then to Lily’s Moana party in the afternoon after naptime. Playing matching games with her friend Amelie.}

{And talking with Moana. Eloise has absolutely no idea who Moana is but I showed her a picture, and said “she is super brave” and Eloise finally warmed up to her!}

{Eloise and some of her friends. These are mostly our PEPS friends who are having birthday parties and it’s hard to believe these kiddos have known each other their entire lives (like since they were 4 or 6 weeks old)!}

{Eloise has been really into holding Daphne recently.}

{And Daphne is in awe of her big sister!}

{Since we are going to be starting solids with Baby D soon, we figured it was time to get another highchair. We LOVE the Stokke Tripp Trapp that we have for Eloise, so we picked up another one for Daphne.}

{In that same vein, I started making purees today. Roasted blueberries and cinnamon. Smelled amazing. Trying to take advantage of the summer fruit before fall comes so there are more recipes planned for this week.}

{Eloise and I spent some time this morning writing thank you notes for her birthday. Postcards are the best since she can decorate and draw on one side, and feel like she is contributing!}

{Weekly picture shenanigans.}

{Baby D and Papa got in some cuddles after dinner this evening.}

{Neither of us wanted to cook once I got home from Barre this afternoon, so we changed and headed to U Village with the girls. Luckily (for Eloise) we ate early enough that there was still time to hit the playground before we had to head home.}

{And the girls in their respective chairs. In real life they will be on opposite sides of the table, but they were pretty excited about sitting next to each other! Daphne looks way too old right now and I can’t even believe it. How is she old enough for a highchair?}

We had a really nice weekend, but it seriously flew by! As we were driving home from dinner tonight, I couldn’t believe it was already the end of the weekend. I could have sworn it was only Friday night! Where did the last 48 hours even go?

Also, mostly because of the heat and also because, well, toddlers, Eloise does not like to be dressed when we are at home. As I started looking thru all of my pictures of her in her underpants, I am wondering why I even buy her clothes (or maybe I need to buy her more?)!

We are wrapping up the last of the summer birthday parties (last one is next week!) and have just two more weeks of summer left before Labor Day and the start of the school year for Eloise. (I sort of love that summer feels a bit longer since our kids start so much later than everyone else.) As much as I hate to see the summer go, I am really looking forward to fall. I need a change of pace and a bit more structure in my days and weeks.

How was your weekend?

M

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{Eloise has been asking for months to have her nails painted, so we got her nail polish for her birthday (we got this Piggy Paint which is great for toddlers). She was so excited and wanted her nails painted immediately, pink on her toes and purple on her fingers. I was worried that she wouldn’t be able to sit still long enough to let it dry and that I’d have polish all over the living room, but the paint dried quickly (and I only did one coat) and Eloise did really well staying seated with her fingers and toes out to dry!}

{We celebrated our good friend Harlon’s birthday on Friday evening with a fun family dinner. The food was amazing (my friend Lauren and her mom are amazing cooks) and it was great to see and catch up with friends!}

{And Saturday, post-nap which didn’t happen, we headed to The Little Gym for our friend Beatrice’s party. Eloise was a bit reserved and shy since she didn’t know any of the other kids except for Bea, but enjoyed running around and swinging on the bars.}

{Meanwhile Aaron was up the street helping our friends demo their basement in preparation for a big house remodel. #demoday}

{And it was a pizza party of course! I loved that my friend Shannon brought blueberries and peas though (to round out the meal) because I would have done the same thing!}

{Beatrice had the CUTEST cupcakes. Her party theme was farm animals, so there were cows, sheep, horses, and pigs.}

{The birthday presents have been coming in all week long, including this weekend. Eloise has enjoyed this baking set from Aunt Yaya especially since she helped me bake the cake for her party!}

{It’s great to head out to the garden in the morning for some fresh green onion for your eggs… in your underpants and rain boots.}

{Apparently there were some beets that were ready for harvest! And a tiny purple flower too.}

{We headed to celebrate Clive’s birthday this morning and, of course, Eloise found books to read. I love this kid!}

{Building block towers with Papa before bed this evening.}

Summer birthday parties have commenced (I guess starting with Eloise’s last weekend) and this weekend (plus next) is filled to the brim with parties for our friends! I really felt like we spent the entire weekend at birthday parties, and we even missed two of the parties because of naptime! It has been fun this year to see these now-three year olds celebrate because they are really understanding what a birthday is… well, the cake, singing, and presents part at least.

We finally got some rain (!) on Saturday night and into this morning which was a nice break from the hot summer weather. {Can I sound any more like a Seattleite?} We are looking forward to a completely unscheduled week after a bit of a crazy one last week! How was your weekend?

M

Also, pretty much everyone we have seen this weekend has asked about Eloise’s new purple watch (she is IN LOVE) and it’s probably the cutest thing I have ever seen. I put it on her Amazon Wishlist like a year ago, but sent it to my parents as a gift idea (thanks Mimi and Paga). Anyways, here is the link to the watch (it’s just a regular watch but Eloise thinks it’s a “smart watch” like Papa’s – his is a Fitbit Blaze – and checks her text and email notifications on it, ha!): Timex Kid’s Watch.

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{I swear Eloise enjoyed her birthday party more than it looks in this photo! I will be sharing more photos of her party later in the week.}

{All smiles with this one.}

{Rolling has made weekly photos a bit of a challenge. Luckily I got a few good shots before she started becoming a rolly poly.}

{We headed over to Portage Bay this evening for dinner at Agua Verde. The water is so beautiful down here.}

{Eloise cheesin’ it up after dinner. She was mesmerized by the water before, during, and after dinner. Looks like we need to make a few more trips to the lake before the end of the summer!}

After hosting a house full of friends for Eloise’s birthday party on Saturday morning, we pretty much took the rest of the weekend to rest. We got a few things checked off the to-do list though and enjoyed the slightly cooler weather.

We are gearing up for a fun week and officially having a 3 year old on Thursday (what?)! Let the Birthday Week commence!

How was your weekend?

M

{Baby D is sleeping in her crib! We sleep-trained this weekend and I will share more details this week.}

{Our little thumb-sucker. And she LOVES her lovie!}

{There was free ice cream at the grand opening of Bartell’s (a drug store) at Greenlake on Saturday and Eloise was delighted to get a strawberry ice cream cone. Her very first cone. She was pretty excited about it!}

{Eloise has been liking to play “picnic” all day, every day. And some memory game too. With Baby Stella who does everything (and borrows everything) that Daphne does!}

{Trying to entice Daphne to crawl. She loves, loves that book of baby faces and that rattle ball!}

{As some of you know, I tend to bake a brand-new cake recipe when I throw parties which sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t. Next weekend we are throwing Eloise’s THIRD birthday party and she requested a purple cake (with purple dinosaur candles) so I decided that maybe I should do a test run. It turned out well (and much more purple in person) so hopefully it will turn out well again at the end of the week! And hopefully our neighbors will enjoy this cake at the Block Party this week (since we can’t have two cakes in our house in the same week).}

We had a pretty mellow weekend with very few plans. It was nice to just hang out with the kids after a bit of a crazy week before. Plus, we are gearing up for a BIG week: Aaron and my SEVENTH wedding anniversary and a corresponding date night (with a sitter and everything!), Daphne’s fifth month birthday, and Eloise’s third birthday party. And I have been hearing it is supposed to be a scorching week with highs near 100 (which will absolutely set a record here).

How was your weekend?

M

{Eloise was super into Instagram stories and making funny faces!}

{After the kids go to bed, it’s mocha ice cream time!}

{On Saturday afternoon, Daphne and I went to celebrate our good friend Sami and Baby Sweeney! Also, those pink champagne macrons were AMAZING!}

{Showering Baby Sweeney. Can you spot me and Baby D?}

{My favorite set of sisters!}

{Jump! And she picked out that outfit all by herself.}

{Helping Papa mow the lawn.}

{Even in the Primaries, it’s important to vote! Make it count!}

{Despite a bit of inconvenience, we started doing online grocery shopping and curb-side pick-up since Amazon Fresh’s packaging is getting out of control (so. many. ice packs.)!}

We had a bit of a weird weekend because Eloise was sick with a fever almost all day on Friday (and I had Aaron come home because I thought we would be headed to Urgent Care for sure) but then was completely normal on Saturday, just to be sick again early this morning! Fingers crossed we are thru it.

How was your weekend?

M

{Tummy time for Baby D!}

{This sweet dog is always by my side, even when I am downstairs pumping and the rest of the family is upstairs eating breakfast.}

{Daphne had at least 6 fingers in her mouth. At one time. She’s obsessed with her hands.}

Sorry for the complete lack of pictures! We had a really mellow weekend just getting back into the swing of things after a week away in Boise (which I will share about soon). It was great to be with family and friends, but we are thankful for the almost 30 degree temperature difference! This was Aaron’s last few days of his paternity leave (well, the first half) and we are back to the usual grind starting tomorrow morning! Wish us luck this week.

How was your weekend?

M

{I finally got a chance to refinish our coffee table. We love this table (it was my late grandmother’s) but it was just really dark. So I stripped it down and stained it, and it looks amazing! I will share “after” pictures soon.}

{Oh, sleeping babies are the best. So sweet. But also sleeping!}

{We hit up another birthday party on Saturday morning. Eloise had so much fun playing with her friends. Happy Birthday Amelie!}

{We had Uncle Ben, Aunt Sarah, and Uncle Stan and Aunt Kathi (in this weekend from Indiana!) over for dinner on Saturday evening. Eloise was very excited to pick some lettuce and beets from the garden.}

{Sadie girl got a much-needed summer haircut and is very festive in her bandana!}

{We ventured out to the Ballard Farmer’s Market this morning with Ben, Sarah, Stan, and Kathi. We hardly ever hit this farmer’s market (or any farmer’s market for that matter, sad) but it was so fun!}

{Eloise and I came across a typewriting poet and requested a poem about sisters. It was so sweet and I am going to frame it for Eloise’s room!}

{We enjoyed pho for lunch!}

{Stan, Eloise, Kathi, Aaron, me, and Baby D. Such a fun time!}

{This is one happy baby!}

{Did my final body scan for the end of the Summer Challenge today after my usual Sunday afternoon barre class. Really pleased with my results – I am much stronger! I didn’t do the Whole30 part of the Challenge because I am nursing and didn’t want to restrict my diet too much, but it was still a great 6 weeks!}

As you can see we had Uncle Stan and Aunt Kathi in town! It was great to see them and show them around the Emerald City. We had amazing (read: sunny) weather and it finally feels like summer!

How was your weekend?

M

{The girls in their matching shirts that Mimi and Paga brought back from Greece! Eloise chose her shirt to wear and then insisted that Daphne wear hers too.}

{When Papa leaves out his headphones and Xbox controller, Eloise likes to pretend she is watching TV. That is pure joy on her face!}

{On Saturday morning we (Daphne) slept in so Eloise was up before I could finish our morning feeding and pumping. Since Aaron was out for a run, Eloise sat in her room and read with Stella until Papa got home. The sweetest!}

{Eloise and our neighbor Maxine drawing all over the sidewalk. And that white hat is covered in chalk…}

{Daphne in the sweetest outfit from Uncle David and Aunt Jodi. We don’t wear a lot of ruffles and bows, but it’s pretty cute!}

{Eloise was lying in the grass and enjoying the shade since “the sun is so bright Mama!”}

{Aaron was busy on Saturday afternoon working on building a frame for some art for our bedroom. This map has been hanging with painter’s tape for a while now, so it has been nice to see it in a frame!}

{We added a few new diapers to the cloth stash and I am pretty excited about it!}

{Driving across Lake Washington to the Eastside this morning and it was so beautiful. The mountain (Rainier) was out!}

{We got to celebrate the birthday of a very special and dear friend, Miss Madeleine, this morning. The happiest of birthdays M!}

{Eloise had a ton of fun at the party making a macaroni necklace, painting, eating cake, and playing in the water!}

{This afternoon I headed to my 25th barre class to end the Summer Challenge and this is how I felt at the end. I was SO tired and did not want to go, but the air conditioning was a pretty influential factor given the near 90 degrees that Seattle hit today!}

{Aaron and Eloise had a pretty good time at the Summer Challenge Celebration Party at lululemon this evening.}

Summer is officially here and it is already too hot! 🙂 Seattleites are known for complaining about it being too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer, and I am no exception. Today was hot, hot and when you have a little one who wants to nurse and snuggle all the time, you just cannot cool off! But, that said, we are embracing summer with open arms and enjoying the next three weeks that we have Papa home!

We had a fun weekend mixed with house projects and visiting friends. I think any weekend that has these two things is the best kind of weekend!

How was your weekend?

M

{The Roosevelt High School Marching Band had its final neighborhood show (they have been practicing in our streets all spring!) on Saturday, complete with uniforms and police escorts. Eloise was VERY excited to see them!}

{Eloise reading Brown Bear Brown Bear to Daphne while we worked in the nursery.}

{Finally (finally) hung the gallery wall in Daphne’s nursery. We need to patch a few old holes from Eloise’s old art and then it’s ready to share! I never got around to hanging a gallery wall for Eloise when she was in the nursery, so this felt like a major win!}

{No one wanted to cook dinner on Saturday so we headed to U Village. The playground was a must and Eloise loves these hand print tiles that decorate the walls. And can you tell what her favorite color is??}

{Eloise made the sweetest gifts for Father’s Day for Aaron at school. She was so, so excited to have him open them!}

{I shared this on Facebook and Instagram, but Daphne’s side-eye was worth sharing again!}

{Off to lunch we went! We used the stroller seat with the bassinet (rather than the car seat) and it worked so well!}

{Indian lunch buffet was Aaron’s choice and we picked up Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site for Eloise at the local free lending library en route!}

{Trying to tame the rhodie a bit while the girls napped this afternoon.}

{We crashed a friend’s birthday party and got to see Uncle Ben and Aunt Sarah. Of course Daphne had to try on the tiny sombrero.}

{These two. My heart.}

We had a pretty quite weekend that was slightly cool for my taste, but was so, so fun! Sometimes not having too many plans is the best way to spend the weekend.

And Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing fathers out there, including our own Papa, Papaw (Aaron’s dad) and Paga (my dad)! And a Happy Birthday to Paga as well!

How was your weekend?

M