Lego Sunday

 Mark spent a good chunk of his Sunday working on 'my' Lego set (I mentioned it would be fun to set up a Lego village at Christmas time so I got my first set this year for Christmas - a bike shop!).  This meant the girls had to play with Legos, too.  Allison played right along side....Heidi got in everyone's way, of course!

Heidi wanted a picture of herself - and climbed into my lap (she doesn't seem to realize I can't really take pictures of her in my lap with my big camera, so mark took one from across the table, good luck getting her to smile! :)).

Heidi's First Tea

 The girls and I went up to Mel's on Friday after work/school for an afternoon tea.  I realized I think it was Heidi's first real 'tea.'  And even then I use the word loosely, she drank a ton of milk!  She loved asking Allison to pour her more out of the little pitcher on the table.  Mel picked up some extra special heart cookies for us, too from New Morning Bakery, they were delicious - Thanks Mel!

 And while I'm on the subject of Heidi I'm going to include these two snapshots - we were all playing in the living room this evening when Heidi disappeared.  Not long after we heard the pantry door open and then the crinkling of plastic.  She knows how to get to her fruit snacks, that is for sure!

Nail Party

 Allison convinced Mark to giver her a mani-pedi on Friday night rather than read stories.  She was thrilled to say the least!  Mark was not so thrilled that I documented the event! :)

Brought to You by the Letter 'S'

S is for....

 Sprinkles....

 Snickerdoodles....

Soccer....

Snowmen....and...

Strawberry Cake!

Party Girl

 Heidi had a little birthday party on Saturday!  It was a gorgeous sunny Saturday so we spent the morning at the park...

 Then she had a Minnie-themed party before getting some pool time in!  She played in the wave pool, kiddie pool and slide with her cousins and a few friends.  Surprisingly she didn't actually eat much of her cupcake!

 We had dinner at Chipotle after the party - it was incredibly warm and the restaurant was full so we ate outside - Heidi was excited to see the moon!  I had to document that she ate dinner outside - I don't know how many times that will happen for this January birthday girl - as long as she lives in Oregon!

Oh, and this little party animal?  She didn't eat her cupcake really but she cleaned up all of the fruit we brought to the party - she lovers her berries, grapes, oranges & apples!!

Help!

 This is what is called 'help' at our house.  I'm going to let you guess if it is actually helpful! :)

Winter Quilt Show

 Allison and I went to a quilt show at the Oregon Garden with Nana.  Allison loved running around checking out the quilts and charming everyone she met!  Papa warned her she might see bears up in the hills by the garden....and when she saw a real bear she had to take a picture!

 This was the 'Elsa' Quilt at least to Allison.

 Allison is back to taking ballet lessons so of course she had to pose with the ballet quilt.

 And this is what she dubbed the 'Anna' Quilt.

 And then she posed with this quilt for Grr....I guess that means he's silly!

And the vendor booths - this is where she really got charming!  She loved this one with 'paper doll' quilts - the ladies made quilts with clothes they could change out with fusible fleece on the back - the ladies had to take a picture of her with their quilt.  At another booth she convinced some ladies to sell her a 'Frozen' panel for $4 (it had a slight flaw - they actually offered it up when I said 'no' to the regular $8 ones).  And then at the booth for our local quilt shop she charmed the owner's husband reminding him she loves the markers in his shop....so he gave her a fat quarter with baby animals on it.  Crazy I tell you - and a fun way to spend a day off!