STRONG Museum of Play

we played our little hearts out at the STRONG Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. There were a lot of really cool exhibits, we especially loved the shadow wall at the end!

BIRTHDAY CREATION!

Seth, Emma and I worked extra hard to make a SPECIAL Birthday present for their Mom and Dad, because they deserved it! We hand created an art display, now they can see Seth & Emma's artwork anytime they walk down the hallway. :)

Skaneatles Lake with Mia

Again, another quick day trip with Mia right after the snow had left, and things were still in the brown range. Skaneatles Lake has this awesome walkway with castle-like stone walls along them.

Babyhoot COMPETITION!

At a local kid friendly craft show I was recently put across from some great competition. This shop (which I will not name) had great displays that I was incredibly envious of... Now I just need to get crafty and come up with some of our own AWESOME BABYHOOT DISPLAYS :) Competition is the best motivation sometimes.

Erie Canal Park

On a nice afternoon mia and I wandered down to the Erie Canal Park, just minutes from our place. It turned out to be a nice secret area. We went a few weeks ago when the snow had just melted so things were still brown everywhere. :) The funniest thing happened, Mia and I spotted a family of BEAVERS! At first I thought they might be otters, I couldn't think of the right name for the animal... They saw Mia sitting on the edge next to the water and came back around and splashed her on purpose, it was a hoot!

mia's got a little black raincloud today...

Brian is packing for a weekend away at an Orthopedic Conference in New Orleans, and mia is not happy about the packing or the suitcase. She doesn't bother hiding her feelings either :)

the NEW SUPERHERO'S!

Starting a new line of DELUXE SUPERHERO CAPES for Babyhoot. and needed some new models to show them off! :)

snow-tacular

I wandered up to the hill behind the neighborhood we live in and saw some pretty photo shots. The snow up there looked like waves, the way the wind had shaped it. It gets pretty windy at the top of the hill there, its very wide open.

SNOW DAY 1 & 2

Mia and I going out to the vet on the first snow day.

Kona jumping through the snow as if its water.

Seth & Emma playing outside in the snow, they thought the snow banks (as tall as they are) were to hold on to like railings. :)

The cars in front of our building, snowed in on the first snow day.

Ahh so pretty when its been plowed and freshly covered in a dusting of snow. It looks magical I think :)

There used to be a car here, blocked in on all 3 sides!

little baby mia

a few years ago we came home with our beautiful little girl mia...been looking at her baby photos lately and falling in LOVE with her puppy size all over again :)

Valentine's Day

Brian was SWEET and made extra special Valentine's Day date plans, i.e. plans for dinner without me *reminding* him to. Good job this year sweetie!!

MIA's hot Valentine date with Heidi :)

Heidi (mia's bff) got them matching valentine pj shirts that they wore on their Valentine date this past week. They both tired each other out, which we are always grateful for!

Jules Birthday GIRLS NIGHT OUT!

Thanks to all the fabulous ladies that made Jules birthday dinner a fab night out!

DOCTOR cupcake pops

This is the combo I created for a friends boys 1st birthday. Blue pop with #1, snowman, and blue party hats.

Doctor pops for BK's birthday party and because I needed another excuse to make something doctor-ish :) The doctor with scrub mask/cap is a little creepier than intended, but the pager is right on!!

Heffalumps

Favorite toy of the week, mr elephant aka heffalump :)

Happy 30th Birthday BRIAN!

Brian's birthday dinner out.

Jordyn relaxin in her pj's at Brian's party at the house.

Brian and Jordy= BFFs!

Mia singing daddy happy birthday...while staying far away from the candles.

Make a wish BRIAN!

Happy F I R S T birthday Jordy!

Happy first birthday Jordyn! We love you so very much and can't believe a year has gone by so fast. (even BK held Jordy on her bday :) ) The winter ONEderland party was A W E S O M E !