Halloween Cupcakes

Since we don't leave the house much, let alone Long Beach, I have been busy at home with projects for Elliot and I to stay busy. Today was baking day. Elliot cracked the eggs and everything, and after nap we got to decorate our ghost cupcakes. I think he was more interested in having a party than he was in eating cupcakes. So we sang "Happy Halloween to you" when Daddy got home after dinner.

Elliot's Masterpiece!


Gotta love a cheesy three year old grin

Isn't She lovely

One Week Old...


I met Avery the day after she was born. She is Samantha's beautiful baby girl. And Elliot got to meet her last week. He was so excited he brought his own bebe's (as he calls them). He wanted to softly touch her, and see her belly button and just be close to her. It made me more anxious to get my little guy out. But he will be here soon enough. And I have so much to do in the next few weeks, that hopefully he will stay put.

All Day at the Beach

It has been years since I spent the whole day at the beach. But we did today, from 10:00 to 4:30. I spent the entire day on my beach chair with my knifty knitter and camera. And had some really nice tacos from La Serena.

A Hot Day at Home

Every day when Elliot wakes up he asks me what are we doing today, Mommay(that is how he says Mommy). Most of the time, we are going to Grandma and Papa's, or Steph's, or to the park with Danny and Carol, or to do errands. But it is rare we stay home. This was the week we began to start chilling out and spending more time here, enjoying the house while I get bigger and we wait for it to go through escrow. We got a really great offer on our house today, so as long as everything goes as it should, we will be moving back to the OC after the holidays. Definitely good and happy news, but now I definitely want to enjoy and appreciate what a great home we have had.

Today, I figured out the air compressor, so that I could fill Elliot's wading pool and we could stay cool in the backyard for an hour or so. And we also built our usual fort of the day in the living room.

My current cravings are strawberry pop tarts, Dr. Pepper and any kind of pasta alfredo. Costco has the best chicken penne alfredo. Talk about comfort food. And Red Lobster (Elliot's current favorite restaurant) has some delicious shrimp linguini alfredo.

A new love I have discovered in my next door neighbors garden is a chocolate mint herb. And she has invited me to take a sprig now and then if I would like. So I did today. And made chocolate mint iced tea. I made it very subtle not wanting to overdo it, and it was a wonderfully refreshing drink for the day. And I think more hydrating for me, than my usual Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper. So if you wish to add any herbs to your garden, I highly recommend it. Next I think I am going to try making lavender mint chocolate chip cookies. Should be interesting.

The fort that Elliot watches tv from...



Watching the neighbors out the front window in his new dinosaur wonderpants



A few pictures from Irvine Regional Park a few days ago

Happy Birthday to my Baby!

Happy 3 years Elliot.
Had our annual breakfast at Goofy's kitchen, where Elliot only ate 2 strawberries, 2 pieces of bacon and 3 gummy worms. And relieved that the nice cashier did not charge us for Elliot's breakfast, because based on what I told her Elliot didn't officially turn three until 10:22pm. It was a bit of a fib, because he was born at 10:22am, so he was "officially" three.
Pictures coming in the morning...

4th of July Weekend

Life is good. Most of the time. At least when I am not having a pregnant hormonal breakdown. Lee's work has calmed down for awhile, so it is great getting the house organized and having family time, without feeling stressed out.

Friday Elliot got to show off his superb swimming skills to his Daddy at swim lessons. He is so proud of the fact that he is going underwater 3 times every day. After swim lessons, we thought it would be the perfect day for the beach, since it was a long weekend. Don't ever attempt Corona del Mar on a holiday weekend. It takes forever to get in and forever to get out, and you never actually make it in, because the parking lot is full before 9:00am. We did have a wonderful day in Huntington, after our two hour drive through Corona del Mar. And we found the coolest dinosaur pool, with a slide, during our pit stop to Target before we hit the beach.

Even Daddy got buried!

Lots of fun with Daddy!

The first of June