Dinner With Mimi + GrandDad, Ice Cream & Playing On The Train

While Mimi and GrandDad were in town, we enjoyed a tasty dinner with friends at Shillings on the Square (our first time eating there even though it's a stones throw) followed by ice cream at Sweet Treats (a favorite) and little fun on the train.

Nine Years

We had a low-key (cards only) nine-year anniversary celebration this year. It was simply lovely. Our trip to Sapporo Japanese Steak & Sushi was a hit, as always. Charlotte LOVES the miso soup and is always continuously amazed when they light up the grille (see last photo).









Happy anniversary darlin. Here here to another 9 and many, many more. How about next year we hire the sitter?

Shared Workspace

Charlotte woke with a fever today and lucky for me Thursdays are my work-from-home day so I kept her with me. We set up at the kitchen table - Charlotte on one side with the iPad, me on the other with my laptop. Looking over my laptop, these are the faces I saw...

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...as she was watching The Wonder Pets on NetFlix.

Happy Fourth!

Sure was a good thing we opted to make our paper sparklers - we were rained out this year! we use this tutorial from Liz Stanley and substituted construction paper for the vellum :) And, just in case you were wondering, our straws are from Garnish.

A New Desk

Charlotte has a new-ish desk! I say "new-ish" because it's really quite old - it was my father's as a boy and then mine as a girl and has sat in our laundry rec area since we bought our house (four years ago). It just randomly occurred to me the other day to clean it up and hand over the ownership! It does still need a little tlc - Daddy is working on repairing the bottom drawer and we're keeping an eye out for a replacement chair (it's missing a part and a tad to wobbly). Charlotte absolutely loves it as-is though; she says it's for her "business works" and retires there nightly!



Do I spy a SweetBeaker pencil cup? Yeah, yeah. I know. But, hey! A little self advertisement never hurts!

Red, White + Blue Parade

I had the pleasure of attending Charlotte's Red, White + Blue parade this AM. She had such a good time and was so excited I was there; I even stayed through snack time! Sure would be great to make like a fly, hang out on the wall and see what her day is really like! Head over here for a video.

A Dad's Day

Since we gave Stevens his Father's Day present (an iPad) three weeks ago (we just couldn't wait), I still wanted to do something to make his day seriously special. Some paper, ink and a whole lotta slicing later we presented him with a quick art installation entitled, "100 Reasons Why We Love You." As he walked up the steps from an early morning golf outing, this is what he saw...







And, of course, Father's Day would not be complete without some handmade preschool goodness...





Happy Father's Day, darlin. You're the best daddy a little girl could ever hope for. Thank you for all that you are and all that you do - we love you!