4th of July

This year we were in Huntington Beach for the 4th of July. The parade went right in front of the house we rented. For the first hour of the parade Gracie sat quietly and watched, but she broke out and started dancing for the rest of it. The beach was really fun this year. Candice was good about documenting it, at least for the first half of the week - check it out here: http://candicestewart.typepad.com

hair cuts

the weather starts to get warm and everybody want to get their hair cut short right? well mine can't get any shorter so I moved onto Gracie's. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned to Paul that I thought it would be cute if Gracie had a short hair cut not realizing that I would be making her a mini-me of well me. He thought it would be cute too so I called my friend Michelle to chop it off. As you can see she thought it was the worst thing ever. On the way there she kept saying over and over, "no Gracie hair cut". Levi got his hair cut first and even though he gets it cut all the time and never cries, he decided to today. So that didn't help Gracie's panic attack about it. The first few minutes she screamed and I am sorry to anybody who was trying to relax in that salon! She finally calmed down when she realized it didn't hurt, but she still didn't like sitting there.

The after shot. I say it is a short and sassy cut for a short and sassy girl!

This was her actual first hair cut that I did on our porch about a month ago.

choo choo

a couple of months ago my mom organized a trip for all of us to boulder city for a picnic cand train ride. my mom said it was for levi, but there is a debate going on right now of who loves trains more - levi or mom. it was so much fun and thanks mom for your organization skills!

after the train ride papa bought the 2 footers trains. super cute!

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I was tagged for this one - you go to your picture file, pick the sixth file and the sixth picture in that file and post it.... I actually miss that hair!

happy easter!

gingerbread in the spring

who says gingerbread houses are only for christmas time? not me! especially when we have a kit left over that is dying to be put together. the two different sides crack me up because levi was very methodically putting all the candy on his side while gracie was eating as much frosting and candy that she could before i took it away.

it's warming up!

i took thes pictures back on st. particks day. i love when the weather starts to get warmer and we can play outside and paint with water (our favorite game that grandma taught us). i also love sundresses and sandles. gracies feet are complete with stamps from gymboree music class that morning. i think she can't wait for the class to be over just to get the stamps on her feet, hands and tummy.