Estelle’s Third Birthday – Party 1

Party 1 last weekend with Nana and Avo. Party 2 this Friday at school. Party 3 this weekend in Newtown.

One Fast Slide

(No toddlers were hurt in the filming of this video.)

Bedroom Light Fixture

My parents are in town, which means we have 4 extra hands to help us with the toddler and the house! This morning the guys took down our loud and unreliable ceiling fan light in our “master” bedroom, and replaced it with a new fixture from Schoolhouse Electric Co. The verdict? We like it! It just needs a bigger, cooler light bulb. The glass bubble shade makes the normal-sized light bulb look puny. We might opt for a long Edison bulb, but we will wait to see how everything looks at night before we make any purchases. See below for some before and after images, and check out our mad egg-dying skills  from this morning.

Before:

After:

During:

Same view after:

After (close-up):

Stephanie

Easter Eggs 2012

I think this was Avo’s first time dying eggs. The Saturday morning sunlight added quite the effect! Click each image to enlarge.

Happy Spring!

Stephanie

Chevron Stripes

All dressed up for the Easter party at school!

Mess

I was hoping to blog a little more than once a week, oh well! I have a whole list of future blog posts, but life has been a bit crazy since Thursday 3/28. When we over-packed our bags and headed to my sister’s 3/31 wedding weekend in Annapolis, MD. Both the toddler and I were in the wedding party, and David was the flower girl wrangler. Given our roles, we don’t have many photos yet. It was a blast, the bride and groom were so laid back, which is the key to a great wedding! You can see a quick video of E and the younger girls walking down the aisle here. My cousin, who is venturing into the world of photography, took some nice photos that you can find here.

I’m hoping to provide some of the fun wedding details we used (I helped in the planning process a bit). I also want to do a post about low-cost, high-impact wedding gifts. Not only that, but my sister and my now brother-in-law announced at their reception that they will be welcoming a little baby towards the end of September. I’m so excited about my future gig as Tia! You can bet your money I have some baby registry tips for you (and them). My parents are headed up to Philly tonight, and we’re highly optimistic that we can install our new bedroom light fixture this weekend. It arrived on Monday, and this mess is what happened after we examined the contents of our box:

Sorry, that image is so small! Now, I know why David prefers horizontally formatted images. I’m actually hoping to use the long strips of paper to make something like this basket, but that might just be a pipe dream. My sewing machine sees the light of day maybe twice a year.

Image from Design Sponge

Ok, folks…I need to get my butt in gear and to work on time. Here’s hoping I’m back with a new post soon.

Stephanie

Flower Girl

Lots more photos from Titi & Rocky’s wedding to come I’m sure, but here’s some amateur video of the flower girls coming down the aisle.