Pinkalicious

Maryn loves the book "Pinkalicious"! It's a story about a little girl that eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink. She thinks it is great for awhile, but then finds out it is not as much fun as she thought. We have been talking about making pink cupcakes for weeks and what better time to do it then when a friend is over! Adriana, a friend of Maryn's from school, was at our house one Friday morning and we decided this would be a fun thing to do. We read the story together then headed to the kitchen to find all the ingredients. The girls loved being helpers to get everything ready and of course making the cupcakes! Here are few pictures of our little pink baking adventure...

our inspiring book

watching the mixer mix up pink batter

proud little bakers...cupcakes ready for the oven

a little Mickey Mouse while they bake

time for pink icing and sprinkles

YUMMY PINK CUPCAKES!!!

Theo is 6 months old!!

So I'm a little late in posting Theo's 6 month update...oops! At his appointment in late April her weighed in at 16lbs and 9oz and was 24 1/4 inches long. He has been eating baby food for a couple of weeks now and loves it, especially veggies. You cannot seem to get the spoon to his mouth fast enough! He enjoys looking at books and grabbing anything that he can put into his mouth...I forgot about the "everything is wet" stage :) He LOVES his fingers and ours and is constantly putting them into his mouth. I think we may have some teeth coming soon! Just recently he started sitting up more on his own and still likes to be in the exer-saucer. He sleeps through the night most of the time and takes 2-3 naps a day. He loves his big sis and giggles at her all the time. Of course she loves to make him laugh and is always telling him, "good job buddy!"...so cute! Theo is pretty low key little guy and as long as he is in the action he is content :)

my big sis is so sweet!

finally some boy toys around this place :)

6 months old!!

I'm a pretty strong little guy

the first bite is the worst and then after that I love it :)

Theo in the dress first worn by my great great grandmother's uncle. The dress has been worn by most babies in our family (mainly just for pictures) and is over a hundred years old.

Easter...

Easter buckets!

searching for eggs inside

happy 1st Easter Theo!!

"hi!"

our little cuties :)

ready to head to church

Maryn and Theo with Great Grandma Spaulding

checking out his Easter basket

with Ceta and Mimi

we were running low on smiles by the time we took a

picture with Uncle Scott and Uncle Brad

Theo and Uncle Derek

Mamaw and Theo

cousin time :)

stick the nose on the bunny or on the door...that works too :)

this was Maryn's first time to ever play

Turner and Maryn in their swim goggles!

Of course we saved the family picture for the end of the...

the kids and I look so tired :)

the art of egg coloring :)

Maryn drew bugs on all of her eggs :)

Theo was more interested in eating the crayon!

a little sibling fun :)

dipping the eggs in one of our six colors

the proud artists

our beautiful eggs

our attempt at muffies...

Maryn loves to go to Panera and get chocolate chip muffies. As you can see, its a cross between a muffin and a cookie. It's not realistic to go get muffies everyday, so we made our own yesterday. I used my recipe for chocolate chip muffins, put the mix in a whoopie pie pan, and look what we have...muffies!!! They don't look quite like the ones at Panera, but Maryn loves them and that's all that matters :)

spring blooms

I love spring! I love to have brisk mornings and warm afternoons, the green leaves that begin to fill the bare trees, open windows during the day, the smell of grass freshly mowed, flowers in bloom, and daylight into the evening. One of my favorite flowers has always been tulips. I love all the bright colors they come in, the delicacy of their petals, and the sign that warmer days are coming. My other favorite is lilacs...they remind me of my childhood. Growing up, my Grandma and Grandpa Spaulding had a large lilac bush in their backyard. The smell filled the yard in early spring! Grandma would always let us pick them and put them in vases inside. While they don't last long in water, their smell is fragrant and clean. We have one in our backyard now. It's rather small, but still blooms those vibrant purple blossoms. It was special to me to share with Maryn that I use to pick these when I was a little girl :) Funny how the simple memories of your childhood can make you feel so good...

birthday love...

Birthday card from the kids...Maryn was pretty excited about the drawing inside :)

a new camera!!!!

could not have asked for two better sweeties to spend my birthday with :)

Jeremy fixed us a yummy dinner and brought home dessert from the Flying Cupcake!

(Maryn took this one and did a great job!)

the only candle we had :)

Maryn was excited that we were the same age!