birthday girl!

Yesterday was Eden girl's 2nd birthday, and we had a blast! Started the day with chocolate chip pancakes, the after Chris got home we headed to the American Girl store (her fave place that she calls "Merican Girl one") and then to the Disney store for her big present.....a set of chapstick..... Cannot believe two years have gone by SO fast, but cannot imagine life without this ray of sunshine... we love you!!

chocolate chip pancake :)

 

heading to Merican Girl one with daddy...

"Pretty lips"

and the treat for the car ride home :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUNCHKIN!!

take your kiddos to work day

Friday was "take your sons and daughters to work day" over at Microsoft, and while she's not exactly old enough to hang around all day we still had a blast. The place was swarming with kids, bouncy

castles, candy, firetrucks, etc. Much fun had by all :)

strawberry pickin'

Today was one of those days that i was just tired of parks and swim suits.. (maybe the accident in the swim suit yesterday put me over the edge) SO, we decided to go strawberry picking! I was actually aiming for blueberries, since Chris is allergic to strawberries, but apparently it's been too cold and they are not ripe yet. anywhere. so strawberries it was! eden had a blast, and ate about 10 times what she picked as you can see. now i have two whole flats and have no idea what to do with them all! but fun was had, and one strawberry stained girl has finally crashed for a nap :)

not the die hard strawberry picker, this kid was tired about 10 minutes into it... "i sit"...

the iphone shots aren't the best, but here you go:

summer days

we've had a few hit and miss days of sunshine, and yesterday was one of them. we hung out in the yard (we call it our yard, technically it's just condo common property :), splashed in the pool, ran through the sprinkler and colored with sidewalk chalk. this is why we love summer!

big girl bike

I know it has been forever since i posted, just what i feared would happen! ;) but really it's due to me not taking enough pictures. there you have it. i will leave my camera out and accessible. amen.

so eden is an official biker now. thank you helping hands thrift store for her $1 bike, best investment in a long while. although she still can't quite reach the pedals perfectly (hence the handle to push her), she loves the new adventure.

and finally, the goofy face that keeps cracking me up:

two favorites: outside and puppies

I think this pretty much summarizes her favorites right now. Outside - since it's been so cold and rainy i think every kid in seattle must be going stir crazy. eden gets soooo excited and yells "outside!!!" every time we open the door. she loves exploring, running in the grass, throwing rocks, etc. Puppies - yep, she loves them and wishes we had one. i'm glad to just let her borrow them from other people :) For now a stuffed animal puppy is perfect.

Ice cream with "Heideeeeee"

so much better with your fingers!