Portland house and garden

It's so great to be in the yard when the weather is so beautiful. Sophia loves our neighbor Dorothy - who wouldn't?

Summer time fun

We live the whole year for the two months or so of sunny weather we get in the summer time. Sophia loves to be outside as much as possible. These shots are of our week down in Bend.

3rd Birthday Party Fun

We painted banners, played dancing games, enjoyed new books and clothes.

The party goes on

We had such a great time with our friends at Fi's 3rd birthday party.

Toddler Talk

O.K. so these chatterings may only appeal to us but I have to share some 'Sophiaisms' that really tickled our fancy.

'You look like a sandwich' (Orestes and I dancing in the living room)
'I'm not very fond of that'
'Holy Moly, look at this'
'What's a cigarat Daddy?
'To be honest with you I'm a little bit cross'
'Excuse me darlin, it hurts. Gentle please' (Instructions as I brush her hair)
'Oh isn't that adorable?
'Over heating is an expression you know' (Don't ask me)
'LIsten up mama, just listen up'
'He's perfect me darlin'
'Goodness gracious my'
'So, they have to be connectilated to these guys, so they're waiting, waiting, waiting to be connectilated'

I could go on and on but I'll spare you!

Welcome baby Ellis

Welcome Baby McAuley! Congratulations to our lovely friends on the birth of their gorgeous daughter. We are so glad she's here. Mama Kirstin and babe are doing well. Sophia did not want to put her down.

Tulip Farm

What a gorgeous day. Sophia ran herself ragged - love that! The kids had a train ride, enjoyed the slide - Sophia head first as often as she could. The tulips were stunning.

Sunshine deprived

We're all so sick of the rain that whenever the sunshine makes even the slightest appearance we're out and about enjoying it to the max.

Easter

Soph had a great time with all the easter activities this year. The chocolate easter egg making with Kirstin and Clara was a big hit - nothing like her parents! The masks and egg and spoon race were fun too. We went down to Bend for spring break and her easter egg hunt was in the snow - which makes for easy egg spotting I guess!

Handmade treasures

I had so much fun making these gifts for my friends beautiful new babies. Sophia did not want to give the daisy dress away! She does get to keep the summer flower dress - the fabric was so cute I couldn't resist it!

Pumpkin Patch fun

Halloween is so much fun - I went trick or treating with Sophia this year and we had a great time. She stuffed her pockets with lollies and then gave them all away - not sure how many more years we'll get away with that! We went to a pumpkin patch to get our pumpkin for carving - lots of fun.

Sweet tooth

We had a great time making cookies and treats for our friends for the holidays - good times. Soph loves to ingest the butter by the pound!

Finding the Perfect Tree

We had such a great morning out at one of the local Christmas Tree farms looking for our tree - we wanted something small and sweet to fit our living room. It was such a gorgeous day. Santa decided that the only way Sophia could be coerced into sitting on his lap was if Mummy joined her - nice try Santa!

Peace and quiet

We had a lovely quiet Christmas eve just the three of us at home. Fi enjoyed some hot chocolate with Daddy.

Sledding

I figure we'll strengthen her legs and neck and soon enough she can pull a plough! We had so much fun sledding down the hill - up again was a little rougher. There is so much snow this year, we've had a few good ski days but lots of fun sledding around the house.