Wordless Wednesday (by eden & mom)

Whose That Chick With Rockin' Kicks?

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to our 2nd Home we Go...

This is us last Saturday 03.06.10 cracking out the bikes for the first time and taking our first visit to the Sprinkler Park...(minus visiting the sprinklers to Hallé's massive disappointment.  She had a swimsuit on under her clothes in case I was wrong about the water not being turned on yet!???)

if we can do a weirdo face...

and get to take a picture of you afterwards...

then sure, we'll do a cheesy posed smile...

enjoying her need for speed before she got a flat.... 

Curses to desert Goat Heads!

Saturday we brought Hallé's bike but since she decided she only wanted to ride it in the grass (meaning-me push her while hunched over);on Sunday I opted for the scooter to come with us on our desperately needed Day II-escape to the park.

I love this place....I could (and do) spend hours here; with my kids and alone.  It has the most beautiful rose and flower gardens, walk paths, benchs,  tennis courts, (goal: i will go make a fool of myself at some point on those courts this year~please feel free to volunteer if you think you're worse than me!~), SUNSHINE,  and best of all if you time it just right and go there when your kids are hungry (appx. every 30minutes) then in the summer there is this man with the most endearing yet annoying little old ice cream truck who is a persistent lip reader...he can see me about 150yds away say: "no, no ice cream today girls" and sure enough he'll pull into a parking spot and blast away the hypnotizing fog horn melodies.  Sometimes we're lucky and it's not the genre: "FIESTA"

So for this trip to celebrate the park getting it's first of many weekends of love from us; we stopped at Baskin Robbins and could have probably bought half his ice cream truck for the same price.... it matters not...nobody else sells Pink Bubble Gum ice cream....AND ...it was essential on many levels.

Thanks Hallé for the detailed instructions about exactly where our hands needed to be for your photo shoot..."sure is a good thing nobody was standing around watching this take place"

I took these last two pictures to remind me of this moment and Hallé's beaming smile.  Moments before,  a stranger to Hallé's left had just walked up and said...and i quote..."GIRLFRIEND...you are ROCKIN' those boots,

you show that park them awesome  rockin' boots!" 

They were Eden's pink sparkly boots. She also wore them everyday and everywhere...I'm not sure which of the 3 of us have loved them more?

~ THE END ~

"Wordless Wednesday" Entry

The Cupcake

 ... "My Future Entrepreneurs"....
(eden's specialty: peanut butter, cocoa, coconut flakes, oats, sugar, hot butter)
(hallé's specialty: mashed up saltines, frosting, chocolate chips, sprinkles, & coconut flakes)

Are ready for business....

Once they figure out how to sell a cupcake properly...

(Hallé's is on the right if it wasn't obvious)

Special thanks to their auntie johnnaé for putting The Cake Doctor book to use and making these Gluten-free  Key Lime cupcakes.  yummmm!

Practicalities

Sometimes when you're little and sick there are certain things you can't go without...

Sometimes when you're little and sick there are certain things your mom can't go without...

Poor Hallé had her first huge cold since Sept and unfortunately it was the first now that both her ear tubes have fallen out.  In my words...her eustachian tubes flunked big time.  i'm thankful for dr's and medicine but praying those little ears make it through allergy season without having to go back in for surgery or too many rounds of antibiotics.

Polka dots, Stripes, & Super-Stars

This is a  memory i love. Hallé patiently waiting for Eden to round the corner walking home from school...She does this often and they scream and run to hug each other.

Although I'm very partial to using black and white photos over color almost everytime; there was no possible way for a black and white to capture the red cowgirl boots that Eden used to proudly romp around in as well...accompanied by the pastel polka dotted shirt and pink striped pants she chose for herself today.  Please note that if you ever hear me fighting with my kids or losing it with them...it's purposeful and a battle i chose...because if it's not clear by now, clothing is NOT a battle i've chosen (well i've chosen it a few times stupidly but i lose happily; it's not worth it)  i adore their whimsical and confidant wardrobe choices at home or to the grocery store. I still have to step in when they sometimes pick their birthday suits (ok..often for hallé as erin fay frequently points out!) As a mom I like to dream about what this will look like in them as they grow older...bold, confidant, not concerned about what others think,  secure, able to laugh at themselves & make others feel comfortable & included, decisive, seeing the beauty within themselves of a loving spirit the way God does .....  i can dream.  i'm more than aware of the hormonal closet raiding wars that most likely await us.   i will visit this post when that day comes and remind myself of these free spirited clothing days and their anticipation for each others arms after a long day apart.

The girls watching the Olympics

(yes erin,  i'm aware and have no explanation that once again hal is naked?)

Hallé watched the ski jumping event with me and said "i'm going to do that. i will be so good. take me to that hill and put those on my feet so i can go up in the air for a long time too mom."

I was like "hal, mommy would get nauseated just standing at the top of that hill thinking of being up in mid air at that height free falling, but if you're ever the best, i'll go and be brave." she said: "i will be, just trap those 'ki-ing fings on my feet and i will go up so high and it will not be 'cary for me."

Eden had her friend get to stay for a sleepover here and had fun getting fancy...

Hallé too....