March Birthdays

March seems to be a popular month for birthdays is Emma's circle of friends. We attended 2 birthdays this month and had a great time at each one!
The first one was Emma's friend Kaylie

The kids had a great time playing with balloons

Decorating cupcakes

Admiring her work

and eating!

The birthday girl!
Our second party was for Emma's friend Marissa. This was a gymnastics party at a local gym. The kids were run ragged all over the gym for almost 2 hours! Emma had a great time!

Parachute play

Swinging on the rope

Jumping!

Playing in the foam blocks

The whole group with the birthday girl at the top
Emma now wants to take gymnastics and wants a gymnastic birthday party next year!

What's up with Ian

Ian has had a great month. He is now crawling all over the place

and pulling up on everything.

He also sometimes has the courage to let go!


All this moving around makes for a very tired boy!

Vote for Emma and Ian

Hey everyone! I entered Emma and Ian in a local photographer's casting call. Please spread the word and vote for our cutie pies!


Here is how you vote:

Hello friends and family!!! I entered Emma and Ian in a Casting Contest and would love if you would support us!!! It's super easy!!!

1. Go to http://www.facebook.com/BellaLuPhotography
2. Click "Become a Fan" at the top of the page.
3. Click on the Casting Call Album on the front page and find Emma and Ian's pictures and press the "Like" button below it!
4. Put the link in your newsfeed as well to help spread the word!!! Check back Sunday to see who won!!

Is it spring yet?

We have been playing in our backyard this week...

Blowing

Bubbles

and crawling

Squaw Valley 2010

The day after Emma's birthday, we headed up to Lake Tahoe for some skiing. Every year, Dan's work group goes for team building and we tagged along so Emma could have some fun at ski school. Squaw Valley has a great preschool program that includes skiing and playing to introduce young ones to skiing. Emma wet for two mornings and was doing a great job by the end of the second day. Here are a few pictures of the trip

Emma, ready to ski!

An action sequence....Emma at the top

Skiing to her teacher

She has got really good balance

Making her "pizza" with her skis

She made it!
And now the video (sorry for the poor quality)

Meanwhile, I got to hang out with this smiley one!

He had a lot of fun playing outside

We had snack on this bench

Emma wanted to pose with the big chair

Emma and Ian

A good one!
Then we headed out to play in the snow...

Emma checks the conditions

We made a snowman!

Emma found another snowman and added to it

You can just imagine the stories she is telling

Emma decided she wanted to pose with our snowman, too.
We had an awesome time in the mountains. Both children slept and played really well with few meltdowns. It gave us hope for more fun family vacations in the future!

Emma's birthday party

Emma had a really fun Fairy themed birthday party this year. Five of her friends were able to come over to play, eat, and have fun. We did not get many pictures of the party, but here are the few that we got.

The living room decorations

Preparing to make fairy wands

Fairy costumes prepared

Making wands

Playing in "the fairy house"

How many fairies can you fit in a butterfly tent?

Cake time

Blowing out the candles

Still blowing

I'll just fan them with my plate!

Our fairy picnic

Opening presents