March is such a crazy month for us and this year is no exception!!
On March 10th Carol and I threw a surprise 60th birthday party for my mom. It was so much fun. We had a progressive diner. We started with appetizers at Oeno Wine Bar, rode the trolley to Herferd House for steaks and then headed to Village Inn for pie. It was so much fun. I think we really got her.
Here she is entering the bar and realizing what is going on.
And here is the party princess showing off her hair I took her to have done.
This is a gift from Kendra. It is a wine glass with her initial and her birthday!
Yep she loved it.
Mom and Rachel.
Mom and I.
Mom's gift from Lori....she doesn't know her or anything!! Is it happy hour?
A beautiful wreath made by Emily. It will look great at the ranch!!
Mom and Rachel with Homer, the trolley driver.
Me, Carrie and Emily. The snobby mommies clique.
Jenny #2, Jenny #1 and Kendra...some of the greatest women I know!!!
The party group!
Kendra and Jenny.
Mom and some family!
Me and Dr. Bone.
Hanging out at Village Inn.
Make a wish!!
Long story, but yes, she is attempting to do a headstand at Village Inn.
Yep, like mother, like daughter.
From on end of the spectrum to the other.....on Sunday, March 11th we took the girls to Sesame Street Live. It was Julia's first time and she was at first overwhelmed and then totally captivated!! Before the show they had a Play Place for the kids. It was really cute and there were lots of opportunities for photos.Some of the characters even came out to get the kids excited for the show.
The girls dancing.
Julia taking it all in.
Us in Big Bird's nest.
Natalie and Zoe.
I love Natalie's face here!
The girls in Elmo's World, playing the piano!
The girls hanging out with Oscar, too bad I couldn't get them to look at me!!
Julia and Grover.
Julia and Abby.
Some photos of the characters coming out before the show. It was so great because the kids got to get so close!!
As promised, the girls got pink cotton candy.
Waiting for the show to start.
Julia just relaxing and waiting.
Holy cow!! I can't believe what I am seeing!!
The girls getting right up and dancing with the characters.
Somebody move...I can't see!!
The first week of the month the girls had their annual allergy appointment. It went really good, but both girls had to have blood drawn. I love how pathetic they look in this shot. The nurse did a great job and hit them both on the first try. We have been having great luck with giving Julia cultured milk. We are going to try raw milk in office if the blood test shows her numbers reducing. Natalie never had a blood draw, so this should give us a basis for her wheat allergy. We are also testing her for a pineapple allergy after an unexplained hives incident. It takes two weeks to get the tests back, so it will still be a while. After we left the doctors, I took them both to get a prize. Julia picked out a ball and Natalie a barbie.
And here they are showing you their arms,
Because of Julia's love of cows, we are having a barnyard bash for her birthday. They had these cute little t-shirts that went a long with the tableware I bought for her party. I thought it looked a little like a boys t-shirt, so I added a skirt to it...along with frilly sleeves, rhinestones to the bell and a bow to the cow. I love it. This is Natalie's. Julia's has a special saying on it, thanks to Carrie Couture!!
As many of you know shopping with little ones is the pits. So, when I saw this cute swimming suit at Target, I picked up every piece they had, in two sizes to try on later. For some reason Julia get the biggest kick out of putting all the pieces on and then taking them all off again. She is hilarious.
This is Julia's "yep I just did that and wasn't it too cute" face.
It has been a struggle to find affordable, wheat-free food that tastes good. I stumbled across this book on the internet and bought it. It makes 1-2 servings in under 5 minutes in the microwave. It has been fantastic. Natalie loves what it makes and I am wasting nothing!!! Yea!!!
Because of the book, we are using the microwave a lot more. Here Julia is giving Jeff a lesson on how to run it.
