Mother's Day 2010

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there! I had a great day! Scarlett and Cameron brought me Starbucks breakfast (YUM!) and we spent most of the morning hanging out around here. Scarlett and Cameron got me a shutterfly key chain with their picture on it and I also get to go get a pedicure this week. Scarlett and I spent a little time outside playing bubbles and swingset and we even snuck an early morning Oreo :o) Miracle upon miracles, Scarlett took a nap (a GOOD one) and was a perfect angel for the afternoon and evening. We headed to an early dinner at Ruth's Chris and it was amazing!! I had stuffed chicken - stuffed with some sort of amazing-ness that had a lot to do with cheese. Scarlett enjoyed the chicken too and we ordered her some fries, so she was a happy camper.

On an unrelated note, we broke out the video monitor today for kicks. I love being able to see what Scarlett's up to in her room. I always just sit there and wonder what she does after I leave the room. So far tonight she's just laying in her bed, rolling around, reading to puppy and making sure her glow worm stays constantly playing. I can't wait to see what happens during naptime!

Room Revamp (again)

So we rearranged Scarlett's room for what feels like the millionth time :o) I think we finally got it this time. We ordered some new bookcases from the Land of Nod to get things in order in there. It's made a huge difference with getting things organized and now I feel like we can actually put two children in that room! Scarlett seems to really be liking it too. She can actually see what toys she has now, so she's been so excited to play and play with all kinds of stuff she forgot she had.

Love these 2 bookshelves complete with bins at the bottom. Awesome!

Toy box / Window seat / Scarlett's new favorite spot for laying downFinally...some order to all those books!
Just a few more pictures and things to hang on the walls and this room will be done (for a little while anyway). Oh and we went with white because we are envisioning white bunk beds for the girls in a few years.

In other news, we went to Joann's again today. Cameron thinks I have an addiction. Yeah yeah. I got a tip from one of my friends about some super cute Tinkerbell fabric so we had to go check it out! Talk about an easy dress too. This stuff comes just like this, so it's just one seam up the back and a couple stitches to add the ribbon ties and it was done! She was a big helper today watering the plants with her own personal watering can.

Brooke's 4th Birthday

We went to Brooke's 4th birthday party this weekend. Scarlett had a blast! And with Cinderella, a jump place, a play ground, face painting and cake and ice cream, who WOULDN'T?!?

Meeting Cinderella. I think Scarlett was in shock.

JumpingIt was a joint party for Brooke and her cousin Dylan, so it was princesses and power rangers themed. The power ranger rode up on his red motorcycle and Scarlett screamed "Mommy, it's superman!!"

Face painting
And of course, cake and ice cream with the birthday girl!

Video Update - All that essential knowledge

Scarlett proves she knows all that essential stuff - name, age, where she lives. Oh, and a little dancing just for fun.

Pigtails take 2

This time she asked for them. Begged for them. Sat perfectly still while I put them in. Then begged not to have to take them out at naptime. I think it has to do with the Cinderella ponytail holders.

SO excited
Had to tell her to smile with her eyes OPEN!

Back to the Zoo

It's officially spring and we are members of the zoo again, so we took advantage today and met some friends to see the animals. It was a little crazy there with all the field trips, but we wound our way through and had a nice time. For the first hour Scarlett asked for giraffes. Every animal we stopped at, she would look, say ok, uh huh, where are the giraffes? When we left she told me her favorite was the elephants though!

Finally...with the giraffes! There were 3 off in the distance. Scarlett decided it was a mommy daddy and a baby.

Sea lions!

Easter in NYC

We had a great time in New York for Cameron's mini spring break! We left bright and early Friday morning (I was up at 3:15, Scarlett up at 4 and we were on the plane on our way at 6). Scarlett was a flying champ this time thanks to her i touch and Dora. Gotta love Dora. Here's a quick little recap of the weekend

Day 1 - Friday
We got in and were at our hotel (Waldorf Astoria) by 11am. We grabbed a quick lunch at Chipotle (yes, sadly we have none such here in NOLA) and were on our way for some shopping. We hit FAO Schwartz first and Scarlett had a ball. We spend an hour and a half exploring almost every part of the store. Scarlett sure racked up there too. She got a dress up costume, a dalmatian family and a Hello Kitty tshirt. Oh, and a gigantic sucker. After that we headed to the American Girl store which was crazy insane! We couldn't hardly move in there, so we quickly headed up to the third floor to the Bitty Baby wing to check it out. Scarlett ended up getting what we like to call a Bitty toddler. We decided Bitty Baby needed a big sister. After a little more window shopping we headed back to the hotel to check in and rest for a few minutes (might I remind you I was up at 3am??). We headed out for an easy dinner at a nearby pizza place.

Riding a puppy in FAO Schwartz

Possibly Scarlett's favorite aisle
Back at the hotel - laying down with bitty toddler
She couldn't get enough of her new dress!
Day 2 - Saturday
We got up and got ready and headed across the street to Starbucks for breakfast, then hopped on the subway and headed to Soho. We did lots of wandering around down there and stopped in several shops. We probably spent the most time in the Scholastic book store buying more stuff for Scarlett and several books for baby sister too. We ate a good lunch at a little local place, then hopped on the subway again to go to Magnolia for some cupcakes. Scarlett actually fell asleep in the stroller (the only nap of the weekend) so she was out for the whole time in line. She woke up in time to get back on the subway and head back to the hotel. We grabbed a starbucks drink and then headed up to the room to enjoy a cupcake. Cameron and I enjoyed ours, but Scarlett just stared and hers. Looked at it, turned it around, pulled out the bunny decoration. Never would eat it. Silly girl. We had planned on doing an easy dinner at a local sandwich place, but ended up having the hardest time finding somewhere that was open at 6pm! I think a lot of stuff around us was closed early since it was the day before Easter. We ended up eating Subway for dinner after passing a million closed signs!

Ready to head out on the subway (ps, love my new slim and sleek Maclaren!)

In the Scholastic store
Taking a little rest
And that look sums up what she thought of those Magnolia cupcakes!
Day 3 - Sunday
We woke up to the Easter bunny! He found us in New York and left Scarlett a basket of treats and also hid some eggs complete with M&M's. Scarlett was thrilled with her gifts and had a ball grabbing up all the eggs. She was even more thrilled to discover they were complete with candy. After that we headed for our Starbucks breakfast and then on the subway again to head uptown to the Museum of Natural History. We took a walk through Central park to get to the museum. It was a beautiful day, so a very nice walk. We spent a good long time in the museum. First we went through the butterfly exhibit. There were tons of live butterflies flying all around and Scarlett was thrilled. She kept searching for a pink one like on her dress. We took a walk through the North American mammals. Scarlett was running from one animal to the next, so excited. Next we went through the lizards and snakes exhibit. Scarlett and Cameron thought it was pretty cool...the snakes freaked me out though. No worries though, Scarlett told me she would protect me. After that we grabbed a quick snack, then headed up to the top floor to see the dinosaurs. We had been talking about the dinosaurs for a long time so Scarlett was excited to finally see them. After such a long morning, Scarlett started to get uncooperative, so we decided to leave the museum and head over to lunch. We ate at a nice restaurant right across from the museum. The food was good, but Scarlett was not so good. We headed back to the hotel after that for a quick rest. We headed out to Five Guys for dinner. Scarlett was back to her sweet self by then and went crazy on her burger and fries. Eating there reminded me I'm disappointed that we don't have Five Guys in New Orleans!!

Easter bunny goodies! She got a bunch of new books, the new Barbie movie and a dress and shoes

Modeling her new dress
Me and Scarlett in Central park
In the butterfly house
Checking out animals with daddy
Dinosaurs!!
And finally, the Easter dress photo shoot




Day 4 - Monday
Vacation was over and it was time to head home. It was a full day of travel. We got up and packed up, grabbed breakfast and before we knew it it was time to hop in the car to the airport. We got there pretty early, so there was time for more shopping (haha...for Scarlett of course). I bought her and baby sister matching I heart NY shirts.

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