before and after her 2nd haircut

Happy Birthday, baby Mae!

Our little sweet Mae-Mae turned one year old. She thoroughly enjoyed her strawberry cake, and her sister helped her blow out the candles. Mae, you have brought such joy and laughter to our little family. You always have a smile on your face and have such incredible passion - passion for the next meal, passion for loving on your sister, passion when a toy is taken from you, passion when giving hugs. We never ever imagined the possibility of loving so much- smooches, sweet Mae-girl!

how about that hair?

Long, long curls, just like her Aunt Juju

Downwind Fun!

This afternoon we took Yanina, our beloved Nanny/babysitter/"nurturer while I'm at work" to dinner before she had class. Jacob's parents and my parents met us there as well. We went to Downwind, which is at Peachtree DeKalb Airport - it's a kid friendly spot that has a HUGE playground and you can sit and watch the small planes take off/land. Both girls loved it, and we had a blast celebrating Yanina's help this year. She is a blessing, and will be missed this summer!

Cute birthday picture

Summer Fun soon!

Three more days of school: T/W/Th, and I'll be home with these girlies for the whole summer! How much fun in the sun will we have? Jacob's parents gave Issa that minitrampoline for Christmas and it is a HUGE hit! Both girls love playing on it - and Mae is such a daredevil! Issa twists/turns, hops on/off, it's a great outside play activity!

Happy 3rd birthday, Issa!

Sweet Issa turned three on Sunday, Mother's Day- what a fun day it was! My brother, sister-in-law, and neice came for the weekend, and we had a party at our house. Ms. Berne', Issa's Music Class teacher, came to sing songs for the kids, and we had a blast. She wanted a pink party, complete with strawberries, pink cake, and pink everything. She wore her pink dress and loved every minute of it. She had sweet friends from her class at school, some of our friends' kids came, and then some neighborhood kids came. The weather was beautiful and the kids had fun. After lots of cake and ice cream, we all crashed. And tossed the rest of the cake - I didn't want it sitting around here only to be eaten by US!

That night a tree crashed in our n'hood. The power went out around 6, and stayed out until 7 the next morning.

I have 5 more days of school left until summer break. It's hard to believe the year is over.

Mae's first birthday is next Friday - so fun!

it wouldn't be Easter lunch without Nana's bunny cake!