These photos were taken a week after her birthday at the Adamson House in Malibu. My beautiful girl!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Marianne's One Year Photos
These photos were taken a week after her birthday at the Adamson House in Malibu. My beautiful girl!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Catch Up: The San Diego Zoo, Fancy Nancy Night and More
Please forgive the lengthy post, I have several pictures to share with family!
We took one day of Brian's spring break and drove to the San Diego Zoo. It is a beautiful zoo, a pleasure to walk through and designed well for small children. Here is Bai Yun eating some bamboo!
The elephant exhibit was not open when we went to the zoo 2 years ago - it is fantastic. Evelyn is enjoying a ride on Dad's shoulders
Evelyn thought this tunnel playground and pop up holes by the polar bears was pretty fun.
Marianne had a great time at the zoo, and was excited and conversational whenever she saw a new animal. She sacrificed some napping for the big day, but she handled it so well.
Marianne really liked all of the birds. The aviaries were beautiful, lots of waterfalls and ducks. She is shown here with Dad at the flamingo exhibit.
Both girls at an elephant playground.
Playing peek a boo near the elephants.
Marianne also really liked the pygmy hippo exhibit where she could look under the water at all of the fish...She was so excited!
A few weeks ago, we had a family celebration called "Fancy Nancy Night." Eating out is a rare occasion, so this was very exciting for Evelyn. Evelyn had completed her first chore chart for one complete week, and we decided to celebrate. Just as in the book, Evelyn chose our "fancy" clothes and we went out to eat together. She was thrilled that I wore a dress and that she and Marianne were oh so fancy. We held our pinky fingers out when we ate and called each other "darling," just like the book. It was really a fun night, and we topped it all off with ice cream!
Evelyn allowing Marianne to "play" Candyland with her. Evelyn loves to play games, but we usually have to wait until Marianne is asleep to play. She likes candyland, go fish, dominoes, charades and many others.
Evelyn learned to wink!
Evelyn and Nana during Nan and Papa's one day visit last week.
Scott and Esti surprised us with a visit when they were in San Diego for a conference. We went to the park together. Marianne loves to swing! We are glad they came!
Evelyn decked out in pink and hearts for Valentines' Day. We celebrated with home made heart shaped pizzas and Daddy took us out for cupcakes!
Marianne loves the birthday balloon her friend Lindsay brought to her little party. It is STILL floating, and she loves to watch it.
Papa with the girls and their new swimsuit cover ups they brought them.
Nana and the girls and their new suits!
We took one day of Brian's spring break and drove to the San Diego Zoo. It is a beautiful zoo, a pleasure to walk through and designed well for small children. Here is Bai Yun eating some bamboo!
The elephant exhibit was not open when we went to the zoo 2 years ago - it is fantastic. Evelyn is enjoying a ride on Dad's shoulders
Evelyn thought this tunnel playground and pop up holes by the polar bears was pretty fun.
Marianne had a great time at the zoo, and was excited and conversational whenever she saw a new animal. She sacrificed some napping for the big day, but she handled it so well.
Marianne really liked all of the birds. The aviaries were beautiful, lots of waterfalls and ducks. She is shown here with Dad at the flamingo exhibit.
Both girls at an elephant playground.
Playing peek a boo near the elephants.
Marianne also really liked the pygmy hippo exhibit where she could look under the water at all of the fish...She was so excited!
A few weeks ago, we had a family celebration called "Fancy Nancy Night." Eating out is a rare occasion, so this was very exciting for Evelyn. Evelyn had completed her first chore chart for one complete week, and we decided to celebrate. Just as in the book, Evelyn chose our "fancy" clothes and we went out to eat together. She was thrilled that I wore a dress and that she and Marianne were oh so fancy. We held our pinky fingers out when we ate and called each other "darling," just like the book. It was really a fun night, and we topped it all off with ice cream!
Evelyn allowing Marianne to "play" Candyland with her. Evelyn loves to play games, but we usually have to wait until Marianne is asleep to play. She likes candyland, go fish, dominoes, charades and many others.
Evelyn learned to wink!
Evelyn and Nana during Nan and Papa's one day visit last week.
Scott and Esti surprised us with a visit when they were in San Diego for a conference. We went to the park together. Marianne loves to swing! We are glad they came!
Evelyn decked out in pink and hearts for Valentines' Day. We celebrated with home made heart shaped pizzas and Daddy took us out for cupcakes!
Marianne loves the birthday balloon her friend Lindsay brought to her little party. It is STILL floating, and she loves to watch it.
Papa with the girls and their new swimsuit cover ups they brought them.
Nana and the girls and their new suits!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Tide Pool Fun
Papa and Nana Fisher came to visit us for a day on their travels, we were glad to see them. Brian was at a conference, but the girls and I took them to Leo Carillo beach to do our new favorite activity, what we call "tide pooling." We went to the beach at low tide and looked for sea creatures. It was about 50 degrees with a stiff wind, but after a few minutes we did not mind the cold water on our barefoot feet at all!
Evelyn and the "Sea Star" - her favorite to see because she is in the Sea Star group at her preschool. We saw several of these quite close, and many sea anemones. Evelyn likes to touch the sea anemones with her toes and watch them curl up and close. This is our second time to "tide pool," and she was quite brave this time!
There were caves there too - at high tide this would be filled with water!
Evelyn and the "Sea Star" - her favorite to see because she is in the Sea Star group at her preschool. We saw several of these quite close, and many sea anemones. Evelyn likes to touch the sea anemones with her toes and watch them curl up and close. This is our second time to "tide pool," and she was quite brave this time!
There were caves there too - at high tide this would be filled with water!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friends
This video celebrates what we hope will be a lifelong friendship between our two girls. Yes, it is the song from "Napoleon Dynamite." It is a joy to watch them love one another, although sometimes in somewhat violent ways.
On another note, Evelyn told me tonight that she was ready for me to die so that she could become a mom. Apparently she thought only one woman in the family could hold the title, "Mom."
On another note, Evelyn told me tonight that she was ready for me to die so that she could become a mom. Apparently she thought only one woman in the family could hold the title, "Mom."
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