She is One ....Past one

Our Marin is One
I was overdue in getting perfectly one year pics....
these are more like 13 1/2 month pictures

 we were outside - a bit chilly, but it was a mini shoot

(I did not take them)

She is so serious

 always so hard to get her to smile for the camera.

I would put her in this dress everyday if I could

 can I?

Everyone oughta have a perfectly purple party dress

The little flower shop had the most perfect colors out decorating the front of their shop.
It looks like I planned it all out ( I did not - just got lucky - it was all quite last minute actually!)
I just knew I wanted pictures of her in that dress!

I would put her in this dress everyday if I could....oops did I already mention that?
This last one is my favorite

She fell off that perfectly positioned bench that just happen to be outside the flower shop.  Her little feet could not quite touch the ground and I knew she would try....just knew it.....but I wanted that shot on that bench.....yep she tried to get up - fell on her face on the cement.....I knew I should of put a blanket on the cement...the fall left a mark, right on that perfectly flawless forehead!
Poor girl, first I make her take pics in the cold air and then I set her up to fall - just for a that perfect shot!

7 Quick Takes

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The kids went back to school this week.

Finished last minute school supply shopping and went to Red Mango

our first visit - YUM!

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Went to the Holy Family Shrine.  Love this place.  The grounds and view are so beautiful.

 

This is the entrance

 Woulda been slightly more peaceful without all of them, but I was happy to have them!

Golly they have grown since the last time I posted pictures of them there!

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I confess I love PicMonkey - could spend HOURS in PicMonkey
I had fun with the above image - that sun flare above a certain 3 year old girl
well, it is not real!
And below - I don't really use fuji film...

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Evan "needed" a family photo for school

Man alive those teachers are always wanting photos...pictures from when they were a baby, pictures of your family, pictures of themselves to tell about them, pictures of grandparents, parents and siblings for family tree....

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First day of school came on Thursday,
a certain 3rd grader was under the weather, so I just sent these 2!  Lydia is in 2nd grade and Cy in kindergarten.

 

Oh my k-er.....sigh
He is so funny though.
I asked him how his day was and he told me:
"I still want it to be longer than preschool, but not sooo long"
He has a fabulous kinder teacher - feeling super blessed about that.

Here is the sick kiddo - missing his first day of 3rd grade

Managing to eat eggs a little later, but still feeling cold - hence the jacket...
he rarely gets sick - so I know it is the real deal when he is saying how cold he is, of course his body temp was on fire!

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 We did manage to pull off some really cute hair for the first day of school!

 It is actually pretty easy to do - I just love her tutorials at cute girls hairstyles!  The dutch head band braid! If you can french braid then you can do this!

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 We had double celebrations on Thursday - dad's b-day and of course Our Lady's Assumption! We had gone to Mass Wednesday  night as dad was out of town all day for his b-day on Thursday - he arrived from Chicago for a quick Happy Birthday Cake, Assumption Cake (blue poke cake with whip cream clouds!)

Dad was tired...we ate quickly and shuffled everyone upstairs to bed.  Poor Aliza says
"but we didn't do any party games"
oh that girl...

 I don't think Mary and Dad minded too much sharing a cake! 

After all she does like to say Yes!

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Blog Abandonment

I abandoned my blog...
Just stopped recording our moments...
So, I shall "catch up" a bit...
We had some birthdays occur around here.

Like this guy who turned 4.

I made spider web snacks.

We ate blue & red M&M's.

Enjoyed some Spidey Juice.

This young one is growing.

I just like this pic.

It is "old" now - back in April hence the flannel jam bams...

I have been putting pigtails in her hair.

I like car pictures.

We made play rice awhile back... 

It was soooo pretty!

I may not bother coloring it next time.

Although Cyrus and Lydia loved that process. 

It was pretty easy.

This was from Easter!

So was this.

Currently she is missing both front teeth.

She caught up with Evan who is 20 months older.

Family pic...

the best one.

Evan has a really hard time

when he knows his picture is being taken!

My twirly whirly girl.

We went to Chicago back in April.

I still call this Sears Tower...

I think the locals even forget to call it Willis!

On Skydeck.

The glass box

or the "ledge"

Evan is actually pretty scared of heights,

which I thought was a "made up" thing,

but he truely has issues...sorry for judging anyone!

But he did well, even stepped out on the ledge-

totally surprised me!

Baby on "ledge"

Family at top of Willis Tower.

Pic #2 of family...

Couldn't take the kids to Chicago

without eating here.

There was hardly anyone there,

so it was not as "lively" as it can get.

But who needs more liveliness

when you have this party animal!

Or better yet this one!

It wore this one out cold!

We walked...

a lot..

she did this

a lot!

I did not get a ton of pics.

Naturally the first day my camera battery was dead!

This pic was in the evening towards the end of our trip.

It was at that perfect lighting time of day!

That is all for now....

I will be back to record more of my digital journal (soon!).
Someone turned 2 on us and another one turned 6!

But before I go I will "announce" - we are expecting baby #5 in December.

Yikes!...