I had a Product Debut Party last Saturday! It turned out good and I sure had lots of fun getting it ready. Check out my website www.lilianabeautycare.com and make some orders!!! ;-)
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We have been enjoying spring here in Lynden. Eli and I have spent some time gardening. Our daffodils and tulips we planted last fall are blooming. It's just so beautiful! The kids spent a lot of time outside playing in a sandbox, eating sand (Sofia), watering plants and seeds, digging worms and biking.Tim and Eli made a little car together for Pine Wood Derby at out church. Here is just a few shots of our bundles of joy!
A Mystery of Red bootie solved!
Fighting the pink! "Mom, what happened to my undies?!?" asked Eli as he pulled out a load of white laundry from the washer last nigh. Pink. Everything was PINK! I mean PINK!!! Tim's work shirts,socks, underwear, Sofia's organic clothes,blankets, my organic hoodie, organic cotton sheets. PINK. PINK. PINK. And the last thing we found in the washer was Sofia's lost red bootie. Very funny indeed!
Our precious Sofia Marie turned 1 on Feb 27th! No big party with baloons. Just another lovely family day with daddy at home on Saturday! Eli and I made a coconut cake for her ( Eli decorated it with blueberries - her favorite fruit). She absolutely loved it! She could eat the whole thing if I didn't steal some chunks of it. Praise the Lord for our healthy and joyful children!
I love consignment stores! I always find real treasures! Like brand new Hanna Anderson long sleeve shirt for Eli for $2.99 or a lovely princess dress for our baby girl 1st B day photo shot for $3.99. Love it! Love it! And the best of all is that I always get a million kisses from Eli for his new clothes! There is nothing better than a thankful child!
OK. You get to see the Olympics since they are happening almost in your backyard. We picked Saturday after the opening ceremony. It was cold, windy and rainy day. We took a sky train from Surrey to downtown Vancouver and walked up to the waterfront to see the torch. It was fun. We had a lunch there and drove home.It was too cold. No lines at the border! The Czechs got one gold and two bronze medals so far. The speed skater Sablikova got gold! She is from our little town!!! and she is a tiny little thing! Compare to the Dutch "monsters"
Spring is here! Tulips are coming out. Crocuses and trees are blooming! And the calender says it's Febuary! We have spent lots of time outside biking, walking, gardening, and playing on playgrounds. Check out my wesite at the end of this week at www.lilianabeautycare.com We surely have put lots of time into it. Sofia is turning one on Saturday! She is not walking yet she is just "knee walking". So precious!
We made our annual trip to Vancouver last week and it was a lot of fun! Eli was absolutely excited about the number of pillows in a hotel room and yes - the elevator! I love shopping and dining in Portland! we took the kids twice to a restaurant. THE HIGGINS in downtown was great, maybe a little too fancy for our kids (candles, white tableclothes and everyone in suits and ties) Eli wasn't quite seccessful with his request of a burger but we still had fun. The other night we tried Peruvian restaurant Andina. It was dynamic, live and the food was absolutely delicious! Sofia sat for over two hours in a high chair chewing on a lamb bone and blueberries while her parents and her brother indulged in variaty of tapas and great lamb. We finished with a lime cheese cake and ginger ice cream. Apart from fine dining we walked, shopped, visited a museum, played on a playgroung and lost few pounds in a gym.So much fun!
We have had pretty sweet week with lots of cooking and baking. My friend Nicole and I threw a baby shower for our pastor's wife. She is having a girl and she likes elephants. So we made elephant cookies, elephant cards, elephant this and elephant that. Elephants everywhere. The party turned out good. I have never seen so much pink in my life. It truly was nice to get home and see my "blue" boys and "yellow" girl.;-) Apart from elephant activities I have been experiencing with Julia Child's recipes and found out that I used about 3 lbs of butter and a quart of cream this week! Check out the layer of butter Elijas put on his tiny piece of bread by himself. Our little Sofia is so charming! We still cannot tell the color of her eyes. They almost look greenish to me. What do you think?
So how are we doing here in Lynden? The new year started with some pretty warm and rainy weather. 50 degrees is more like spring than winter. We have been able to walk quite often with the kids. Tim even pulled out a grill last weekend for some "pink" burgers (that's the way I like them) but Eli insisted on "blue" ones since he is a boy. "Pink is for girls" he said. Sofia is growing fast. She started stacking toys, puting things in and out, on and off and she has six beautiful teeth. She bites apples now. Her favourite word is "dada" of course. She sure is a daddy's girl. Elijas is a charming little man. He sure has a lot of things to say and most of them are pretty funny. Mostly he just repeats what he hears from us with a really serious look like: "Don't you think is too cold here!?" etc. I hope everybody is doing just fine.
Happy New Year Everyone!
I cannot believe 2010 is here! We have been truly blessed in 2009. I would like to praise and thank the Lord for what He has done! Tim and I spent the New Year's Eve at home with the kids playing games and reading books - namely Peter Rabbit all over again and again;-)New Year's Day was relaxing as well with more of Peter Rabbit. It was raining all day long.I have some New Year's resolutions though. Share Jesus and learn how to de-bone a duck. Don't laugh. Love you all. Happy New Year!
More Christmas Pics!
I had to put some more Christmas pics on. Enjoy! We have been having wonderful weather here in Pacific Northwest. Bright blue sky, 40 degrees and sunny. We went for nice walks with the kids. The second posted pic is from a coastal trail in Fairhaven, Bellingham. Can you see the mountains in back? So beautiful!