For Averhy’s birthday, we attempted a different type of rainbow cake… easier to make than the first one, but actually didn’t turn out as well in the end. (I think I didn’t bake it quite long enough… oh well!) Averhy had fun making it with me - especially mixing all the colors of cake mix, and licking the frosting of course - and we enjoyed a low-key evening of presents and a movie. Happy birthday Averhy!
6 years old!
March 1, 2010 - 12:28 pm - ok, i love the rainbow birthday cakes allyson! darling! what a fun time and i can't believe she is 6 either!! btw...all these pics would make the most darling scrapbook page!! jodi
February 25, 2010 - 11:32 pm - What a beautiful, colorful cake. Happy 6, Averhy.
birthday girls
The girls had a great time at their birthday party on Saturday - complete with balloons, friends, and a 6-layer cake that I worked on all Friday afternoon - whew, and yum! They had fun making princess crowns, running around the house, and eating lunch with their wonderful friends. Here we have in the back row: Lizzie, Averhy, Elizabeth; and in the front row: Maggie, Eden, Lili, and Addison. Thanks for coming girls!!
February 15, 2010 - 11:48 am - That cake looks amazing! Great job! And as always, cute pictures of the girls!
making valentines
When we have a full day of just the girls at home, I usually try to have some sort of crafty activity to keep up busy… so of course, this Saturday it was making Valentines! The girls stuck with it longer than I expected, but we’re still not finished - Averhy has 24 kids in her class, and only finished 11 cards today - so I think that will be a Sunday (and Monday and maybe Tuesday) activity too…
early riser
This morning, Eden decided to get up really early. I was already restless because Sky left this morning at 3:30am to drive to Indy and (barely) catch an 8am flight to Arizona for a work weekend. So, when Eden crawled into my bed around 5:30am, I never really got back to sleep. After snuggling (and tossing and turning) for a while, Eden decided to really wake up, so we headed downstairs for breakfast. Our first stop, however, was the front door windows - to gaze out at the early morning snow, glowing blue in the light of the moon…. Almost as beautiful as Eden herself.
February 8, 2010 - 10:40 pm - Absolutely angelic...
February 7, 2010 - 9:12 am - And as beautiful as you. Thanks for helping to raise such beautiful girls, inside and out.
January in review
I’ve been a blog-slacker lately, I admit it. (Thanks mom, for the reminder….) So here’s a quick review of what we did in January!
- Belated Christmas gathering with my family at my parents’ house — which actually turned into a weekend filled with fun activities (visiting friends in Chicago, watching Kevin in sketchfest, dinner with other friends in the city, and even going out to a movie! Wow!)
- Averhy has a (barely) loose tooth. She’s excited about it, and it’s making me feel old.
- Eden is getting better and better at talking. “Cinderella” is now a word that most people can understand when she says it… and I miss her old way of saying “Cin-da-la-le-la-leh”
- I went to Nashville for three days, for a photography convention. Julie came down to our house to stay with the girls, and they had a good time (of course!) — including a special trip to the movie theater to see “The Princess and The Frog”
- Averhy completed a roller-skating unit in P.E. at school, and had a great time — except when one of her classmates (”he’s the fastest skater”) would whiz by her, she would always fall down as a preventative measure to avoid getting knocked over.
- Eden still enjoys going to her “class” while I go to Body and Soul or Time Out 4 Moms - and now she prefers walking down the hall and into her classrooms all by herself. Such a big girl!
- I decided to set my pride (and low pain-tolerance) aside and finally join Sky’s gym - Momentum - and it’s actually going well! I think we’re both pleasantly surprised (and relieved!)
- I’ve also been a slacker at taking pictures since finishing my 365 project at the end of December. The year-long project for 2010 is to take a short video of our family (mainly the girls) every day, and we’re keeping up pretty well with it. The challenge now is to actually upload and post the videos, instead of just letting them sit on the camera! Maybe I do need to get a Flip, just to make it easier… 
February 3, 2010 - 2:47 pm - I'm hoping for a Flip in anticipation of the baby... if no one gets it off my registry, I'm buying it myself! :)
our 2009 Christmas update — the e-version!
December 22, 2009 - 9:11 pm - LOVE your Christmas card/letter/pictures! Merry Christmas!
by Allyson
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