Easter 2010

We had a great Easter this year. Clark, Lilly & Violet came from Irvine. On Saturday, we took the girls to an egg hunt. They really enjoyed it. Later in the day, we went downtown and went shopping and then went to dinner at Fresco. On Sunday, the Easter bunny brought the girls candy, books and toys. Scott & Lisa came over for a ham dinner. It was a lovely weekend!

Andrew's Awesome Wedding: Sea Holly

Sarah asked me to be on the look out for flowers to take pictures with at the temple. On Thursday, I went to visit my cousin, Melissa and her beautiful new baby girl, Nina. (Which I stupidly did not take any pictures of.) On the way home, I stopped in Chichester at the Produce Junction to look at flowers. There I saw these crazy blue/purple flowers that I have never seen before. I asked the sales girl what they were. She didn't know but got her inventory sheet. It listed them as Eryngium. They are commonly known at Sea Holly. They are from South America.

Here is Eliza with one. The bottom side of the petal is green.
I gave them to Mom Ridge along with some white roses, and she put them together. Here they are:

Violet's First Birthday and Props to Lilly

It was Violet's first birthday! She is so big, grown up and sweet. She is such a smart girl. She says so many words and is an amazing parrot. While we were there she said the following words: Eliza, Violet, soft, George, cracker and shababababa.

The girls are getting along so well. Eliza was so excited to see Violet and vice versa. They played (in general) so well together.

Can you believe that Lilly made this cake?

It was banana cake and sooo... good. Here's the kicker though. This was Lilly's FIRST attempt at piping!!!! She had to go and buy the supplies. Impressive, huh?

Sweet Vi-o-let

Clark, Lilly & Violet visited this weekend. They were life savers. I am sick, and Claron is industriously working on his orals (for TOMORROW!!!). It was great to see them, and Violet is SO big (and absolutely adorable)!

Catch-up: Scott's Awesome Birthday Party

After our Memorial Day BBQ, Scott was hanging out, and we were all playing Dr. Mario (Man, do I love Dr. Mario!). Anyway, Scott mentioned that his birthday was coming up and that he was sure it was going to be super lame. So, I asked him what his ultimate birthday would be like. Surprisingly, he said that he would love to have a party with a bouncy house and a pinata.

The weeks past, and I decided to give Scott his party but to make it a SURPRISE. So, I invited friends, made a menu, ordered the bouncy house, made a cake and picked up the pinata. Lisa and I collaborated to get Scott to our house and man, was he surprised!

The bouncy house was SO MUCH FUN! If you ever see a bouncy house for sale, call me! I think the big kids loved it more than the babies. Beating the pinata was fun, but the adults didn't really want the candy. I made Scott a lemon cake with strawberries, cream cheese filling and a vanilla buttercream icing. He happily decorated his own cake wreck.

It was a great day. Here are the pics:

Catch-up: The Getty

This is a catch up post. We did this earlier in the summer when Claron's dad was visiting.

If you live in LA, around LA or are visiting LA, you MUST visit the J. Paul Getty museum. We have seen the museum from the 405 for years and never stopped in. The tram and the modern buildings are clearly visible from the freeway. This museum is amazing!! I only have two regrets. 1) That I hadn't visited earlier; and 2) That Eliza was not into it. Lilly and I are going to go back together sans children. It is not that the museum is not child friendly, it is that 2 year olds do not dig fine art. She loved the children's museum and the tram though. Anyway, we had a fabulous time. The art is amazing. The architecture is just awesome, and it has breath taking views of the city. Oh, and did I mention that it is FREE?! You have the pay for parking, but big deal!

Maybe we could organize a girlfriend trip?!

Here are the pictures: