I'm a traveling man!

Well Gavin got his passport. He is now officially legit to cross the border. We'll be heading down south in July. It only took 2 tries to get his shot. Just for fun, here are the rules for photos.

1. Include a full face, front view and open eyes
2. Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to shoulders
3. Take the photo in a plain white or off-white background
4. Avoid shadows on the face or background
5. Face in photo should have a natural expression (closed mouth)
6. Photos should not include sunglasses or hats
7. The contrast and lighting in the photo should be normal

So this was the first shot that Greg took. Total rule breaker.

And this was shot #2. And who said getting children to cooperate was so hard?

Look Who is Talking!

We finally got some footage of Gavin talking. I had forgotten how stinking cute this phase is when their breathing gets all excited and they are trying so hard but the vocal chords don't quite know what to do and then occasionally, they figure it all out and the sweetest little sounds come out.



And since Tati can't read yet, I'll just say that Gavin LOVES Chloe. He gets excited to hear her voice and starts kicking and Chloe is really good at calming him down. But not to be undone, Tati does enjoy reading books to him. I mean all boys like Wonder Woman, right?

Juggling

I used to be really good at multi-tasking. Having three kids though makes it a little trickier. Take today for example. I took Tati and Gavin to the library. It seemed like no big deal until suddenly when I'm trying to talk to the librarian, Tati runs away and Gavin starts screaming and I'm trying to chase her, console him and not knock over all the books we've collected. Before we left and Tati was being much better, I told her she could finally have her own library card. The librarian asks her what color she wants and then asks me to pick out which saying she wants on her card. That is just when Gavin decides to cry again and won't stop crying unless I'm holding his pacifier to his lips and I can't hold that and see the librarians desk so I just quickly skim the sayings and pick one. Then we get home and I realize that I'm an idiot. Look at Tati's new library card.

I just saw the word "chick" and figured it was a girl card. I guess if it bugs me too much we can always "lose" it and get a new one.

Cover Girl!

One of the advantages to going to the doctor's office frequently is that I could plan to take a photo of this billboard. Don't worry, I wasn't the one driving. I just wanted to mention this, mostly for my sister but for anybody else who lived through the 80's with me. All kinds of styles and things from the 80's are coming back--some shouldn't and some I don't mind as much. This is one that I don't mind as much. Let's call it "nude lips".

I don't know if my sister was the one who invented this lip style but she is the one who showed me how to do it. If you want to be retro and do this "new" look from the 80's, here's what you need:

1. 

You put cover stick all over your lips. Your lips should be dry. Don't listen if your Mom tells you that you look like a corpse.

2.Then you need to put some sort of shimmery lipstick on top. We used to use "Wet-n-Wild" #512 to be exact but as far as google can tell me, that color either doesn't exist anymore or else it is going by another name. The funny thing about Wet-n-Wild lipstick is that is was $1.00 then and I'm pretty sure it is $1.00 now. 512 looked like a mixture between the two middle lipsticks in this picture.
I don't know if "nude lips" are really for me anymore but every time I see somebody with this look on, I can't help but smile.

Now we just have to wait for Aquanet to have its comeback. Oh, and I did buy some blue eyeliner this week. Almay assures me it is just perfect for my blue eyes.

Look what I found!

He's been smiling for a few days but I finally got a picture of it! I'll have to squeeze and kiss him for you.

The Golden Year!

Tati turned 3 recently (ok, truthfully this has been sitting in my "drafts" folder since January). She is so cute and fun and crazy and full of attitude and independence. We love her so much. She wanted to have a "party" so I, of course, couldn't resist. She invited two friends over and told me exactly what she wanted to do:

• Paint nails. This girl loves nail polish. It is pretty amazing to believe how still she can sit when she really never is still in the rest of her life.
• Dance. Put on some music and if you really want to up the ante, you can turn the "Visualizer" on for itunes.
• Eat.
• Play.

Sounds like a perfect birthday party recipe, doesn't it? So that is exactly what we did. So what if one friend only wanted one foot painted and no hands. So what if only Tati wanted to wear a dress up dress while dancing. So what if they only licked the frosting off their cupcakes and discarded the rest of the brownie cupcake. So what if they didn't eat their lunches. These girls had a blast. And Tati felt so grown up having her friends over. However, I did learn that in the future, I should pack a goodie bag for the birthday girl too (although it was a great way for me to get rid of a bunch of play-doh--he he). That's when the post play melt downs began.

Where have these 3 years gone so quickly?!

So here are some pics to remember the festivities:

Me and the dragon brownie cupcakes.


Spending some quality one on one time with Daddy who took the morning off from school for the party.

The crazy big sis. We let Chloe come home early for lunch and be around for the party. It made her feel so grown up to help with the little kids.

Reading with her Daddy and getting all the attention just on her.

And we'll finish with this one:

Partay!

I ran some errands with Chloe yesterday and at some point we started talking about ways to say throwing up. Chloe was laughing so hard at all the choices. Poor Tati was the cause of our inspiration because she has been spewing all weekend. I don't want to wish salmonella on her but that way the rest of us won't get this too. I know I don't have the only child who licks things in public, right? Like food displays and deli counters. But I digress.

Here's our list. Did we miss any?

1. throw up
2. barf
3. puke
4. ralph
5. lose your lunch
6. toss your cookies
7. vomit
8. spew
9. up chuck
10. hurl
11. heave