Lila and Ravi hit the streets

Ravi's mom Gina best describe Lila and Ravi as "frenemies" - happy together - with a dash of toddler competition just to keep the weekend exciting. Sunday was cold but the rain stopped so Lila and Ravi could hit the streets, have dim sum and check out Santa Land...Looking forward to our next visit with the Fernandes family but hoping the weather is a bit kinder.

Lila and Ravi kickin' it...

Having fun with Ravi this rainy weekend. He and his parents are visiting from LA. A few toddler power struggles but mostly lots of fun.

best dora night ever!

First, awesome Dora bath toys from Grandpa Barry and Susan and then a cool Dora tent from Rosi....The three sentences of the night are...
"I like"
"DOOOOOOORRRRRAAAA"
"My house"
"BOOOOOOTTTTSSSSS"

Thanks Barry, Susan and Rosi!

best friends

last day with rosi aka "abby"

Lila is sad to say goodbye to Rosi today. Rosi has spent the last year as Lila's nanny -- we've been very lucky to have her. Looking forward to lots of future visits and keeping in touch...and hoping that someday Lila will actually call Rosi "Rosi" rather than "Abby," which is the name Lila prefers for Rosi....blame it on Sesame Street...

21 months and all attitude...

thankful for homemade puddles

lila in the rain...

the best thing about rain is that lila gets to use an umbrella...this is something she's been looking forward to for awhile.

Lila's new cousin Lucy lands in Oz

Big hugs and kisses to beautiful Lucy, Auntie Sarah, Uncle Matt and Mackenzie....

mastering the chop sticks, celebrating with tea

"cool 'pack"

Lila says "cool" a lot these days but seems especially passionate about it when she's describing her new backpack..."cool pack" first thing in the morning all the way until bedtime. Let's just say that it's tricky convincing her to take it off for her bath....this is a girl that looooovvvveeeessss to accessorize.

fun with rosi

cool with the gang

do not disturb

flower power

rocking mum's shoes...

step away from the dog food.

thanks for the 'spooktacular' new pjs grandma + grandpa...

Princess Leia, dental hygiene, sponge bob and an ewok named karl

Where's the great pumpkin?

Lila's room gets a makeover..

New bookcase, new easel, new table and chairs....lots more room to be creative...Lila is very content in her updated space and especially happy her parents finally dug all her books out of the boxes in the garage....

Storey family visits

Audrey + Ava were amazing personal assistants to Lila while they were in town last weekend. Lila had tons of fun snooping through their stuff, bossing them around and being entertained by her older, wiser girlfriends.

Road trip—Yosemite/Lake Tahoe

Lila's first haircut

While Angela was on an early morning conference call, Daddy took the scissors to Lila. The good news is that she's cute anyway + seems to love the new coiffure.

Happy Happy Happy

Lila's been saying a lot of her new favorite word today...."HAPPY"

Happy Birthday Rosi!

We are celebrating Rosi's birthday this week + very thankful she's been part of our family.

Grandma + Grandpa visit....woo hoo!

Lila's first lawn

Special thanks to Brendan who spent many hours putting this in...Lila and Karl are very happy about it.

playground diva

Note the book Lila chose as her calling card... "Little Miss Star" indeed...yes, she's wearing one of my necklaces. She insisted. Ay caramba!