4.23.11

Chloe at Jr Prom

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dress: jcrew

shoes: jcrew

jewelry: jcrew

hair: Chelsey

makeup: MAC

4.18.11

Yesterday we had such a lovely Palm Sunday. After we attended church, mom and dad put on a delicious brunch (and then we all stayed for lunch.) Monet got to wear her Easter dress.

We set up a little Easter egg hunt for her in the back yard. She got the hang of it right away. She had a lot of fun finding the eggs.

And then she discovered they had candy in them.

We all sat in the backyard most of the afternoon, soaking up the sun. Monet spent all of her time playing with Sadie and Tinkerbell. Her favorite thing to do is to put food in their dishes. They must love when she comes over because they get lots of extra grub.

(goal for the rest of the year: start to take photos of other people other than just Monet (!))

4-16-2011

Babysitting

We are the BEST babysitters ever:)

New York City

I went to New York with my Fashion Design class last week and we arrived there on Friday morning, and left Tuesday night. We got to meet with Designers, go to plays, visit Art Museums, and did tons of shopping:)

Central Park

Then we headed over to Ground Zero.

Advice: When you have a billion shopping bags, make sure you switch off shoulders so this never happens to you.

In the morning, we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Designer, George Simonton talked to us about is coat company and how he got started. He was amazing!

Radio City.

Later that day, we went to the Empire State Building.

Then, we went back Time Square and went shopping!

On our last day of our trip, we got a little rain.

Before we left to the airport, we went to a meeting with a French women who makes and sells hats. She makes these hats for the Kentucky Derby. It was so much fun to hear how she got started in her business!

This trip was such an amazing experience! I loved every minute of it. (especially the shopping)

4.12.11

Our house was featured on this "Made By Girl" blog. Pretty cool.

www.madebygirl.blogspot.com/2001/04/home-tourvia-made-by-girl.html

(when it says it doesn't exist click on the "made by girl" link and it will bring you to the page)

4.12.11

Monet's First Time Skiing

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Last Saturday me, Grant, Riley, Becky and Chloe took Monet skiing at Sundance, for her first time. It was really warm and overcast and there was no one there so it was perfect. We tried putting her in the hiking backpack but she didn't want anything to do with that. Then we tried putting on her little goggles but she didn't want anything to do with those either. So we carried her and her eyes were watering, but she was happy and it was all about her having a good experience. (Giving her Skittles on the lift made her extra happy!) I love her little grin. She loved it. When we would stop she would say, "more, more."

She looked like a little doll on the chair lift, so tiny.

We skied for a least an hour. She wanted to go more, but I didn't want to wear her out. I figured better to leave happy and excited for next year. Then she'll be on her own skis.

Afterwards we had lunch and suckers in the deli. (She likes to "cheers" everything.)

I'm so glad that she loved it (even though she doesn't really have a choice in this family!)

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It was the perfect way to close the ski season.

4.2.11

A haircut and the park

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Tuesday, Monet had her first haircut. No one would let me cut her hair so we chopped her bangs. It's so cute. I love it. Friday we went to Vintage park. We played and played. Chloe took all of these adorable photos. Monet was in heaven. I don't think she remembered what warm weather felt like!

It was such a great day.