long overdue pictures!

Life is beyond busy. What can I say? I've finally downloaded my camera pictures, sifted through them and resized the best pics to post here. Enjoy!

Turning back the clock of time...

Todd and I call this one the pouting bunny. LOL!

Julia's ode to potty training.

Our little guy!

Our Christmas tree trip to Vermont

Clark Griswald tying on the family Christmas tree.

They look like twins from behind lately!

Isabel being silly while Dad pays for the tree.

Lucy Rapunzel Beyer wearing the new dress up wig.

I took the girls and some friends to the movies.

Lucy reading today. She's really taking off with her reading this year. Exciting!

Jude's first black eye.

Isabel and her friend Chloe sledding.

A few winter shots from today.

Monster icicles.

Brrrrr. We might be looking at another snow day tomorrow.

Jude's smile!

Jude's here!

Another free digital collage by Smilebox

Isabel turned 4!!!!

As I'm sure most of you remember we welcomed Isabel into our lives just 2 weeks after moving to Albany and Todd starting his first job. It was a crazy time, but she was such a wonderful baby. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the hospital four years ago.

Isabel's first birthday party at the pool with friends.

Isabel's first birthday morning pancakes. An Isabel birtheday tradition.

Apparently Isabel never turned 2 because I can't find any photographic proof. Oh well. Moving on, this is one of my favorite pictures of Isabel ever. Her third birthday at the Rain Forest Cafe in Boston after a full day at the children's museum. Priceless.

This year was invited another family out for pasta at Beppo's and to watch Toy Story 3. I put together movie boxes for all the kids with candy, popcorn and glowsticks, and I printed TS3 coloring pages and activity books. Lucy sprinkled the table with sparklies.

Isabel showing me her flashing ring for the movie theater. Isabel loves a little bling.

Julia

Lucy Rapunzel Beyer

Hasn't Julia gotten so big?

More Isabel bling.

Princess Isabel's crown compliments of Nana.

Birthday cake and one happy 4 yo

Gah!

I don't even know how to begin catching up. This is such a busy time of year with all the end of school activities. I'm just going to throw a few pictures a night and see if I can catch up. Here are some pics from a birthday party we went to mid-May. There was a bouncy house and snowcone machine.

Happiness is three snowcones.

Isabel's picture day

Isabel had school pictures today and was asked to wear something "Eastery" so I rummaged through the tubs of girls' clothes and found the dress that Lucy wore to Isabel's baptism years ago. Isabel loved all the flowery details and was quite pleased with herself. She told her teacher she looked like a princess and keeps asking when she can wear it again. Easter seems like a long time to wait for her.

St. Patty's Day

Here are our three little leprechauns.

Isabel asked to have her hair look like a rainbow and this is what we came up with. She was quite happy.

Our oldest leprechaun help me make rainbow cupcakes and pots of gold for dessert. Here's the eager cook.

We followed the directions exactly and they turned out perfectly. A little tedious, but well worth the effort for special occasions Here's the link. I think they'd make fun birthday cupcakes too.

http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/taste-a-rainbow-cupcakes-842128/

The leprechauns danced some jigs while the cupcakes cooked. Isabel asked me to take a picture of her Dora.

Lucy saw Isabel getting her picture taken.

And Julia stopped and smiled at me for a nanosecond.

The fabulous results of our rainbow experiment. A colorful confection!

We paired our rainbows with a pot of gold. The leprechaun in lurking in the background patiently waiting for mom to take her pictures.

And finally, she gets to try one. Happiness is rainbow cupcakes.

We've been enjoying some unseasonably gorgeous weather so we made our first 2010 park trip yesterday. It was jam packed but I did manage to grab a few blue sky photos. The girls had so much fun, especially feeding the ducks. Julia kept chuckling every time a duck would splash.

X.O.

Erica