Belated Mother's Day post

Wow, it's been a while since we last posted. Sorry about that! Here's a quick recap of our Mother's day.

Since we flew back from Hawaii the day before, we were pretty exhausted on Sunday. We woke up late and had a lazy morning of unpacking and doing laundry. For lunch, Scott let me pick so of course I chose noodles! We went to a nearby Taiwanese "bistro" where I was able to get my jook and noodle fill. YUM! Bonus that Evie loves this restaurant.

Me and the Evester at lunch.

The rest of the afternoon was more chillaxin at home. We got a lot of packages while we were gone and the girls had a lot of fun playing around with them.

They were making beds to sleep in.

For dinner, we headed over to hang out with our pals Blakely and Graham again. I think this might become a tradition! this is our 3rd year in a row we've spent Mother's Day with them and it just works out great - the parents get to enjoy adult company and the kids all get along really well. Nora and Graham are still a bit weary of each other, but they love the older kids very much and follow them around in whatever they do.

Kids table!

All in all, it was a great day!

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Happy new year!!

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Eating on the road

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Nutcracker

I have fond memories of going to watch the Nutcracker at Christmas time and have been looking forward to when I can take my girls to watch with me. After Evie sat through Frozen on Ice so well, we figured she's old enough to sit through a ballet. We invited our pal Blakely and her mom Lauren to go with us, and we made it a girls trip. The little tykes did amazingly well! We got there early enough to grab booster seats for the two of them, and also splurged a bit on nicer seats to make sure they could see the dancers. They asked some questions throughout (like, what are those rats?) but for the most part watched quietly. Towards the end, Evie fell asleep but not before enthralled by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her sparkly dress. I can't wait to do it again next year! Pretending to be a ballerina. Palsy walsy. These two are the cutest! Mommy daughter picture Waiting for the show to start!

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