So I have spent the last day and a half combing through old photos of my three as babies, well one still is but that’s beside the point… I spent so much time reminiscing that I never got the chance to put up my photos! Here are a few favorites from each and you can see me attempting to use those tips I have continued to attempt to put into practice!

The ultimate in baby eco-fashion, we’ve got some new IsaBooties in! My sweet baby has both of the girly styles. I love knowing that I am putting safe, eco-friendly fabrics on her little feet and she loves them too.

My husband has taken the kids, starting when there was just one, every year at the crack of dawn to the Tigard Festival of Balloons. It’s this weekend for you locals out there. Go early and see the balloons launch, then get donuts. Healthy I know, but hey it’s tradition!

Update: We ended up deciding to go later in the day this year to see more of the festival and give the boys a chance to go on a ride or two. Boy were we disappointed. I couldn’t believe they didn’t have any balloons during the day, although I see now that it says that on the website. There were a lot of problems that I had with the festival this year and I am not sure if we will be back again. At least the boys enjoyed a couple of rides…

For five years now we have gone to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden to celebrate Mother’s Day. I love this tradition! I only hope it will continue into the kids’ teenage years. We saw another mama with two teenage boys who was lamenting that they never let her take photos of them anymore. But. They were there. All together. And they looked happy. I suppose that is all you can ask for at any age, to be happy with your loved ones.

And another tradition we started when my first baby boy was only 2 months old… and continued with my second baby boy when he was only 1 month old… and finished this year with baby girl at 9 months old.

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day this year and for the other 364 days out of the year I wish that you can enjoy the grubby little hands softly, stickily holding your face for a kiss, squeezing those delicious chubby baby legs (and get a baby belly laugh), holding a little hand as she walks in the grass for the first time, soothing a bruised knee or bruised ego, snuggling a sleepy head, and remembering to enjoy each moment good and bad because babyhood, childhood, is so fleeting.

My first born, his first May.

Happy Earth Day!!

My best April Fool’s joke ever. We had been planning this for a little while and it turned out soo well, it was fun. I took the kids out so my husband could make dinner in peace. When we got home it was time to eat and we told them we were having chili, grilled cheese sandwiches, and peas & carrots. They didn’t even question it…