1st Halloween Party!

Well, a bow tie and rain boots is all we could coax Lucy into wearing, but it was fun going to a halloween party! It was at our neighbors house...

us, with our neighbor Joss who is dressed as Edward Scissor Hands! He looked awesome!

with Lucy after Juice Box #2

Lucy beached on the couch watching TV after 3 juice boxes, a cookie, and 1/2 of a donut!

Mother Goose...

Lucy loves Mother Goose rhymes...and has heard them so many times she knows lots of them by heart. Here is Hark, Hark The dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town. Some in tags and some in rags and some in velvet gown...

This Morning

These are silk wings I made for Lucy yesterday (with oraganza insets for real butterfly likeness!) Today she tells me "I don't like those mommy...Maybe Greta will want to try them". I'm telling you...she says this every time I make something for her! Maybe I should give up! However...she still likes the playdough...

mmm, playdough balls for lunch! and whats that cooking in the microwave?? i think she said it was cookies!

masterpieces! : )


Well, I have a bad new habit of letting Lucy watch cartoons (Dora or Olivia) on the computer next to me in bed in the morning if I am super tired, which is approx. 2-3x per week! This way I can get some extra sleep... But we made up for it this morning with lots of creative stuff! Lucy painted for a half hour or so, then decided to start pouring the paint water cup out into another cup. So I got her some more cups to work with and a funnel and she sat there for another 30+ min pouring back and forth. She also presented me with a cup of muddy paint water and said it was tea with brown sugar and brown and white and blueberries and rasberries... She gave some to Sally too and was concerned that Sally didn't like it. I love to watch her play and see what she thinks of to do.

Lately...

We have just been hanging out lately... here are some recent pictures!

I made homemade playdough, colored with blueberry juice! it was fun and easy!

i made a bear pancake with a face that scared Lucy...oops! i thought it was cute... ( i took the picture before Lucy was scared of it...fyi)

glue is a new favorite!!

i have been making felt boards!!

lucy has been getting in our bed and pretending to sleep...it's pretty adorable!

The RANCH!

horsies!

i swear my nose is just getting bigger and bigger!

Miguel no le gusta el sol!

with Marty the super nice wrangler!

Lucy in sunglasses from the 80s that Katie brought!

Grimace loves the ranch!


We went to Ring Lake Ranch with almost every Gennrich there is! It was a great time. The ranch is beautiful, just outside a small town in Wyoming called Dubois. We spent a week visiting with the horses and hiking around, and swatting as many mosquitos as we could manage! here are some pics...

Lately...

Lucy has really been liking to get dressed up...in sunglasses, goggles, headbands, wings, my shoes....

Her Auntie D sent her a teddy bear, which she loves and takes to bed every night.

I have been making things for my Etsy page bugbugstudio.etsy.com ...I also have a blog bugbugstudio.blogspot.com

Well, we have just been hanging out....getting a little tired of the hot hot hot summer. Yesterday we tried to go to the children's museum, but it was closed. However, right next to the museum (which happens to be in a charming area of downtown, seriously we felt like we were on the "downtown" set of a Meg Ryan movie) there was a cupcake shop called Delish! So we got a few cupcakes! Mexican Vanilla, Chocolate Banana, and Lemon Meringue... they were crazy awesome!

Living off the Land!

Lucy and I planted Basil seeds in January and now they are big plants. Last night I picked a bunch of leaves and made pesto with gnocci! My Italian grandma would be proud! 

plants wondering where all their leaves went!

Dinner!

Lucy got a balloon that day from Central Market...

ah, the look of appreciation! priceless!

SUMMER

We are enjoying our first Texas summer. It is super HOT just like everyone warned, but we are liking it a lot. Life is just so much easier with a driveway, carport (for shaded not so hot car), backyard, close parks and public kiddie pools. I'll post some recent pictures.

Lucy is bonkers for popcycles! Asks for one numerous times a day...

Lucy painting Greta blue! (sorry Virginia!)

Lucy/Daddy painting collaboration. Lucy likes to tell us what to paint and then we try our best to make her vision come to life!

Lucy wanted to try out her umbrella and raincoat in the sprinkler!

We finally got the screen porch cleaned and uncluttered!! I even shampooed the carpet!! 

Auntie Jugee visits!

Well, Lucy's pronounciation of Julie, has gone from Jugee to now, Jewey, but I still love Jugee! Jules came for a long weekend and we had a nice time. We took her for a train ride and ice cream at Barton Springs. So I thought I would post a few pics. Other highlights included going out Saturday night ( my mom came down to babysit) and we saw a modern dance performance and then went to a sports bar and watched skateboarding and ultimate fighting, whilst eating bar food. it was good to be out... : ) 

i keep forgetting to post this...

i did a triathlon! i was inspired by my friend Beth (who I used to work with at BCBG in LA) who lives here in Austin.  So, I started thinking about it, then slowly training, and then really training...and then i did it! it was fun! ...i was very slow! here are the stats! ...It took me 2hrs 19min 

Overall Rank

Class Rank

Swim

Swim Rank

Trans1

Bike

Bike Rank

MPH

Trans2

Run

Run Rank

Pace

Final

1509 of 1977

235 of 288

00:24:57

953

00:06:53

01:03:38

1707

11.3

00:04:30

00:39:41

1289

00:12:48

02:19:41

wallpaper + file cabinet = fun file cabinet

well, i got a file cabinet from a resale shop down the street, because we really wanted a BIG file cabinet. we have lots of little box ones, so when i saw one for $20 bucks, i got it! i was going to spray paint it, but then i saw this fun looking project on a blog...so i tried it out. you can use any paper, but it used vintage wallpaper i found on ebay. i really like the way it looks! and it only took a few hours, with help from some small assistants! http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/how-to/how-to-wallpaper-a-filing-cabinet-melbourne-063250

i LOVE having a yard!!

We have set up a fun little playzone in the backyard and it is so much fun. What a difference from having been in a 1bedroom apartment! I can't imagine what we would be doing if we still lived there. Probably the same thing, but just on our balcony...or at the park. But phew, it is so nice to have some space. Greta from next door comes over and Virginia (her mom) and I can just hang out and talk while they play. I'm calling it Baby Woodstock(because there is a lot of naked frolicking), but Mike says it's more like Burning Man...either way we are just dorky trying to come up with a name for it. But it's fun!