Daddy, You are "Da Bomb!"

Happy Father's Day to the man who, day after day, earns his title with all of its glory.
We got daddy this awesome flower seed bomb kit, from Greenaid Seedbombs and made lots of cards for him.

We also got him a few nice books: "The book of Dads" and "No Fits, Nilson!" (well, that last one was for everyone).
As soon as daddy woke up, he put on his Father's Day T-shirt from last year and was ready to roll.

We love him sooooo much... hasta el infinito, ida y vuelta, ida y vuelta, ida y VUELTA!

And to our dads, and the other dads in our lives, and the rest of the awesome dads out there: Happy Father's Day to you too!!! Hope you had a wonderful day.

Cheers,

Gaby

Cool Stuff, Cool People and a Fairy Garden Kit

I love it when people surprise me with unexpected coolness. Be it an awesome baby's birthday care package (thanks so much, E, S, and little J, we loved it all!).

A sweet and super nice mom at Sophie's gymnastics class, who turned out to be a very talented writer. The hubs said: "You must really like this book; I've found you like this for the last few nights!", after finding me in bed doing everything I could to read a bit more of "How lucky you are", before passing out.

A great artist, like Robert C. Jackson with his balloon dogs (I mean, who doesn't like balloon dogs?!).
A three and a half year old who knows you've had a crappy day and decides to clean up, because she knows it will make you smile.

Or a wonderful family from preschool, who quickly became some of our favorite people here. I felt like we needed to give back a little bit of coolness, so Sophie and I put together a fairy garden kit for the girls. We had a lot of fun making it, and I hope they enjoy it as much as we do.

So to all the cool people out there, thank y'all for the awesomeness (this of course includes all the members of our families, who do everything they can to come and see us, and shower our kids -and us a bit, too- with love).
Cheers,

Gaby

Fairy Teepee Village

A few months ago, when we were longing for spring, we came across these silken pyramid teas, which were perfect for Fairy Teepees (I was excited every time someone had a tea, so we could make one more teepee, but if you are a tea lover, you will probably be excited to drink it too).

The first day it got warm, we built this Fairy Teepee Village:

Unfortunately, soon it got cold again, so we couldn't play there much, but luckily the Fairies figured out a way to keep warm and out of sight.

We are getting excited thinking about our new Fairy Garden too. Hopefully we'll get to make it soon!
For now, I am entering this one in the Fairy Garden Contest at The Magic Onions, just to share the fun with other Fairy Garden enthusiasts.
Cheers, and happy warm weather, finally!

Gaby

Happy to Be a Mother

Sophie made an "I love Mom" book at preschool. She knows me so well...

... or does she?! :)

I love being a mother. Even though we've been sick on and (almost non-) off for the last six months. Even though I am so tired, that I was happy when I was so sick that I had to stay all day in bed. Even though the baby did a pre-mother's day all over himself (and myself) throw-up on Saturday night, and then came to our bed at 2 am and proceeded to slap me and kick dad, until at 6:15 am he decided it was time to jump with joy and get up.
Fortunately, the day got better as it progressed: Sophie and I put on our wonderful fox and bunny dresses by Boo and had a photo shoot.

Daddy made Oliver giggle until he could not laugh any more.

I just cannot believe how lucky I am to have these wonderful kids, this incredibly generous, thoughtful and handsome husband, this poor old sweet dog... Thank you for making me a mom. I love you with all my heart.

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's day.
Cheers,

Gaby

Our Baby Turned One!

How sweet and sour... I have no idea how this year passed by; all I know is that I am completely in love with this kiddo...

The cousins (and uncle and aunts) came to celebrate with us, so we had an extra blast.

I bought a lot of special treats for the clown-themed party: the best pierrot clown hats, clown cupcake toppers, tiny pinwheel picks, a balloon animal making kit (inspired by my latest obsession), a ring toss game, a circus photo opp banner, the cutest big top centerpiece, and clown noses and animal crackers for favors. Sophie made a picture of Oliver dressed as a clown, and we used half of a clown nose to finish it up perfectly.

And the most special treats were actually for big sister and myself: some incredible dresses by Boo, from neezapodoma (who is totally awesome).

Well, the kids favorite was actually daddy's surprise bouncy castle :)

We had tons of fun at the party and with the family, thanks to everyone, we love you.
Cheers,

Gaby

The Easter Bunny and The Fairies Came

 Happy Spring! Happy Passover! Happy Easter!

The Easter bunny came to our house, and left a few things for everyone. And apparently the fairies were here too, and left some sparkles (or maybe it was sugar from the peeps, who am I to tell?) on the counter. Sophie got some bunny peeps and some chocolate eggs,

I got some (old) cake pans, daddy got a chocolate bunny, and baby Oliver got... a leaf. Yes, Sophie decided that this little leaf she found on the floor had to be what the bunny had left for the baby, so he could flap, flap, flap it and fly :)

 Then she opened the fridge looking for carrots to send to the bunny, although then she realized we didn't know where the bunny lived. No worries! She figured we could put the carrots in some cars and write a note asking to please take them to the bunny. Perfect plan!

Hope you are starting to feel the warmth of the season. I know we are trying to enjoy it while it lasts (although we are all sick again... pfffttt!!!).

Cheers,

Gaby

What To Do With Two Sick Kids

We have all been sick for almost a straight week now (not counting the months of on and on sickness), and I am running out of ideas on how to distract a sick baby. Luckily his big sister has been mostly amazing and super helpful, but still, every sick baby has his limits. So I decided to try out this easy baby's first painting, made with yogurt and food coloring.
Baby was happy with the novelty for a total of three and a half minutes,

and his favorite part was painting his high chair.

But big sister had a great time painting,

and then eating the paint.

Well, that was some sort of success...
Better get back to the nebulizer and steam baths, gotta get rid of these bugs!
Oh, kind of on this note, here is a video that sums up how we've been feeling lately. We thought dealing with all these issues with the second child would be a piece of cake, silly us. And the baby is ten months already. When, oh when will we be able to sleep again?! And if the video isn't enough, here is a photo of how I look today (and to think last night I was so full of stylish dreams).

Hope you are feeling better than us, and if you have suggestions on what to do with the kiddos (or the mamma), they will be much appreciated!
Cheers,

Gaby