Visit from Stacey/Wine Country

One of my favorite people came to visit over the weekend, Stacey Gwinnup. My kids loved having Stacey visit and were very sad to see her go on Sunday. Eva said, "Stacey {where} are you?"

Stacey was so fun, patient and nice to both of the girls. Case in point; below Stacey let Lila blow dry her hair for an hour on 2 different occasions. Lila was in heaven that Stacey trusted her to do her hair and promised Stacey that it would look good. 

Out in the Pearl District on Friday night

On Saturday Anne, Kelli, Stacey and I went to Oregon's Wine Country for a fabulous day in the country. The wine was amazing, the food was even better {Farm to Fork}. A perfect day with the girls.

Saturday night Scott, Lila and Eva planned a surprise birthday party for Stacey {her birthday was on Sunday}. Lila was thrilled about throwing surprise party and went all out decorating with balloons and streamers.

Laundry Room

Today I said to Lila, "Watch Eva for a second while I run upstairs". I never do that but I thought she might enjoy the responsibility and besides they were both sitting at their red table eating dinner when I left. Precisely one minute later Lila is upstairs. I say to Lila, "We better go downstairs to check on Eva". She says, "No mama, Eva's fine, I put her in the laundry room". WHAT? I run downstairs and Eva is in the laundry room, door shut with the light off demanding to be let out. Eva seemed unphased by the incident. Lila was 100% serious that she had put Eva in a safe place. Cute? Sweet? Naughty? Mischievous?  

My Little Helper

Lila is always wanting to help me so I put her to work vacuuming the kitchen.

Santa Spotting in November (12th to be exact)!

Friday is Girls Day Off...it's the day I take off each week and spend with the girls. Last Friday Scott took the day off and spent it with us which was a treat. We started the day with an allergy appointment for Lila (woo-hoo) I know but I was REALLY glad I didn't have to haul Eva to the appointment since they tend to be long.

After that we went to Slappy Cakes for breakfast. If you haven't been there or heard of it this place is super fun for kids and adults. They have a griddle on the table and you make our own pancakes right at the table. You've likely seen other posts about this on our blog if you read regularly. You get to order all kinds of sides to add to your pancakes. This week we had bananas, chocolate chips and cheese (uh... that was all Lila).

Then we went downtown Portland to Pioneer Courthouse Square to watch them bring in a HUGE Christmas Tree to be set up for the holidays. We were really surprised to see SANTA! Both girls did great Lila giving him a hug and Eva a smile. Neither of them were scared at all. I'm hoping this translates into a great photo of them both sitting on Santa's lap smiling. Fingers crossed!

We even got free hot chocolate!

The most impressive thing about this was all of the equipment that it took to move this tree and that they moved it around with a crowd up people underneath. Yes, we stood to the side!

Two Little Turkey's

Getting into the holiday season and making hand shaped turkeys!

Below is Eva's handprint made into a turkey (age 19 months).

Lila's hand shaped turkey and her name L-I-L-A (age almost 3 1/2).

Gymnastics

Lila went to a gymnastics birthday party recently where she experienced bungie jumping and zip lining. Our brave girl!

Zoo

We had a fabulous morning at the zoo with my cousin Mahkaea on Sunday. The weather was chilly but sunny as you can tell from the photos. 

Super dad!