thursday morning in the park

Sofi, Zara and I spent a wonderful morning at the park with our friend Hannah and her sons.

Hannah humored me and took some shots of me and the girls. It's almost impossible for me not to pose for a shot or two with my girls where ever I go. (Just ask Jamie!) Thanks Hannah!

Sofi and Athen played together beautifully. H. brought some balloons that pretty much entertained them the whole time. They ran off in the grass, played in the wood chips under the slide, balanced on the see saw and splashed in the water fountain.

Asher on the loose.

Balloon fight.

By a happy accident, I ran the "colorized" action by Pioneer Woman on this underexposed photo. Love how the balloon is almost the only color in the photo.

Meanwhile, H and I chatted with our babies in our laps on a blanket under a shady tree.

Me and Zara.

Pretty in pink. Lots of pink! (I used to dress Sofi in all colors when she was a baby: blue, yellow, red, and some pink - and lots of pants - not many dresses. But strangers would often think she was a boy - she had very short hair for a long time. So I maybe overcompensating with Zara).

H and her boys.

After the park, the girls and I grabbed lunch at our favorite Vietnamese joint. At home Sofi and I finally finished the bookshelf for my scrapbook room. She was in charge of screwing in the screws after I put the pieces together. She's really quite good at it!

Our next project is to apply the vinyl wall decals that we got at this Etsy shop....Sofi got a purple castle and some lavender dandelion seeds. I got a brown birdhouse on a branch and a three white birds. We are just deciding where to put them.

Today, I also just received this rag quilt in the mail. Will definitely be doing another photo shot with this pretty blanket.