Blond, fair skinned, blue eyed, button nose ...

My friend Brittany likes to refer to my daughter as clone. Not a clone of me, but of my little sister Natasha (aka Ping). Britt used to be Tasha's nanny back in the day. I never really got that until I posted Ami's new haircut and then felt this weird deja vu feeling.





This is Tasha when she was Ami's age. Care to guess who cut her bangs?

The pink, no I mean brown house on the left

Pink House


Brown House


When we were discussing paint colors, I said I wanted the house to look like it was made of chocolate. Ami agrees. Husband was busy all weekend and finished the whole house! Nah, just the front. He kept going outside to view his beautiful work. For my sisters and mom, I'll post more before and after pictures as the work continues.

Ami's bangs

Cutting Ami's bangs is always a bit of an ordeal. I've tried everything from distractions to bribery but nothing works. When they get so long they start to stick to her snotty nose, I have to get serious. After a bath, I wrap her tightly in a towel (to keep her arms pinned), lay her on the carpet and gently sit on her with her head between my knees. Then I twist her bangs into one peice and do a quick snip. I always cut them a little too short but figure that's just more time before I have to torture her with this routine again.



After a few weeks, you won't even notice the botched job. Even though she screamed through entire procedure, she couldn't stop looking in the mirror and smiling. So looking forward to taking my little drama queen to the dentist in a few weeks.

Easter morning

One of the many great things about being newly married with children is starting your own holiday traditions. This was the first year we really celebrated Easter. Husband and I had a lot of fun hiding the eggs.




Ami LOVED the egg hunt. Especially when she discovered each one had an M&M inside.



Both kids really liked their Easter Baskets. Husband got a new reversible dress belt. He misplaced his previous one somewhere between Colorado and Washington last summer.



We decided to dye the eggs alone together last night and skip the kiddy mess. Niether child was too thrilled with the hard boiled variety. Gimme those plastic chocolate filled ones, mom!



For dinner we had a big ham and fresh baked apple pie... Nah, really we had breakfast for dinner made on my Easter present, a fully submersible liddle griddle.

Dusty Rose

Husband's project right now is to paint the house. He has always hated saying he lives in a pink house.



He has been anxious to get started but it has been raining all week. The porch is covered so he tested out the new colors on that.



What do you think, mom?



We are all sick with mild colds. Calvin wants comfort from no one but his dad.

Ami sings the ABCs

I told you she was a smarty pants.