Hats off to you, Gammy!

Happy, happy Birthday to Trudi!  We had her over and I prepared a meal to her specific instructions; rotisserie chicken, potato souffle, Caesar salad (I make the most delicious Caesar dressing and croutons), and bread.  For dessert, I made Ina Garten's Coconut Cupcakes, which are straight from heaven. Make them and then I challenge you not to eat 9 of them. Eric likely ate 15.

Here is my table... spring in mind, come on sunshine!

Happy birthday to you! I do believe that the expression on Bitty's face is her "you couldn't torture it out of me, go ahead and try!" 

A testament to why you should not expect much when trying to photograph this bunch with the timer... cheese.

Go fly a kite.

The Stagglets were gifted a kite by Santa Claus and finally in March the stars to aligned and both weather and schedules merged into a day that was conducive for kite flying! Abril, Jacob, and Amelia joined us.

Jacob and Gunnar hanging out in the stroller.

Mr. Stagg, rigging up the kite!

Here we are wrestling with the wind.

Amelia and Bitty, flying the kite.

Jacob crawls already... poor Abril! He also has teeth.

"I'm gonna eat your face!" 

Jacob's expression is great.

Random visit to Aunty Staci's...

Whenever I go home, it seems its always centered around my parents place.  Bitty informed me that she wanted to do an Aunty Staci sleepover, where we would "sew, make & eat cupcakes, craft, and maybe do some more fun stuff."  Aunty Staci, Activities Czar, did not let Miss Adelaide down in the least.  It was two FULL days.

Here we are at Payton's... wrecking Ashley's (Payton's Mama) house, but looking fine doing it!

Sewing, check! 

Cupcake making and eating, CHECK!!!

Trying to frost cupcakes without LJ consuming half of your work is very difficult.

Serious Boss is pleasantly and surprisingly silly with little people.

Here the girls and Boss are taking MadDog for a bit of a stroll.

Gunnar and Aunty Staci.

Getting crafty, check!

The girls painted these plates (at the Art Garden) and then we wrote their names on them, LindyJean's is red and orange and Bitty's is green with a touch of pink.  They eat almost all their meals on them and turn into complete crabpots at the table if they are not clean and available.  Particular little buggers.

Thanks Aunty Staci for a lovely couple of days.  We adore you... lots.