Crazy Love Gamble-Style

Yes, none of these go together, I'm just happy to be posting them, so there is that... Our wonderful neighbors took us out to Peitro's Pizza for a fun night of celebrating the girl's birthdays.  They were embracing that idea of spending time rather than gifts, I am so happy because this is the kind of thing we will all always remember.  We all had a great time!  They are the best neighbors ever.  Here are the Valentines themed cookies the girls and I made for Church.  These girls have style. So cute, all in red. Starbucks date with the bestie. Sassy, in this picture and in life. Our ballet teacher had a sub last week, but she didn't show up.  Ava happily said she would teach the class. I went on a nice family hike the other day, it was so fun!  Love hiking trails that are stroller friendly.  We did 4 miles which I'm sure would of been a bit much for our little shorty.  Love Linda Love her. Where ...

I feel like Norah's birthday has been the most drawn out event EVER.   John had mentioned that we don't do as much for Norah as we tend to do for Ava, and honestly, there is some truth in that.  I know I can get away with less for her, she doesn't expect much and she is just happy feeling celebrated.   We really don't do that much for Ava either, outside of making her feel loved, special and a little spoiled.  But anyhow, that got me thinking that I better get a jump start on Norah's birthday so as we took our beach week off from school I was careful to include a few balloons and pointed out that everything that was fun that we did was "for her birthday".  Maybe too much, since by the time her actual birthday-day was here, I was feeling a little over it.  (I promise she did not notice though, I was careful not to let on)  We had her party on Saturday, just her best friend and her cousin, it was t...