You know that there has been too many birthday parties for one weekend to accommodate when you child arrives at the last party on Sunday looking like this: What would have you done? Dropped her off or driven back home to tuck her bed?
Archive for May, 2008
all partied out
Posted in the ones about ava on May 27, 2008 | 16 Comments »
his fresh caught fairy
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about hungryman on May 26, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Here is some solid evidence that Ava’s daddy was indeed a part of the fairy festivities. He took the afternoon off a work so he could watch his little lady blow our four candles on a flower cake and run around in pink tulle and glitter wings. He didn’t make it into the little birthday [...]
a pixie party for the fairy princess
Posted in the ones about ava, tagged birthday party, fairy, family, life, mothering on May 23, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Once upon a time in the merry month of May a little Fairy Princess was born. Each year the Fairy Princess grew rosier and happier, bringing delight to all who knew her. As the fourth month of May came near, she sent out invitations to all her favorite fairy folk. On the day of the [...]
who put four candles on my baby’s cake?
Posted in the ones about ava, tagged birthday, fairy, family, life on May 16, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Oh what a beautiful day! Ava has exchanged this fairytale for the one in her dreams, and I will soon join her. Before I drift off, I thought I would share one picture. Ava was sure that she wasn’t truly four until she blew out all the candles. Here she is making her passageway out [...]
the not so big scare
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about badgers & friends, tagged family, life on May 14, 2008 | 9 Comments »
On Sunday evening, Ava was in her bed for the night and Nate was away at a softball game. The house was quiet and still. A nice, long soak seemed to be the perfect way to end a delightful Mother’s Day. I let the water roar out of the faucet drowning out the sounds of [...]
ava’s version of how i became her mama
Posted in the ones about ava, tagged family, heaven, life, mother's day, mothering on May 11, 2008 | 12 Comments »
“Mama, when we were in Heaven we just liked each other so much that we just always wanted to be with each other. And so we thought that you should be the mama and I would be the little girl. And then you had to go and then I had to wait for a long [...]
it’s almost my party and i’ll plan if i want to
Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment, tagged Birthday parties, family, mothering on May 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
At some point after her third birthday and before her fourth birthday, Ava realized that birthday parties are something that happen every single year. And she has been looking forward to her fourth birthday ever since. As the calendar pages have turned closer to May, her dreams about her fairy princess birthday party have grown [...]
blog subcriptions, they’re all the rage
Posted in the ones about the blog on May 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Raise your hand if you know what a feedreader is? If you’re hand is in the air, then you are most likely not related to me, and you are so above this post. For the rest of you (including all my lovely and loyal relatives), I’m about to save you from this tedious scenerio: Monday [...]
¡feliz cumpleaños chica!
Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about surprises on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Cinco de Mayo, we celebrated Shanel’s birthday with a New Mexican fiesta. Ava taped up balloons and wrote out name cards, while I rolled enchiladas and smashed up avocados. As I was smothering the corn tortillas with red enchilada sauce, I thought about the first time I brought New Mexican fare back to the [...]
here comes the sun
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2008 | 11 Comments »
(Photo posted as an entry for mother’s day contest). This is motherhood to me. The exuberant child taking hopeful steps into the future while holding onto her mother’s hand. ***Updated*** Thanks for you kind comments. Alas, this sun-shiny pic was passed over and with it the dreams of returning to this very beach. You can [...]
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