ticket to ride

 When Roland got home this afternoon he had a message on his phone.  It was from his parents.  They were calling with great news.  They got their plane tickets and they'll be here on April 20 (they're staying for 2 months!).  The kids were thrilled with this news and wanted to make a countdown chain ASAP.  Sorry about the lousy photo quality.  These were the best I could get.

practicing the crawl

almost got it

 

what would theses girlies do without each other?

don't you love it when you find darling
 fabric on sale at JoAnn?  Me too.

this and that

I just love this face.

Eric is making gnocchi. It's an Italian pasta made with potatoes. Roland's mother and grandmother used to make it and I have finally figured out how to make it too (with Eric's help!). YUMMMM.

Charlie loves to watch/listen when daddy plays the guitar.

See? I just love this face!

staring at the guitar.

these three wish that we would go on dates every night and let Lindsay come babysit. They don't have near as much fun with us. Lindsay makes them crowns and thrones and makes up stories about flying horses. Seriously. These kids are so lucky.

For Valentine's Day daddy got flowers for all his girls. The younger two got these vases of carnations and I got tulips. Eric got chocolate. And we all got love-notes. He left everything by our places at the table and I was so happy when I came out to make breakfast in the morning. I'm the luckiest.

simple, festive breakfast. mmmm.

the recap

true to form, the birthday boy was up at the crack of dawn (5 AM, to be exact). We had the cake in the oven and breakfast cleaned up by 6:30!

While he was at school, the girls and I got set up for his Lego party. The poster with the blue square Legos is a matching game with different pictures of Eric. I asked him to build me a centerpeice the day before and I loved his creation!

He picked In-N-Out for dinner. He did a great job with his lego cake and even frosted it himself. We had so much fun with the family at his party and he has enough legos to keep him occupied for a while!

p.s. click to enlarge the photos

seven

Seven things we love about Eric:
1.The gap in his teeth
2. He loves his siblings
3. He is an early-riser like his Daddy
4. He is affectionate
5. The way he adores his Dad
6. His laugh (it's totally infectious)
7. His cute accent when he speaks french
Happy Birthday Buddy Boy! We love you so much!

p.s. isn't my sister a great photographer?