Seri turns 10!

Seri is 10!
What?
Seriously.
What?
How can that little, adorable, silly, beautiful little girl God blessed our family with already be 10? 

She is growing up and I wish I could stop it. 

Seri's Birthday Trip to Seattle

This year Seri chose to take a trip to Seattle to celebrate her 10th birthday. 

Her list of things to do included:
1.  Alki Beach
2.  Gum Wall
3.  Aquarium
4.  Shopping
5.  Hotel
6.  Explore

Boy, did we do all of those and more. 
We had
SO
MUCH
FUN.

 

 

Jett turns 7!

 Jett is 7!
How can that be?
No really.
Time goes by so fast.
Too fast.

Jett is a character.
Smart.
Artistic.
Hilarious.
Full of energy.
Sarcastic.
Busy.
Loud.
So sensitive.

Boy, we love him so.

Smores Party

 We had a few friends
over to celebrate
Jett's 7th Birthday.
No cake.
Just lots of chocolate, graham crackers, marshmallows and a campfire.
Perfect. 

Jett turns 5!

My boy turned 5 and I am still trying to wrap my head around it.  How has it been 5 years ago today that I became a Mama to my precious boy.  It seems like just yesterday I was holding him for the first time.  Fast forward 5 years and he is my smart, artistic, music loving, funny and loving little man.

I love love love LOVE him.

What is your name?  Jett 
How old are you?  5
What is your favorite color?  All the colors
What is your favorite movie?  Avengers
What is your favorite thing to drink?  Hot chocolate
What is your favorite book to read?  My ocean books
What is your favorite song to sing?  All the songs I like.  I can't pick.
What do you want to be when you grow up?  A superhero
What toys do you like to play with?  My Transformers
Where do you like to go?  The beach
What makes you happy?  You make me happy Mama.  (followed by a kiss and a hug)
What makes you sad?  When people get hurt.
What is your favorite kind of ice cream?  Chocolate.  Yum.
I wish...I had 20 Transformers.

Happy Birthday Seri!

My girl turned 8!

Can you believe it?

8!

:.big sigh. holy moly.:

She is a beauty.  

I love her confidence, personality and love of fashion.  

She chose to skip the birthday party with friends and head to Seattle.

Woohoo! 
We stayed in a beautiful hotel and loved having the pool to ourselves.  

Seri wanted to go to Build-A-Bear for her birthday present.  

She had so much fun building and dressing Miss Piggy.  

Adorable.

We headed to the beach with some friends and lasted for a maybe 15 minutes because it was FREEZING!  

Boy, do we love these little people.  

Can you tell the little Swishers adore Seri?  We had so much fun spending the afternoon with them and their beautiful Mama.  

Seri LOVES the big city.  

She thinks living in an apartment in the city would be the best!