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turning five

sherwin — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 04:30:42 +0000

We celebrated R’s big 5 with an artsy birthday party at home. (thanks to our friend Kelby for taking many of the photos for us!). As R’s friends arrived, we welcomed them with facepainting and then they played in our balloon room on the covered porch outside.

once everyone arrived, they painted birdhouses

then an early lunch

next was time for a game (we played the crayon drop game) and a story about colors, called “mix it up”

finally birthday cake time!

happy birthday to our sweet and silly girl!

beach vacation 2015

sherwin — Fri, 22 May 2015 01:09:17 +0000

Last week we drove to Wilmington and Wrightsville beach for a short 3 day vacation. We got lucky with perfect weather and had a wonderful time. We arrived late Wednesday afternoon and squeezed in an hour at the beach before dinner. R couldn’t wait to get out her bucket!

Day 2: Beach Day! R brought her beach toys, even her magnifying glass and flashlight. She was READY. First, sandcastles.

We were so thankful to borrow an awesome beach umbrella and chairs from our friends. Made everything even more enjoyable.

Shell hunting.

At first not too sure about getting into the ocean… but she eventually loved standing in the water with the waves washing over her feet.

Beach selfie!

After a full morning of sun, we had had enough and packed up for the day. The rest of the day was spent eating (fish tacos), napping, and eating again (fresh seafood extravaganza) in Wilmington. At the end of the day, R declared it the BEST. DAY. EVER.

On our last day, we paid the beach one last visit before leaving after lunch.

Exhausted.

this and that

sherwin — Wed, 20 May 2015 01:02:23 +0000

here are a bunch of miscellaneous photos from the last few months.

being silly:

a very serious bunny practicing her piano:

wearing a “bindi” she got from school:

dinosaur from the museum of life and science in durham:

planting with melody:

learning to spell in french:

tea party:

duke gardens in spring

sherwin — Sun, 17 May 2015 18:10:07 +0000

I forgot to post these photos from last month when Grandma L was visiting. We visited Duke Gardens on a beautiful spring day and all the flowers were in bloom.

easter 2015

sherwin — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:38:07 +0000

Our church has a wonderful children’s program, and this year there was a fun easter event hosted by our friends the Kizers. There was an easter story, easter egg hunt, easter parachute and easter snacks!

Easter sunday!

twinkle toes

sherwin — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:16 +0000

this spring we tried a semester of dance lessons (that is, organized prancing around) which R really enjoyed. every week, she received a special sticker from her teacher which she would carefully bring home and save.

north carolina snow

sherwin — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 02:44:23 +0000

snow here in NC is quite the novelty… when it snowed last month, school was closed and everyone (it felt like) went out to make snowmen! I’ve never seen so many snow men in my life. at home, R got good use of her snow boots and gloves:

after the first snowfall in the early evening, we quickly went out and made our first snowman even though it was late because we were afraid it would melt…

turns out we didn’t need to worry, because we got plenty more snow later in the week. snow man family, and our snow bunny and snow dog.

pretty art with a snowy background

giant snowman we found on the street.