Thursday, July 15, 2010

bebe's big birthday day! pt.1: birthday cake!

i'm not finished with the posts from the last two weekends, but i wanted to interrupt history for today to present bebe's second birthday festivities. as tradition stands, bebe has a rigorous and demanding birthday celebration schedule, starting with a party at mems' and teed's house over the second weekend of july (more on that shortly), followed by her actual birthday (more on that almost immediately), and culminating on the following weekend with grammie and grandpa glen and the aunties and uncles (more on that futuristically)!

since it's such a momentous occasion (and mommy would be blogging it right away), i wanted to get my coverage up as soon as possible. mommy wrote a wonderful summation of our beautiful daughter over at her blog (or should i say her old blog), and i wanted to offer a more in-depth photographic tie-in to compliment her entries. tomorrow we'll get back to covering fourth of july weekend, etc. for now, in the first of four parts, i give you Bebe's Big Day, or, El Segundo es Muy Bueno!



it all begins with the cake:



even when you take away the color this kid is gorgeous!


"ha-pee bierfday tchooo beeee-beeeee. and mooooooreeeee. ha-pee bierfday, eat cake."
that's the song she's been singing since last weekend.





















i think these pretty much speak for themselves.


because of bebe's allergies, the cake recipe is vegan (no eggs, dairy), so it's cool to lick the spoon (and bowl, and floor, and some you spilled on your diaper...)!



Wednesday, July 14, 2010

NUMBER TWO!!!


that is to say, year number two!




Bebe Marie is two years old today! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEBE!

stay tuned for more posts, later today!

Monday, July 12, 2010

playground with teed

i've got not one, but two pretty packed weekends to get through- for both the fourth of july weekend and this past weekend we were out at mems' and teed's place, and the social schedule was filled to bursting. summer is usually a pretty busy time of year for us, but this is getting a little ridiculous. luckily, we love being at their house, especially when they're around to hang out with us!




we kicked off the fourth of july weekend festivities with a trip to our new favorite playground with teed!


bebe led the way and we followed closely behind.


i'm happy to report that my daughter did not just follow a path because it was there. she instead saw a more direct route and made her own way to the waiting swings.


when we got there, teed was eager to push. afterwards, we knew why:
'and there you go- my work is done!'



'this isn't so hard.'
(we had to explain to him that swinging with bebe requires more than just one push.)



after we pointed out the above sign and a mild threat to lock him up,


he was rededicated to swinging.



swinging is hard work, even if you're just getting pushes the entire time. snack break.



testing the integrity of the wiggle bridge.



'y'know bebe, i don't know if you know this, but i'm a lawyer. if you were to say, hurt yourself, on this wiggly, unsafe play structure, there could be some lucrative returns in it for you.'



"oh yeah? like what?"


'you like dumptrucks, right?'


"yup."


'how'd you like a few of your own? REAL dumptrucks. i could get you a couple different colors... maybe even throw in a digger, or an excavator?'



"a digger? cool! where should i fall down? how about on this nail over here?"



we had a great time playing with teed, and even capped it off with a little smacker:

SUMMMOOOOCH!!!




after a hard morning of playing, the mango kids decided to head home for lunch.



there they go!



but wait! there's more!
teed told us that there was a little airport nearby, and if we went there, we might be able to see some PLANES. LANDING. AND TAKING OFF! bebe was pretty excited, but once we got there, it was a little more difficult to discern who we were really there for.
'HEY! HEY! I SEE A YELLOW ONE! DO YOU GUYS SEE THE YELLOW ONE? RIGHT OVER HERE? YELLOW! WOW!'


we saw so many planes overhead that we thought for sure some would land, and we'd be there to see it!



we waited.


and waited. but none came, and as it got closer to lunch time, we had to go home to mems' and teed's house. maybe next time?




Wednesday, July 7, 2010