An Outing with Thomas...

Thomas The Tank Engine visited Mt Dora again this weekend and the children had a blast!
Here's O checking her tickets before reluctantly handing them over to the conductor.

Cake-a-holic!

Here's little Miss Sweet-Tooth savoring the fruits of her labors! Today we baked a batch of cupcakes and used our new Wilton Silly Feet Silicone Baking Cups! They looks so cute, are a dream to clean up afterwards, and anything that's recyclable has to be good, right?!
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?id=188050D8-423B-522D-FFBBDCC0D17450AA

Learn to swim!

Miss O is taking weekly swimming lessons and likes to practice at every opportunity - including the bath!
Unlike her mother, she doesn't seem to mind getting her hair wet .....

Princess O

What little girl doesn't dream of playing princess every now and again? Friends told us about the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disney Marketplace. Sounds right up Miss O's alley! I know where we'll be visiting this summer ...

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/moreMagic/shoppingDetail?id=BibbidiBobbidiBoutiquePage

Happy Easter!

With all that promise of chocolate is it any wonder that Easter is my favorite holiday?!

The most delectable Easter treat of all? Lindt Gold Bunnies, of course!

http://www.lindor.de/2865/2870/3159.asp?navId=3178

Yum!

We ♥ Polka Dots!

Polka dots: they're so much fun and to me they just scream "Springtime!"

This year our closets seem to be full of them!

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Yes! I am an enabler......

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First Ballet Recital

Tuesday afternoons are the most exciting time of the week at our house. That's when Olivia attends ballet lessons with Miss Beverly at the Orlando Ballet School.

http://www.orlandoballet.org/schoolhome.htm

Her first year of "Dress Up and Dance" is almost drawing to a close and this week the little ballerinas had a chance to try on their new pink recital costumes. Here's Olivia's friend Kate looking very gorgeous in hers!

Afternoon light ...

... is the absolute best time for picture taking! And all that nice new spring growth in the garden helps too!

From one extreme to another ....

Sometimes quiet and contemplative ......

... and sometimes not!

Glorious natural light!

We spent the past week in South Florida. D had to go to work while we got to play by the pool all day!

I love this hotel - it has huge plate glass windows that let in the most beautiful light for taking photos.! Is it bad to choose your hotel on that basis only??

A free spirit.

I love the way children are so full of joy and self confidence. This child will dance anywhere, anytime, just on a whim!

Pure joy for a mother to watch.

Don't you love this amazing mosaic wall as a backdrop? It was just a stroke of luck that her dress happened to match!

Dots and bubbles

Let me assure you - it's no mean feat blowing bubbles with one hand and trying to take photos with the other!

At times like this I need an assistant!