Simple Toys

Strange eskimo baby with her favorite video game: Gears of War. Veeeerrrry appropriate for children. Don't worry.


Kendall and her favorite spice. Cumin, of course!


The requisite "hair" picture. It's finally starting to grow on the sides! Too bad, I kinda liked the curly faux-hawk.


Side view.


Kids always seem to love the simplest toys the best, don't they? Stacking rings from the resale shop (a classic toy), blocks, books...Kendall's favorites. Add to that list: spoons mama hands her while she's cooking, bowls, empty cardboard boxes...basically anything that isn't a traditional "toy."


I just love this shirt on her..so hippy-chick!


Playing with a spork and circle shape. Look at the shoes!! Target, baby!


I had to throw in this picture of some gorgeous hydrangeas form Trader Joe's. I told Brandon that if he ever wants to impress a girl, just get her some flowers. He said, "Or take her out to dinner, right?" This boy's on the right track! Speaking of...


This one and I went to mother-son night at his school on Friday. There was a spaghetti dinner complete with mile-long dessert bar (nobody could have possibly eaten all that sugar in one night. Not even 1,000 boys. Seriously, there were a lot of cupcakes. I may have sampled one. Or two), a magician (The Amazing Dana), a photo booth (long line, we didn't get a picture), and lots of running around the play structures screaming at the top of their lungs in the dark. The miracle was that nobody got hurt. It's like they all had night-vision goggles on.


They had goodie bags for the boys with magic tricks. Remember this "Fortune-telling Fish?" According to the fish Brandon is jealous and I am passionate.


Simple toys...

And then I baked...cupcakes.

And they were sooooooooo good.


So light and airy. With fluffy frosting- not too much. A few sugar pearls that lightly crunch in your mouth...


It's really all about presentation, isn't it?

Hope you all had a great weekend, too!