Find Your Happiness

Today was Amelia's first (ever!) day of school! Since the end of July, she has been asking almost daily if it was time to go to school. Needless to say, our little four year old was more than ready.  I woke up late (gasp!) because I was up two hours before my alarm from excitement but then dozed back to sleep. Thankfully, Daddy was off so he was able to help me get the two (three if you count Ellie as well) kids ready. Nathaniel usually rides his bike to school. But since it was his sissy's first day, he wanted to be there with us, too. I was nervous about the drop off but Amelia was a big girl. She didn't even look back to say or wave goodbye!  Well according to Amelia, it was a great first day! She loved playing with play dough, going to the different stations/group and making new friends. My picky eater even ate lunch! And she said her teacher told her she was a great listener. :)

These photos were taken back in January; hence the Christmas decorations everywhere. It is almost a treat to have this perfect lightning in winter and I'm absolutely loving it. I love the vibrancy of the colors and of course my two precious girls! Photos taken January 18, 2018

We had a huge snow fall last March and the bigger kids were begging to play in it (poor Eleanor was sick). Well I asked if they wanted to clean Daddy's car instead. Hubby was heading to work anway and I figured why not kill two birds with one stone. Well, they sure showed me. If they were going to scrape the snow off the car, they will do it in their own way. At one point, Nathaniel was on the hood and doing snow angels on top of the windshield. Oh kids. Hubs eventually went out there with them. And when they were all finished, Nathaniel and Amelia were rewarded by playing at the park with friends. (Photos taken March 21, 2018)

Happy birthday, princess. You are so loved by many.

Eleanor sleeps in her crib for the first half of the evening. Sometime between 2:30 to 3:30am, she wakes up and I move her to our bed. We already know she loves to rub her head side to side, which often results in epic bedhead. But this morning, she woke up with her pajama top all twisted and tangled. It immediately reminded me of Nathaniel when he was about the same age. He did the exact same thing to his top as well! Amelia didn't quite do the same thing, but she loved unbuttoning her pajama top. And she still does to this day! She easily gets hot so often times, I will find her topless, bottomless or both in the morning. And this is why I hire a professional photographer every year to take our family photos. One kid is always looking away or making faces. But I am making an effort to document all three of them together no matter how crazy the end result. And that means not solely relaying on my iPhone and actually blogging about them.

-My children have such beautiful eye colors and I believe that statement isn't biased at all!  -Nathaniel has gorgeous hazel eyes and I am so in love with the green specks.  -Amelia's amber eyes are like honey and gives me that warm, golden glow feeling.  -I can't wait to see and photograph Eleanor's eye color once she is able to cooperate. Right now, they look like they are also going to be amber colored like her Ate. -For those interested in genetics, Dean has blue eyes and I have the typical brown Asian eyes. -Photos taken in May 2017.

Nathaniel, 7 Amelia, 3 Eleanor, 1