mae mae walking from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.

life lately.

this week has been a week of big changes.  hazel has started going to preschool and is loving it.  she comes home from school so chatty and happy.  sometimes i feel like i have no idea what she does at school but whatever it is, i'm glad she enjoys it!  

and heffalump has taken a few steps!  she is way more cautious than hazel ever was, but she will walk to me with encouragement, and is actually way better at it than i think she realizes.  

here's a quick little video from instagram of cora's first steps, which is amazing that we got them on video.  you can hear the surprise in our voices when she starts to go.

cora mae's first steps! from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.

also the weather has been warming up which means we've been having park days and it's quite thrilling.

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LIFE

no one can blame you if you take a second handful of cadbury eggs {or a third... or fourth...}

you will usually end up liking someone if you strike up a conversation with them

diet coke exists pretty much everywhere in the world

weekends happen

there is such a thing as puppies

when my children want to play with me basically all day long

you can ask for forgiveness

you can forgive

we can always order chinese

picnics out on the lawn, complete with chicken nuggets, bubbles, and two giggling girls

a lifetime to change and get better

laughing until you cry

singing beatles songs before tucking the girls in

warm weather and sweeping the dust off your porch to welcome in spring

we start 'em young.

cora chores from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.

happy first birthday cora mae! from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.

thanks to our favorite nj family the harmans, for loving us and celebrating with us!

alice in wonderland.

we had a few friends over on saturday for hazel's very merry unbirthday celebration.  it was just casual and cute and lots of fun.  we sang "who has the hat" with the mad hatter hat.  we played pin the tail on the cheshire cat.  we did a "paint the roses red" craft activity, and everybody got white rabbit ears.  it was so much fun!  

here's our invite... {and because i'm a nut about the internet, i removed our address from it ;}

hazel's birthday celebration.

some pics {and two videos!} of hazel's birthday that we celebrated in utah.  

i can't believe she's THREE!

happy birthday hazel! from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.

^^^ cora dancing in the sidelines.... 

ALSO... since the grandparents were there, my girls' birthdays are only five days apart, and cora LOVED the singing so so much, we sang to her as well :)

early happy birthday singing to cora! from Paige Brunt on Vimeo.