Showing posts with label valentines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentines. Show all posts

April 29, 2010

Flashback to February

The Sanchini-Gorchini cousins had a clandestine playdate on Valentine's 2010 at a previously unknown park somewhere halfway between Santa Rosa and Richmond.


Uncle Chris, as he often is, was a source of stability for the young ones as they carried out their usual antics.


Sparrow was the daredevil of the crowd and conquered several twisty slides while the rest of us just gawked in astonishment (see Uncle Chris in the background gnashing his teeth with nerves? Maybe not such a stable force after all...)


Her Daddy, however, sucked it up and gave it a go on the tamer version of the inclined diversion. After nearly losing more than a few brain cells, he abandoned the mission to scope out a suitable locale for family portraits.


Crazy cousins nestled in the nooks of a tremendous tree. Sequoia is gleeful as the younger cousins are stupefied at the thought of having to pose for longer than 10 seconds. I mean, those of us in the under 2 crowd just don't ever stay put for that long!

Lucas looks adoringly at his older cousin while Sparrow plans her escape.



The dads get in on the action, desperately hoping they can squeeze out just one photo in which everyone is seated and smiling.



It was too much to hope for. Lucas went hog wild and tried to slide right out of Chris's firm fatherly grasp. Sparrow tried to pick up a few pointers, while Sequoia mildly melted away.




Freedom!!

April 10, 2010

Holiday Retrospective


St. Patrick's Day Breakfast




Valentine's Day 2010





Sequoia smiles ever so sweetly in her favorite heart shirt, all ready to go to the Valentine's party (of course, this was also her "gingerbread" shirt that she wore to several Christmas events!).



Sparrow is ready to go, too!




The girls got LOTS of special Valentines and spent a while sorting through their loot!



Nothing like a Tonka truck sippy cup to complete your image as a sweet pink little Valentine's girl! But that milk was key in helping to wash down the delicious valentines cupcakes!



Sequoia and mommy smile for the camera while Sparrow contemplates which treat to grab for next.


Christmas 2009


Another attempt at a holiday family photo (note the color coordination- kind of.)


Sequoia sees something the rest of us don't catch (an approaching UFO, perhaps?) as we innocently say our line: "Cheese!"



She busts out some of her crazy karate moves and a signature Sequoia scream while Sparrow gently pats her father reassuring him that her sister's got it handled.




A disastrous alien takeover is averted, and the sisters sit back to relax and enjoy the rest of the day. They truly are the sweetest sisters in the world!

March 10, 2010

The Fairy Chef, Her Hungry Little Sister, and Their Very Special Daddy

The Fairy Chef agreed to make a special appearance at our house a while ago...

She was alarmed when she found the Little Fairy Sister so ravenous she almost consumed her favorite airy fairy skirt!



Unsatisfied by the sheer garment, Little Sister Fairy turns her curls to search out a more satisfying smackerel...



She eyes the toy bins, but can't make up her mind where to start.

They Fairy Chef recommends a rainbow ribbon snack, and Little Sister Fairy considers it an amusing choice.

They head together to the table, but decide to get started on their Valentines rather than continue the hunt for a fairy snack. Fairies are very loving creatures, you know, and they love making Valentines.



Sequoia's first Valentine was for Daddy.





Someday I promise I'll learn how to take videos in the correct orientation! For now, please bear with me!



The finished product- straight from the fairy chef to her very SPECIAL Daddy.

February 22, 2010

Beautiful Sparrow


This picture is just too beautiful not to share. At a recent playdate my friend Becky (a talented photographer) captured little Miss Sparrow to a "T." This was just minutes before she raided the brownie tray and became a gooey mess!

February 12, 2007

Obligatory Valentines Day Post



Happy Valentines Day every body!



Intellectually and physically Sequoia reaches out attempting to grasp a fundamental truth.



Abandoning unanswerable existential inquiries Sequoia's thoughts stop to spend a night at the Roxbury.



Too true, little one. Too true.