Buck's room kind of has the same feel to it as Bennett's does;
lots of white, some vintage, some modern with pops of color.
I love Buck's room just as much as Bennett's, so I'm glad
we won't have to change their rooms much as they grow.
Standing at the door:
The mobile I made, and love:
(I kind of want it in our room)
We almost went with a grey bookcase.
I'm so glad we chose red:
Cozy vintage chair:
(it's been in the family for a long, long time. I used to curl up in it when I was little)
That's it!
Buck's room is the smallest in the house and it's so hard to take pictures of a small room, but I think these turned out pretty good.
Buck turned one on Friday, and we had his party Saturday afternoon.
We kept it simple and just invited close family.
He had a lot of fun and was definitely worn out by the end of the day.
The invite:
Decor:
The cake:
The cake after Bennett poked a hole and stabbed a fork into it:
The birthday boy and I:
Presents!:
(Bennett painted our wrapping paper, isn't it lovely?)
All he cared about was the tissue paper:
He thought this bag was a hat:
Cupcake time:
Bennett getting a piece of the action:
Losing steam:
Messy boy:
And then it was bath time:
(he kept trying to grab for the soggy cupcake pieces before they were washed down the drain!)
It gave me flashbacks of washing Bennett in the sink after his cupcake experience:
How the heck is he one already?!
Can I still call him my baby?
(I'm going to anyways. For forever.)
This last week was the third week in a row that we'd all been sick!
I'm so thankful we are on the mend now but it's definitely no fun being sick during the nicest week ever.
Mid 70's and sun pretty much summed up the weather while we were stuck inside, though we did sneak out in the evenings to get a little fresh air.
We did lots of swinging:
Buck was the only one with an appetite (he's a bottomless pit) he grabbed Bennett's peanut butter and jelly sandwich and just started shoving.
I, of course, let him because I wanted to get pictures.
His first time eating peanut butter and he thought it was pretty darn tasty:
On Friday, we met up with my friend Kelli and her daughter Lucy.
Me and the boys:
Bennett knew we were going to see the zoo's new flamingos and he spotted these and legitimately thought they were the big exhibit we had come to see:
Brother hugs:
Sticking his tounge out is his favorite:
Friday night for date night we grabbed Baan Thai and ate across the street in this little garden:
Saturday Bennett helped me grab a few things at Trader Joe's:
We me our friends at the fountain:
Bennett wasn't too sure at first:
Once Chris ran through with him he couldn't get enough:
Sunday we went on a long walk.
We stopped at a park for more swinging:
I'm so happy that we have another week of amazing weather!
Happy Monday Friends!
This week we had a few sunny days.
We took advantage by going to the park:
Donde esta Bennett?:
We met Chris for lunch at the food carts by his work:
We had been wanting to try
Nong's Khao Man Gai for forever.
Not only is it a food cart
(with multiple carts around PDX) it's been voted one of the best restaraunts in the city. That's a pretty big feat. After tasting it, we knew why...
The menu contains different variations of the same dish, the famous Khao Man Gai
(poached organic chicken and rice with sauce and broth on the side). I'm pretty sure it was the most tender chicken we've ever tasted and the rice was tasty as well, but once you put the sauce over everything it's obvious why people like it. We weren't quite sure what to do with the broth
(dip? make a soup?) but we realized that you're just supposed to drink it like an appetizer. It wasn't amazing, but that's okay because we had both eaten our meals already and were stuffed. So good!
Lunch bunch:
We ate lunch at the Lovejoy Fountain which is close to Chris' work, and of course B wanted to get his feet wet:
It started out with just his feet, but he ended up having to ride home in his underwear because his pants were soaked. Oh the life of a three year old:
The cats relaxed.
(what's new)
They seriously love eachother:
Lauren and I had a girl date on Wednesday.
We grabbed a quick dinner at New Seasons
(the workers were impressed with my hot wok-building skills)
then we headed to the mall where we played with makeup at Sephora, tried on clothes at H&M
(why is it that I only ended up buying something for Buck) and I got my eyebrows
threaded.
I had been wanting to try it for a while and it was crazy, awesome, facinating, painful, but still better than waxing. Hooray for having a shape to my eyebrows again!
My impressive wok bowl:
Friday night we met up with Craig and Lauren at Whole Foods for a quick dinner then hung out at their house for a while before bedtime:
Saturday we went over to my mom's for a bit.
B getting some fresh air outside:
And we came home for a nap. I ended up bringing Buck in to nap with me after he woke up after sleeping for like 30 minutes. I hadn't done that in months but I knew he needed the extra sleep since he's been sick, and I didn't mind the snuggles or the snores:
Last night The Carters came over for dinner.
Avery and Thor ate together:
and Buck is still scooting up a storm.
He has figured out how to push things while scooting, which is pretty impressive.
I got this video while we were at my moms:
