daily moment

Posted in daily moment, kiddie-do by ElaineMarie

tree climbing with friends. i think those tree climbing years are about to be upon us and i couldn’t be happier about it.

27May2013

daily moment

Posted in advantageous adventures, daily moment by ElaineMarie

darla whispering her dreams to the unicorn in the mythological creatures park.

i heart this park big time. even the griffin.

17May2013

weeksie

Posted in kiddie-do, let me let me update ya, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

this week brought us a 50 degree temperature spread, the end of a school year and once again, big hair.

besides that we had some other doings, the details that make up our week:

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1. lunch date 2. a partner hike up and down the hill 3. lots of bike rides 4. pancakes with strawberry milk, strawberries and peanut butter chips 5. go fish in the park {which darla does not understand the concept of keeping her cards a secret 6. and lastly some water colors on the porch in her tutu and leotard.

hope you liked some of our happy moments from the week. have a good weekend. wruckers send their best.

27Feb2013

tiny author

Posted in kiddie-do by ElaineMarie

darla and mike set to writing darla’s first short story yesterday. here’s what she came up with:

“let’s make cupcakes & cookies and let’s make everything sweet and do it good. we have to do it because we’re soooo lucky and write a picture of my brother, luke skywalker.”

6Feb2013

errands

Posted in familyness, kiddie-do by ElaineMarie

re-entry was a little bit hard yesterday but this girl made it enjoyable with her cat ears during grocery trips and her new one-raised-eyebrow tricks. i missed her.

28Jan2013

party

Posted in familyness, Kiddie Hangouts, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

yesterday was a reminder of how lucky we are to have such great friends and family. a small group helped us celebrate darla’s birthday. a large group helped us celebrate from afar by sending messages and well wishes, gifts & cards. thanks to you all.

here’s just a bit of our donut + coffee + cupcake decorating party. it took hardly any time to set up, even less to clean up and we listened to the first lady of country while we tore down. i’m never doing another veggie tray again. it’s coffee and donut birthday parties from here on out. until darla’s old enough to roller skate, that is. then….ohhhh then…let’s just say there will be some roller rink parties in our future.

24Jan2013

baby shower

Posted in familyness, love and happiness by ElaineMarie

and the nostalgia keeps rolling out. today i’m filing through pics from our baby shower, back before we knew she was a darla and we called her Sprout. it was a very happy, wonderful evening and i’m missing every single person who was there RIGHT THIS MOMENT.

friends, do you remember this night? i still crack up looking through these belly art pics. i forgot that the more people drank the more “drag queen” my belly baby became. i’m ok with it. i think these belly drawings helped ensure darla was born a girl. or maybe we all just knew. or maybe all my girlfriends, myself included, were really hoping we’d have a little girl. also, i’m just now remembering someone drew cat whiskers on her. this explains why darla pretends to be a cat ALL THE TIME. this belly art magic is powerful stuff.

just wanted to say, thank you again to everyone for being there for us 4 years ago!

now can some of you start having babies so i can be there and draw on your belly?