Relaxing outside

Our backyard is a beautiful backyard - orange trees and jasmine, lemon tree and a short little kumquat tree that Ella pilfers (not to eat but to play with them and collect them in whatever vessel she can find). Last Sunday we had a wonderful afternoon playing outside - the orange tree is out of oranges now (between the squirrels and us we cleaned it off) but has started blossoming and so the air smells like orange blossoms - amazing.

Here are a few photos of the day. Both girls loved being outside.

Happy girl, skeptical girl...


JD and his girls


Contemplative Charlotte


Ecstatic Ella


This is the angry face


Daddy and Baby


Ella made me a playdough birthday cake! I was getting ready for the day and she was playing with playdough and when I cam out she surprised me and began to sing to me. It was so sweet!


Purple Charlotte - still combating the thrush we took desperate measures. After 5 days of purple baby, purple mom, purple clothes, purple EVERYWHERE we are hoping it is gone...