Saturday, October 27, 2007

Dance Gigi Dance

On Fridays Giselle takes ballet classes at the Academie de Ballet Classique.
There is live pianist in the class and the girls have so much fun.
They will be performing Snow White for their end of the year performance.


twinkle toes


swan lake


the girls from dance class


whose bum is this?

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

A day at the Park

Giselle's dream came true.
she doesn't have to push her dolls on the swing anymore


first time on the swing and lovin' it

It was a gorgeous 75 degrees out today. we checked out the park at lunch for a picnic and a swing.

Journey 3 ... the journey continues

Giselle on her first day of Journey 3

She's a swimmer! she jumped right into the BIG pool on her second day of class.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

We heart Portland

Out of the blue we decided to go to Portland for the weekend. We drove straight to our hotel Friday night. It rained all night and the next day - if felt sooo good.

Saturday morning we stayed in bed late and took a tub. Neomi and Rick took a nap while Giselle and I walked to Finnegan's toy store. We all met up and went for lunch did a little shopping, saw Lauren on the street and then called Blake, Leah, Mayan and Isadore. We headed over to their house for a short visit before dinner.

Sunday we had an early lunch and headed over to the PDX Zoo. It was either the Zoo or Ikea... the Zoo won out. we headed home late afternoon to get over mountain pass during daylight.
what a great weekend

Leah, her bun in the oven, and Neomi as the purple grape


a close up at the Zoo


a family portrait
(Neomi is passed out - not that she could see anyway with that hat over her eyes!)


the Asian Elephant. she is so gentle and beautiful


Neomi's banana necklace - keeps her entertained on the 3 hour ride

Rick China

Rick's trip to China was productive and almost uneventful. He said the most exciting part of his trip were the acrobatic performance in his hotel lobby and the fittings with Jessica, Jason and Jimmy - the three J's.
Upon his return he stopped by the warehouse in Oakland for a little walk through. Yes there is Of the Earth product on the shelves!



she is standing on her friends head - now that's good!


the China possy


the crew back home - sending our love through Skype


the distribution center

Giddy up

we headed downtown for the Bend Fall festival. between the balloons, the hay bale maze and the pony ride (had to do it twice) it was a great time. the weather was perfect and there were DJ's and some hip live art.



that sweet little pony's name was Rose


Neomi's cozy perch

Friday, October 19, 2007

growing like a weed

I AM REALLY HUNGRY MAMA


twinkle toes


the best way to spend the day


tastes so good.

She is growing out of all of her clothes so fast. we keep thinking that they are shrinking forgetting that she is growing so fast. she wears 6 to 12 mnth clothes now. she is 4 months.

Queen Diane and her princesses

the "girls"


Neomi smiles for the camera!


Gigi is growing up!

thank you Diane for your support and love last week. We all really appreciated it! xoxo

Thursday, October 4, 2007

a rainy morning



on our morning walk the dark heavy clouds finally decided to send some angel kisses down on the wind. it felt good and we walked through the sagebrush and dust. when we got home we took our warmth off and made some tea. I love fall.

this is how we roll




Neomi rolled over a couple of days ago. we were very excited... and i think she was too.