7 year old tea.

so little miss ruby turned seven on us. with such a sweet little group of friends from school, i thought we just might have a fancy tea party, and while were at it make the cutest mini pies you ever did see.

it was just right, and i seriously can not believe how our little babe is growing up on us. where did chubby little rubes go? 

i found the sweet little pie dishes at crate and barrel. i made a triple batch of two crust pie dough, and divided each batch into four discs, so each girl could roll out a bottom and do a lattice top. 

i made an apple pie filling so they could just scoop it in. and i found pink pie boxes at the bake shop; topped it with a chalk board label and let them draw their names on the boxes.

and with what fabric i had in my stashes i came up with some sweet little aprons.  

mid morning tea 

*menu*

passion fruit tea

scones with butter and jam

nutella flower sandwiches

cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches

chicken salad croissants

dessert

pink pavlova with berries and cream

3/52/2015

ruby: checking out something exciting after school in her favorite spot

dec: going through the wednesday packet, letting me know whats new

 mikey: searching for treasure in the key box

(where he shouldnt be)

franny: smiling at the farm

2/52/2015

ruby: singing a book of verse to frances; she loves to sing books that are not songs, and her sister

gladly loves to listen. home with strep:( from school. counting down to her birthday on the 18th!

declan: enjoying the first snow cone of the season at our first t-ball game. 

go dodgers!! always up for a  smile. 

mikey: chilling at home with mom. recently told me in the car "stop copying

me mom." (clearly he got this from older siblings). 

frances: enjoying some sister time sitting on the couch. trying new foods, 

saying mama and waving backwards with a smile to lots of friendly faces. 

52 is back.

 remember that old 52 project? well im going to attempt to get back on it. who knows. if i gather enough cute organizing supplies from the dollar bin at target maybe i can get my life together. yeah, probably not. worth a try though. 

ruby: nearly seven years old, loving first grade, hula hooping, jump roping, reading, 

drawing and spending time giggling with her brothers and little sis.

declan: charming the world around him. living it up in preschool, and very pumped 

for the upcoming t-ball season to begin. lighting up my every day with his funny

outlook on life and bustling imagination. 

mikey: busy busy guy. talking up a storm, just when were beginning to wonder...now 

he can not say enough. his brain is currently in sponge mode, tossed with a heavy dose of

stubbornness. still really into animals and 'guys' and all figurines. not too into changing his 

diaper or going to bed. 

frances: the happiest little girl in town. she loves to smile, laugh, be tickled and play peek a boo. 

coming up on 8 months, she popped her top two teeth before the bottom (which are slowly making

their way too). adores her siblings and likes to say 'da da' a lot. we are surely blessed to have

this ball of joy around. oh, and did i mention she is crawling and pulling herself up on things? 

slow it down girl.