masters of the universe

as it turns out, matthew no longer qualifies to be in the twenty seven forever club. this is because today he turned twenty eight! we celebrated his birthday yesterday, due to it being family day long weekend and all. me and madeleine got him 'He-man and the Masters of the Universe' season one, volume one, and we also got him...



...for our lunch box collection.

also, we tried taking madeleine for a sled ride yesterday, which she was not having absolutely anything to do with...we got a few good videos of her crying her face off and that is about it. i think we would have been okay, but maddie's fear of dogs took over the outing when we passed a house with a dog who followed us all the way down the length of his fence and barked his head off at us. needless to say, madeleine was hysterical. maybe next time.

macau jenny

this beauty arrived for me at my house today. i don't know what it is about different country variations, but i think they are so interesting. i am really excited to add her to my collection. the region of Macau has been known to produce the most unusual alternate versions of some of the earliest well-known ponies and they are a bit more rare.

one

madeleine turned one today!

i can hardly even believe that a whole year has passed. i feel as though i missed it somehow. i tried desperately hard to be in the moment and not take it for granted. all those middle of the nights when i was beyond exhaustion and i kept telling myself to enjoy these quiet moments together. all those moments that a year later i can hardly remember. it must have been the sleep deprivation.

anyways, we had a little party for her, which was quite the shaker, i might add. just my family and a few close friends. we got her a new car seat for her birthday...I know, fun parents, right?

i made her a pink polka dot cake (which i actually made from a Zucchini Oatmeal Muffin recipe, so it was at least mostly healthy...shhhhhhh!) . we sang happy birthday.

i cried, how cliche'.

after the party we went to padmanadi's for a yummy vegan dinner with josh and rebecca...oh, and kasim brought out a little cake for maddie and put 'happy birthday' on the stereo and sang to her. hahaha. it was awesome.

all in all, a pretty great day.

tomorrow is toddlerhood. me and matt are not in the least prepared.

homemade is where it's at

today me and madeleine made oatmeal zucchini muffins. they turned out fantastic, so we had some with our lunch. i love homemade stuff...like real homemade stuff from scratch. my whole house smells amazing. it reminds me why I work so little.