Monday, August 04, 2008

Celebrating Uncle Mark's Birthday

from the mom



We went to Oregon this weekend to see my family and to celebrate my little bro's 32nd. We met friends (who happen to be photographers) for a round of mini-golf to celebrate.


While M, my dad, and brother played tennis, my mom and I took the kids to the Sweet Pea Cafe, a cafe designed for kids and the adults who love them. Here is a blogpost from a blogger unknown to me who posted some photos. Everything was very affordable and the four of us enjoyed our lunch there.


We went next door to a kids consignment shop and found sandals for the kids for our Mexico trip. Kyri is going to be a flower girl with a long dress on a beach. She needed white sandals but I wasn't real keen on paying much since they won't be seen and they will be used for the beach. $3.95 was a decent price. And I found Ben some comfy sandals that can be worn in the water.

The shop also consigns toys and Kyrie fell in love with a little baby doll that had a passy. She sat and held that doll and hugged it. When it was time to leave, she told me what a horrific crime it is to take a mother from her child. She told me loudly and we exited the store quickly with her screaming and wailing at her loss. I was so tempted to just buy it, but it seemed the wrong message to send at the end of a tantrum. But she does love her baby dolls (when I went to get her from her crib this morning she was kissing her baby doll and telling it sweet things.)

2 comments:

ros said...

yay! pix! happy b-day to mark. i just ran across some photos of when we up there many, many, many moons ago. i'll have to get copies of them and send them. they're hilarious. mark was basically just a kid! heh!

Kristen said...

That Kyri is a sweet mommy. :)