her very first…

mani pedi!

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i painted both her nails and toes for the first time today. she let me do her toes once before but today was the big move to the fingernails. and it was all her idea. i’m not surprised though. i think i paint my nails once a year and even then it is with clear nail polish! but the toes, ah the toes. a pedicure is sheer heaven for me. a sweet indulgence.

and with this little girly girl, we’ve only just begun!

… a little side note to this story…
she ran downstairs after i finished her nails. then i heard her crying.
“he’th not here! he’th not here! where ith he?”
“who?”
“daddy. i wanna show daaaaddy.”
“oh he’s at work, ella. you can show him when he gets home.”
“will you take my picture tho he can see my pretty pinky nailth?”
“of course!”

so here you go, daddy. how she adores you!

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we all fall down.

this is what winter in arizona looks like.
not bad. not bad.

ella has finally decided that the trampoline is, in fact, her friend. up until now she has believed that it is a monster whose only purpose is to inflict fear and trepidation. nice trampoline. yes, good boy. 🙂

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our latest discovery

amy and i took the kids to tumbleweed park last week. now, when i heard the name “tumbleweed park,” i was semi-unimpressed. it’s kinda up there with the likes of dress barn. you know, couldn’t they have picked a better name? but i was totally blown away with this place. it is the latest park du jour. and of course, we were there snapping pictures like crazy fools.

and finally after one too many shots, dallin finally resorted to an, “oh, get that thing out of my face!” mentality.
hah! but this camera happy mom got enough to suffice my cravings for one day.
here’s a look-see…

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