Gorgeous!!

That describes the bride, the flower girl, the whole wedding party, the day . . . It was so perfect in every way. I'll write more later but here's a peek!

Almost time . . .

Tomorrow is my little flower girl's big day!

The rehearsal went very well yesterday and Miss Molly is ready for action. Her dress fits perfectly, her flower basket and sash match "the big girls" and she's been practicing her smile. (Although the mere mention of this wedding gets her beaming anyway! She just adores Lisa and Angelo!)

This is going to be fun!!

Friday Favorites - Wedding Edition

Next weekend we'll be off to Boston for a very special wedding. Molly is to be the flower girl at my cousin Lisa's wedding. Miss Molly is beyond excited because in her book Lisa and Angelo walk on water and she is thrilled they asked her.

Brenna was the flower girl in Feb. 2004 for one of Lisa's sisters, Sharon (who is also Molly's godmother) I was looking through some of those photos and wanted to share . . .

Sharon and her mini-me.

You can't even see their faces and yet it's one of my favorites!

Peeking through the railing at the reception below

Too sweet!

In their winter capes

Happy Birthday x Happy Birthday x Happy Birthday

Today we had a joint birthday party for Molly and two of her buddies. They all have birthdays close together and it became obvious that we were going to have trouble scheduling all of their parties without overlapping. The solution was inviting the whole class to a bowling party at the local country club. The kids had the day off school today so it was also a fun way to fill the afternoon. The real treat was that both of their teachers came to visit. The kids were in 7th heaven. It must be nice to be such a rock star! They just adore these ladies - probably becasue it's easy to see that they adore the kids. The lead teacher refers to them as her "beauties." Now even the principal will refer to them that way, "Grade 1 is in the lunchroom and the Kindergarten beauties are on their way . . ." It's a really cute sentiment.

Papal Mass

Amazing. Beautiful. Unforgettable. I could never find just the right words . . .

Many more photos here . . .
http://www.photoworks.com/photo-sharing/shareLanding.jsp?shareCode=AE1B812C566&cb=PW

If I had a better camera I would have felt like I was sitting on the altar because our seats were wonderful!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOLLY!!

My baby is 6 today. Holy cow is all I can say!

Love you tons baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Papal Mass

Brenna and I are very excited to have received tickets to Pope Benedict XVI's Mass here in DC on Thursday! We'll be sitting right above the third base dugout and the last plan I saw had the altar in center field. I'll do my best to get some pictures (makes me REALLY wish I had a better camera now!) but I'retty much thinking that this is going to be something where you really need be there to truly appreciate it! We're very excited!!

Phillies

Today was Molly's first ballgame. She was nervous about it so I told her it wasn't really a game and each team just was going to have batting practice while the other catches for them and vice versa. It worked and she had a ball! They play 3 innings with each team batting all the way through their lineup. They allow about 5 coach-pitches and if the player is struggling then they bring in a batting tee. Molly got 3 pretty good hits and seemed thrilled with that. It was cold and damp today but I think it will be a fun activity for the next few Sundays if the weather gets a bit better!

Cherry Blossom Gala

Things have been crazy around here because I was up to my eyeballs working on the Auction and Gala at the girls' school. It's a lot of work but I enjoy it. One of my favorite parts is that I always get tapped to do the catalog/program for the night. This is the cover I came up with for this year (I blurred out the name and address) Love my digital software!

Tooth Fairy - Again

The Tooth Fairy mast week under less than ideal circumstanaces - Dean

knocked his front tooth out when he took a bad tumble skating. This week she had a better visit - Brenna lost another top tooth. So the current count is Brenna 7, Molly 2 and Dean 1!

Rained Out

Molly's first baseball game was rained out today. That's probably a good thing since they started practicing ummm . . . yesterday! She was cute this morning though bounding downstairs to ask when we were leaving for the field on the subway. I told her we weren't taking the train and would just drive there. She was adamant saying "they keep saying there's no parking. You are supposed to take Metro!" Finally I put it all together -she thought she was going to be playing at the new stadium downtown! Sorry Molly - at 5 years old with only one practice under your belt you guys are not ready for the 40,000+ seat Nationals Stadium!

Stay turned for next Sunday when the Phillies take on the Athletics - at the local middle school.

Five Friday Favorite Molly Fotos

Molly had to bring in a baby picture today so I decided to post the five she was deciding between as this week's contribution. I think she picked some pretty representative shots actually! Can you guess which one she eventually chose as her favorite?

These were all taken at roughly the same time when she was only a few months old.

#1 - Does she look bored by life or what?

#2 Miss Inquisitive

#3 Those sky blue eyes

#4 Chunky Monkey

#5 See? She did smile sometimes!