mommy, audrey day.

Friday was Mommy-Audrey Day and I was reminded once again why having a daughter is a must. I think we maxed out on the amount of glitter, twirling and princess-talk allowed for one day, but the peanut was in heaven. We started out with a trip to The Disney Store to pick out a new princess dress. She inspected every option before deciding on the Cinderella dress. We did a little more shopping with Audrey shuffling through the mall in her "glass slippers" and balancing her tiara. Every where we went people called her "princess." At first she was shy, but fully embraced it by the end of the day, normally waving back like she owned the place. 

After having lunch we went to the Dazzling Dolls Kids Spa. Yes, I said it... a spa for kids. Ridiculous and awesome at the same time. We had mommy/Audrey pedis and manis. At one point, she had her feet propped in the warm water, laying back on the comfy pillows propped up behind her and mumbled, "mommy, I am so excited, I am not tired." We left the spa two very happy girls with extra sparkly toes.  

happy birthday, peanut.

My peanut is 3 years old today- THREE! How did that happen so fast? A full post on all things Audrey and her birthday weekend to come, but for now, I loved this random photo I found on my phone from her party... because every princess needs a pink cupcake bigger than her head.

Her birth day HERE
1st birthday HERE and HERE and HERE
2nd birthday HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE

star struck: disney on ice.

On Friday we had tickets for Disney on Ice: Princesses and Heroes. Audrey is what you might call obsessed with all things Princesses right now so to say that she liked the show would be a severe understatement. Our seats were only a few rows back from the ice and at one point Elsa waved at Audrey... I think that pretty much made her life. Jackson was a big fan of the treats and especially liked the Frozen part of the show but having a princess-obsessed little sister has him over anything sparkly and pink at the moment. On the way to school today Jessie overheard him say, "princesses are so annoying"... he must have been trying to get a little understanding from Canaan. Boys!

life lately.

Life lately has been just living life- the good, the better and the sometimes not so great. Thankfully we have moments like these- with a Daddy and his babies on a perfect fall day- to make up for some of the in-betweens that don't feel nearly as peaceful. 

This is the scene every single night before bed time. It's their ritual. A little friendly checkers action followed by some heated tic-tac-toe with the peanut. 

The babies have also been soaking up the fall weather with Amy while we're working. I love getting updates throughout the day to see their smiling faces having fun. 

And speaking of work... fall in the city outside my office is pretty great too. I've also been making a point (thanks to my fit bit which I might be somewhat obsessed with) of getting up and taking brief walks throughout the day to help with my back situation. And I struck gold with finding this stand-up desk to work at in between meetings. It has made a big, big difference so the medical team at my office is working on getting one installed at my actual office space. 

The not so great side of work lately has been the continued changes happening- one of the most inspiring leaders I've ever worked with left the company last week. He was a legend at P&G and I'm so thankful I was able to learn from him, even for a short while. 

And life lately has included a lot of these little faces which I can never get enough of. Well, except when I see too much of them in the middle of the night, but even then they're pretty sweet.