Yesterday was mother's day and we had a wonderful day. We went on a hike around the river and saw beautiful wild flowers and let the girls run themselves ragged. We stopped and had a picnic of wine and cheese and ended the day with hamburgers at my mother in laws house. I must have been pretty tired, because I started falling asleep at 8:00.
Parker made me the sweetest card, that it brought me to tears. I'll scan it and post it latter.

Mommy's little helper. Isabella loves to bake with me. As of this morning, she helped scramble eggs for the first time. We have matching aprons (thank you mom) and she thinks it's so great that we "Match" . It always makes daily chores a little more enjoyable when you have a little helper who is so excited just to help and doesn't make to much of a mess anymore.

That curl is all natural.

Maddie is sucking the milk out of a coconut, she loved it!

I don't naturally have green thumb (its more of a tan color),
but Isabella and I planted these flowers and they grew!

Spring '09

We did it. We gave up our 4runner for a minivan. I made Bobby stand by the car to take his pic. I'm always so emotional I started tearing up when we left, because it was our first family car.
Silly I know.

This is actually not and Easter pic, though you would think it is because of the Easter egg. This is at a friends daughter's baptism in the court yard. There must have been a previous Easter hunt earlier in the week, the girls found the missing eggs.

Eva at the baptism.

Lucia playing with Malichai.

The basil is growing nicely.

Isabella loves doing the dishes with me.

The model and the bird watcher.

Enjoying ice cream on a rare sunny afternoon.

My baby is 3.

All day she couldn't stop sneeking peeks at her cake.

The cake.

Decorating Easter cookies with cousins.
Notice the entire bottle of sprinkles is dumped out.

Mo cookies!

hmmmmm........this could be me

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welcome

Hello my name is Lisa Baker and I now drive a mini van.
I also wear my pants a little higher then my pre baby days to tuck in the fat I have leftover from the babies. I was not embarrassed today when my daughter exclaimed in public she had to go poop.
I think the fashion teens wear today looks ridiculous. I try to stay up pass 10 but never really seem to make it. I get really excited when I purchase a new table cloth. I find happiness when I see my children happy, and sadness when they are sad. Peace and quiet is a little more appreciated these days. A warm sunny day means a fun day at the park. I deal with poop everyday. I am the constant washer of the house, the dishes, the laundry the children, the floors, the tables ect. A bundle of dandelions pick for me by my kids is displayed proudly in a vase. I have someone to sing to now. Hello my name is Lisa Baker and I am a Mom.

not what you think

Isabella was sitting on my lap watching me play a word game on FaceBook (ughh...I'm so addicted I'm thinking about canceling my accout.) When Isabella saw this add up on the side of the screen. She said, "Look Mama it's you!"
I said, "You think that is mama?"
Isabella said," Yeah, what are you doing?"

Yes, I often dance around the house in these tight little outfits, they really are more comfortable then you think. Also my legs are nice an tan.