lulu P

seek and hide or hide and seek

2012-02-09T09:59:00.000-08:00

her fave food

2012-02-09T09:49:00.001-08:00

ice cream!!!

chalk fun

2012-02-03T15:36:00.000-08:00

then and now

2012-02-03T15:34:00.000-08:00

at 9 months and at 3 years old

swinging happy

2012-02-02T19:37:00.000-08:00

lulu the builder

2012-02-02T10:50:00.001-08:00

more papa love

2012-01-22T13:32:00.000-08:00

right before I clicked the pic lulu threw her arms around papas neck. too cute!!! oh and she put on his "hat"

three today!!! (w/ q&a)

2012-01-21T15:08:00.000-08:00

lulu's faves at three

1. fave book - wonder bear
2. fave song - dora theme song
3. fave show - dora (duh)
4. fave food - ice cream
5. best friend - mama (she said it, not me)
6. toy - hop aka peter rabbit
7. place to go - play place at the mall
8. fave animal - pig
9. fave craft - coloring
10. fave shape - circle
11. fave color - blue
12. fave thing to do w/ mama - camping (??!!)
13. fave thing to do w/ papa - cooking
14. she is 38 inches, and 34 lbs.

still does not like it

2012-01-19T12:48:00.000-08:00

the snow that is, we talked her into a little walk in the snow, that only lasted 5 min!!! she can not be coaxed into loving snow like her mama and papa do! well as least she stopped complaining long enough to smile for a photo.

cookie faces

2012-01-17T19:24:00.000-08:00

what we did instead of playing in the snow.

she is not a fan

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of snow!!!

quality time w/ papa

2012-01-16T13:45:00.001-08:00

tickle fights w/ papa

2012-01-16T13:38:00.000-08:00

nothing makes her laugh more!

stars/ballons

2012-01-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

papa brought these home for lulu and they were a hit!

new rug, new hangout spot

2012-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:00

we got a new rug for the dining room and lulu wants to spend loads of time on it!

scones w/ papa

2012-01-08T13:49:00.000-08:00

mama does easy baking w/ lulu and papa's baking is way more advanced!

dance dance 2011

2011-12-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

she is quite the good dancer!

pretty face

2011-12-25T20:34:00.000-08:00

haircut before and after

2011-12-25T20:32:00.000-08:00

lulu 1st haircut in a salon!!

mama craft : bird? worm? letter?

2011-12-25T20:29:00.000-08:00

this craft softy is not my fave! I was going for a bird, when justin saw it he asked if it was a worm. and when lulu saw it she said is it a letter?

mama craft : owl

2011-12-25T20:26:00.000-08:00

this is a little homespun looking, but I like it and lulu loves it!!

cupcakes

2011-12-12T12:18:00.000-08:00

lulu is a great baking partner.

capuchin monkey!

2011-12-10T15:53:00.000-08:00

papa as a mountain of blankets

2011-12-10T15:51:00.000-08:00

lulu was proud of her creation, my favorite part was the bucket/ hat!

Hide and Seek w/ Papa

2011-12-03T11:45:00.000-08:00

making haus cozy

2011-11-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

"I am making haus cozy" is what she said after putting all these pillows on haus.

russian dolls

2011-11-28T23:05:00.000-08:00

in this modern age, we have a kid that loves old wood toys best. she carries these around all day, takes them apart and then puts them back together, many times a day. she gets upset if she does not know where they are at any given moment. funny kid.....

bronky-lears

2011-11-28T23:00:00.000-08:00

aka binoculars, lulu makes her own w/ her hands

on the water front, vancouver b.c.

2011-11-23T09:41:00.000-08:00

grandville island, vancouver

2011-11-23T09:38:00.000-08:00

chinatown in vancouver

2011-11-23T09:35:00.000-08:00

vancouver fall 2011 capilano bridge

2011-11-23T09:33:00.000-08:00

lulu calls this the wiggly bridge, she was such a trooper, she walked and walked, up some huge hills all by herself!!!

Fall, fall, fall!!!!

2011-11-19T14:19:00.000-08:00

harajuku lovers, mini!!!

2011-11-14T19:48:00.000-08:00

this skirt and shoes are courtesy of my mama!!! for all her style, this would probably not been her fashion choices, but she gave lulu $$$$, not clothes, so this is what we picked. and lulu loves them and so do I, that's all that matters, right?

crafty bees

2011-11-13T17:52:00.000-08:00

2 more crafts lulu and mama did, rocks and puffy paint, and wax paper and leaves heated with a iron, might try this again in the spring w/ flowers or ferns.

walk a mile in my shoes

2011-11-11T16:18:00.000-08:00

well maybe not a mile......

A fall day at the lake

2011-11-09T22:16:00.000-08:00

fall is my fave! lulu and her papa are my fave too!

we will never forget him

2011-11-08T18:20:00.000-08:00

our family in the 2nd photo yesterday, and in the 1st photo, our family today. we lost our dear Fletcher pizza boy to a brain tumor today, a very sad day indeed...

family crafts

2011-11-04T17:47:00.001-07:00

birds made by lulu, mama and papa!

Mama crafts

2011-11-04T17:46:00.000-07:00

mama got her craft on and made an old fashioned bow clip for lulu.

peeking

2011-11-02T21:30:00.001-07:00

lulu was spying on me....

reverse planking

2011-11-02T21:29:00.000-07:00

have you heard of the planking craze? lulu has not but this is her own trick!

fall crafts

2011-10-28T19:02:00.000-07:00

lulu loves some glitter!!! add pinecones and glue, and you have a happy girl!

sand toys

2011-10-23T17:39:00.000-07:00

every day for a week lulu has been asking to go to the beach to play "sand toys" and I always say we have to wait for sunny day. today was that day!

side eyes

2011-10-23T17:35:00.000-07:00

sit and spin becomes a merry go-round

2011-10-20T14:02:00.000-07:00

multi use toys are the best!!!

big girl art

2011-10-17T18:43:00.000-07:00

we have moved on from scribbles, lulu can draw faces now!!!! can you see it?

ready for the cold

2011-10-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

lulu found some winter gear, wore it all night and WANTED to wear it to bed too!

soon enough

2011-10-14T16:32:00.001-07:00

you will fit into them one day....

fun and not so fun

2011-10-12T12:48:00.000-07:00

this looks soooooo fun for lulu, and not sooooo fun for her papa!

the tree house is done!!!

2011-10-09T16:46:00.000-07:00

and it only took two years to finish! well that is almost true. we lived here w/ a tree house that was 90% done, and when papa worked on it it only took a few hours to complete. lulu wants to move in permanently!

abc's

2011-10-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

itsy bitsy spider

2011-10-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

our project.

2011-10-06T16:36:00.000-07:00

lulu calls this planter, which she and her papa built together, " our project"

she was a great help to him.

dirt dirt dirt!!!!!

2011-10-06T16:33:00.000-07:00

lulu was chanting, dirt dirt dirt!!!! she is a gardener already.

lollipop

2011-10-05T15:48:00.000-07:00

she said, not can i have, but " you got a lollipop for me, mama?"

how could I say no?

only child......

2011-10-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

lulu had a playdate at our house w/ sloane, she loved to boss her around, and say, er, yell things like
"don't touch that!" and "thats mine!"

well, the life of an only child.....

mantee

2011-09-29T21:45:00.000-07:00

mantee, as lulu says, or a manatee! lulu has the best papa, he does art for her of her fave animal.

gymnastics

2011-09-26T12:44:00.000-07:00

lulu is the best in her class. and I am not biased AT ALL!!

german girl, take 2

2011-09-25T08:40:00.000-07:00

our dear german friends bought this for lulu in deutschland 1 year ago, it finally fits! too bad she is not old enough for beer and brats!

Lulu LOVES!!!!! Sloane

2011-09-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

we get to play w/ sloane once a week or so, but lulu speaks of her EVERYDAY, usually more than once :D

more from play and learn.

2011-09-21T13:11:00.000-07:00

Francesca

2011-09-21T13:09:00.000-07:00

Lulu has been going to Francesca's play and learn group for over a year and LOVELOVELOVES Francesca. not that Francesca could tell, Lulu is crazy shy and reserved around her, but speaks of her often, and also wants to pray for her at night!!

children's museum

2011-09-17T17:18:00.000-07:00

she has been asking to back to get a hand stamp!!!! that was the best part???

raod trip part 6 - troutdale Or. (portland area)

2011-09-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

mcmenamins winery, go if you can!!!

road trip part 5 - Boise Id.

2011-09-15T18:05:00.000-07:00

just a stop to break up a long drive to Oregon, cute downtown area.

road trip part 4 - sun valley / ketchum Id.

2011-09-15T18:00:00.000-07:00

the land of millionaires and ernest hemingway....

road trip part 3 - clearwater river Id.

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road trip part 2 - wallace Id.

2011-09-15T17:49:00.000-07:00

such a historic town, papa's fave part of the trip. fyi in the third photo, that is not a soda, but the worlds largest long island iced tea!!!

road trip part 1 coeur d' alene Id.

2011-09-15T17:43:00.000-07:00

we had the best time on our trip!!! cda is a true beauty.

haus, fletcher, mama, papa backpack

2011-09-14T16:27:00.000-07:00

backpacks and a mess!!!! what was she talking about???

more from my new love

2011-08-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

new camera!!!!!

2011-08-30T17:04:00.000-07:00

i got one of the best gifts ever, that all lulu's blog readers will enjoy too!!! a real camera!!! justin got me a canon g12, I have only used it for a hour, and it is true love! so so so so much better than our old one! can you tell the difference in quality?

photographer, mama

2011-08-26T14:05:00.001-07:00

photographer, lulu

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she did not do half bad!

watermelon!!!!!

2011-08-26T14:02:00.000-07:00

sorta lost count how many pieces she had, 6 or 7 or 8....

bath / stinky

2011-08-19T17:02:00.000-07:00

lulu tells us now "if you take a bath, you not be stinky"

more from lake kachess

2011-08-17T14:36:00.000-07:00

camping

2011-08-17T14:32:00.000-07:00

we took lulu camping again, and her favorite part, the lake? the river? no. the flashlight and holding haus and fletchers leashes!

crazy lulu tricks

2011-08-17T14:28:00.000-07:00

enough said!

annie's got a gun

2011-08-11T17:42:00.000-07:00

ok, her name is lulu, and it is a fish squirt gun, but the title sounded better.

art walk

2011-08-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

this was a few nights ago. lulu loved doing part of a painting. also the sweater cozies on trees and posts were pretty cool to her!

overdue swing

2011-08-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

why is it overdue? we got this swing for lulu back in January, and she would never ever try it until today!!! why the park swings were ok and the home swing was not, we will never know.

copying dora

2011-08-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

dors was being a cowgirl and lulu wanted a hat too. so she borrowed papas hat.

I am having fun!!!

2011-08-01T15:22:00.000-07:00

we got to go to the magnolia summer fest a few days ago, lulu's fave part was jumping in the bounce castle! she kept coming to the netting and telling me "I am having fun!!!!"

music w/ sloaney

2011-07-31T08:17:00.000-07:00

lulu calls sloane, sloaney baloney now!!! not cute at all, right!!?? a few days ago went went to a one women show (concert) w/ sloane and her grandma, then to the park, fun ,fun!

manicure

2011-07-29T17:15:00.000-07:00

lulu painted her own nails and was very happy w/ the result! she used sidewalk chalk paint instead of nail polish..... no matter, she is 2!

2.5 interview

2011-07-22T18:59:00.000-07:00

I asked lulu some questions to remember her at 2.5
1. fave place to go, (she said 3) park, mall play place, and Amie's swimming pool
2. fave food, pb & j sandwich (real answer is still candy!)
3. fave friend, finn-o aka finn, but lulu calls him finn-o now
4. fave toy, ride on fire truck
5. fave show, dora (still!!!)
6. fave color, purple (this changes to a new color everyday)
7. fave dog, fletcher and haus
8. fave book, if you give a pig a pancake (new to us, but have read a lot in 1 week)
9. fave song, abc's (she sings this all day long, everyday!)
10 fave animal, (she said 3) zebra, elephant and crocodile (???)

some more of her faves at 2.5, sparkly nail polish, going for walks and holding haus's leash, going to story time, riding in the car cart at the grocery store, going to music class, the zoo and so much more.
2.5 is the best!!!

kelsey creek farm part 2

2011-07-19T22:01:00.000-07:00

lulu calls the park portion "the play place" and play she did.

kelsey creek farm part 1

2011-07-19T21:57:00.000-07:00

a city park w/ a farm on it, whoever thought this up is my hero!!!

wake up papa!!!!

2011-07-17T16:12:00.000-07:00

don't try to sleep when lulu and finn are playing together!!

spaberry

2011-07-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

lulu still says spaberry, but this video is over 2 months old, and she seems so little in it!!!!

planting sunflowers and sticks

2011-07-08T13:58:00.000-07:00

our friend diana gave us a sunflower plant and while I was busy planning it lulu "planted" sticks, and she was soooo proud of herself!

homemade barcelets

2011-07-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

made by lulu out of play-dough!

greenlake wadding pool

2011-07-06T16:38:00.000-07:00

a great summer day w/ lulu and her besties!

dirty dirty!!!

2011-07-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

the photos do not show just how dirty this shirt really is!!!! choc. milk, strawberries, and more all playing together on lulu's shirt! I will wash it, but will probably have to throw it away :( oh well, she had fun that day!

soft pillow

2011-07-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

the photo says it all

richmond beach

2011-07-01T09:38:00.000-07:00

richmond beach is out of the way from almost every neighborhood in seattle, so we had the beach to ourselves (almost) lulu even said these words while we were there "I am having fun" - that's the goal little one!

shoulder shrug, fake smile

2011-06-27T16:08:00.000-07:00

when we take a photo of lulu we get either the shoulder raise, or fake smile or both!

hair-clips

2011-06-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

lulu found my craft stuff, and wanted to "help" me make hair-clips, this is the result.