At Home With the Cowies

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sunday, April 4, 2010

For the first time in a long time, Greek Easter was on the same day as American Easter so the girls and I were torn between two families ... We ended up spending the weekend in St. Louis with the Cowies and, although we missed our Greeks, we had a wonderful time with the Cowie cousins - including our newest addition, Mr. Mason, with a headful of dark hair and already a way with the ladies - check out Nora pulling up to get a closer look!

We spent Saturday afternoon hunting for Easter eggs at a beautiful park in Des Peres and enjoying delicious crepes with Grandma Easter morning in Clayton. Seriously, Evie is smiling in this picture! We have to work on proper smiling for pictures before Aunt Melina's wedding!

It was a gorgeous weekend, and we had so much fun! You can tell by Nora's "snort!"

Thursday, April 1, 2010

A Change of Pace

Mark and I recently had the amazing opportunity to spend a weekend in Florida with some of our closest friends. The goal - to celebrate two 30th birthdays ... and a mini break from the responsibilities of parenting! Sorry to say girls, but it was lovely!! To better illustrate just why the trip was such a pleasant departure from everyday life, here are two pictures:

one of dinner on a normal evening (cleaning up sticky mac and cheese is no fun Nora!!)

and one of Mark and I at a romantic dinner at a restaurant - no clean-up required!!! And we're relaxed, sunkissed (ok, burnt!) and probably a little tipsy from wine! LOVELY!!!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Our Girl is 2!

Happy birthday Evie! I know this post is a tad bit belated, but in your mind, every day is your birthday (yes, we're proud you know the song now!) Your 2nd birthday was so wonderful - morning celebrations with Yiayia and Papou, a party with Yiayia's class, more fun with Daddy's class, a visit from Aunt "Meena" (the cape is perfect!) and then, of course, your party! We were lucky enough to have cousins in from St. Louis for the big event - and family and friends from Kansas City too. We all put on our pajamas and ate pancakes - two of your favorites - and, at your request, sang three rounds of "happy birthday!" You are such an amazing little girl - already a spitfire with so much love, drama and imagination - we love you with all our hearts! A few of the things we love the most:

When you say "I You" and we know it means you love us.
Your sometimes crushing hugs. Nora may not appreciate these quite as much - remember how we told you to be gentle?!
How you watch yourself in the mirror, even turning to the side to see your back, make funny faces, etc. This could be a problem down the road - right now it's adorable!
All your singing - especially "EIEIO" - but you don't have to sing quite so loud you know!
The new things you learn and say every day. How did you learn your colors? You get them right all the time - even purple and orange! And it's so cute how you're asking so many questions. "What's that? Who's that? Where did he go?"
Your imagination! Who new a piece of cheese could be a train AND a baby! One bite makes all the difference!
How there's always a "sister" in every group - i.e. If we see horses, there's always a daddy, mommy, baby and sister. A group of blocks - same thing. You see every group as a family and even include the sister. It melts our hearts.
Your overwhelming love for Nora. How excited you get when she wakes up or comes in the room. This love helps especially when you whack her on the head for taking your toy - or most recently - kicked her in the stomach for taking your cheese stick. Not our most enjoyable wagon ride!
These three words - "Pick up me." Because even though our backs are killing us, we still love that you need us.

Here are a few pictures from your party: