The Artist

Both Little V and I are on Spring Break this week, and we are looking forward to a few days of relaxation and fresh air.  Now, if only Mother Nature would cooperate with the spring part!

Today, my little artist has been hard at work. 

We are really looking forward the adventures a week off will bring...

The Big Party

A few weeks ago we celebrated Little V's 5th Birthday with her first "girlfriend party."  What a day!  As you may have heard, nail polish is kind of a big deal around here right now.  So, of course, we had a "mani-pedi party."  (This is really quite a feat to pull off, especially for this mom who doesn't really know the difference between eye shadow and cheek tint!)  We had a total of 9 girls over for an afternoon of nail polish, necklaces, and dance parties.  (Yes- 9 girls equals an awful lot of fingers and toes to polish, but we survived!)

This is the AWESOME nail polish cake, created by my fab sister-in-law T.

The birthday girl getting polished.

A view of a few of the girls, so you can get a sense of the chaos!

Both V's, Big & Little.

There is my fab sister-in-law and one of her beautiful daughters.  T provided much needed back-up in the painting department.

Just had to include those cute little toes!

It was a great day, Little V and all the girls had a great time, and it only took a day to get the house back in order!  Now, if we could just get all the thank you notes finished...