Rozzie Turns Two!

This week we celebrated Rozzie's second birthday!  Rozzie's amazing god father came with a purple play house, the girls are loving it!

 He also brought some super sweet dress up clothes!

 We had a birthday party at Gymboree.  A couple of Mollie's friends came, too.

 After the party, we had a family dinner at Guapos.

 Mollie made this little card "Rozzie you make my heart glitter."  Such a sweet little soul!

Rozzies first haircut

Rozzie had to have her bangs cut because they were getting in her face.

Step 1: terror.  She was really not happy with the situation, especially the black cape.



Step 2: free from the cape, still not happy.



Step 3: nailpolish.  Intriguing and distracting...



Step 4: painting of nails...joy!



Finished product: happy girl!

Holidays 2015

Chanukah babe - 2014-2015 comparison



Mollie's award winning gingerbread ouse



Nana's award winning stuffed shells...passing on the tradition!

Key West 2015

Let's start the winter updates!  We're just back from our annual New Year trip to Key West.
Some highlights below:
Nana and Rozzie dancing at Pop-pop's Blue Heaven birthday party.




The birthday boy!



We went to the Butterfly Conservatory.  Lots of cute little birds this year.






Both girls loved swimming in Nana's pool.




Practicing see food with pop-pop
















We "discovered" this awesome coffee shop, Cuban Coffee Queen.  If you're in Key West, get a cup of coffee and a delicious breakfast sammy.  Yum.

Fall 2015

Some updates from September-November (yikes!)
Aunt Sarah made the three cousins these gorgeous matching pink sweaters.  We tried and tried to get all three girls looking at the camera for a photo.  Here are some of my favorites.

 Now this one could have been really cute with Rozzie in it but...

 She was picking her nose...

 And eating it.

Nana accompanied us to the pumpkin patch this year.  We had a great time.  Rozzie went for a pony ride.

 And saw chickens.

 And fed a sheep.  Mollie wasn't really into any of these activities.  But she did enjoy a big bag of kettle corn.  Rozzie is in a really funny stage where she says every animal says "rawr."  As in "Rozzie, what does a sheep say?"  "Rawwwwrrrr."  Pretty cute!

 Squishy face with Mollie at CalTor.

 "Mollie, too fast!"

 Halloween 2015!  Rozzie as super girl at her daycare party.  A kid vomited all over the table at the party so we left right after this.

 Which caused her to get mad at me and hold a seated protest on the sidewalk.

 Carving pumpkins.  Mollie wasn't satisfied with my carvings, so she drew on eyebrows and ears.

 The finished product.

Mollie went as JEM! this year.  If you grew up in the 80's you know that JEM is a rockstar with a band called the Holograms.  Mollie's been watching the 80's cartoons every morning.  We were really anticipating the new Jem movie but it was pulled from theaters before we had a chance to go see it.  BUMMER!  Anyway, Louie made our Jem these super sweet pink earrings so she can call Synergy.  Unfortunately, Syner-Rozzie refused her costume and ended up as Super Girl all weekend long.  



 We went trick or treating with Mollie's best friend Anya, the dalmation.  After we went out with Anya and her family, we went back to our neighborhood.  We ended up with quite the haul!

 A few more random fall pics
Mollie enjoying a cupcake from Baked and Wired.

 The girls heading off to school on a rainy fall morning

 Mollie as a pilgrim in her school show

For Thanksgiving we went to NY to see the parade at Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Debbie's house.  We've done this for the past 3 years and it is SO much fun.  We get an up close and personal look at the balloons, amazing food, drinks, and family time.  It's simply the best.

Rozzie and cousin Elie watching balloons go by.

 

After the parade and a nap, we went to Starbucks for a quick pick me up before hitting the Disney store in Times Square (not recommended!)

 Friday morning we had brunch with Margie and Andrew and went to the Central Park zoo, so fun!

 Rozzie gone wild!

Mollie and Andrew scouting the way through Central Park.

 This fall, our dear friend and Rozzie's godfather, Sam, moved to New York.  We were so sad to see him leave DC.  I've known him basically as long as I've known Louie and I can't believe he really moved away.  BUT, as luck would have it, he moved into the building across the street from Margie and Andrew...not on purpose, completely by fate.  We can't wait to visit him in NYC.

 Sam's goodbye party (minus Julia who was there but had to head home early!)

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Popsicles for breakfast at Nana and Pop-Pop's.  "Mom, it's just frozen juice!"