This Easter we took our time waking up. We gave Jace his little basket, had breakfast and then got the bikes out to go downtown for a 2nd breakfast at Lolo’s. Little boy was more interested in the paper grass than his little goodies. He had so much fun on the bike ride that he fell asleep sitting up on the way back, ha. We saved the rest of the day for meeting up with family. Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. It’s such a special day and we took many moments to think of God and the rising of his son.
Holidays
This little boy had a wonderful Christmas morning. He woke up in the best mood, ready to play. Before we started opening gifts he had a blow-out. Thank heaven I had a “back-up” Christmas pajama outfit for him to wear, ha. I’m very proud of our gift this year for Jace’s first Christmas. Knowing that he’s more into music than anything else, I found a little tambourine in the $1 racks at Target and he got the biggest kick out of it. Score! I feel so blessed that we were able to celebrate Christmas with my parents and wake up and carry on the tradition with Jace. It will definitely be a Christmas we’ll remember forever.
One of our little Christmas outings was to the lighted boat parade in Santa Cruz at the harbor with some good friends. It was so much fun. Love the smell of that ocean!
Miss Tayler made us the most thoughtful scrapbook of Jace’s first year. I can’t even imagine how many hours she must have spent on it. It’s beautiful. In it is this quote about family and it couldn’t be more perfect:
“Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future” – Gail Lumet Buckley
This year marks the third year to the Christmas tree farm up in Bonny Doon {omg, we’ve been here almost 3 years?!}, but this time we brought Jace face {duh}! It’s not like we’d leave our child at home for a tradition like this, lol. Last year I promised myself I would go for the beachy tree this year {its bristles look like pieces of coral!}. Of course Rob didn’t want to go for the sea foam color so we found a greener one with the same unique bristles and called it even. And I’m so glad we did. It smells so good and up in our living room, it’s like we’re living in a Dr. Seuss book. The branches and bristles at the top wisp out like feathers. The texture is beautiful and after two weeks this tree still smells amazing. Thank God we haven’t had any visitors staying over at our house, or else they’d be sleeping right next to it, ha. It’s a little overpowering. Maybe I should have asked what kind of tree it actually is. Next year I guess ;) See past year’s Christmas tree farm adventures here and here. Again, real trees are the way to go. Hope you all had fun picking out yours this holiday season.