Author Mandy Sladden
G. G. Ruby gave Elsie a new rocking horse for Christmas … we call the horse “Winnie” Here Winnie is meeting Rody and the whole gang – We suspect that Winnie is British because she absolutely loves tea and scones… Continue Reading →
Mindy and Elsie spent one snowy afternoon making holiday cookies Elsie was the sprinkle adder and eater Here are the masterpieces! Delicious!
A couple of weekends ago we hosted a wine tasting night, we put the last wine glass in the dishwasher around 1:30 a.m. and finally headed for bed. Elsie did her best to sleep in, but as 8:00 rolled around… Continue Reading →
We had a big snow a couple weeks ago and we bundled Elsie up and headed outside to see if we could teach her to shovel the driveway … Turns out the shovel was too big for Elsie to hold,… Continue Reading →
We have over 30 kids on our block and any time it snows you can count on sledding … Mindy and Jenna got Elsie her first tube sled – she put on her snow suit and headed out. Since it… Continue Reading →
Nicholas sent Elsie a trampoline for Christmas – pretty sure this is a ring in baby terms … well niko elsie says YES! Trampolining is a lot like Cricket, you have to stop the game for some Tea Even spectators… Continue Reading →
Amy snapped this photo in Montana and its so cute! Finally a photo of Mark, Mandy and Saffie – And she is smiling! Isn’t she adorable!
Dylan, Lauren and Kevin discovered Geocaching … my mom found a few “caches” located right behind our house in the rims. Geocaching is modern day treasure hunting – you are given coordinates, some clues and you are off. Before the… Continue Reading →
doing some blogging catch up… This Thanksgiving we spent the week in Montana and all gathered at the under construction house at Virginia Lane for the big dinner. The cleaning crew (me, mom, rod, mark and my dad) headed over… Continue Reading →
Each day we have been receiving beautiful holiday cards and each time its like a slap in the face … I don’t even have an eligible photo to use. One day we quickly did an impromptu photo shoot in Elsie’s… Continue Reading →
Many years ago I started watching the TLC show Clean Sweep – for those who haven’t seen the show, the crew goes into a house overgrown with clutter and helps the owner purge, organize and create a functional space. They… Continue Reading →
When we were in Montana we finally got to meet Lavio Sears (Patrick and Brits new baby). He is sweet as can be!
Elsie has been trying out reindeer for her (box) sleigh, she thinks she found some winners in Lil Kev, Dylan and Lauren.
While in Montana for Thanksgiving (yes a little late on this post) we headed out to Lockwood School – we were “working” and Elsie was attending the new Lockwood School Daycare (which was great). We had some surprise visitors come… Continue Reading →
Elsie performed her first monologue to empty amphitheater in Boulder
Saffie and Elsie just happened to be at Kangaroo Kingdome at the same time the other day. Elsie wanted to show her cousin around the place … it was a double bow day! 🙂
Elsie loves to look at herself as a baby, although instead of saying Elsie, she says baby because clearly anyone that is even a day younger is a baby!
At the beginning of November we headed out to New York City to celebrate Julie’s 35th birthday and Scott’s 5th year cancer free. We left Elsie in Colorado with Grammie and Papa (that deserves a whole post by a guest… Continue Reading →
Today we are thinking of our good friend, Shelley Dolan (really my second mother) as she goes through surgery. After a mammogram turned up abnormal cells many months ago, her family physician told her it was nothing to worry about…. Continue Reading →
Our very dear friends Matt and Rachel’s mom Beth was diagnosed with Breast Cancer – Today is Beth’s Birthday and we joined in the fun to stuff her (virtual) mailbox full of birthday wishes. Here is Elsie with her sign… Continue Reading →
Scott has a shoe fetish … its funny wouldn’t notice if you cut or dyed your hair, but he can tell if you are wearing a new pair of shoes. Vincent Shoes was having a fantastic sale on Cybermonday and… Continue Reading →
Its funny, Finley and Elsie don’t know it yet, but they are already BFF’s (get used to it girls). I think they are finally starting to play together (yes, mom I know they are only parallel playing, but it looks… Continue Reading →
Today was Grammies birthday and Elsie wanted to send some birthday wishes (sorry for the late post, I am still learning how to string together videos using imovie). Happy Birthday Grammie! We love you Grammie! (for all of you Lockwood-ites,… Continue Reading →
I got these little stamps at office max I don’t know why but I find it extremely satisfying to stamp them on my processed paperwork …
Today the Sladden’s are wishing Julie a very very happy 35th birthday! Elsie has a hard time saying Happy Birthday – so she is showing her love with a sign! Tomorrow we are headed out to NYC to celebrate Julie’s… Continue Reading →
all of our pre-halloween activities led up to one night of trick-or-treating. We only made it 5 houses in an hour and a half – the baby chick had a great time and the feathers were quite warm. Here she… Continue Reading →
Last night we received Greg’s absentee ballot from Australia … so Elsie and I dressed in red, white and blue to hand deliver it to the county clerk. Here’s hoping a little Elsie luck will send Colorado blue! this election… Continue Reading →
We were swamped with pre-halloween activities … also a chance to really get some use out of our chicky costume! [beware this is a photo heavy post] Our first activity was a pumpkin carving gathering at Carrie and Marks, the… Continue Reading →
Michael was in town for a visit a couple weeks ago and he was a big hit! Elsie instantly loved his glasses and enjoyed constantly playing with the case. Elsie wanted to show her papa all her cool stuff so… Continue Reading →
Elsie went in for her 18 month check up and all is well. She is still in the 25th percentile for height and the 5-10 percentile for weight – she’s just a little one! We had another round of shots… Continue Reading →
This year for halloween Elsie is going to be a baby chick, in case you wondered baby chicks say “Bock, Bock”. 🙂 I decided to test out my limited sewing skilz on white hat with a comb (that red thing… Continue Reading →
we headed up to Rob and Kieuly’s new house in the Boulder Foothills for Brunch a few Sunday’s ago – the house was amazing. here are a few pics my favorite part of the house was the master bathroom hello… Continue Reading →
Grandparents don’t really follow any rules … the day after Saffie’s birthday grampa allowed elsie to eat 4 cupcakes. Each time she would go to josh and amy’s house, she would some how hunt down the cupcakes and point to… Continue Reading →
for Saffie’s first birthday, Grammie and Grampa got her a tunnel … Elsie and Kai gave it a test run at Saffie’s party – here a few of the tunnel shots. I hope it wasn’t elsie that gave kai that… Continue Reading →
Last Saturday we started Gymnastics with Elsie. We have tried Gymboree and during the week Elsie goes to Kangaroo Kingdome which has lots of activities but we wanted to make sure we were giving Elsie the proper instruction on how… Continue Reading →
Two weekends ago we joined Saffie and crew to celebrate her first birthday (and Josh’s 35th). First birthday’s are hard … lots of people coming into your house and giving you the birthday look … saffie wasn’t so sure She… Continue Reading →