Pretty Purple Girl

Leah loves wearing dresses and being so physically active she doesn't wear them as much as she'd like. Today she was happy to wear a cute maxi dress.

Mother's Day 2012

The three beautiful reasons I can celebrate on Mother's Day <3

Our beautiful dancer

Leah had a wonderful competition experience today. Her team did beautifully and competed well. They won some top awards and went home very happy. I bought Leah a shirt she's had her eye on for a while now. She couldn't wait to put it on.

Leah's passion for dance is something I'm sometimes quite envious of. She works so hard to be good at it and more importantly she truly loves and enjoys it. I'm so happy she found it early on in her life. I'm sure that no matter what she chooses to do as she grows older? Somehow someway she'll always be dancing...one way or another.

Sleepover with Abuela

This weekend Leah spent the night with my mom, Abuela, in the Bronx. They had a great time together. Went out to dinner, stayed up late watching a movie, spent the next day getting haircuts & having their hair done, went shopping. All the things any girl would love to do, especially Leah.

My mom took her to the salon & after her haircut Leah got her first professional blow out. What a big girl!

She also bought some new clothes. Very cute pair of boats and sweater Leah is in love with.

Wedding Fun

Today we had the pleasure of celebrating the nuptials of Matt's cousin Marc to his new bride Marcy. We attended as a complete family which made Leah really happy. She understood that Gabriel and I may not be able to attend but she really wanted us too. I think it worked out well, especially with a 2 week old. This is our family now. A newborn, a toddler, and school aged child. Fun times, full speed ahead.

Leah and I danced for a bit, oh and Gabriel too.



Leah looked beautiful in her dress and with her hair all dolled up.


Such a pretty girl.

Family Picnic

There are many things that I like about Leah's school. One of those things are that the PTA and the school's administration work hard at providing the students and their families various social events throughout the year to just have fun together. Towards the end of the year, when the weather begins to turn around there is a Family Day picnic. It is held on a Friday. A dj is provided for entertainment, refreshments and snacks. The families come with picnic dinners and good time is had by all.

Leah was not a fan of having her photo taken at all, she just wanted to play with her friends. I did manage to get this one photo of her cute outfit, that she put together herself.

Lil Bro's 1st Birthday Party

We threw a Dr. Seuss themed 1st birthday party for Louis. The weather was questionable, lots of rain, doom looming but everyone made it out.

Leah looked beautiful in her Dr. Seuss theme outfit.



Leah's fave table of food...dessert!


Best kids around- beautiful too :)

Last Day of Kindergarten

Today was Leah's last day of kindergarten. Unbelievable! Cannot believe the past year went by so quickly. It was just yesterday that we were dropping Leah off for her first day of preschool.

Leah had a great year and is looking forward to first grade. Couldn't ask for anything more.

Fashion Diva

Leah in an outfit my mom bought her recently- jean shirt dress with black gladiator sandals. Leah asked me to style her hair into an updo, one she saw on tv. She wanted to dress up because we were going out to celebrate Matt's birthday.













Even with a nice dress & sandals on Leah still gets her hula hooping on.

My Lil Model

I've been messing around with Matt's DSLR and its settings. I asked Leah if she would mind posing for some pics. She was up for the challenge, BIG SHOCK. I love this outfit she is wearing. It is from the Children's Place's 'Hip Chick' line. We haven't shopped at the Children's Place for quite some time but this past Spring & Summer's lines are perfect for Leah and Louis. I love coordinating their outfits and TCP makes it easy to do.

Dead Pan-'Normal' Look


Leah does these couture hanging doll/zombie like poses. She is getting pretty good at them. Creepy.



Commercial poses coming up




Showing off her hangbag

Gymboree

Leah looked so put together today. There isn't a style, outfit or piece of clothing that she cannot pull off.

She has quite a few new poses. This kid is fresh off the catalog pages, onto the runway.

Day Two at the K Center

Today's fashion choice has been brought to you by David Bowie and his rocker inspiration. Leah was in love with the outfit she put together today.

Early Birthday Dinner

Matt's birthday is on Monday. We went out tonight for an early birthday celebration. His parents took us to a great restaurant and afterward we had a birthday cake back at the house.

Leah modeled her outfit before we left.



Leah has taken to ordering Shirley Temples when we go out to eat. I am to blame for this new compulsion of her's. She has been to a few bar and grills with me and we usually sit at the bar so she's learned what to order.