Fairy Tea Party

So, my regular everyday camera got misplaced in another city...hence, the long break in between blogs (that's my current excuse for the long break). But I've still got the good (yet bulky) camera to capture the life and times of NJB! My friend DeNae and I hosted a Fairy Tea Party this past weekend. We invited a bunch of our girl friends to dress up like fairy princesses as we nibbled on fairy snacks and did fairy crafts. The little girls were so precious!

Niva and I primped at home so we could look our fairy best!

Niva and her buddy Autumn dig into the snacks while sipping some "tea".

Yes, there was a lone boy there...the "Fairy Prince".

The floral crown was one of our crafts

Why can't we wear this everyday??

And now for my latest Niva Anecdote. Yesterday, Niva dug up an old baby toy. It was a Baby Einstein radio that played various bits of classical songs. When Niva heard one of the songs, her face lit up and she exclaimed, "This is Vivaldi, Mom!" It is? I knew it was one of the songs in our rotation of classical CD's but I couldn't place who the composer was. When Niva was at school, I checked to see if it really was Vivaldi...sure enough, I looked at the CD cover as I played the music and it was indeed Vivaldi's "Spring" Allegro. Niva's memory truly amazes me!

Little Storyteller

Lately, one way to appease Niva J is by telling her stories. Not stories from books but personal anecdotes of things that have happened to us in the past. Some of her favorites are when I got stung in the booty by a bee in NYC, when Fufu wore our dad's shoes as a kid and then accidentally broke a chandelier, and when Daddy and I witnessed a monkey steal a bag of rambutans at a beach in Thailand. She can listen to these stories on repeat forever! Well, while we were driving home from Chinese School today, Niva surprised me with a story of her own!! It went exactly like this:

"Mom, I'm going to tell you a story. Once upon a time...Daddy was looking for Momo. Daddy went to the guest room. Daddy went to Mom and Dad's room. Daddy doesn't see Momo. Then, Momo was on the couch and Daddy sees her. The END!" (this incident actually happened a couple of days ago but we have not revisited it since then)

And then she proudly declared, "I told my first story!" And of course I was proud as proud can be!

Niva's Fables...coming soon to a bookstore near you!

We Heart Easter!!

Oh yes, I love Easter!!

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Every year, it gets better!

That morning, we surprised Niva with an Easter basket full of goodies...it was so fun to put it all together. Among the goods were that stroller baby doll that she was eyeing at the store and I secretly purchased for her, 2 Easter books, a Hello Kitty bracelet, bunny fruit snacks, chocolate bunny, an egg dyeing kit and a box full of Peeps!

This year, Easter also fell on Daddy's birthday! Yes, Niva painted that coffee mug for him...

We dyed eggs too! It was my first time ever and the eggs turned out so beautiful. 

Then, we had Birthday BBQ Brunch at the oldest BBQ spot in Texas, Black's Barbecue!

Check out our almost matching dresses! (It appears that this was my Easter weekend dress last year too)

Although Niva did NOT take a nap, the Easter Bunny still decided to drop by our house. And 3 of Niva's girl friends-- Julianne, Adelie, and Haley-- joined in on the hunting fun too!

The girls partook in egg dyeing too. Best $1.50 spent ever!

It was hilarious to see these girlie girls in action! They were running around the house laughing and shrieking. At one point, I heard mention of Momo being the dragon who had to be kept out of their castle??!

My own little photo shoot after the sugar rush died down

And a closeup of those magnificent eggs...I am so fascinated by them!

BEST EASTER EVER!!!!!