This past week....

We played at the park with a bunch of friends...

Here Mattie is taking Tatum into the tunnel at Northwood Park..

We also played at Irvine Park and Mattie got to slide with Aaron...

And Sylvie actually rode the train with us!

Some story time with cousins Arezo and Afrouz....

And Mattie has been battling a cough since last Friday night... she has enjoyed playing with the humidifier box all week long, kids are so silly!

Mama's Spring Break!

Mattie and mama enjoyed spring break last week! Mattie helped Mama babysit baby Isaac on Tuesday while his mommy worked. We played at the house and went to the park, and Mattie was sad to see him leave... she has been saying Isaac every day since his departure :)

Mattie also got to spend a fun day with grandma and grandpa. Grandpa drove us all to the beach and took us out to lunch, but first we had to play at the cold beach.... Mattie rode the swings with grandpa...

She climbed way up high all by herself (little monkey!), while grandpa supervised from behind....

And grandpa even took her on the carousel at the "fun zone"... and yes, it was fun!

Another fun part of our spring break was a BBQ at the Gordy's house (again)! Mattie and Aaron played in the yard during food prep since it stays light so late out now!

Cousin Tati's 2nd Birthday Party!

Happy Bday cousin Tati! Mattie had a blast playing with cousin Tati's new toys, including a pink piano, that they played together shown here :)

Picnic Dinner at the Park

Before I tell you about our picnic, I just had to share this picture.... There is a reason why I put Mattie in pink and ponytails every day... apparently she looks like a little trucker boy out of the bath with just her jeans on.....

Now for our fun picnic dinner... Mattie is not really into sitting in high chairs these days, so we had dinner at the park on Saturday evening on the park benches.... Mattie loved getting to play in between bites and she loved that we were already at play central when the eating was done... We played "chase the Dora ball" in the grassy field....

And of course, we had many trips down the slides and on the swings....

A perfect toddler style dinner date! Thanks Cedar Grove Park!

Road Trip to Arizona!

Sorry for the long post, I couldn't narrow it down any more than I did! We headed out to AZ on Thursday to stay with the Melaras for a long weekend... Mattie wanted to bring daddy and grandma this time, so it was a full house, but we all had a blast! Here the girls are rocking out on the Elmo drum set after getting a lesson from Uncle Jason.Here Mattie and Ryan pose in front of the carosel at the Railroad park. Don't ya just dig Ryan's sunglasses?!

Seistors stop for a quick pose with our little love bugs :)

Mattie and Ryan had a blast playing in the princess tent at the house...

And they thoroughly enjoyed riding to the park in Ryan's wagon....

Mattie's new thing at the park is hanging from the bars.. good thing daddy was there to help her!

Ryan couldn't wait to take Mattie to the Children's Museum of Phoenix! Here they get a physics lesson from Sadri...

Mattie practicing her "Marilyn Monroe" dress pose on top of the air vent

There was even a slide at the museum!

And there was painting... of course Mattie had to taste it first... then she attempted to paint the house...

The girls also spent lots of time going for horsey rides on grandma's knees... they practiced taking turns until Sadri volunteered his knees so they could ride at the same time....

And a trip to AZ wouldn't be complete without our "bathing beauties" bathing together, every night we were there!

Thanks for putting up with us Amy and Jason! Mattie misses La La already!