Four Peas in a Blog: October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Pumpkin patch

We went to this same pumpkin patch last year, but this time we had Grandma with us.

The costume still fits and V seemed pretty excited about it, so she is dressing as Peas again for Halloween this year.

Leading us through the corn maze:

Monday, October 29, 2012

Saturday, October 27, 2012

It is time to get serious about...

... flapjacks.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Blowing out the candles

Yeah, that's a bruise on her head... She had a rough fall at daycare yesterday :-(. But it was still a happy birthday!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Happy second birthday, sweet girl

Here's one from her early days that somehow never got posted until now:

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The day after her birthday party was like Christmas morning

Monday, October 22, 2012

We threw a party on Saturday to celebrate Veronica's second birthday. I didn't take nearly enough photos from the event (I tried to be a good host and to enjoy the moments rather than record them). But I did get this one of our special little girl moments before the group gathered around and sang "Happy Birthday" her:

We held the party at Stevens Park. Below is a picture of the scene taken before our guests arrived. You can see the "taco guy" setting up. There's a playground close by that kept the kids busy during the party.

A friend took this one with my camera during the singing. V had been preparing for this moment and managed to blow out the candle on her own!

The party was a success! V's actual birthday is Wednesday of this week. I'm looking forward to a smaller scale celebration with just the three of us.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Group birthday party

Just like last year we got together with R's Mamatoto group and their families for a birthday celebration at the Padaro Beach Grill.

Veronica tried to make another break for it:

Here are the moms and two-year-olds:

I didn't take a ton of photos, but here's one of V playing around:

And here's the scenic sunset:

This weekend we are throwing V her own party, so stay tuned for more birthday fun!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Veronica: year one slideshow

Veronica turns two years old next week! I finally got around to putting together a slideshow of photos from her first year. So, yes, I'm about a year behind schedule on that.

This is definitely a no-frills piece of work -- simply photos strung together in chronological order and set to possibly sappy yet hopefully still tenderly appropriate music.

The difficulty of this project was in selecting the photos. In order to keep the numbers down I had to add some constraints to the process. For instance, with a couple exceptions, I didn't include photos containing anyone other than V. I even made a last minute decision to leave grandparents (sorry!) and myself on the cutting room floor. The symmetry of the bookends with momma and a cupcake, however, was too perfect to leave out. There is also, obviously, an emphasis on close-ups so that you can see the details of V's face change over the course of the year. This meant excluding some of my favorite wider shots that just didn't contain enough V.

I'm quite pleased to have this memento and am looking forward to starting the next one as soon as next week!