take me out to the ballgame!

Another fabulous opening day at Dodger Stadium! It's a Menslage family tradition! Kurt and I haven't missed an opening day in 9 - maybe 10 years! This year was Liam's 2nd opening day... you can read about last years game day here.

Some things were the same this year:
- He is wearing the SAME jersey as last year... it actually fits him this year.
- The Dodgers kicked some butt again this year (9-1 vs Arizona)
- We had great seats and a great time!

Some things were different:
- He would NOT wear his hat this year (different hat... his head grew!)
- It was just the three of us this time
- He got to eat a Dodger dog! (at least a bite... and even though hot dogs are one of his favorite foods... he wasn't into the Dodger Dog... probably too much going on.

game day!

snuggling with daddy on a beautiful day

great seats (1st base side)
he was VERY into the beach ball game, he and kurt even got to hit a couple

think blue.

we lasted about 4 innings... the game started at 1pm, (liam's nap time exactly)
he did great.. we didn't want to push it.

proof...

proof of either:

a) my kid looks cute in anything

or

b) i'm his mama, and to me, he looks cute no matter what.

you decide.

he had a bit of an "explosion" at daycare today. since this is a rarity, and he no longer spits up... i don't pack a 2nd outfit to send to daycare... so, today - this must've been in the daycare "treasure chest". so when i picked him up, he was dressed in about a 4 sizes too small, about 20 years old one piece pj sitiuation...

but still... he looks cute - no?

(spoken like a true mommy!)

juuuzjhhh

Last month I posted about my best friend Kammy's fabulous designer furniture sale. If you did not get the chance to go - you missed out. (sorry out of town-ers). anyway, i picked up a few lovelies for my own pad while i was there helping out.

Kammy was nice enough to come over this weekend and help me "juuuzjhhh" (our word for what happens when she waves her magic design wand over an area and it instantly looks way better).

so, check out this awesome print that i am going to hang above the fireplace. its MASSIVE. we didn't have a tall enough ladder to get it hung this weekend... but you get the idea. can you say "statement"?!?

More of my super finds to come...

just beach-y

even at 35...

yes.... even at 35... parents RULE.
mine maybe moreso than most.
maybe i am feeling a bit sad because liam and i just dropped them off at the airport... and they are flying from california to oregon right now... but seriously. they are the best.
even if i thought at 16 i was "too cool"... even if i thought at 18 "i'm an adult"... even if i thought at 21 "i'm an adult, i can do it on my own"... i have learned that i can't do it on my own... even with a family of my own...at 35... i absolutely adore you both - and i still need you!

look what they helped me plant today...
a garden... now, its no "EAST SIDE menslage garden"... no vineyards, or alpacas or anything... in fact, it started as just an herb garden... but we expanded the crop to include two varieties of tomatoes and two varieties of strawberries too!
now, we just need to keep it alive!

lavender and rosemary lavender

strawberries!

"earlygirl" tomato plant

the little helper bean with one glove (michael jackson style)

Happy Easter!

Happy Happy Easter!
We had a great day...
The festivities actually started yesterday with egg coloring and cookie cutting and decorating... then a super exciting easter morning (peter cottontail found liams house and brought lots of goodies!) then a wonderful church service, all followed by a lovely brunch... more photos will come later this week. but for now, here are some of the family shots from today.

a very rare shot of all three of us (oh and a fourth - mr. cottontail himself) g-link, limabean and grampa-bob
grammy m and liam

so, rockie the clown isn't part of our family, but liam sure took a liking to her... she loved him too, and made him a balloon dog on a leash.

he cleaned up - at the egg hunt!

* ok... how cute is the suit? thanks ariana and jasper for the lead on helping liam to be so styling this easter!

santa barbara zoo

Liam's gram and gramps are in town! YEAH!
We all went to the Santa Barbara Zoo today.. it was good Friday, the weather was perfect.... and we certainly weren't the only ones who thought the zoo would be a great idea today... it was PACKED!!!
we still had fun!

Liam learned the swing/between... he wanted to do this all day long.

Oh look what a difference 8 months makes... the last time he crawled through this log was on his first bday.

liam and gramps

and g-link

lil monkey

feeding the animals w/ dad