Chaos and Crazy makes a Lazy Blogger

It has been 5 months since I last posted! Oops. The Gill-Smith household was a bit chaotic for a few months, with the wedding, Easter, Eleanor's birthday, then the slew of other April birthdays. I'm just now realizing I haven't posted in a long time. My bad. 

Since the wedding was the biggest event of late I'll give it its own post in a few days -with pictures, I promise. But since then we've had many other celebrations as well. 

Easter was the first big family event. Eleanor got to hunt for eggs and open a pretty cool Easter basket (excuse the laundry pile ...)

I also tried my best to get a family photo without a tripod or a selfie stick. 

Professional photos are definitely the way to go for us. Haha! 

The family also enjoyed a few other outings: the Bruce Springsteen concert, Seattle Aquarium, Tulip Festival,and the Seattle Children's Museum. 

The whole family got together this last Monday for the Tacoma Rainiers v. Omaha Storm Chasers baseball game at Cheney Stadium. It was to celebrate Gavin and Jennie's birthdays. We all had a ton of fun and a ton of food -even Eleanor lasted all nine innings. (The Rainiers won 7-5!)

Like I said, an eventful few months. I'll post again soon. Cross my heart. Needle in my eye. 

Snow day. Snow play.

I remember when winter meant snow. A lot of it. We always had a few snow days from school where we'd run around with our friends, building snowmen and igloos, and tiring ourselves out while seemingly never getting cold. I miss those days. 

It doesn't snow in the low-lands like it used to, and living a few blocks from the water means it snows even less. But at least this year the Cascades have seen a lot of snow. So Gavin and I did what any cool parent does and bundled Eleanor up and went to play in the snow. A few times actually. 

We took Dad with us once, and then Dad and I took Michelle and Jason on MLK day. Enjoy our awesome Snow Day pictures (and eventually, if I can figure out how, video). 

First snow day was in late December with Gavin, Eleanor and Lucky. 

The tiny bit of snow the low-lands actually had:

And then our Snow Days with Dad and the kids: 

Needless to say, Eleanor loved the snow and sledding and we're hoping to go up a few more times before spring. 

Because snow ... duh

2 months off isn't so bad ... right? Don't judge, I'm a busy woman. Juggling the holidays, wedding planning, and a toddler (literally st times) is tiring and I tend to forget the little things. Like blog posts.

I'll add "Do better blogging" to my New Years Resolution list.

I'll start with a current picture post about Eleanor having fun in the snow. She got to experience it for the first time last Wednesday up in the Cascades mountains above Enumclaw. Then today we were suprised with some snow at home. Right now I'm hoping and praying the snow sticks around long enough for Eleanor to wake from her nap and have a little more fun in it.

Eleanor hanging out with Papa Jim after her first snow trip.

Eleanor trying to catch the snow flakes.