An unconventional.. but practical Easter Basket

Do you ever get an idea in your head

and can't wait to conceptualize the entire thing?

 

That's exactly what happened when I saw chevron personalized placemats on Zulily back in early March.

 

I thought what a neat base for an unconventional Easter basket for both Molly (my Goddaughter) and her brother Domingo.

 

And then the fun of picking up small items to put on top of the placemat began.

A few items specific just for them

and others in their own individualized colors.

 

A little treat to both of them to let them know how much I love them!

 

 

So they each received coloring books, crayons, a light up squishy toy (its going to their house, not mine if it breaks! sorry Katie and Jason in advance if they break!), bubbles, mango/pineapple cups that I drew on to look like a little chick (thank you Pinterest), and a special little treat an Airplane for Domingo (once again.. sorry Katie and Jason), and Easter crafts for Molly.

(I fudged with this darn picture about 12 times and could not get it to rotate.. sorry.. this is the best I could get!)

 

Happy Easter Molly and Domingo!

 

Hope you all are having a great week :)

 

Thursday Tidbits

Thought I would take a moment to catch you up on what has been going on in my life

• A few weeks ago,  I went to a baby shower for one of my best friends from college.  It was so good to see Brandy and the rest of my girl friends who live out of town.

Emily {Thomas}, Aly, The mom to be - Brandy, Jenna {Olivia}, myself

The hostess' really outdid themselves.  All of the little details were amazing!
Bottom right is my gift for mom and baby
Bib - Etsy Southern Style Sticthes
Blocks - BBBlocks, a way to document your baby's growth

• I have had the kids twice in the last week.  I have thoroughly enjoyed having them around.  Molly is becoming quite independent and VERY determined as of lately, and Domingo has become ultra ornery and my little buddy! I thoroughly enjoy having these two around the house.  They bring me so much joy and happiness.

Playing together on the iPad

• We celebrated my 30th birthday last week.  My parents took us all out to a wonderful dinner, and it was nice to spend the day with the ones that I love the most.  
• I've been completing some DIY projects around the house lately, I will be posting a few of them in the upcoming weeks, along with more outfit posts, like I promised when I recommitted myself to blogging.

True Story.. this happened!

Last week I played babysitter for a day for my Goddaughter Molly {2} and her brother Domingo {11 mos}.

I was beyond thrilled to have both kids, at my house all day,

planned out different activities to do, inside and out,

thought we could go to the park

enjoy some fresh air, ect.

I will admit I was a little worried watching both kids, for the first time, by myself for 8 hours.

Thats a LONG day without having a child proof house and not a ton of toys laying around.

Well little did I know by 9am that the lack of toys and non-childproofed house would be the least of my worries.

For some reason, I didn't think to stock up on Diet Coke before the kids arrived.

And if you know me... I need one every morning, it is my version of coffee.

Katie, the kid's mom, dropped them off around 7:45 and by 8:00am, Domingo had wet himself clear through his diaper and all over his outfit! Ugh! So i looked in the diaper bag and all that he had to put on was a thermal long sleeve onesie.. Sorry bud!

I thought that I would continue on the day and not focus on my diet coke, and just wait for Justin to come home for lunch but I decided by 9am that this was not going to be a possible task.

So I did what any responsible babysitter would do.

I told Molly that we were going on a walk, and she proceeded to put on her fleece jacket AND hat {mind you it was probably close to 60* at tho time.. but she is in the terrible twos and I have learned to pick my battles wisely} and poor Dom had on his onesie with no pants.. and I looked like a hot mess myself with my hair on top of my head, no make up and a tee shirt and jeans...

I put both kids in the wagon, covered Dom's and inevitably Molly's legs too {homegirl was not going to get cold on this short wagon ride} and I took them to Drug Mart to get my Diet Coke.

The entire walk up there the kids were laughing and clapping - I'm pretty sure they enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the thought of finally having my morning Diet Coke.

We got to the store, and I was once again perplexed about how I was going to carry them through the store.. and I just opted to keep both kids in the wagon, while maneuvering around the aisles... I'm sure we were a sight to see.. but you know... at the end of the day... we all had fun!

And thats all that matters!

Molly is 2!

Yesterday we celebrated this little one's 2nd birthday

It was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme

{I swear that show is crack for kids! Do you know of any toddler that doesn't like that show?}

Opening up her gifts, she was ALL business

{look at that concentration on her sweet little face!}

Once again not messing around.. this time with cake

And of course the little dude looking dapper as well

I can't believe you are two today Molly!

I love you to pieces and you surely know how to melt my heart.

Friday Brain Dump

{1.}

Herbie 2.0

Please meet the newest member to my life

Herbie 2.0

My dad and I set on quite a quest a few weeks ago and it felt as if I sat in every car this side of the Mississippi within my price range

trying to figure out what kind of car I wanted

I didn't find anything that I LOVED

{perhaps I should tell you that i LOVED my last car, who's name was Herbie, and I cried when the tow truck was coming to take him away}

So I settled for another Passat, just a few years newer

and we are slowly but surely becoming accustomed to one another

My dad sent me an email with pictures of my car saying Herbie.2

From there I decided to call the car Herbie 2.0

And then once the car was delivered my dad quickly pointed out to me that the back of the car even had 2.0 on the back...

And at that moment - Herbie 2.0 was named for sure!

{2.}

My Christmas tree is still up

So sue me... its January 6th... I will take it down this weekend

{while listening to Christmas music.. it makes it a little less painful}

{3.}

Molly is turning 2 in a little over a week

Seriously.. time has flown!

{4.}

Santa left me a Chocolate Peppermint Stick Luna Bar

and I may have bought out Kroger in the rest of their stock

If you like thin mints.. i recommend you walk RUN to your closest grocery store and buy them out of this product as well!

SO GOOD!

{5.}

Hunter Boot Liners

I'm confused about them

Do you wear them once and wash them such as a sock?

Or do you just not worry about washing them such as the inside of an UGG boot?

Any suggestions?

Happy Friday!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend

Getting into the Christmas Spirit

With the holiday's quickly approaching, we decided to get together this week with Molly and her family to celebrate.

My favorite little almost 2 year old

Although her and her brother received a few toys from Justin and I

we also got a little crafty this year with their gifts

With this as my inspiration

Source: Uploaded by user via Lindsey on Pinterest

and a matching bib for her brother

along with Molly's shirt, I had her a tutu made from one of my friend's Megan

that is red and white so it will match her shirt and work for her birthday party that is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed.

Molly got me an amazing necklace that I had pinned a long time ago from Vestique

{consider this your fair warning - vestique can be a dangerous website! everything is reasonably priced and ADORABLE! i kind of think of it as a less expensive francesca's}

I have had some trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year {even though I have been listening to Christmas music since November 1st, and my tree has been up shortly after that} but hearing Molly say "Ho Ho Ho" when you ask her what Santa says, made me excited for the season. She truly warms my heart more than she even knows!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween!

from a few of your favorite apps :)

Friday night Justin and I got to spend time with 2 of our favorite little munchkins!

Molly painted pumpkins

{yes in the bathtub... i didn't know where else to have a 20 month old paint a pumpkin in my little carpeted condo}

but truthfully, I think her favorite part of painting was cleaning up and playing in the water

while molly painted her pumpkins - Domingo just chilled! He is such a good baby!

and we also made this cute little canvas for Katie and Jason

I hope you had a wonderful Halloween!

next up... Thanksgiving {which makes it that much closer to CHRISTMAS!}

In desperate need of a recap....

Hello there my faithful readers!
Its been a minute since I last posted, and I do apologize.. however, I feel as if we either have SO much going on that I don't have time to post, or my life is so routine, that if I posted, you all would be bored out of your mind! so I thought I could catch us all up to speed really quickly on what is new/going in my life

So recently, we celebrated my cousin Wes's graduation

my aunt always does a taco bar for all of her kids graduations - it goes over so well, and its delish!
We also celebrated my sister's birthday
and I have to give a lot of credit to Doug, her fiance for picking out this mustard color purse all on his own. Alli had a yellow purse that was on its last leg and he took the liberty to get her a new one!
I have always whined about the month of June. Between my mom and sister's birthday [as well as her fiance's] and fathers day.. the month pretty much makes me broke!
So my mom decided to surprise me with my birthday and xmas present
and if you can't tell by the look on my face - i was just a teeny bit excited about my gift/toy:)
Since opening her up, I have been practicing taking pictures
Its amazing how much of a difference the lens protector makes
without
with
and then one night during a beautiful summer evening, i was channeling my inner kelle hampton by taking pictures of the sky
and the other night there was a male and female cardinals on our patio and of course i had to try to be a "professional photographer" and try and get the perfect picture - ha!

This past weekend we went with Molly and her family to a local Jazz and Blue's festival. She was being a complete and total ham. We took her out of her stroller to walk around and she would put one foot behind the other, pause, and look up at a total stranger and wave and say "hi", after they acknowledged her she would move onto the next person who she hoped would pay attention to her!

Katie took her on the merry go round and she LOVED it...
So that's a quick recap of what has been happening in the past few weeks!
I promise to be a better blogger soon... I miss all of you!