piggy paint

My sweet girl is the oldest two-year old I know. I think it's because she tries so hard to keep up with her older brother. She has been getting left out a lot lately because she's not old enough, tall enough, etc. So when her brother was on his way to the skatepark and she was crying because she had to stay home, I thought it was time to pull out something special. My beautiful friend Eva bought Piper some Piggy Paint Nail Polish and I have been waiting to use it. Who doesn't want to give their daughter her first pedicure? So tonight I did and she was sooooo proud. Why is Piggy Paint awesome? Let me list the reasons:

* Non-toxic
* Low odor
* Water-based formula
* Hypoallergenic
* Fun, vibrant colors
* Dries to a hard, durable finish
* Cruelty-free
* Safe during pregnancy

Piper sucks her fingers and I can't imagine being worried about real nailpolish... this makes me breathe a sigh of relief. It's not cheap, they run $8.99 each.... but it should last a long time with little fingers and toes and isn't it totally worth it? I'm a fan and I can't wait to get more of their cute colors.

update

Our baby boy is already almost 8 months old.... and we JUST finished his side of the room. Well it helps that I actually did move the crib out of our room this weekend and into the room that he shares with his sister (like I said I would in a previous post.... that's the update part). It was heart breaking and it took 3 nights to do because I couldn't let go.

His side of the room is super simple, I will post pics of his sister's side in the next few weeks. Do you like the quilt we hung behind his crib? I bet you didn't know that my mother is a professional quilter and her quilts have been featured in many magazines. Lucky me right? We just got Madden's special quilt a few weeks back and I love it on the wall. I am not a huge theme person when it comes to decorating....so Madden gets simple colors, stripes, etc.

I love it!

it was awesome

This picture is of Madden and myself at the Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles this weekend. It was AWESOME...just like stepping into etsy. My hubby loved it too. We are thinking of going to the holiday one in San Francisco and make a date trip out of it! They also have fairs in Brooklyn, Chicago and Austin!

Here is all of the loot we purchased......the dollhouse pillow is from cakies...you already know she has one of my favorite blogs! I have been wanting to get my hands on one of these for awhile. We honestly could have bought 50 more things, but we had to try and refrain from spending our grocery money!

I'm thinking that there is a good chance Creative Nest Designs just might have a booth at the fair next year. Fun right?!

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I'm having a hard time letting go. This sweetie pie is my last baby...not because I don't want more, I think I would have a 4th (hubby thinks he would not), but because it would not be ideal for me to have any more c-sections. So, I am having a hard time letting go of all the baby milestones....a really hard time. I can literally feel my body clinging to him and wanting to hold him all the time like a newborn. I want him to sleep on me constantly and need me all the time (which isn't necessarily true because I do like a little freedom in my day). This weekend will mark baby hitting a new milestone....crib out of our room and into his room. We should have done this months ago but I love having him close to me. My heart is sad, I REALLY don't want to move him out of our room, but I know it's time. I'm sad. But my sleeping self will be happy.

Happy Friday! Hope you have a wonderful summer weekend. Do something fun, even if it's making smores on your stove at home.

delicious

I browse allrecipes.com quite often for new dinner ideas. I came across a homemade applesauce recipe and read all of the reviews. One of the reviewers made her applesauce in the crockpot and I knew I wanted to do that too, so that's why my house smells delicious right now! Normally, I would do this in the Fall....but hey applesauce is great anytime! Now, my applesauce did not come out perfect and needs to be tweaked but I will explain that after the recipe below.

Slow Cooker Applesauce

8 apples - peeled, cored and chopped

1 cup water

1/2 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:

Combine ingredients in slow cooker, cook on high for 4 hours.

Notice that I mashed my applesauce when it was done. Part of the reason why I did this is because my applesauce was very watery, next time I will use only 3/4 cup water. I also think I let it cook a bit longer than the 4 hours and it was overcooked. Next time I will continually test it between the 3 -4 hours to get the right consistency. It's pretty hard to screw up homemade applesauce, it's good no matter what! I hope to perfect this before Fall comes around

i'm sick

My sister lead me to this wedding featured on The Wedding Chicks. This wedding literally makes me sick, sick to my stomach because I can't stand how rad, beautiful and perfect it is. To see more images and read the inspiration behind the wedding go here.

winner winner

The winners of the Kids Bop Cd giveaway are:

The Shafts and Poladian Clan!

Congrats! The cds will be on their way!

yay...can't wait...yay

I'm going one day this weekend and I can't wait...no really, I literally cannot wait. I hope I find lots of stuff! And of course get lots of inspiration for future endeavors. Get more info here.

my sanity

My favorite word to use with having 3 kids (one still a baby and one a 2 year old) is ridiculous. I use it all the time. I use it the most when I attempt to work. This is what I do if you don't know. Now, as ridiculous as it is, we don't have the money to hire a nanny to help out (I wish we did). So this summer I hired a Mother's Helper. For two hours a week, I have a wonderful 15 year old who comes over and entertains my two oldest like you wouldn't believe. I plan it at nap time for the baby, so she really can play with the other two. And they play and play and play. And I get more work done in those two hours than I get in the whole week. It is amazing. If you can make it fly and you need some uninterrupted time during the week, hire one! You can only do it in the summer because a Mother's Helper has to go back to school in the Fall.

problem solved

Mark and I have been tortured over one small thing. That thing is how to store the kids' art supplies. Something so small, but we couldn't come to an agreement. We tried the tackle box approach, the super organized Crayola divided box approach and the throw in a big box approach .... but none of it worked for us. Finally, finally, finally we figured it out. We bought this Snapware Snap 'N Stack at Target. There are 3 layers and we store crayons in one, markers in another and colored pencils in yet another. Perfection! If the kids can't keep these organized, than nothing will work!

By the way, we have paints, glue and scissors in a whole other bin that they can't get to (in case you were wondering).