great weekend

(1st Haircut already shown on Facebook and via SMS to everyone we know)

My weekend:

1. Started a Friday night pizza ritual at a new pizza place

2. Saw Hop (my kids absolutely loved it, I couldn't wait for it to be over)

3. Caught up with a girlfriend

4. Made up a dance routine with my oldest (he invented a move called the 'tiger tooth')

5. Watched the new iCarly (we were all really excited for this.... no really)

6. Took the baby to get his first haircut (tear, tear)

7. Texted and Facebooked many pictures of said haircut

8. Went to church and dropped off ALL the kids in Sunday School (only one cries now)

9. Split the family up so the boys could have "real boy time" (which apparently means a bike ride and milkshakes)

10. I was able to see my parents, sisters, niece, nephew & brother-in-law all in one weekend

11. Play in piles of hail and make a snowman (very rare occurrence in Southern California)

12. Clean out my car, including vacuuming 3,267 cracker crumbs

Things I did not do:

1. Laundry (oops)

2. Meal plan and make grocery list (oopsie)

3. Do necessary errands (uh oh)

4. Clean my room (oh well)

I had way too much fun this weekend to care! That's what Mondays are for.

to keep organized

Hanging clipboards in the kitchen to help keep me on track! My cleaning to-do list, my son's homework and my shopping list. Behind my shopping list are all the recipes for the week too! I will definitely add some color to those clipboards when I get time!

pretty amazing

If you don't know the scoop, my sister is a photographer and her wedding photography company Lavender & Twine was featured on a national blog, The Sweetest Occasions. You can see all the gorgeous photos here. The pictures are AMAZING! Please check it out and leave a comment on their page. There is a contest involved, so please support her.

more stuff

Mark loves antique typewriters. Luckily we were able to have some from Mark's parents' house. I also filled this hurricane vase to match my design logo; a nest with three eggs. Once again I took apart an old wreath, stuffed it in the vase, and used three blue eggs from the batch I filled in the apothecary jar.

A painted letter, a jar of buttons, a little bird and a candle holder makes for a fun corner.

more home stuff

I bought these little shelfs at Ikea and put them in the kitchen displaying all the baby announcements and cards I have done for our family as well as little paintings I have picked up over the years.

Of course my picture cut off the actual shelf but I hung another one in the kitchen below my picture and it displays some classic Children's Books.

stuff at home

I would love to paint our house, get new furniture and indulge in a home makeover.... but that's not going to happen right now. I was really unhappy with the way we had to make our furniture fit when we moved so I made it a priority to decorate on a tiny budget. This week I am going to share some of my favorite little things I did. I already had these apothecary jars at home and since we have a bird/nest theme in our life with my business, I broke apart an old wreath to make the nest and bought some colorful eggs to fill the other. I have this up all the time but it's perfect for Easter too!

sweet cards

Every little girl needs her own personalized notecards to send thank you notes after her birthday. Mommy writes on the front and Piper decorates the back. Perfect for a 3 year old!

my baby girl

I let Piper pick out any one thing at BabyGap for her birthday and she chose these adorable pink flowered flats. She's a girl after my own heart!

fun

My daughter really wanted this Circo Shopping Cart ($22.99 from Target) for her 3rd birthday. We were a little reluctant because we kind of feel that she's actually a little old for it, but she didn't really ask for anything else and she loves those mini shopping carts at the grocery store. Now that we have it I love how simple and adorable the food is that came with it! It looks really cute in her little play kitchen, especially the can of wannabe potato chips. Fun!

just another day in my house

I asked my older son to keep the baby happy while I did something upstairs real quick. When I came back down I found out that he taught the baby how to pretend to be a dog and walk around with some (pretend) bologna in his mouth and shake his head. Not sure if I find this hilarious or concerning, but either way it made a cute picture and makes a great story.