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Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts

Monday, May 14, 2012

One Blessed Mama

I might call myself The Luckiest, but the truth is I don't attribute anything in my life to luck. The reality is that I am blessed. So very blessed. One of my greatest blessings, of course, is being a mother to my incredible baby girl.. which I certainly couldn't be without my incredible husband. They pretty much make my life. So on Mother's day, I wanted nothing else but to spend the day with them and that was what I got. Usually I like to score some special time with my own super-woman of a mom, but she was traveling home from vacation and we didn't get to see her.

My day started with a yummy breakfast made by J, and my favorite coffee from Starbucks :)  After breakfast we played outside on our deck with C for a little while because it was a beautiful day and she loves to be outside. Then we made our way down to the nearby park and J took some pictures of C and I together...









C was a good sport even though she was begging the whole time to go play with the kids. The playground was just behind J while he was taking the pictures, so if it seems like she's looking just past the camera - she is! 

After the park we came back home for lunch and nap time. I got to do some online shopping at one of my favorite stores thanks to a Mother's day gift card :D  Later we went up to J's parents' house to spend some time with his mom and have dinner. It was overall a really lovely day. Only thing I could have added was a visit with my own mom, but we're having brunch with her Wednesday and will be back to our regular Sunday dinners at her house this weekend after a 2 week hiatus for her vacation :)

Today, due to lots and lots of rain, I got to spend most of the day inside snuggling my sweet bebe girl and having some good old fashioned rainy-day fun. Luckily we had a great big dishwasher box sitting around and we made good use of it. I tossed the pillow and blanket in there and it was all over. I had to pry her out at lunch time. 



She's such a cutie and I am beyond blessed to be her mommy :D Time to get back to snuggling while our lasagna bakes... mmmmm, perfect dinner on a rainy day! I hope all the moms had a fantastic Mother's day!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

A Beautiful Day in the Mid-Atlantic

It's picture-perfect weather with temps around 80 and bright blue skies! We're spending some time splashing in the water table and having snacks out on our deck. What a fabulous day to not have any plans :)

Hopefully you're enjoying some beautiful weather and whatever your weekend has in store for you!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Rainy Wednesday

What do you do with a toddler on a rainy Wednesday?

We had to reschedule our morning play date at the playground due to rain, so instead we decided to...

...turn jammies into a silly hat...

...check on our sprouting plants...

...make cookies and bracelets with black playdough (C's favorite)...

...read lots of Little Pookie...

...watch our favorite red-heads on youtube...

...and something with daddy's socks?...

...finally at nap time, more party preparations!

Just three more days! :)

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Spring Cleaning Week: Day 2

And happy first day of spring! Yesterday's cleaning endeavor was a huge, minty-fresh success! The entire upstairs filled with fresh air and subtle mint and eucalyptus scents of my favorite cleaning products.

Our master bedroom is completely dust-free...
...and cozi-fied with fluffy, cheerful spring bedding...
My dresser is filled with neatly stacked tank-tops and otherwise colorful, flowy articles of clothing...
The master bathroom is also gleaming, though I decided not to take pictures. I can't imagine anyone really cares to see a photo of a shower wall. We don't even have pretty tile, it's just white squares! What I did not get finished from the task list was the clearing out old & unused items. Put that on my list for Friday :)

On to today's task...

Main Bathroom & C's Bedroom
I'll be giving the main bathroom the same treatment our master bath got yesterday, a thorough scrubbing plus recaulking and resealing the grout.

In C's room,
  - Dust everything
  - Fresh bedding
  - Pack up winter clothes
  - Reorganize closet and changing table

I also plan to hang some shelves and fill up a collage frame we've had for a while with pictures of her cousins. Since C is constantly moving out of one stage and into another, I feel like her room is constantly changing as well. We are always putting away things we don't use anymore and bringing in something new that we haven't needed until now. As long as it's not time to move the crib out and a big-girl bed in, I'll be ok :)



Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Beautiful Weather

Beautiful babies!

We had a fun play date with my best friend, Mary Beth and her son Nick at our favorite playground this morning! The playground was much more crowded today on our first SUPER nice weather day of the year. The kids pretty much ran in two different directions all morning, but we did finally get them to sit down for a quick photo. We're so glad we got to spend this gorgeous morning outside in the sunshine and fresh air with our friends! :)