The heat is coming the heat is coming...egads

It was 101 degrees yesterday.

It is only 93 today so far...however it is only 2 and it usually keeps ona risin' until about 5.

That sucks.

It is only April 2nd.

Don't get me wrong...I like the heat. 

I like to be warm.  HATE to be cold.  HATE it.

I don't like not being able to feel my fingers.

I cannot tell you how many golf tournaments I played in where I couldn't feel my hands.

If I couldn't feel my fingers I might as well have walked right back to the club house.

That was never an option.

Blah.  Cold=Blah.

Well cold is the last thing I have to deal with these days.

My next problem...swimsuits.

I do love them.

Just not on me.

I pulled out my trusty suit yesterday and the elastic literally disintegrated.

You know a suit is too old when the elastic disintegrates.

Today...I had to go shopping.

This is what I came home with.

It is pretty cute.

Kinda "momish" but apparently...I am a real mom and not a Real Housewife of Miami.

Holy Schmoly...I caught up on all those episodes last night.

Um...ya.  

If you happen to like this suit...you too can get it here.

 It will get me through at least until I have a tan.

A couple other fun finds at the mall.

For kids...we saw this tee that I loved.

But...like I said...it is 100 degrees out already.

So I saw this one...which I REALLY loved.

But...Ainsley is extremely scared of bees (after a bad incident a couple years ago...and then Steve got stung in the mouth a couple weeks ago from one that flew into his diet coke can).

So...we settled on this one...which I 

actually love everything about it...from the saying...to the font...to the colors.

AND it is super soft.

Get all of these tees here at Peek...aren't you curious which has always been a favorite store of mine.

Just keep in mind that we got the size 6/7 for Ainsley in the tee because they looked really big to me.

Their sizing does confuse me a little.  But the quality is always awesome and SO soft.

Then...the girls got a couple of these...which I have never seen in person,

only on the net...and I think we have a new addiction.

The good news is that I already have the ordering information in my file and

I think my shop needs these.  We like fun new stuff.

Faxing my order over this afternoon. So stay tuned.

So enough of our fun new finds.

What else did we do this week.

Well...one day I decided to greet the kids home from school with an old fashioned water gun fight.

It got pretty crazy pretty fast.

That cooled things off quickly:)

Then...I made a few fun things.

First...the sparkle fairy dress.

The wings are on the back of the dress.

This is not a good photo as you cannot see the ruffles in the dress...but they are there

and they are cute:)

Ok...I am off to MAYBE go for a swim.

Not convinced yet that this is something I need to do.

But...it is something the kids need to do.

I will say it is kinda sad when you are faced with the fact that you cannot

hide in jeans for the next 6 months.  

So...bring on the maxi dresses:)

(oh...found a couple cute ones of those today too)

My littleist chick is 8

Today...we had a birthday.

Lili Loo turned 8.

8 years ago she came into this world in Savannah, Georgia.

She cried from the moment she came out...until her 1st birthday.

Wheeee.  She was not an easy baby.

I held her for that entire first year.

Sometimes holding her would stop her crying...sometimes it would stop mine.

I would hold her for the rest of her life if she needed me to.

She is my buddy. 

We have been attached to each other for 8 beautiful years.

Hmm...rhinestone tank...check...bottle cap necklace...check...somethings never change:)

Yes this cupcake tee was a paperlili original:)

You see this skirt...I used to make them.

I made everything at one point.

Ok...well enough of memory lane.

My "baby" is now 8.

I just put her to bed...she was sad that she is 8...she is sad that she is growing up.

I am sad too...but I love her dearly and nothing would change that.

On to the birthday.

It was a simple affair.

You will probably be dissapointed in my lack of everything...but she had a good time.

That's all that matters.

Some balloons.

 

Actually there were a ton of balloons that Steve blew up all night and

my photos were terrible of them.  

Next...the goodie bags:)

Or...as we called them in Canada growing up "loot bags" 

because you SHOULD get some good loot.

Keep in mind...there were only two kids at this party;)

 

How cute is American Girl...stuff?

Everything they make is just stinkin' cute.

 

Next...I realized that my giant ice cream cone lamp matched the ice cream 

cone in the Target Paul Frank party supplies.

Clearly this was in the back of my head somewhere...I think.

 

Next...the attire.

Skirt by Dancing Freckle on etsy.

Tank by me of course.

 

I just had to throw in Peyton's footwear for the day.

Actually...not all day. They both rollerskated around the house for literally 4 hours today.

 

Next...the craft.

Make your own cupcake purse.

CUTE!

Get it here.

Patiently waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive for breakfast.

 

Our new blanket specially made just for us out of our old tees by 

our favorite upcycler...Courtney Courtney.

 

New gift from Grandma and Grandpa...the new Nintendo 3DS

Insane it is.  SOOO cool.

It literally came out today.

That's what grandma's are good for...lining up at 8 in the morning for the newest and best.

It honestly is crazy 3D.  It works.  BUT...they also say it is not for kids under 7 because it

is not good for their eyes.  I can see that.  I don't think it would be good for anyones eyes.

However you can turn the 3D back into 2D if you would like.

 

Getting some birthday calls:)

 

And working off some energy.

 

Of course...we had to have a fun cake.

And thanks to Kids Cakes on Etsy...my cake actually looked cute!

 

Check out our cake cutter.

 

I was afraid the cake would taste terrible with all that food coloring.

8 colored layers for 8 colorful years.

It was actually pretty good.

I think the key is to use good Wilton Food Coloring.

Not the cheap stuff from the local grocery store.

 

And then tonight I had to make cookies for the birthday celebration at school tomorrow.

Phew.

Now...back to work.

My real work:)

Wordless wednesday...kinda

I have a problem.

Ainsley's birthday is on Sunday.

I don't have anything planned.

Can you say sucky mom?

See...you probably think I am a good mom (or maybe you don't?)

But I really have nothing planned.

Truth be told...I don't usually plan much.
It always comes together in the end.
This year was going to be a big fun shindig with her buddies.

Then life got in the way.

Or...current events I guess.

Thus...things got pushed to the back burner and now I've got nothing.

This is not entirely true.
A last minute etsy purchase (after a helpful hint from Bridgette) hopefully will take 

care of the cake and such.

Then I have this little diddy on it's way from Courtney Courtney.

My original plan was to redo her room.

I have not painted a single thing since we moved last May.

Now that I have no idea if we will have to move somewhere for a job...

I am not touching anything.  

I had big plans:(

But I do have this...

Yup.  A giant ice cream cone and a blankie:)

Random I know.
Good thing she is only 8.

OOOO...and this.

What is it you ask?

Why it is a giant cupcake chalkboard:)

And I got her something that I never had as a kid (can you believe it!)

Although...I kinda think maybe my sister had one.
Why don't I remember this? I remember everything.

Hmmm.

Anywho...I literally drew a blank while walking the aisles at Target...so...

she is getting something that she has never even asked for.

Hmmm...can you see a food theme here?

Clearly I was hungry while shopping.

Hungry for either giant food or miniature?
Go figure.

So I guess the moral of the story is that this birthday may be coming together after all.

Perhaps I need to get some decorations???

So I leave you with this.

The views from my desk in the morning.

This one was yesterday:

And this was my view today...which is becoming more and more common around here:)

Rolf Bleu bracelets available here...and her collection will be 

growing soon as I will have new ones in the shop this week.