Cyber Monday

I NEVER shop the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm not a morning person at all, so getting up at 3 am to stand in line with 5 million other people at a store to save a few bucks doesn't sound like fun to me.  However to everyone who does it...your awesome!  I much prefer cyber Monday for good deals.  So when I came across this deal to day I thought it was too good that I must share. 

Burt's Bees is selling their Holiday Grab Bag at 50% off today.  This grab bag is valued at $50.  ALSO!!  if you enter the promotion code 20BURT  (must use capital letters)  you can get an additional 20% off which brings them to only $20 each!  They are even offering free shipping on orders of $40 or more!  I grabbed a few this morning and I think they will make great Christmas gifts!  Hurry because they sell quick! Happy Cyber Monday everyone!

Vacation

We had an absolute wonderful time in Florida this past week for Thanksgiving.  I am completely exhausted and need a vacation after my vacation.  We went to Sandestin, Fl which is about a 12 hour drive from where we live.  The road trip wasn't as bad as last Christmas when we went to Orlando, but the girls did have some moments as expected from little ones.  To pass time in the car Trinity listened to a little music...

and Celeste enjoyed some hot chocolate, but she kept calling it her coffee!

When we finally  made it I wanted to take a picture of the girls in front of the condo building on their nice Thanksgiving decorations...

but getting the girls to cooperate was a challenge as always.  So I attempted another picture the next day...

The weather was nice and cool so we didn't go to the beach during the day, but we did do a lot of shopping...

Playing...

Swimming...

and relaxing...

On one of our shopping days the girls wanted to ride a (mini) trian, so of course I had to stuff myself inside this tiny train to ride with the girls.

My mom and I tried to sneek past Build a Bear without the girls seeing it, but obviously they are more aware than we thought.  So Grandma gave in and let them make a bear/horse/puppy.

On Thanksgiving day my mom and I cooked all morning, and then we all enjoyed a delicious lunch.  I didn't get a lot of pictures of us eating, but I took a quick one of the girls.  They ate at the sofa and coffee table because our table only fit 4. 

                                      

Not sure what Celeste was doing.  Of course after we ate we did what probably every other person in America did...

The next night Santa was going to light the Christmas tree and have a firework show.  I was a little hesitant about going because my girls hate fireworks.  Even the word makes them cry.  We went anyway, and I figured that if they melted down I would take them into a store nearby. Well I was right.  After the first pop Celeste screamed.

So Grandma took them to Starbucks for some hot chocolate!  Good excuse Grandma!  I did get a few pictures with Trinity, who was brave as can be.

And after it was all over the girls decided it was ok to take some pictures.

                        

                                       

And yes, we did find a Santa.  My husband wanted to go to the Bass Pro Shop, and the girls met Santa.  Although Trinity did not look too happy.

And if any of you are wondering about the Christmas card pictures that I wanted to take on the beach, well it didn't go to great, but more on that later this week, but here is a preview of my attempt to take beach pictures.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are now enjoying the best time of year...Christmas!

Sewing, Sunflowers and Ragamuffin

I have three girls, and I obviously love to shop for my little ladies. I really love it when I find something unique, beautiful, and handmade. I have always wanted to be able to sew beautiful dresses for my girls. I envisioned myself like Caroline Ingals in that episode when she stayed up late sewing two dresses for her girls for their special day at school. Don't you love Little House? Anyway maybe one day, but for now I just practice sewing blankets or pillowcases that only require simple straight lines with no difficulty.

Not too long ago I was reading Raechel's blog and read this post. She made this beautiful skirt, and I had to have one for each of my girls. I went to her etsy store and ordered 3. When I got my package I was so excited, and the (older) girls loved them! They are absolutely gorgeous, and she was awesome to work with!

Last week I dressed the girls up in their skirts, and on our way to church we stopped at a HUGE sunflower field on the outskirts of town, and in a hurry I snapped a few pics of my girls...

Have a beautiful day!

School Shopping Success!

School starts Aug. 24. That's less than a month away, and I have 2 girls this year that are going to school. Lilah will be in 1st grade, and Celeste will go to pre-school 3 days a week. So, school shopping is a must! On Wednesday, I packed up my girls and headed to the mall to get some clothes and shoe shopping done. I was at the mall at 9:55, and waiting for my favorite store to open because they were having the best sale ever, and I had an extra 20 % off coupon! Let me just tell you that things went horrible. My children ran around crazy, pulled things off the racks, fought with each other, and acted very naughty. I quickly gathered them up, and headed straight out the door of the store and mall with nothing accomplished. I was so embarrassed and frustrated. I'll just say when we got home, the girls had to go straight to bed and take a nap. I then worked up the courage to go yesterday, and it was soooo much better. I had very well behaved little girls who listened to their mama! We got so much accomplished, and we got everything they need for school.

Lilah is at the age where she likes to pick out her own clothes, and doesn't like a thing that I like. So she told me that Gymboree is a baby store, and she didn't like it anymore. My mouth dropped and I wanted to cry. What did she mean "a baby store". I love this store how could she not like it anymore? Well anyway I still managed to get her to like this outfit...

and Celeste got the same outfit plus this dress that I loved...

My next stop was Lilah's new favorite "non-babyish" store, and this is just some of the many things she got to pick out...

The Children's Place was next, and here is just some of things I picked out for Celeste...

We went to a few more stores with no problem, and them my favorite stop....SHOES!!! Last year we went to the Stride Rite's buy 1 get 1 50% off sale, and stocked up, and those shoes lasted them most of the school year. So this year we did it again and got some of these...

You can never go wrong with plain white Keds...They go with everything! Then I picked out these pink ones...

and finally I let the girls pick out one pair that they really liked, and they picked out the same...

Not what I would have picked, but they loved them, and they look cute wearing them. We went to a couple of stores after this, and then after almost 4 hours we were headed home with a successful school shopping day!