Princess Tea Party

On Brooke's actual birthday, we spent most of the day driving all over town looking at houses. We did start off her day with doughnuts, she got McDonalds for lunch, and I made her requested birthday dinner: Macaroni and Cheese (homemade, of course), bbq chips, grapefruit, apples and clementines. For dessert, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and rocky road ice cream. She kept saying she was so happy, but in my eyes it wasn't exactly all about her with us running all over the place all day and the house a construction zone with boxes piled everywhere. I love to make birthday's really special for my kids, so I really excited about her princess tea party with her friends in a few weeks that she had requested.

 I'll be honest--I didn't put much planning into this one but it ended up perfect. A Dollar Store run for basic party favor bags to fill with candy, cookies and girly notepads, tierra's and wands, did some simple menu planning (what kids like best!) and everything else was compiled with what we already had. My Mother-in-law came and helped me out which was a huge blessing!


I set out jewelry, extra princess clothes, lotion, body spray and lip gloss for the princesses to get extra pretty if they desired

We used real China, and it's special to me because it was my Grandmother's. She died when I was a few weeks old, so it's something of hers that I'll always treasure. The tablecloth was from a thrift store--perfect touch!

The tea was sweet tea bought in gallon jugs at the grocery store. I didn't want to mess with hot tea for an outdoor party when it was 90 degrees. We ate sandwiches cut into small quarters  fruit, snack mix and cheetos. Because, duh. Every princess needs her cheetos.

The games were ones I played at my birthday parties growing up and still remember how fun they were. Pin the Tail on the donkey and musical chairs. I resisted the urge to jump in and play myself.

After several attempts to light the candles outside, we went inside where they stayed lit and we sang "Happy Birthday"

Princesses and Presents

This day was so much fun, and I know Brookie is thankful for all of her great friends!

More Enjoying

Summer is here in all of it's hot and sweaty glory and we are loving every minute. Summer was always my favorite season growing up and now that I'm a Mom with a kid in school, I love it even more. Long days spent hanging out with my kids, swimming, jumping on the trampoline, sitting on the porch swing, tucking sun kissed kids with damp hair in for a nice long nap, and out at night for frozen yogurt, the park, or exploring downtown. We have picnics for lunch or dinner on the balcony, doused in bug spray and soaking in the slow pace of summer. Robby and Joanna live a minute away, the cousins are together all the time and because we're not in our own house, I have less responsibilities and more time to spend with my children. 

 We will always remember this summer, not living in our own house, but having the time of our lives.

Blogging about life is less, but enjoying life is more. Happy Summer.

Daily Moments

We are settling into our temporary home, and I promise you I could not be happier. It took us from 8am-1am to move out of the house and another 6 hours the next day to clean. ( I was very determined to get my deposit back!) 

 My neck, back, hips and feet ached for 2 days but I'm finally feeling normal again. We had the help of great friends for several hours and could not have done it without them. Who knew we needed so much stuff? I've tried to organize and stay on top of everything, but somehow we still require a ridiculous amount of things. 

 The great news...we found a house! It's actually one that I saw months ago and we looked at. At first we weren't sure, but after a month or so we realized we kept thinking about it, so we went and looked at it again and they accepted our offer! We close in about 6 weeks, but they may rent back from us for a few months while they house hunt. So, we will probably be here for the summer which is fine with me. We are doing some renovating before we move, so they longer we are here, the more time to save money and renovate! I am super happy and can't wait to show you all pictures once we are moved in!

And now, our daily moments this week...

someone turned 6...official birthday post coming soon

After rain mud puddle fun

And then he made this face after he passed gas...

New footless tights

Memorial Day

We had a few days of indoor picnics since our dining room chairs went into storage

Naps on Mommy's bed

Found this hanging next to my bed. Priceless.

Last walk in our neighboorhood :(

Moving Day breakfast

Moving Day Dinner. We were a picture of health that day, obviously.

Intense game of tic-tac-toe

Eventful visit from the fire department for an oven fire...thank God we were all ok, besides being embarrassed that my oven was so dirty.

Leaving our now "old house" for the last time!

Date night with the Best.Fajitas.Ever...oops, I mean Best.HUSBAND.Ever. (I'm seeing a common theme of eating out this week thanks to moving!)

Date night fun...a trip to Home Depot to window shop for new home stuff

Hope you guys had a great weekend!