First Day of School!

We had our first day of school today and it was a SUCCESS! After we sang our "good-bye" song Gracie said, "that was fun mom, I can't wait to do it again!" Here are a few pictures from our busy afternoon....

Visit my craft blog for the full post about our classroom:)

Bathtub Bubbles

Yesterday we made our weekly trip to the library. We have been trying this new "skill" every week where Gracie has to think of something that she wants to read about, then she has to go to the librarian and ask her if she knows where to find a book about it (then the librarian waits so patiently as Allie tries to repeat everything Gracie just said). It has really helped us get over to the non-fiction section because most everything she asks about can be found in a non-fiction book (except mermaids and fairies..........and Disney Princesses:) This week she wanted a book about bubbles. Coincidentally, we had just watched a magic show in the library that had bubbles in it, so they were fresh in her mind. (that's a whole other post, try explaining simple magic to a 3.5 year old......) Anyway, she asked the librarian for a book about bubbles, and after some searching we found the ONLY book that our library has about bubbles! I loved that the librarian was just as excited as Gracie was about finding the book, those ladies are PRICELESS!!

 The book had a whole section about making bubbles in the bathtub, so we had some messy fun tonight!

Hmmmmmm.......I think she may have sucked the straw instead of blowing bubbles, HA!

     "There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all."
~Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

DIY Closet Shelves

Go check out my craft blog to see the full post about my AMAZING closet makeover!!

Cute as Cupcakes!

While most people were busy with their back-to-school agendas today, we had a little "messy" fun of our own!!

Nothing better than a chocolate cupcake after dinner!

Flower Girls

This past weekend my brother Gerry married his long- time love Lisa, it was a beautiful celebration! I didn't get many pictures as I was busy chasing around my two sweet flower girls:)

Here we are at the mall on Friday after we spent the morning searching for the perfect "wedding shoes", finally found them at Children's Place!

 (thank you to my high-school friend Shelly who I ran into at the mall and she told me to go there:)

a few pictures from the rehearsal (a.k.a. "wedding practice")

here are the only pictures I have from the rest of the wedding from my iphone....and a few I stole from my mom's Facebook:)

** Don't be jealous of my amazing iphone photography

Congratulations Gerry and Lisa!!

BTW- Gracie wants to know if you can have another wedding next weekend so she can dance at the "party"

Just another reason....

why I LOVE this man:)

Sweet daddy!

First Sleepover

This past weekend we had our sweet friend over as her parents were in the hospital welcoming their new little boy into their family. It was Gracie's first "sleepover" and she had SO much fun!!

The first morning Gracie woke up a little early and I showed her some pictures of the new baby, she insisted on carrying my phone around until Allison woke up so she could show her her new baby brother:)

Going to meet the new baby!!

We spent lots of time outside playing on the porch and in the pool!

Somebody is going to LOVE the beach, just like her mama!!

What a wonderful weekend!!