p is for a perfect picnic in the park . . .

loving these . . .

i needed to come up with 4 birthday gifts for the weekend. having 3 chickies in school means we get a lot of invites. and the gifts start to add up! i can promise you . . . birthday parties aren't what they were when i was little!

i'm sure these weren't the most exciting gifts . . .

but i sure do think they are cute!

{and i'm sure the moms are just fine with 1 less toy!}

the post without a title . . .

my box of seersucker arrived yesterday!

it's funny how the things you get excited about change as you get older!

right now it's thundering . . .
i can't wait for the rain to start!

we are about to go get little miss from school . . .
then i am dropping all 4 little peeps off at their granny & papa's for a sleepover . . .
in other words . . .
DATE NIGHT!

happy weekend!

the performer . . .

little shrimp is our dramatic, dancing, acting, all around performing little girl.

she loves to dress up.
and when i say dress up . . .
i mean all out dress up.
not just the costume . . .
but the makeup has to be just right . . .
the hair has to be exact.

when she is dressed up . . .
not only is she in costume . . .
but she is in full character too.

we have started talking about how she needs to be in dancing . . .
thinking about trying to get her involved in some little people theater . . .

have even considered trying a little local modeling.

this is all new to me.
i'm totally clueless on all of this.
{except dancing . . . i can handle that.}
but i have no idea where to begin with the theater . . .
and the whole modeling thing is kinda scary to me.

she wears her heart on her sleeve . . . 100%
i know there is lots of possibility for heartbreak with this new territory.
but she would love the opportunity to try.

any suggestions on where to begin with all of this?

who knew eating cheerios could be so cute . . .

better get busy . . .

for some reason my fabric stash . . . and my list of greats ideas keeps growing!
but finding the time to actually get something created isn't happening!

this post that i thought i could do in about 2 minutes . . .
has already turned into 15 minutes.

from the time i started this post . . .
i forgot that i had a diaper-less baby running around.
and i forgot that he is only {almost} 19 months and doesn't use the potty.
i had to take a break from the post and clean up not only tinkle . . .
but stinky too from the back patio!

but . . .
i need to get busy and start sewing because . . .
i have a box headed this way from the show-me state . . .
full of seersucker fabric!

thanks for going to fm for me mom . . .
i can't wait to get my box!

weekend fun . . .

last weekend . . .

the weather so perfect . . .

and we spent last weekend outside! saturday we went to a crawfish boil at the church we started going to . . . which we really love! after the family fun . . . little miss got to have her first sleep-over with a friend! the little girl in the pictures with her is in her class . . . and she invited her to spend the night!

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sunday we headed to the st. dominic spring fair after church . . . and we didn't stay long because we had some hot and super grouchy little people!!

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this weekend we have a full weekend of birthday parties . . . and our realtor is having an open house sunday. oh we are hoping it's successful and that 'right' person walks thru sunday!

happy weekend to you!

easter . . .

playing catch up today on the blog!

easter morning the littles were excited to see the bunny found them . . . they wanted to used their new buckets that nana and pops gave them as their easter baskets this year!

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i don't have one picture of the littles together with their easter threads on . . . oh well! after church we went to sean's sister's house for some crawfish and easter egg hunting!

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and before bed we finally got to dye some eggs . . . better late than never right?!?!

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monday morning . . .

we ate entirely too much easter candy!