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holidays

fall happenings

It’s no secret that Fall is the favorite season among women aged 25-40. As soon as mid September hits, my Instagram feed is full of yellow leaves, Pumpkin Spice Lattes and chunky scarves. I love it. I love the fact that I am not the only person obsessed with cooler weather and long sleeves. The heat and humidity that comes with Atlanta summers make me not even want to step outside. We go full force in the Fall and Winter months since there is always something festive to do. {example: Henry is going trick or treating three times this week}
Burt’s Pumpkin Patch
This was our fourth year visiting and it’s easily one of our favorite traditions. They have the best pumpkins (white, pink, blue, orange), tractor rides, yummy food etc. Henry loves running around through the aisles and loading up our wagon with 10,000 pumpkins. Evelyn loved being pushed like a princess in her stroller and seeing all the action. buy estrace online https://salempregnancy.org/wp-content/languages/new/estrace.html estrace no prescription

 

 

 

 

 

 

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{so typical right? The only picture I got of the two of them and he is trying to kill her}

 

 

Cumming Fair
This was our first year going to the fair. I think if we had gone in years past Henry would have been too young to really participate or understand what was happening. At almost 3 1/2 he was able to ride “roller coasters”, eat carnival food and play games. Poor Evelyn was up way past her bedtime and zonked out as soon as her sweet little head hit the carseat. buy benicar online https://salempregnancy.org/wp-content/languages/new/benicar.html benicar no prescription

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cannot believe Halloween is here! The kids have been wearing costumes all week to gear up for tomorrow evening. They kicked off Halloween eve with no naps and have been super feisty today, so I’m praying that tomorrow goes smoothly since it’s going to be jam packed with candy and friends. buy aceon online https://salempregnancy.org/wp-content/languages/new/aceon.html aceon no prescription
Here’s to a fun and safe Halloween!

 

Easter Goodies

It’s crazy that this year I put together TWO Easter baskets for my kids. It has been so fun having a boy and girl and finding things that really suit their personalities (mostly Henry’s since Evelyn is only 12 weeks). Henry has been using my Easter basket from back when I grew up and I just bought Evelyn’s at Target. Most of their goodies were also found at my local Target (dollar hot spot, baby!) They always hit the nail on the head when it comes to holidays and their selection for kids. I got a bunch of cute little fillers (bubbles, a jump rope, rubber duckies, rattles) and then a few bigger items too. 

We will be hosting Easter brunch with my family and also having an Easter egg hunt in the backyard for Henry. I filled a ton of eggs with small toys and candy that I got at Party City. The eggs are from Target and Oriental Trading Company. This year Henry is definitely old enough to understand an egg hunt, the hard part will be to see if he actually cares to do it. I’m looking forward to hiding all the eggs in the backyard now that my husband has done a lot of work to clear it out. 

As for brother and sister styles, I went with simple whites so they would easily match (and get dirty in .5 seconds). Pairing accessories to their clothes has always been my favorite and this holiday is no different. I am torn between two adorable bows for Evelyn, so she might just have to alternate through out the day 🙂 The kids Easter outfits have been in their closets since before I knew I wanted to use them for Easter. My husband will breath a sigh of relief on that one. 
Pink & Cream Bunny Bow // White & Yellow Bunny Headband (sold out) // Bowtie 

Yesterday Henry and I dyed and decorated some Easter eggs (but let’s be honest, he just painted craft paper and I did all the decorating). It was a lot of fun though and I will definitely be putting a few in the baskets and in the back yard for the hunt.

We have a pretty busy weekend ahead of us with a friends dinner tonight, a play group egg hunt and family. Next week is also my last week on maternity leave (tear) so I will be soaking up baby snuggles for as long as I can before I head back to work. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! 

Our Valentine’s Day Weekend

{hello shirt}
Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. It’s way more fun now that I have kids and can channel my inner craftiness and have a real reason to buy red and pink heart decorations starting after Christmas 🙂 Henry had his Valentine’s Day party with our playgroup friends on the 13th. Thanks to Pinterest, I found a super easy Valentine favor to make. I used this free printable and bubbles from the Dollar Store (a 3 pack for a buck, so cheap). The bubble label was printed on regular printer paper and thick enough to cover the existing bubble labels, so I didn’t have to remove each one. Then I tied each bubble with a tag and voila! done. Such an easy and cute favor. And believe me when I say this … all kids love bubbles. You can’t go wrong. 

For his favor box, I used a box from Target that had some fun tattoos in it. There was already a cut out in the front and since my first try at making a box turned out like crap, this was my only option. It was a tad on the smaller side though which I need to remember for next year since a lot of his Valentine’s were too large to fit in the opening.

Saturday morning I got up with both kids so Jan could sleep in (which didn’t last that long, he was up within an hour). Henry helped me make coffee and red velvet heart shaped pancakes with cream cheese frosting (but mostly he just stood cautiously in the kitchen corner while the hand blender was going). I also added some pink food coloring to his milk and set out a few goodies for him since it was a holiday. He was so sweet, waiting patiently with all this yumminess in front of him so I could snap a quick picture. This lasted maybe 5 seconds before he got down to business: eating, making a mess and opening his new crayons, cars and paint. 

This was the outfit he wore to the party. How funny is this shirt? Also, I love his little smile lately. The gap between his teeth and his scrunched up eyes are just the cutest. 

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On Saturday night after both kids were in bed, we had our annual fondue dinner, which we have done every year since we’ve been married and we only make this on Valentine’s Day. It really is something fun and special to look forward to. 
And because no holiday is complete without holiday pictures:

Until next year! <3

UP Halloween Costume

Happy November! Yesterday in Atlanta was super cold and windy, so we hung out inside in our PJs all day relaxing around the fire after a super fun (and long) Halloween. We had friends over on Friday for dinner and sweets before we headed out to go trick or treating. This year was so much different than last year, where Henry and his friends stayed in the wagon and I collected his candy. This year, Henry wanted to run to each house and was obsessed with ringing the doorbell as many times as possible and grabbing as much candy as his little hands could carry. He was even trying to go into people’s homes 🙂  Before Henry was born, I had seen these photos of the UP Halloween costume and I knew that one day he would dress up as Carl. Luckily he owned all parts of his costume and my husband made his “cane” out of PVC pipe, tennis balls and spray paint. It has definitely been the cutest one yet! Our dog Dixie slightly resembles Dug from the movie and they looked so cute together.
Blue Cords /  Moccasins / Cardigan, H&M (sold out, similar here) / Bow Tie / Glasses
My mom and I decorated the “party room” as Henry calls it and made some treats and punch for the party. They were definitely the most fun to make and very festive. Henry loved showing all of our friends who came over the room and when we were decorating it he would say “wow, perfect! I love it!”
I already can’t wait for next year when we will have TWO kids to dress up 🙂 Also, there are only 7 Sunday’s before Christmas and 9 Sunday’s before our new baby joins our family!

Henry’s Easter Basket

I was so excited to put together Henry’s Easter Basket this year. Since he is almost two, I was able to pick age appropriate toys that I know he would love. His basket consists of some ice cream shaped sidewalk chalk and duck bubbles from the Target dollar bin, a new chick sippy cup (also from Target), some bunny glasses and bunny ears, a chick stuffed animal, a new bunny blanket, an Easter themed book, and my favorite item: a wooden toy camera from Twig Creative. He is no stranger to the camera and even picks up mine and says “cheese” while putting it directly to his face. We are celebrating Easter in Florida this year with Henry’s grandparents. Their backyard is on the golf course so I can’t wait to scatter colored eggs all over for the egg hunt (and hoping it doesn’t throw off any golf games!) The basket I have been using for Henry was also mine growing up and I love that I can pass it down to him. I hope everyone has a great Easter filled with lots of candy! 

Easter Style

This past weekend we took Henry to see the Easter Bunny and I was fully prepared for a Santa-like meltdown. Suprisingly he had no problems with the giant bunny and we even got a smile. I don’t even think Henry realized he was sitting on a large bunny until the photographer was trying to get him to smile so the bunny put his big paw (?) on Henry’s arm. He looked at the paw, then up at his face, and then turned to the photographer and smiled. It was the cutest little “aha” moment. 

I had no intention of matching Henry’s bow tie to the Easter Bunny’s but it does look awfully cute. I found the shirt and bow tie combo on Old Navy for under $20. The sleeves are still a tad long on him (he’s in 18-24 month) so I rolled them up which I think looked better. Henry is finally getting some hair in and I just love making a side part with it. He is following in my footsteps in the hair department. I was nearly bald until I was two and people thought I was a boy. 
shirt with bow tie / jeans: old navy (sold out similar here) / shoes: polo from last fall, sold out. 
We’re so excited to do an Easter Egg hunt this year and for Henry to find his basket from the bunny. I have it all stuffed and ready and will post soon on the goodies 🙂

Our Valentine’s Day Weekend

Like I mentioned on Friday, Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a day to be reminded of how much we love our spouses, family and friends (and the red and pink hearts get me every year). I also despise when people say “oh that’s not a real holiday. It was made up by card companies” and blah blah blah. There is a lot behind Valentine’s Day which you can watch here if you’re so inclined 🙂 We started off Valentine’s Day with a sweet treat breakfast for Henry, consisting of a Target cupcake and pink milk and finished off the night with our traditional at home fondue, which we save for special occasions and actually hadn’t done it since last Valentine’s. My husband and I are pretty lucky that Henry is such a great sleeper and does a solid 12 hour stretch at night, from 6pm – 6am, giving us plenty of quality grown up time together to have dinner, talk, relax and have something on the TV other than Elmo. 

For dinner Jan and I made our annual fondue. It’s becoming our tradition to celebrate Valentine’s Day at home with fondue and it makes things a hell of a lot easier (no running around, traffic, trying to get reservations or a sitter). We followed up the night with some Dutch Monkey Donuts Saturday morning and then packed up Henry and sent him to Grandma’s so we could have a night out and a morning of sleeping in (which by the way is really hard when you have a kitten attacking your feet and 2 dogs whining to go out). We went to a new restaurant in Buckhead called St. Cecilia. The food was amazing, which was to be expected and I can’t wait to go back and try the other items on their menu. We had the raw Yellowfin Tuna, Hearth Roasted Octopus, Cappelletti, Maine Sea Scallops and NY Strip. I recommend it all (especially the scallops!)

Monday night was our friend Hanna and Sam’s opening of their store Abby & Co. It was so fun to see everyone without having to chase toddlers around and have conversations without interrupted sentences and short answers, while making sure your child isn’t eating dog food or climbing on top of a table. Hanna and Sam did such an amazing job on the look of the store and selected the most adorable items for mommy, baby and even daddy too! If you’re in the Atlanta area, be sure to check them out!

I hope everyone has a great week! xo 

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