Happy Day!

HAPPY LABOR DAY FRIENDS!!!

Hope your holiday weekend and day are fabulous. Can't wait to hear all about it tomorrow!!!

Figure It Out Friday~Holiday Weekend Edition WINNERS!

Happy Weekend Friends! Hope you're Labor Day weekends are oh so fun and relaxing. The Molly Lou family is enjoying being together and away for the weekend.

This week's Figure It Out Friday trivia all came from one movie. It was not a trick, just a fun way to start the holiday weekend and pay tribute to my favorite movie. Seriously, this movie is so fantastic and well done. I could watch it over and over again (as I have many times.)

All of this week's quotes came from When Harry Met Sally!

Thanks to all who entered. This week's Royal Court inductees are:

Katie Perkinson as QUEEN

and

Deanna Hurley as PRINCESS!

All hail the Queen and Princess! Girls, email me for your winning prize. Stay tuned...next week won't be nearly as easy!

Happy Labor Day!

Snapshot Saturday~Thanks Shellback!

I am loving this week's Snapshot Saturday entry. Thanks so much to Jen from Peachykings for sending us this photo...perfect for this holiday weekend too.

Here is what Jen sent us about this fantastic photo: "This picture was taken in South Africa by my Hubby when he was on deployment. It is not very often that the carriers "go over" the equator to South Africa. He got to become a "shellback" (a name they give all those Navy guys that have crossed over the equator). Definitely an interesting story--they have to do all kinds of activities and have a special ceremony at the end (google shellback for more info). The closest thing I can equate it to is "initiation" into a sorority. Besides all the fun of becoming a "shellback", I love to see the F-18 jets! There's something about their sound of freedom that when passing by, I can only be proud to be an American."

It certainly makes me proud to be an American. Thanks for all your hardwork Mr. Peachy-King! Thanks again Jen for sending this in.

Happy Labor Day weekend!

Figure It Out Friday~Holiday Weekend Edition

Happy holiday weekend friends! Hope you all have fabulous weekends and I look forward to hearing all about them next week.

It's back folks...that day of the week that we have all come to love-FIGURE IT OUT FRIDAY!!! As always, below are quotes that you try to place with the appropriate movie (they are all movies this week). Email me your answers to each line. Correct answerers will be put in a hat and randomly selected on Sunday.

There will be a QUEEN and PRINCESS crowned this week. You have until tomorrow night at 11:59 pm to send in your submissions to be a part of they royal court. We are getting quite the line up of ladies. You know you want to win and have the title of QUEEN and the fabulous MLG prize you receive!

Here is this week's dose:

1. "How much worse can it get than finishing dinner, having him reach over, pull a hair out of my head and start flossing with it at the table?"

2. "Oh, but "baby fish mouth" is sweeping the nation? I hear them talking."

3. "Restaurants are to people in the 80's what theatres were to people in the 60's. I read it in a magazine."

4. "Hey I didn't know that they had food in Ethiopia? This will be a quick meal. I'll order two empty plates and we can leave." Yeah, nothing from her not even a smile."

5. "When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends."

Ready, Set GO!!!!!

Haphazard Thursday

Welcome to the randomness that flows from my head each Thursday!

1: Tomorrow the Molly Lou family, Molly Lou parents, Molly Lou sister and Molly Lou brother-in-law are packing it up and heading to the mountains of TN for the holiday weekend. Pray that we all return safely as sometimes weekends stuck together in a hotel suite can get dangerous.

2: I love Pumpkin Spice lattes from Starbucks. I mean, I LOVE them. Catch me on the right (or wrong) day and I would trade my husband for a few of them. I have an addiction and I also know that the most fabulous time of the year is upon us when the dear folks at Starbucks release this little slice of heaven back into the world. I need one. NOW. Ever since Mr. Molly Lou convinced me to move to the "country" there isn't a Starbucks for 20 min. This is the kind of thing that gets people admitted to mental facilities.

3: I signed up to be Mini #1's "Room Mom" for his preschool class. I used to teach, but the schools that I taught in, I didn't exactly have parents knocking down the doors to be "room mom" or help. Let's just say that it is more work than I thought and have already had my first assignment.

4: Did you see the Holiday Preview yesterday on Worthwhile Wednesday? Missed it? Click here to see it. There is a giveaway and a gift with purchase...WOW! I know you are excited now. Giveaway ends next Tuesday, September 8th!

5: I have been having these small thoughts lately on what is happening to my life. Yesterday, while outside playing Mini #1 runs up to me to give me what I thought was a hug. How sweet! Not so much-the child just wanted to wipe his snot on my arm and then run back to the sandbox. How lovely!! Did I freak out? Not in the least.

Have a great day! Go enter the giveaway and don't forget to check out Good Will Grace-love the story and check out yesterday's Lessons in Lyrics.

Worthwhile Wednesday~Holiday Preview

Happy Wednesday! We thought we would offer a holiday preview for all of you today as you know that Worthwhile Wednesday is our day to shamelessly plug Molly Lou Gifts (thanks for humoring us). There might also be a special discount and giveaway at the end too. I know some of you are starting to feel the fall-like air outside and before you know it, the holidays are here!!! I love the fall and holidays seasons so much! I get so excited just thinking about it.

We have worked hard to get our Holiday 2009 collection up. We have such FABULOUS greeting cards, photo cards, party invitations, notes, personalized pails, bag tags, personalized plates and tableware, holiday clothing, toys, holiday accessories, and more! It really is one stop shopping at Molly Lou Gifts for the best and most unique holiday gifts, cards, and accessories.

How much do you LOVE this personalized pail. You can choose the personalized greeting or choose one that we have added, pail color, and font. These are perfect for anyone and can really create a fabulous and inexpensive gift. Bake some cookies or add some coffee or chocolates and put in this adorable pail and voila! Perfect Gift. Put some teacher/classroom wishlist items or a gift card in the personalized bucket for your child's teacher. Wrap a gift in tissue paper and put in the pail and you have an reusable and very festive gift bag. The pail can be used as holiday decorations in your home and would make great centerpieces for your holiday table or buffet. Think hostess gifts for all those holiday parties you will be attending.

The holidays are the perfect time to reconnect with friends and family and fill them in on all of the year's happenings with a festive message. We have blank, personalized greeting cards, and photo greeting cards. I have no idea which ones the Molly Lou family will choose and feel pretty sure that I might choose a few different designs to send out this year. There are so many options to choose from. Be sure to take a look at them all. The lovely note sets from Kara Rosenberry are also perfect hostess gifts. They can be used as holiday thank you notes, greeting cards, gift tags, and more. Give the warmest wishes or for that preppy friend and hostess, give a set of the I'm dreaming of a pink Christmas notes.

I love this Christmas Advent calendar. The stickers are reusable and this is a perfect way to get all involved with the holiday festivities and events. Great gift idea to send to a little one across the miles.

Serve your meals and holiday dinner parties on your own set of personalized tableware. We have plates, platters, tray, and more in a variety of festive patterns. Don't forget to get a personalized Cookies for Santa plate too. The best part about our plates is that they won't break and are dishwasher safe. A platter is also a great hostess gift or give a set of plates and platter as a gift to a special couple or family.

We love our new bag tags. They are so cute and so affordable. They make a great little gift or surprise for a friend. They also make gift tags. Put a personalized bag tag on your holiday present giving the recipient a unique gift tag and extra present. Get your child's teacher, dance/gymnastics instructor, babysitter a personalized bag tag. For every $30 you spend in our shop, you get a FREE personalized bag tag of your choice. This offer ends on Tuesday, September 8th.

Giveaway Time: We are so excited about our new holiday items and line that we want you to get excited too! We are giving a $20.00 Molly Lou Gifts gift certificate to a lucky winner. The contest runs from now until Tuesday, September 8th with the winner announced on Wednesday, September 9th. There are several ways to enter. Please leave a separate comment for each entry except for thos making a purchase. I will add your extra entries in to the system after your purchase is made.

1. Become a follower of Molly Lou Gifts or let me know you are one AND let me know what your favorite holiday item(s) are from our site.

2. Tweet about this giveaway. You may do this once a day. Don't forget to leave a comment each time you tweet.

3. Blog about this merry giveaway and link it back in your comment.

4. Make a purchase from Molly Lou Gifts. For every $5 you spend, you receive 5 entries. A $50 purchase will get you 50 entries. WOW!

This is a great way to jump start your holiday shopping. We have so much to offer this season...be sure to check out the adorable personalized holiday clothing too.

Have a great day and get entering.

Snarky

If you look up the definition of snarky in the dictionary today, you would find a big picture of Mini #1.

Exhibit A: He is going to be "studying" the letter M in school this week, so yesterday I started talking about it. We were pointing out and thinking of words that start with M. This morning at breakfast, I was talking about it again. We rattled off half a dozen "M" words. Then, he says

"Mom needs more money." He was so proud of himself that he made an M sentence. Enter his 3 year old laughter.

-Be oh so impressed at how smart he is or want to _______________?

As we are getting up from breakfast and getting ready for school, he says "Mom makes Mini #2* messy when she eats breakfast."

He looks up and says "I did it again." So flippin' proud of himself again.

Exhibit B: He comes running down the stairs this morning shortly after getting up (he was supposed to be up there getting his clothes) and says "This is so cool. I made a bubble with my nose."

Me: "What?"

Mini: "Oh no. It's gone. Now, that is funny."

Snarky, I tell you. If this is what he is like at 3, what will 13 be like. Oh, dear me. I am sure that I will not survive.

PS-This is just funny. My friend sent us a box of hand me down clothes and one was an Adidas jacket. We were looking at them and I said, when you wear this you can look like David Beckham. Mini #1 says "Who's Daddy Beckham?" Oh, if only that could be true! :)

*Mini #2's name happens to start with M. He doesn't go around referring to his sister as Mini #2 in normal conversation.