Just Call Her Scarface!

Meet Scarface (aka Mini #2). Don't mess with her...you should see what she did to the pavement.

Yesterday while playing outside, she just totally faceplanted in to the driveway. Poor thing. This is what our face looks like this morning. Of course, tonight the children have appointments to get their pictures taken.

Now, the question I have for you all is should I take her as scheduled to get her pictures taken tonight or should I cancel the appointment?

Is it going to be funny to remember the scarface incident or will this scar this second child for life?

Get your glamour shot on

Say cheese!

Strike a pose!

Or go through your photo folders and archives.

Pick the best one and get ordering!

Tomorrow is the last day for you to order PHOTO holiday cards in order to ensure time to proof, print, sign, seal, and deliver before Christmas.

You still have time to order personalized and nonpersonalized greeting cards.

This is one we did over the weekend. Aren't these just GORGEOUS children?!?!?!?!?

Happy Monday!!!

Be sure to check out this week's Good Will Grace "Finding that Girl" post. It is fabulous as always. Have you starting following GWG yet?????

Happy Birthday to My Sweet Boy!

Today marks the 4th birthday of my sweet boy. I can't believe he is four years old. Time sure does fly.

I am honored to be his mother and can't imagining loving someone more.


Mini #1 is a beautiful child and I adore the boy he is becoming. He is so incredibly smart with a mind full of ideas and questions and always with the desire to know more. You never quite know what he is going to say or what the next question will be.

He is funny, loving, sensitive, compassionate, strong, gentle, and I am love being his mother.

When he wakes up in the morning and comes downstairs, his face lights up and he runs to me to give me a hug and say good morning. He loves his sister, although the gentle part doesn't always apply to his interactions with her, he is a great big brother. Mini #2 adores her brother. No one can make her smile or laugh quite like this boy.

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Sweet Boy, happy birthday to you!

Snapshot Saturday~Go Tigers

Today is party day. Yippee...four year old construction workers! I hope everyone has their "happy weather britches and smiles" on today.

It is also the day of the ACC Championship game. So last weekend didn't quite go as I planned and hope for it to go, but the Clemson Tigers are playing for the ACC Championship against Georgia Tech.

GO TIGERS!!!!

Tomorrow is the day...

that I will have too many 4 year olds running around my home. You see Sunday marks the 4th birthday of my beloved Mini #1. I can't believe that my little boy will be four.


So tomorrow is the big birthday bash! A construction themed bash no less.

Before we move on, let's take a moment to say a little prayer for my sanity, the sanity of my dear husband, and one that the weather cooperates.



We have hardhats and construction work aprons for all. I have stations all planned out with various construction themed activities...dump truck bean bag toss, sidewalk chalk, tool/building area, construction vehicle play zone, work apron decorating, and 200' of caution tape to add to the ambiance and block everything off. Also, if the weather permits there will be a big excavator in my yard that the the children can take rides on. My brother-in-law is a builder and he has called in a favor to help us add the excavator.



The weather MUST cooperate. I do not have room in my house for all of these activities, wild children, adults, and the sanity of my husband.



For favors, I got these construction kits. They come with the pieces, glue, paints, and brushes to make something. Mini #1 picked out bird houses for the girls and airplanes for the boys. They are also getting a jar of play-doh and a play-doh tool for constructing their masterpieces. They are all wrapped up in clear bags with thin caution tape ribbon.



Mini #1 is very excited about his party and his friends coming over. He doesn't know about the excavator, so that will be an extra surprise.



Thanks for those prayers...I will let you know how all things happen.



Enjoy your weekend!



PS-The construction invitation above is what the lovely Bitsy Creations created for mini #1's special day. We changed the information and have added them to our shop for you all to create your own construction themed party. Be sure to check out our complete Invitation and Announcement Station.

Pay It Forward Holiday Style...

Happy Thursday ya'll! On Monday, the post on Good Will Grace was AWESOME! I would just tell you to click the link and check it out for yourself, but I know that sometimes the mouse/finger gets lazy and doesn't actually click the link and read the fantasticness (my new word) that is to be had from this blog so I have just included the post (see below) for you to enjoy. You see, Whitney writes a weekly feature over at GWG and this week she is challenging us to Pay it Forward once a week this holiday season.

It is such a wonderful idea and something we should be doing ALL.OF.THE.TIME. and don't. This can be anything and it doesn't matter how small the gesture is. Think of how happy you feel when someone does something nice for you out of the blue or even just offers a friendly smile when you are having a not so good day.

I signed up for this weekly challenge and YESTERDAY I did my first one. You see there is this homeless man that I see everyday on my way to take Mini #1 to school. He is always walking on this particular street and I have heard that he has a tent in some woods along that road. Yesterday, it POURED all day! I mean my yard is flooded and monsoon is perhaps a better word for the daily precipitation. Sure enough, there he was walking down the road in the awfulness. THE MOMENT STRUCK ME! After taking Mini #1 to school, Mini #2 and I cruised through the drive through at McDonald's and purchased two sausage biscuits and a large coffee. I drove my same route home and found him just where I thought I would along his route. I stopped, dropped him off his breakfast, told him to have a great day and I would see him again.

He just said "thank you."

A small, small thing to do and hopefully I helped make the otherwise wet and cold day for this man just a little better.

Now, thanks to Whitney, I am challenging you to PAY IT FORWARD. I will let you know what my next week task is.

Whitney's GWG post from Monday:
I've been decorating for Christmas all weekend, listening to Christmas music and just generally getting in the holiday spirit.
I've had my first official "Christmas" Starbucks in the red cup, seen mothers fighting over the last "My LifeSize Doll" in the WalMart toy aisle and waited in a checkout line longer than the number that represents the federal deficit.
The official holiday season has begun, y'all.
Last night while I was going to sleep I was thinking about last Christmas and I remember one post from a blogger that really stood out to me. I had just found Gwen's blog and this was one of the first posts I had read, but it had such an impact on me.
This is what the holiday season should be about - giving. Even if it's something small, no matter how much it makes a huge difference.
So, I'm going to make a pledge and a challenge.
My pledge is that at least once a week, I'm going to pay it forward to someone. It could be someone in line behind me at Starbucks, my struggling co-worker, a fellow blogger - I won't know until the moment strikes me.
My challenge is to have you join me. Once a week, give to someone who least expects it. And make it a spur of the moment decision. Sure, it will make you feel good but I guarentee you it will make the recipient feel even better.
And little by little, that will make for a better holiday season for everyone!

Have a great day!

PS-HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my fabulous and dear friend, E over at Ink Obsession Designs. She is such a wonderful friend. I am so happy to have her in my life. I hope she has a wonderful day and year ahead! Happy Birthday E!!

Fortune Cookies

Yesterday, my friend Michelle tweeted about a fortune cookie that she got at lunch yesterday. I tweeted back what I wished mine would have said at that moment.

Then, I started thinking of several possible fortune cookie readings that would be PERFECT right about now.

"Do not worry...the laundry will fold itself. No more clothes to worry about."


"A luxury vacation is coming your way. Pack your bags and enjoy."


"The pounds will just disappear. Do not worry, you will lost weight."


"Children are only little people once. Enjoy that innocence and love of exploring life with them."


"You will not be super wealthy in dollars, but you will not have to worry about finances in your life."


" 'Keeping up with the Joneses' never really worked for anyone."


"Your children will ALWAYS be well-behaved."


"Remember to enjoy the holiday season. There is so much fun to be had and it truly is a magical time."

What do you need your fortune cookie to say today?

Have a great day!

PS-HAPPY, HAPPY Birthday to Molly Lou sister-in-law. We love you and hope you have a wonderful day.