Tuesday, May 2, 2017

TEACHER APPRECIATION

It’s teacher appreciation time again!  Depending on where you live, you’re probably celebrating teacher appreciation week this week or next.  Dylan’s school makes it so easy and sent home a flyer a week or so ago assigning each day a theme to show their teachers how much we care.  Teachers do so much for the kids and the smallest gestures tend to mean the most.

teacher appreciation

all images via Pinterest: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

I’m writing this after just having gotten home from a client appreciation event from our favorite local photographer, Marriott Photography.  Marnee has been photographing our kids since I was pregnant with Lex and you’ve seen her work multiple times on the blog.  Sometimes just letting your clients, or teachers know you appreciate them goes a long way.

Here’s what we’re doing each day for teacher appreciation week at Dylan’s school this year:

Monday – Show your teacher your best writing skills.  Bring in a card and let your teacher know how special they are.

Tuesday – Shower your teacher with their favorite snack or restaurant gift card.

Wednesday – Wear your teacher’s favorite color.

Thursday – Bring in an item from your teacher’s wish list.

Friday – Sketch a flower, bring a flower or a gift that smells as sweet as flowers.

Last year for Dylan’s preschool teacher, we had one day set up where everyone brought a flower to make a bouquet for the teacher, it turned out really cute.  If you set that up, you will want to make sure someone brings her a vase.

Don’t forget to acknowledge teacher’s aides, PE teachers, music teachers, nurse etc.  They all go above and beyond for our kids every day.

I’ve also been pinning ideas on Pinterest and would love if you followed along.  I’d love to hear how you’re showing teacher appreciation in the comments.  If you are a teacher, thank you for all you do!  We all appreciate how hard you work for our kids each day!

Monday, May 1, 2017

RED, WHITE & BLUE FOR THE LITTLE LADY

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Happy May Day! I can hardly believe it’s May. It seems like just yesterday it was Valentine’s Day and here we are already in May!

We’re going to hit 100 degrees for the first time this week so it’s fitting that we start to think about summer and all of the fun things we have in store including summer holidays! Whether it’s Memorial Day, the Fourth of July (my favorite!) or any summer day; red, white and blue looks as fresh and summery as it does patriotic. I’ve been keeping an eye out for Americana releases at some of our favorite stores and they are starting to hit the shelves. Here are a few of my current favorites for the little lady in your life. I’m sure my list will grow and of course we need some festive pajamas too.

Red, white & blue for the little lady

romper | top | romper | dress | shorts | sandals | swim suit

I always think it’s funny when one of the kids happens to get a glimpse of a collage I am working on. Lex saw this one and would like that bathing suit in her closet as soon as possible. Since we will spend Memorial Day and the 4th (and every other day this summer) at the pool, and she loves it; it should probably happen – right?

Any of the other outfits would be so cute with a cute hat like this or this and red sandals during the day. Add a jacket, I love this one or this one, and swap the sandals for some chucks for the evening and s’more making or playing with sparklers.  Just thinking about it has me excited for summer!

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

STYLE CRUSH: RAINBOWS

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It seems like rainbows have been popping up all over over the last couple of months and I’m starting to develop a small crush on all things rainbow for Lex this spring and summer.  Here are a few of my current favorites:Style Crush: Rainbows

pajamas | pool float | swimsuit | sweatshirt | suitcase | sheets | dress

Monday, March 20, 2017

CHICK MAGNET

Happy first day of Spring!  Each spring one of our favorite local photographers offers the cutest spring sessions as a charity event.  She has live chicks and bunnies for the event and all of the pictures are seriously the cutest ever.  Last year Dylan was SO into it and Lex, well – not so much (which is why there aren’t any pictures of her).  These are last year’s pictures and Dylan was a total chick magnet.

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The kids are getting excited to get their pictures taken with the chicks and bunnies again this year.  Lex is on board as long as the animals are in a basket.  Fingers crossed she holds true to that.

Monday, March 6, 2017

WISH LIST: BOYS SWIM

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A couple of weeks ago I went through Dylan’s dresser pulling out the items that he’s outgrown.  I quickly realized he needs new swim trunks in a major way.  I left one pair from last year and to be honest, I am not sure they will even fit.  This week is his spring break and it’s supposed to hit 85 degrees at least once, so clearly it’s time to get him some new swim trunks for spring and summer.

He’s in that awkward stage where he’s too big for most of the stuff in the toddler section but depending on what it is the smallest size in the boys section of the store is still too big. It makes shopping for him a real challenge right now. I think he will have an opinion on what swim trunks he likes, so I’ve rounded up a few I’m loving and then will let him choose his favorites.

Swim for Him

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