bathing beauty.......

I love you more today than yesterday...

I found this photo on a design blog..can't remember which one... sorry..

but I printed it out because I fell in LOVE with that sign..

I felt pretty confident that I could recreate it....

I found a couple of thin wooden boards at Micheals for $3.99 each...

and the stencils were 4 bucks...

I already had the black and linen paint....

So excited about the way it turned out and it was so easy!

FIVE...

Happy Birthday Hailiegirl....

xoxoxoxoxo

muffins

I finally jumped on the bountiful baskets bandwagon...
and oh my..what a great way to get your fresh fruits and vegetables.. the 7:45 Saturday morning pickup is a killer though..
but this week we got blueberrys... I found this recipe for blueberry muffins on Pioneer Woman..
and wow...these were some good muffins...

I found the Turbinado sugar at Fresh and Easy...

the kids really enjoyed their homemade blueberry muffins..

hope everyone had a happy 4th of July...

guess what I found at target...

has anyone else seen these yet?
so cute..love

J.CREW diy skirt....

Remember this $40 JCREW skirt that I blogged about here 

well for $7 bucks you can make it yourself... I did...
$4 walmart 2xl tshirt
99 cent one inch elastic
$1.99 for some chiffon

I used one of Hailies skirts as a guide to cut the tshirt...

no need to hem the skirt ..I just used the bottom of the tshirt..

then I created a casing and ran the elastic through to make the waistband..

presto...one tshirt skirt...

I then cut one inch strips from the left over tshirt

baste stiched down the middle and pulled the thread to create my ruffle...

I used the jcrew skirt photo as a guide to where I pinned the ruffles and then I just sewed them on...

                                                                  we're getting there....

I then took the white chiffon and cut out two inch strips and based stiched near the top and pulled the thread to create ruffles the same way I did above and I used the picture again to guide me where to put them on the skirt...

and here we go.....

What do you think!? Pretty close right...

I need to cut some of the threads off a little better but Hailie was literally tugging at it to put it on while I was still trying to sew the ruffles on..

She was so happy with her new skirt.. and that made mommy happy

hailies first dance recital....

as you can see she was not shy one bit...she was LOVING it!

After the performance mommy made her take some pictures...
She loves her brother....

with mommy... (seriously with the hand on the hip? where does she get this?!)

Grandma Kathy gave her some really pretty flowers...

and with Grandma Mary Jo and Geoff.. they were really working those poses...

"Mommy, this is what I am going to wear today!"....(hailies line EVERY morning)

My little fashionista is getting ready to turn 5 soon...

I can hardly believe it...

(hailie at one!)

I am seriously in love with all of the new stuff on Crewcuts for her...

I am going to try a couple diy.. stay tuned.. we will see how they turn out...

and then I am going to just have to buy the rest for her...

hey..she has to be ready to set the standard for the rest of the Kindergarten girls... lol

in hailies world...

it is perfectly normal to fly a kite...

play with sidewalk chalk....

throw a frisbee around....

and color ....

while wearing a tutu ...

Hope your Sunday has been as relaxing as ours..

copying..the highest form of flattery...

Auntie Melissa comes to visit and shows off her new bangs...

so when she leaves what does Hailiegirl want to get....

                                                                        New Bangs....

lukes space...