Heeey friends!!! How were your holidays?! Ours was wonderful with lots of time spent with family! I keep seeing this post pop up on social media and it is.so.true.
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts
Friday, December 29, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017
Holiday Gift Guide for Girls
Helloooo friends!! It's officially DECEMBER and that means it's time to share some of my gift ideas for little girls. These are things that we are going to purchase or have already! I am happy to say that we are about 75% done with our Christmas shopping for the girls already! (all the praise hands!!)
Stocking Stuffers
My favorite thing to buy around this time of the year are stocking stuffers! I'm not sure why but it's just so fun for me!!
This is what we are filling the girls' stockings with this year:
This unique play dough caught my eye on Instagram and I instantly hopped over to their website to check it out more. I fell in love with the whimsy of their website and how their play dough is made from food ingredients. How cute are they? And if they smell as good as they say, I'm sold for sure!!
We got grape, cotton candy, vanilla, orangesicle, mint chip, and bubble gum
They also have seasonal ones, like gingerbread!
My girls LOVE Hatchimals and these are so cute! They are on sale right now at Target!
My girls (particularly Sophia) have really been into collecting keychains.. these ones from Target are just so dang cute!!
Sophia is getting the unicorn one
And for Saidey
We always throw in socks or underwear too and these socks are just so cute!!
Sophia is getting the emoji ones
I thought this wallet was also so cute!! I got one for both girls
These are always fun too!!
I also will throw in a few pieces of candy (the candy cane shaped ones with candy in them) and I am also going to get them the supplies to make slime and put that in their stockings too!
I always put in a few books too, I haven't gotten those yet!
Now onto the other fun stuff!
Sophia has a salon chair for her 18' dolls but none of the accessories (she got it as a hand-me down) So, I found this set at Target and thought she'd love it!
When Target had their deal on board games, I picked this game up for Sophia
I thought this game looked fun for Saidey and the whole family
And then this one is for both of them but is no longer available at Target (sorry for the cruddy picture)
American Girl was having a great sale on some select Wellie Wisher items. I scored these three things for Saidey while they were more than half off!
So, this next purchase was one of the first ones we made and it was an impulsive one.. We saw ONE left on the shelf at Target when we were with Sophia and she picked it up and hugged it and squealed with delight. I had NO idea what it was and looked it up online that night. Will went back to Target and it was GONE. We found one on Amazon for the same price-- the one I am linking to is NOT what we paid! I read an article on Facebook that people are super disappointed in the toy itself. Part of me wants to send it back BUT at the same time, I think SHE will be happy with it so we're keeping it.
We are ALWAYS snuggling in the family room for movie nights so I've been on the hunt for some sort of light sleeping bag/mat thing. I FINALLY found what I was looking for. This sleeping bag from The Land of Nod is so cute and it can be rolled up easily, which I really liked! I got the girls the exact same one and had them personalized with their names.
For both:
So, there you have it!! I'd love to hear what your kiddos are getting!! Share below!!
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Christmas Recap
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Ours was filled with family, love, bleeding fingers/toes and whipped cream (more on that below)!
This year, we were blessed for family that made the trip to see us and so we didn't have to travel anywhere. We had a lot of downtime, just the four of us to unwind and prepare for guests. When guests arrived it was nothing short of a good time with everyone.
On Friday, Saidey started the day like this
and ended the day like this:
Poor thing shut her finger in a door and it was the worst. thing. ever. Poor baby girl. It was pretty swollen and sore to the touch, and we're pretty sure she's going to lose her finger nail.
Friday night was pizza and movie night and it was very low key.
On Christmas Eve morning, we woke up slowly and started prepping for Christmas Eve dinner with my family. The girls played and hung out while Will and I did a few last minute errands, cleaned a little and did a few things around the house. Once my family got there- we exchanged gifts and ate soup and appetizers. So good!
While we were opening presents, my mom got a phone call from my aunt saying that our Grandpa's wife (my Grandma Joan passed away a few years ago and he remarried recently) had passed away that day. Although my girls and I were not close to Brenda, our hearts still ache for her and especially my Grandpa. Our thoughts continue to be with my Grandpa and her family during this time.
Attack of Odin =)
A pretty darn good view
Grandma and her girls
No big deal, just doing some headstands =)
It was a wonderful evening but also a good reminder to always be thankful and that we are blessed with each new day. Always, always.
We set out cookies for Santa and reindeer food in the front lawn and tucked the girls into bed. Once they were fast asleep, it was time for the fun! Will and I got the girls' stockings stuffed and set out Santa gifts before settling into bed ourselves.
Christmas morning arrived and we all ran downstairs to see if Santa found our new house. Of course he did and the girls were so excited about the gifts that he left!
We finished opening presents from us and then started breakfast while the girls played. Sophia stubbed her toe on our kitchen barstool and of course that was the worst. thing. ever. too. She survived though and the rest of the day was spent playing with all of their new toys.
We clean up pretty nice
Notice the photobomber over my head?
Will's family arrived later that afternoon and so we exchanged gifts and then began prepping for personal homemade pizzas. So yummy! After that, the girls headed up for bed and declared it THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!
Mama bird taking care of her Hatchimal
Pie Face game is SO. MUCH. FUN!
Ending the night with hot chocolate in our new personalized mugs!
Yesterday (Monday) was so nice to just relax and hang out. We played a lot of games and this mama didn't change out of her pajamas. When I finally got around to thinking I should get dressed, I looked at the clock and thought better. =)
I definitely wasn't ready to return to work but am looking forward to another long weekend! I'll be back on Friday to share my top 16 FAVORITE moments of 2016!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and you got to spend it with your favorite people. For some of you, the holidays are a difficult time and my heart is with you too.