I finally snapped a Sunday picture! I decided a month ago that I wanted to
snap a picture of my kids each Sunday so I can see their growth over the year.
I have several friends that do it and I think it will be fun. However, due to sickness
and my forgetfulness, we're starting a couple of weeks late. Do you take a pictures
a week? A picture a day? How's it going?
Now onto TOO Cute Tuesday!
What did you make this week that is TOO Cute??
Come link up!
Rules:
Must be made by you.
Link up to the specific post - not your main blog.
No Etsy shops or giveaways please :)
Please post the button or link back here so more people can join in the fun.
Visit some of the other participants and leave them some LOVE!
TOO Cute Tuesday will be open Tuesday-Saturday. On Saturday or Monday I'll highlight some of my favorites and then we'll start over on Tuesday!
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My kids love school and I love their school. They have great teachers and
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overall well-being. I trust that when I send them to school, they are safe and
well-looked after and will be returned to me in the same state that I sent them
to school that morning. A lot of the time, that come back happier than they were
earlier that day.
Since kids will be kids and blacktop will be blacktop, bumps, scrapes, and bruises are a
playground reality. So I am so very thankful for our school health clerk. She is there
every day to patch up those playground bumps and bruises and to send them on their
way with an ice pack and the sense that everything will be okay.
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One of our favorite places in Orange County is celebrating it's 21st Anniversary next
month! The Irvine Park Railroad is celebrating 21 years and to celebrate right they are
rolling back the prices to the original 1996 prices! That means $2.00 train rides!
We love the Irvine Park Railroad train! Grace even insisited on getting overalls to
match the train conductors. It's going to be fun riding the train over and over again!
The 21st Anniversary Celebration is Saturday, February 25th and Sunday,
February 26th. Along with $2 train rides, the anniversary celebration will also feature
other $2 activities - including carnival games and a bounce house. Face painting and
panning for gold require two $2 tickets. There will also be $2 concessions, including
hot dogs, sodas,ice creams, and popcorn! The Railroad is even giving away one
balloon per child.
There will also be raffles on both Saturday and Sunday of the celebration every hour
from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Winners will receive Irvine Park Railroad prizes ranging in
valuefrom $60 to $300. And to make things even more festive, a live band will be
rocking out some country blues with rockin' soul both days from 11:00am to 3:00pm.
The park entrance fee for Irvine Regional Park is $5 and the Irvine Park Railroad is
open daily at 10:00am. The $2 tickets are valid only during the Anniversary Celebration
weekend only and coupons, discounts and/or any other promotions are not valid on the
The awesome people at the Irvine Park Railroad have given me a fun prize pack to
giveaway to one of my readers! I'm giving away 8 activity tickets and 1
Wheel Fun Rentals at Irvine Park Bike Double Surrey Bike Rental -
the prize value is $75.00 and can be used during the anniversary celebration
or any other time during the year.
I love this little person and her BIG personality! Today she toted
around a purple leopard "purse" - which is really a carrier for a stuffed
animal - rocked her ruffle flared jeans, and her Sophia the First inspired
princess everyday tunic. She is full of spunk and I am eating it all up!
Now onto TOO Cute Tuesday!
What did you make this week that is TOO Cute??
Come link up!
Rules:
Must be made by you.
Link up to the specific post - not your main blog.
No Etsy shops or giveaways please :)
Please post the button or link back here so more people can join in the fun.
Visit some of the other participants and leave them some LOVE!
TOO Cute Tuesday will be open Tuesday-Saturday. On Saturday or Monday I'll highlight some of my favorites and then we'll start over on Tuesday!
This post brought to you by:
I changed the linky party so that the most recently uploaded project will show up as number one. This way everyone gets a chance on top. So, look in the first spot for your project, not at the end. Thanks!!!
Do you watch Sherlock on Masterpiece? So good! It drives me
crazy that there are only three episodes per season. I would love
for it to be on year round, but alas, no dice. So, I guess I will
have to rewatch all four seasons on Netflix!
Now onto TOO Cute Tuesday!
What did you make this week that is TOO Cute??
Come link up!
Rules:
Must be made by you.
Link up to the specific post - not your main blog.
No Etsy shops or giveaways please :)
Please post the button or link back here so more people can join in the fun.
Visit some of the other participants and leave them some LOVE!
TOO Cute Tuesday will be open Tuesday-Saturday. On Saturday or Monday I'll highlight some of my favorites and then we'll start over on Tuesday!
This post brought to you by:
I changed the linky party so that the most recently uploaded project will show up as number one. This way everyone gets a chance on top. So, look in the first spot for your project, not at the end. Thanks!!!
Over the holidays my little Isabella celebrated her 8th birthday and had her
baptism. She loves all things orange and so we used orange balloons in the
pictures she had taken by my good friend Syl Galloway. They matched the orange
ends of her hair very nicely. So, when we were deciding what to do for her
baptism, we thought it would be fun to use the theme "Orange You Glad I'm 8".
I made her invitations in Photoshop using the pictures that Syl took of her in
November. It was fun to use the accents of orange to match the balloons. It was
fun to see her spunky personality come out in the photos and on the invitation.
On her baptism day she wore the same white dress that my youngest sister wore
on her baptism day. It's a beautiful Hawaiian dress and I loved that she got
to share in the tradition of using the same dress just like my niece did. And I
love it so much more than the jumpsuits that are usually worn.
Her hair was my favorite! I wanted something that we could do before and it
would survive the dunk of the baptism. I didn't want her to look like a drowned
rat after, but I also didn't want to spend the time drying and styling it. When I
found this Rope Twisted Pinwheel Bun from Cute Girl Hairstyles, I knew it
would be perfect. It took me about 45 minutes to do. The CGH lady said like
15 minutes, but she's more adept with hair twisting than I am!
I love how the orange peaks out every once in a while and adds a little bit of her
orange-loving personality to her hairstyle. It weathered the baptism perfectly
and her hair looked quite lovely the entire rest of the day.
It's tradition for my parents to give a white baptism towel as a gift, but she was
so busy with the amazing quilt she was making, I ordered one on Etsy this time.
I was pleased to find HuckleberryStew! She had quick turn around time and I
could choose an orange CTR shield the towel in addition to her name and
baptism date.
I also made her a guest book for friends and family to write her a note so she
could have a record of all the wonderful people that came to celebrate with her. I
used the photos that Syl took and had the book printed by Shutterfly. It was a
good way to also let Isabella have her pictures from shoot with Sylvia all together
and be able to look at them whenever she wants to remember her special day.
We served light refreshments after the baptism - or course with an orange
theme! I made number eight sugar cookies and my sister and I frosted them
with orange buttercream frosting. I was going to frost them with royal frosting,
but Isabella informed me that it wasn't her favorite and so we changed plans.
We also had orange lollipops, orange Airheads, orange licorice, Cuties and
white powdered donuts. I made cute wraps for the water bottles that
said "Orange You Glad I'm 8!"
And do you see the quilt?! I asked my mom 3 years ago when JT got baptized if
she would make Isabella a baptism quilt. When she came to visit this summer
we worked together to make a rough sketch of what I was thinking and what
Isabella would like. It turned out even more beautiful that I could have imagined.
I will share more pictures of it later along with more pictures of her dress!
turned out! I love how what's left of her orange hair just peaks out every
once and a while and gives it some personality.
Now onto TOO Cute Tuesday!
What did you make this week that is TOO Cute??
Come link up!
Rules:
Must be made by you.
Link up to the specific post - not your main blog.
No Etsy shops or giveaways please :)
Please post the button or link back here so more people can join in the fun.
Visit some of the other participants and leave them some LOVE!
TOO Cute Tuesday will be open Tuesday-Saturday. On Saturday or Monday I'll highlight some of my favorites and then we'll start over on Tuesday!
This post brought to you by:
I changed the linky party so that the most recently uploaded project will show up as number one. This way everyone gets a chance on top. So, look in the first spot for your project, not at the end. Thanks!!!
