~Cassie's New Bed~

About a month or two ago Kevin hand built Cassie her big girl bed. He is the most talented man ever!!! It only took him two weekends to complete it. He built it with poplar wood and bead board. The bed is very solid and it is a bed that she will keep till she moves out. It is a twin bed with a trundle. He has not made the trundle yet but the plan is to have one for sleep overs or when we have guest over Aundrea can sleep on the trundle so guest can sleep in her bed. With this bed made for a trundle it is pretty tall, so Kevin built her a ladder to get in and out of the bed. She can climb in and out without it but the ladder looks so cute and just "makes" the bed, and she loves to climb up and down it.

Yesterday we moved her furniture around to make everything fit better and so she can get to her toys better. Here are the before and after pics.

The bedding I LOOOVVVEE!! I found it online at Target and then went to Target to just buy sheets thinking that I would have to order the bedding online. Our Target here had the set. I was so happy that I did not have to wait for it to ship. I love these colors, pink and brown, plus Cassie loves polka-dots. Like you couldn't tell from her B-day party. The bed skirt is satin with tulle over it. Very Princessie!!

She loves her bed. Can't you tell? When she was in her crib she slept with her head toward the door. I wondered if she would change or sleep the same in her new bed. Nope, she still sleeps with her head toward the door just like she did in her crib. No big deal I just thought it was interesting. Anyway, hope you enjoy the pics. Kevin plans to make Aundrea a loft bed. She is all excited to get it in her room. He should be getting started here in a couple of weeks. This time it will not be so hot outside when he does it. I will keep you all posted.

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Have a great day!!!

~A Polka-Dot Birthday For Cassie~

Last Saturday we celebrated Cassie's 3rd birthday cookout style. We had friends come over to party with us. We do wish our family could have been here but thank God for friends. Cassie loves polka-dots so that is what I choose for her party theme. Here is a funny story. One evening Cassie saw my freckles on my arm and said "Mommy you have polka-dots." I laughed so hard I thought I would pee my pants.

The next several pics I will show you how I incorporated polka-dots in the party decor. WARNING!!! Lots of dots!!!

I made the birthday banner with my Stampin' Up cardstock, papers and die-cuts. I had so much fun making it and I think it turned out pretty cute!! I also had different candies set around the party space with circles or dots in mind. On the china cabinet I had a bowls of skittles and smarties.

I found this idea on-line. Actually I found a lot of my ideas on-line at Polka Dot Birthday Party Ideas blog. I never dreamed about doing a party in polka-dots till I found this website. Thanks for all the ideas. This is a tarra cotta pot that I painted pink and glued on white fuzzy balls. I had the ladybug cookies made by Laura Poland. (click on her name to go to her website) She was one of the mom's from Aundrea's kindergarten and 1st grade classes. She did an AWESOME job!! The cookies tasted SUPER yummy and they went perfect with the polka-dot theme.

I don't know what happened with this pic being sideways. I used a cake plate to sit the pot of cookies on and used tissue paper and bows to cover the plate. The dots you see are from wrapping paper that my sister used to wrap Cassie's gifts in. I used one of my punches to punch out the dots and used them around all my decor. You can't tell in pic but the dots are covered in glitter. They looked very pretty in person.

I bought lots and I mean LOTS of ribbon to use through out the party space. Here I gathered up the corners of the plastic table cloth to dress it up.

This cake was Soooooo delish!!, and it looks Fabulous!!! I went to my local grocery store bakery and told them what I wanted and this is what they came up with. SWEET!!! I bought the fabric to cover one of my wood risers to raise up the cake for dimension, and of course, tie up the corners with, what else, but polka-dot ribbon. And more dot candies. These were sweet tarts and they were the biggest hit. Eatable decor what more can you ask 4!! Ha, I'm a poet!! He! He!

Here is the cake with the candles on it. My camera died just as Cassie was blowing them out so this is the only pic with the candles lit.

Unfortunately, it was raining so we did grill out hamburgers and hot dogs outside but ate inside. Even though we had a great time.

More dots!!

Let me just share this drink we had. Take frozen pink lemonade and add 7-up instead of water. Very refreshing!!

Thought I was done the the dots? Not yet. I used my dots stamps sets that I have to stamp these party bags to give to the kids. We only 4 total including Aundrea so I didn't have to make many but they were easy to make and they turned out cute.

Here are our goofy girls. They could not wait to dig into the cake and they would not keep out of the candy either. We had to fight them off with a stick to keep the away. Just kidding!! about the stick part!!

Well, are you seeing spots yet? I hope you enjoyed looking at the party docorations because I had fun making them.

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Have a great day!!

~Cassie turns 3!!!~

I can't believe my baby is 3!!!

Tuesday was her birthday so we pizza for dinner, which she requested with sister's help, and a small cake. We are planning a birthday cookout on Sat with friends since our family can't come in.

Just look at that smile. It fills her whole face. Ok, the story about the boo boo on her nose. Her Daddy built her a big girl bed and just a couple of days before her birthday she fell out and hit her nose on something. You can't tell in the photo but it is shaped like a tulip. When she heard us stay that she said " it not a lip!"

After dinner we took her on a photo shoot at a local park and a beautiful waterfall. I love how this pic turned out. My favorite!!! I can't believe how good it turned out and we didn't have to pay a professional!!

Here is the story on this pic. See the flower? Cassie came to me one day with this flower held up to her head just like in the pic and said, " Mommy, see my umbrella?" What an imagination!!

I just love her facial expressions!! She was not looking at me so when I told her to look at me this is what I got. She is so sassy, spunky, sweet and she just keeps us laughing all the time.

My mom got her this dress and Cassie loves it because it twirls. She had so much fun dancing in this dress. Check out the back. Sooooo CUTE!!!

Thanks Mom!!

I had to throw a pic of Aundrea in here. She takes great pics too.

We have been so blessed to have 2 beautiful girls.

I'm busy planning Cassie's cookout, poka-dot theme birthday party tomorrow. I have some cute things I'm making. I can't wait to show you.

Have a great day!!!

I'm off to get ready for the party!!!

~Happy Father's Day~

Happy Father's Day to all our Dad's out there!!

Here is the girls giving there Daddy his gifts. They decorated Popsicle sticks for him and Aundrea made a book back in school called What Daddies do best! The picture is hazy because I had just brought the camera out and it is so hot and humid here that it fogged up. As soon as you walk outside you are dripping wet.
I bought Kevin a blower vac combo. We don't have many leaves at this time but he can use to blow the grass off the drive way till fall. We get tons of leaves.

Yes it is Father's day but my hubby does not know what it means to rest. He is such a hard worker. It's one of the things I love about him. He had to rehang this thing that holds our garden tools and such. It fell off so he fixed it. He is now, as I type this, hanging shelves over our 3rd garage door to store more junk that we don't use all the time. I will have to post picks later when he is all done.

While Kevin is hard at work. The girls are enjoying the pool.

Well I hope everyone is enjoying there Father's Day. I'm going to go put my feet in the pool before the girls pour it all out. They are on a mission to get the whole drive way wet.

Have a great day and stay cool!!

Be sure to see the post below of Aundrea and her cast. Two post in one day. Woo Hoo!!

~Summer Break~Literally~

Here she is. My little beauty!! She takes such good pictures!!

Okay, she broke her arm last Sunday. Sorry it has taken so long to post picture of her and her cast but her Daddy was out of town last week and had the camera with him.

This is where it happened. She and Cassie made a pillow pit to fall back into off the couch. ( this is a recreation, as any good mom would do I took her to the doc. before taking pictures) Aundrea fell back into the pillows but her arm hit the floor.

Here are the munchkins in the there pillow pit. Aundrea did great at the urgent care center. The ladies there were so good with her. She acted like she was having fun. The next day we went to the pediatric orthopedic for them to determine if she needed a cast. Well you know what happened. She broke both the ulna and the radius at the wrist. She could move her wrist but it did not hurt to bad. She has been a trooper this past week. She has not let the cast slow her down. She has really enjoyed having her friends sign her cast. She has 3 more weeks to wear it and then we will go back to the doc. to see how she is doing.
I'm so proud of the way she acted through out the whole ordeal.

~Happy Easter!!!~

Christ has risen today!!!!

Just wanted to send out Easter greeting today!!

I just thank God for his sacrifice for us and pray that everyone will know His gift to us in Jesus Christ and rejoice in it!!!

Here are some Easter pictures for your enjoyment. Since we could not go to visit family we are having friends (no family in town of there own either) of ours over to celebrate. We have plans for an egg hunt, a craft and food. What could be better.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Have a great Easter Day!!!

~Cassie's First Hair Cut and a Makeover for Aundrea~

I finally took Cassie to get her hair cut. Her hair has needed to be cut for a long time but I just could not bring myself to do it. It would mean that she is growing up and not a baby anymore. Also, her hair was and still is long enough to do pig tails, which she loves. She ask me every morning to put them in.

She looks so serious in these two pics but she loved her hair cut. She acted like a big girl and like she had been doing this for along time.

The hair stylist put pig tails in since she loves them.

Get ready for this one. Aundrea got her hair cut too. Her hair style was all her idea and I let her go for it. I love how brave she is to try a new style. I wish I could be so brave. I have often thought about getting my hair cut short, but to scared.

Yes, that short!! I was so surprised when she said she wanted it that way. Every bath time was not that fun to comb out the tangles. I was always telling her I was going to get her hair cut short and she did not like that idea.

She loves her hair cut!! And so do the rest of us. She just looks so cute!!!

This picture was taken at our friends house in Texas. I'm so sorry for not blogging lately but right after the last post we went to TX to visit friends for spring break. I just did not want to say that on my blog. My charger for my computer has been going bad and while we were in TX it died, therefore my computer died. So we had to order another and I had to be without a computer. OH, NO! What was I going to do? While it was kinda nice to be without it. I was doing so good about updating the blog before I left so I hated missing posting. So now I have a new charger and I'm up and running. I have lots of post to share with you all. Family and crafty stuff.

Thanks for hanging in there with me. I hope you will come back.

Have a great day, evening or weekend. We are going be get snow tomorrow (Saturday). Pray for my plants. Later.