Sweet Caroline

1.       It’s MOVING weekend.  I can’t believe. It.  I’m not a big “house cliché” person….you know that “where we brought our babies home, our first this, our first that” yadda yadda yadds…maybe it’s because we’ve had three different houses in 7 years, but leaving an actual “house” doesn’t really make me sad.  But, I am sad to be leaving our neighborhood…if only I could pick up our hood and place it ON the lake where our house was ON the water ….it’d be a perfect world.  We’ve had so much fun living in this neighborhood for the past 4 years and even more so the last year and a half with our besties right across the street.  So leaving all that sucks…but, hopefully it’ll all be worth it when we find our next home.  When will that be?!  I have NO idea.  I better get used to the idea of being in limbo for a while…that’s normally not a good place for my OCD/controlling/type A self, but I know we will find something one day....

We had a family date night last Monday before sending our girl off to the low country with her cousin and Lolly for a few days.  We took ALL of the kids to the park, dinner and to see Finding Dory! I was so impressed with how long the boys lasted…they were free, so we figured it wouldn’t be a bid deal if one of us had to take them outside and walk around for a bit.  They lasted about half way through the movie before we had to go on a little adventure around the theatre and get some popcorn…but they keep talking about Dory!  Of course, Collins loved it.    We missed our little diva, but it was nice to get some extra time with just the boys.  They are a mess and are going to give me a run for my money!  But, goodness gracious…they make me giggle and turn my heart into mush in seconds.  Getting sweaty a the park! Movie time!   My girl in Beaufort  Sweet boys holding hands  Messy boys!! Crazy boys :-) We had no lake time this weekend, ...

Ah, the weekend.  Another one come and gone.  Another one that included one of my BIGGEST (total first world problems…) pet peeves.  I get SO annoyed when it is GORGEOUS all week and then rains on the weekend.  I  mean, seriously!? Come on, mother nature…work with us here.  Anyways, let me back up and recap our weekend.   As I mentioned, Mikey and I had date  night Friday night .  We got fancy and rented a room at the Hilton downtown.  I picked the kids up early Friday and we hung out and played for a couple of hours  Friday afternoon  until the sitter arrived at 6!  We left at 6 to check in the hotel and get ready for the night.  It’s so rare that I get ready these days without tending to the kids at the same time…so that was a nice break.  I had a drink, listened to music and Mikey and I just relaxed and took our time getting ready for the night…parents everywhere know that never happens when you have young one...

1.    Dress obsessed.  I LOVE the fit of this dress. It has become my go to summer dress.  It’s comfy, I think it can be dressed up or down and it is flattering.  All the necessities in my book.  I now own three, I love them so much. The Monterey tank dress:   2.       Date night.  Our house is a disaster.  Like, woah.  My parents (who are also moving…this is the second time we’ve moved at the same time as them) are living with us for two weeks.  Their move sucks b/c there rental isn’t ready quite yet but they close on their house today…so they are homeless for two weeks.  So my parents have had to lug half their crap to our house (amongst all our many boxes and chaos) only to lug it out again in two weeks into their rental.  So yeah…my house is total chaos right now. We have LOTS of packing to do…three weeks out from closing.  BUT, we are saying the HELL with it, tonight.  Mikey and I ar...

I'm slowly getting my girls big girl room together.  I have two pillows still being monogrammed and then I’ll be done with all the bedding.  I love how all of the fabrics came together…love that they have mint and coral, but also bring in other colors so I’m not limited to those two. I need to work on new art for her room and when we move I’ll have room to put my old white wicker rocking chair in here, so that’ll be another place to add fabric.   If everything goes thru with the house we are under contract on (more on that later) her room will be so much bigger so I’ll have more room to work with.  I’m pleased with how it’s shaping up so far though.  I took these pics when we listed our house and wasn’t’ taking them to “showcase” on a blog (as if my blog is even close to a home décor blog) but you know what I mean…I didn’t even take pics of one side with her dresser…oh well.  I don’t know if I’ll do stripes on the ceiling again or not, in the next hous...

We took a weekend “off.”  It was needed! As much as I LOVE to go-go-go… every  once in a while even I need a break.  We headed to the low country for some much needed downtime and it was perfect.  It was just the five of us and my parents there for the weekend which was nice.  We had no set plans and did a lot of relaxing.  We swam in the pool, took a boat ride, napped and had dance parties!  I read a book, got to sleep late one morning, and loved on my babies.  There’s not much better.  We all LOVE going to Village Creek for the weekend, it is a place I can fully relax and since it isn’t home I don’t feel the need to be doing something!  We had such a good weekend of recharging and spending quality time with our little ones.  My favorite Friday night view! The kids spent a solid 30 minutes running and jumping on my dad! So cute!! We didn't want to leave Sunday! :-(      

Our party people 😀 What a fun one!!                      

Oh TWODLES!!!!   Yep,  another  Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party…as if there haven’t been enough of those!  But, my boys are OBSESSED with the show, so it only seemed fitting.   I didn’t really go all out on this party…just ordered some cheap signs and banners off etsy, threw some balloons and red paper around and called it a day.  BUT, I did have MICKEY MOUSE make an appearance!  Of course the boys were scared of him!  I mean, really?!?  They LOVED Mickey at Disney in January, but started crying at the party!  Go figure.  After he left, they wanted him back and Thomas is literally STILL talking about Mickey being at his party…”mickey”  “house”  “night night?” …because we told him that Mickey had to leave to go to his house and go night night.  He was so sad!  We basically had the same exact party as last year… but if it ain’t’ broke, don’t fix it….isn’t that the saying!?  Slip and slide, bounce ho...