Date Night and a Giveaway

Here's what I wore as my date night accessory last night: Simple Indian Summer

I wouldn't sell stuff I wouldn't wear myself.

Date night was awesome. Went to an arcade place, got a bunch of tokens, and had a duel with my better half to see who was better at ski-ball. (Insert childhood dream of owning a ski-ball machine in my basement.) Then we cashed in our tickets to get some awesome prizes. My man bought me a bee-au-ti-ful ruby heart shaped ring. Stunning! What did I get my man in return? An aw-e-some army dog tag necklace. And, we wore them all evening. Cause, that's how cool we are.

Until...... my ruby fell out.

Gasp.

What's your favorite "going out for a night on the town" accessory? Do tell.



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My Life with Boys- Dirt Soup

I have a private family blog. A blog where I chronicle the life of our family. (Confession: I'm not much of a scrapbooker. So, my personal blog is all they will really get.)

This blog is for my creative outlet. And that it will stay.

But, from time to time, I thought it would be fun to give my readers a tiny snapshot into the not so glamorous life of a stay at home mother of three WONDERFUL (and energetic) little boys. Enjoy.

Dirt Soup
(worms and all)

Sweet Shops

There are so many great shops on Etsy! Sometimes at night I just spend a few moments clicking on shop after shop seeing all the cool things that are out there. So, this post is the first, of many more I'm sure, highlighting some of them.

First off, Sparkle Power. Gotta love sparkle power. Candace was such a great help to me in answering questions when I was setting up Simple Serendipity. Her posters are adorable. I bought the tooth fairy pillow for the boys. Can't wait to use it next time one of those pearly whites falls out.

Next is, Yellow Mums. I LOVE these cupcake toppers. I love making cakes and cupcakes and I can't think of any easier way to make a cupcake cute than using these cool things. And, the best part--no shipping. She just sends you the pdf file and you do the rest.

And last, well for now, shop Shayzrbeam. I have to say, I have one of these towel bags and it is the BEST bag for the pool!! It's ginormous. It fits all the crap you need when you spend the day soaking up the sun. And, at this house, we apparently have a lot of crap. :)

Visitors and Mums

I've been so busy.

We just had my father, my sister, and her daughter come to visit. Whenever I have family come, it makes me realize how vast the span of states that physically separate us. I long to live closer to the place where it doesn't take so much time (and money) for my kids to make memories with their grandparents and cousins. For now, I relish the time when family comes to town.

It was BIZARRE to have a little girl running around the house. Such a different world. It was so much FUN to get to do girlie things with her. We created that necklace together. She picked the beads, I arranged. And, it was really nice to have my sister, the organizing queen, come overhaul my kitchen. Organizing, just does not come naturally to me. I wish it did. And, I try, oh I try.....

I just got more mums to put up in the shop.

Don't you just LOVE these colors. They are awesome. Can't wait to get them all listed.

Also, I made this necklace for the shop, but something isn't quite right. Not sure what it is. Maybe the orange beads are too big??? Waiting on creative inspiration.

New Stuff

Simple Green Blossom
a new item in the shop.

I love days like today.

Days when I:

1) Chat with an adult. I was lucky today, a friend came over for some jewelry assistance.
2) Do something with my hands (other than dishes and laundry). I whipped these new earrings up for the shop today. I quite like them. I'm really digging the lime green color lately. Anyone else?
3) I had NOTHING on my to do list today.
4) Do projects with my boys. Today it was making shapes out of marshmallows and toothpicks.
5) Have special time with one of the boys. Today it was Middle's turn. Tomorrow it will be Big's turn.
6) Really take the time to enjoy my children.

Even Little likes to accessorize.

Giveaway Winner

Thanks to all for participating in my Mother's Day Giveaway! I hope your day was as wonderful as mine. I loved celebrating it with 3 beautiful boys and one awesome husband. My highlight of the day was when hubby gathered the boys together and said, "Ok, now, boys. Today is mother's day and you know what that means? That means, when when church is over, we'll go downstairs to watch mom's favorite show,

"The Sound of ..................







Basketball!"
The cavs game is on today!

Wahoos and hollers erupted throughout the house. Totally took me off guard, I laughed so hard. And thus is my beautiful life as the mother of three boys.

Congratulations

According to the random number generator, #19 is our winner. If I counted correctly, that would be Lisa, who said,

The best thing my mother taught me was that I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

I love it. Because life is full of hard things. What a great thing to learn. I hope you enjoy your gift certificate to the shop.

Mothers Day Giveaway

In honor of my dear mother who taught me to love life, adventure, and to not steal gum from Alpha Beta (grocery store). But, most of all, she taught me that it is better to think about others than to think about oneself.

I sure do miss her. I wish I could tell her one more time how much I loved her.



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