March Favorites and Un-favorites!

Wow, March is over.  It has been a good month personally and a sad month for the local community.  My heart still breaks for the devastation in Oso.  My husband and I had many talks about our little family and nothing is more important than our love for them. You always re-evaluate your life when tragedies strike so close.

So lets just jump into my favorites.  I also switched things up a bit and threw in one un-favorite!

1.) Boon's Grass Drying Rack  I actually purchased this as a baby shower present for a friend.  I wish I had picked one of these up when my littles were still using bottles.  It is super cute for the counter, BPA free, Phthalate free, PVC free, and very functional!  I hope she loves it.

2.) Burt's Bees Deep Cleansing Cream  I am always drawn to B.B. products because they are a very natural based brand.  I've been using this cleanser all month long and it makes my skin feel cool, clean, and refreshed.  Make sure to use as directed and avoid your eyeballs.

3.) Sally Hansen Insta-Dry polish in In Prompt Blue  I received this a gift from Britt in the Beauty Bag Swap.  I am so in love with this bright Summery blue shade.  I always get compliments when I wear it.  I can say after a fresh 2 coats and top coat is stays puts for a few days.  I am very hard on my nails so I expect chips in the first day!

4.)  Bath and Body Works Soap in the scent Black Cherry Merlot  There isn't anything I don't love about this soap.  To the soft and silky way it leaves my hands, to its delicate pink color.  It smells divine, I couldn't leave my fav candle and soap shop out!

5.) Costco  After renewing our membership a few months ago I now have a new found love for the place.  They have a great organic section that I find to beat the prices of most local grocery markets.  They've got super cute jammies and clothes for the girls.  I found their Easter dresses there and Amira wanted practically every one!  They also have nice stuff for the home/outdoor areas. The best place to buy garbage bags!

6.) My Little Gems Favorite, Springtime for Max & Ruby DVD  As I do try my best to limit my girls tv intake.  I still let them enjoy fun movies like this.  They love this one and there is just something about Max & Ruby that is heartwarming.  I'm not sure if its their house, clothes, or music but I love watching this one with them!  Plus is all about Spring and Easter :)

So this is the new part, my March Un-favorite.  Sorry to be such a negative Nancy.  I was so happy when I found this ELF Lip Exfoliator.  I've been searching my local drugstores for one, for months and their always sold out.  When I was able to get my hands on this I rushed home to try it.  At first I used it with wet lips and nothing happened, just a light chapstick feel.  So then the next day I applied on dry lips, and put it on like the dickens. Still the sugars weren't coming out. I had tried so hard the tube actually broke off inside the container, lol!  I was about to give up when on the fourth or fifth application or so the top layers came off and the sugars started working.  OMG it was tearing my lip skin off!  It actually scabbed up my lips in two areas!  Maybe I just bought an old bunk one and everyone else who has been raving about this thing is right.  While I still love my usual ELF products, I am not using this lip exfoliator thing again.

Thank you so much for reading!  If you have any suggestions for me I'd love to hear them!

Amira's Pre School Hoe Down!

Locally we have been going through tragedy with the Oso Mudslide.  The news and my Facebook feed is full of sad pictures, but now there is hope within the community.  So blogging about makeup or recipes seems petty and unimportant. I did want to document Amira's school country themed hoe down.  She and all her classmates had such a fun time, so did the parents.  Being able to witness my daughter so excited to see her teachers and friends brings such joy to my heart. 

Little Light Pre School hosts their annual Hoe Down for the kids.  There was all kinds of cowgirl and cowboy themed games.  Face painting and pony rides from the cutest mini horses!  The night before Amira said she was to nervous to ride one, but the day of she put her game face on and rode them two times!  They ate a chuck wagon lunch and smelled of hay, like proper barn children at the end of the day.

These are few of my favorite pictures from that day!  This is Mrs. Camp, Amira has been so blessed to have her as her first teacher.   She has made the school experience such a positive one for our family. I mean look at Amira's smile, it doesn't get better than this!  Isn't her teacher a little cutie!?  I cant wait to have Gia attend when she is four. 

Such a natural on this horsey!

 This is Amira's first best friend, she loves and looks up to Kylie so much.

This is quite honestly my favorite from the day.  Her little hands in prayer.  Melting my mama heart.

Thank you so much for reading, I appreciate it so much.

Weekend Stuffs!

Merry Monday friends!  So happy to have the warm sunshine out today.  The past weekend was pretty fun for this gal.  I had a get together with family to pick out bridesmaid dresses.  This was very special for me since I've never been in a wedding, besides my own!  The beautiful bride gave us full reign on our dress choice, however we all decided on the same one!  Later on we all got lunch and drinks, and I was so pleased to see some lightened up choices on the drink menu!  I kinda fell off the health wagon but I'm back on. We also visited Home Goods, which I've now decided is my favorite store!  I picked up a few things, including this super cute pillow to go with our new couch.  I tend to decorate with creams, whites and shades of turquoise.  I mean its practically everywhere in my house.  I need help!

My husband spent a majority of the weekend hours putting together the cutest play cottage for the girls!  Ever since we picked it up last weekend they've been begging him to put it together.  I can honestly vouch for him on how difficult it is to assemble 200 pieces of wood and screws with a sassy toddler running around like Gia!  Its finished now and is absolutely adorable.  Thank goodness my hubs is so handy! I know the girls will be obsessed with playing in this all Summer long!  It even has a kitchen inside, right up Amira's alley.

Sunday afternoon I spent a few hours at Amira's pre school setting up for Monday's country Hoe Down.  These kiddos are going to have so much fun playing games, winning prizes, and ridding real ponies!  I'm so glad I got to spend time with her teacher, who is the sweetest lady and I can totally see why Amira loves her so much.  I'm also glad I didn't fall off the ladder I had to use, I'm normally petrified to climb those things.

Cookies for the Hoe Down & ootd ;)

 

I know that a few of my readers are local and some are out of state.  During the weekend here we had a natural disaster in a very close by neighboring town.  A huge mudslide destroyed many homes and took out a highway.  Leaving far to many dead and many more lives unaccounted for.  I can only imagine how horrific it has been for these people and their families.  Mario and I have family in Arlington and I thank God they are safe and live on higher ground away from the river valley.  I pray for all the people affected and I hope that you will too. 

Thank you so much for reading.