What Kinsey Wore: My Golden Girl

The perfect little girl outfit consists of a dress or tunic and leggings; easy, comfy and oh so darling.

Those lashes, sigh

The pockets, zipper and gold dots just make this dress sing.  And the little lady wearing them?  Well, she has my heart.

Dress: Carters, leggings: Old Navy, similar, Mary Janes: TOMS.

   

   

What I learned this Weekend

A lot has happened over the last three days that I feel compelled to share just to relieve some burden.  To say this weekend was a little stressful is putting it mildly.

If your mother so happens to own a glass kerosene lamp, this is for you.  If that said lamp happens to shatter on your hardwood floors, leaking kerosene A-L-L over the place, this is for you:

I never did see so many shards of glass dispersed in such a wide area.  Sweeping up and then vacuuming was a chore in itself, but dealing with the smell of the kerosene was the issue.  And then I Googled kerosene poisoning and almost died.  Of course I had all the symptoms and started to freak out.

Thank God for husbands who get off at 9:30pm and go back over the area with baking soda, a mixture of dawn soap and water and then vinegar to dissipate lingering odor.  Because just soaking up the oil with a paper towel and scrubbing the floor with a mop doesn't cut it (lesson learned).  

Also, sleeping on the floor in your 4 year old daughter's room isn't nearly as sweet as it seemed in the kerosene-induced stupor that was the rest of Friday night.  This is also why I hate camping, I'm too old to be sleeping on something so hard and uncomfortable.  And all while still night- nursing #MomLife.

Apparently when I get scared, I turn angry.  Anyone else?  When I watched said lamp fall down its reign of destruction I was in the middle of a diaper change and Kinsey was right in the line of fire.  She was unharmed but I still flew into a rage; I guess I can't handle being scared, but being angry is something I can deal with easier. I'm working out this heart matter with God because it's ugly and it's a real struggle. And then there's the matter of being called, " a rude and negative parent" that lingers with you.  I have since apologized and explained to her my emotional outburst and she took it well and seemed to understand, but ouch.  That is definitely a phrase I hope to never hear again.

Baking cookies is an instant mood booster.  I tried Astleigh's butter cookie recipe and it was heavenly.  And a much needed sugar rush to combat the heart palpitations and burning skin I was suffering from ;)

I am attached to material things.  The comforter we have had since getting married ripped big time and since I can't mend, we have replaced it.  The perfect comforter; one that has gone with us from newlyweds, to cat-parents (RIP Jasper, our first baby), to bringing home our first daughter, comforting me when we lost our second baby, to welcoming home Brielana; it was the perfect comforter.  Maybe it wasn't so much the blanket itself, but all the wonderful (and not-so-wonderful) memories tied to its existence that I am sorry to see go.

Ohhh Taxes.  Finally got that done on Sunday.  Numbers make me really nervous.

So, it wasn't my finest weekend.  But I realized a lot about myself and that's getting somewhere, right?  "Self-actualization" and all that.  But to end on a positive note, I leave you with this:

When I was trying to be Fun Mom while finishing up laundry, I had one Happy Camper and one Grumpy Gus.  I'll leave it to you to decide which was which.

How was your weekend?

   
   

Spring has Sprung!

{Welcome Spring!}

We're so glad you can stay awhile.

Darling coordinated outfits hand made by Aunt Cindy from Arkansas.

   
   

Spring Cheer Box Exchange

I was ecstatic when I saw Astleigh post a Spring Cheer box exchange last month that I just had to be a part of it!

I sent Stacie of Amateur at Large a box, check her out if you want to see the goods :)

I received this box of awesomeness from Stephanie of Love U Tons and Bunches .  And she pretty much nailed all my likes; from the birds to the banner and everything in between, she totally got me.

Ever since we were dating, Brian and I called each other Love Birds, so the towels and tissue paper are too perfect!

Contents:

1. kitchen towels

2. Hopscotch and Honey banner, perfection!

3. pink sprinkles

4. paper straws

5. notepads

6. Lemon Bath & Body Works hand sanitizer, best scent ever!

7. TJs mango gummies- I had never tried these before, but Kinsey and I had a feast haha

This sweetie even got Kinsey and Brielana their own gifts, talk about winning over a Mama's heart.  Hair clips and an Easter board book, again, too perfect!

Thank you Stephanie and Dan for the Box of Cheer!  It was a delight to open!  

And thank you Astleigh and Rachel for a super fun Exchange, I look forward to more in the future!!!