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Halloween 2017

November 2, 2017 by Katrina Leave a Comment

Halloween 2017

Growing up I lived in a large neighborhood where trick-or-treating was a big deal! People would drive and park in our neighborhood just to trick-or-treat. Our neighborhood is just like that…and I love it. There is something so fun about have streets full of kiddos all running from house to house together. We planned on going around with our friends and neighbors but we got an early start since Emry goes to bed a little earlier than everyone else. Before we could start I tortured tried to get one picture of all the kids dressed up looking at me…this is the best I got…

Elsa, Anna, and Olaf!

I really loved that all of their costumes went together. When we came home after trick or treating I may have started pinning family costume ideas for next year!

This year was the first year Emry dressed up. I was pretty sure he would take off his Olaf hat but to my surprise he left it on all night long!

This picture pretty much shows the excitement level we were working with!

It was finally time to set off on our way!

We started off by going right next door to our favorite neighbor’s house.

It didn’t take Emry long to realize that if you held out your bucket, these people would put candy inside. He trailed behind his sisters and walked up to every single house. He never got cranky or tired, he was a champ! The girls had worked out a system. Libby would look for porch lights, the universal sign for “we are handing out candy”, and would wait and their door. Whitney was the designated knocker and when the door opened Libby would yell TRICK OR TREAT loud enough for both of them. It did melt my heart that at each house all three would say “thank you”. It was a proud parenting moment!!

All three even went across the street to our neighbors who had turned their house into a “super scary house”. I’m positive that at their ages, I would have skipped right past this house. These three weren’t scared at all and marched right on up. Meanwhile, I stayed back on the sidewalk…haha!!

We wrapped it up when Elsa got cold. Each kid came in and watched a little iPad before bed while eating a few pieces of candy. Libby declared it the best halloween ever!!

That was it for Halloween this year. I got up the next morning and started playing Christmas music…tis the season!!

 

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Almost Christmas

December 20, 2016 by Katrina Leave a Comment

It is almost Christmas! We are in full swing Christmas prep over here making snacks, food and wrapping gifts. Whitney is in full swing unwrapping gifts too. If you get a gift from us and it looks like the paper has been taped back together, it probably has!

Monday the kids and I hung around the house waiting for someone to come and fix our heat. It decided to only work sporadically.

I served the girls breakfast in our bed where it was warm and toasty. They had a little iPad time while they ate, I folded laundry and this handsome fella crawled around the room.

Lucky for us the man who was coming to repair our heat made it over here pretty early so the kids had a “second breakfast” at the table while he was crawling around our attic.

It was a quick and easy fix and he was here and gone pretty quickly. We have been warm and cozy ever since! We played a little more…

I was watching the girls and thought how they were so cute snuggling up together

Until Libby dumped Whitney out of the chair

Where’s Emry

Peek-A-Boo

My mother-in-law sent the girls these solar powered Christmas decorations and Libby loves watching them move in the sunlight.

Lee’s mom also made these cute pillow cases for the girls to add a little Christmas to their room. I love how they match the colors in their room perfectly!

As I was cleaning up lunch I realized that Cinderella was watching me

Lee came home and brought a pizza for dinner. We ate, played some more and the kids went to bed kind of early. I made homemade Chex mix to go with our cornflake candy. We are stocking up on all the holiday snacks!

 For a Monday, it was a really good day!

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Life Lately

Mother’s Day Weekend

May 9, 2016 by Katrina Leave a Comment

Happy belated Mother’s Day to all you momma’s out there! Mother’s Day weekend is bittersweet for me. I love getting crafts from Libby at preschool and being loved on a little extra by my family. It is also hard celebrating not having my momma. I know how great of a mom she was to me and I can only imagine how much she would love her grandbabies. We kept her on our hearts all weekend and celebrated with her in mind.

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Libby filled this out at school and brought home as part of a book for me. I am 5 years old and my jobs are feeding Emry and washing dishes. Haha!! I love it! #sheforgotlaundry

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Friday Libby and Emry had ophthalmologist appointments. To be honest, I always dread these appointments. Libby hates to have her eyes dilated and the appointments usually last so long that she gets silly by the end which makes it hard to get a good screening.

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This was after an hour of waiting in the waiting room. I packed a lot of snacks, so we had a little snack time while we waited. I have to say the kids did great! Emry slept most of the time and never cried. Whitney was entertained just walking around and looking at the fish tank. Libby did so great on her screening! My heart could just burst at how proud I was of her bravery. Overall it was a great experience and we are very pleased with our new ophthalmologist here in Tennessee.

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Have y’all tried Shipt yet? We have been using their services for a few weeks and had a delivery scheduled for 8am Saturday morning. Well Mackenize, our Shipt shopper, brought me a Mother’s Day card! How sweet was that?

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I was nursing Emry before we headed out and Libby came in to show me her stripes she had drawn on herself. She decided to be a tiger and needed stripes.

I swapped a pair of shoes at Nordstrom, window shopped at Tory Burch and looked at Apple watches…because a girl can dream! Then these cuties and I had lunch.

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Up next for our fun filled Saturday, the park. The girls played their hearts out and Emry slept his heart out.

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I am loving this sign I picked up from a little local store. Lee was sitting in the car while the kids slept and I ran in and looked around. I texted him this picture and he texted back “that’s your motto!”. The sign came home with me, it was meant to be!

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I love our church! Yesterday they loved on all of us mommas a little extra. We took a picture after church, they had a stand with pastries, tea and lemonade set up, and an area where our kiddos could plant a flower for their mommas in pots they decorated in their classes.

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Lee and the kids gifted me this sweet bracelet. I love it and will wear it daily.

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We spent the rest of the day relaxing at home enjoying family time. It was a great weekend!

Filed Under: Children, Holidays, Life Lately Tagged With: albinism, mother's day weekend, pediatric ophthalmologist

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