I Just Want To Be TWO!

Well it happened and now it's over....  My little love turned three and might I add ever so gracefully!  I can hardly believe that three years ago I became a mother.  The scariest but also the most splendid part of my life.  If you were to ask Macie what she thought about turning three she would tell you  "I just want to be two"!  The morning of her party, as we pulled into the Play Boutique,  Macie asked from the back seat "Mommy when I walk in the doors do I turn three"?  Turning three does not have much appeal yet because she simply loves everything about being two. 

The Piggy Princess party went smashingly and it was great to see Macie having such a wonderful time.  I was actually quite shocked with how well things came together.  We had in total twenty toddlers, their parents and some added family.  They all seemed to enjoy the food, drinks and atmosphere.  The face painter we hired was not a huge hit and something I would recommend for older children but since we had a few older sibs it wasn't a total wash.  Overall, it was a great day filled with wonderful memories that I know we won't forget and will be able to talk about with Macie for many more years. 

Those are just a few of the pics of the main table setting and one of the birthday girl but gives you the general idea!  The party favors were gable boxes that I customized and filled with retro goodies and party favors.  Each princess was given a lace crown that I made a few weekends before the party and princes received a foam sword.

I promised a few posts on how I made many of the items for the party but if you have questions feel free to message me and I'll try to get on it a bit quicker.  Leaving you with a few final birthday party pictures and next time I'll fill you in on the actually day of birth celebrations (hint...first hair cut)! 

The glory of stickers!

Toodles!

Times they are a changin......

Change is something that can be scary, overwhelming and can evoke a great deal of emotion.  I realize now how silly it is that for the past 15 years I have avoided change like the plague especially when it comes to my hair.  My sister said to me recently that I should take a chance and that I can't let my hair define who I am.  It was then that I realized for most of my adult life it has. What did I do next? I took a chance and changed it.  I have to remind myself now "by changing nothing, nothing changes"- Robbinson

I leave you with some before and after phone pics so you can witness my change and maybe it will inspire you or you can think I am crazy:)

Love that smiley girl :)

This is from a few months ago....I'm on the right

 Not the best after pics but you can at least see the change.....

 “Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth.”

Third times a charm!

Time has come and gone again which means I have failed at keeping up this blog! Heck, I only got two posts up this last time and then I quit.  There is something about blogging that is intimidating to me which is silly.  It could be that in my head I think everyone will analyze every word that I write or that it will be completely uninteresting but I have decided I don't care anymore.  So here it goes again...ya know what they say? Third times a charm (I hope)!

For the past two years I have drooled over all the fancy cameras that my friends, family and even random strangers on the street have been using.  Our camera was a simple point and shoot we purchased on clearance at Sears like a million years ago.  So today I officially joined the crazy posse of people who own fancy cameras that they probably don't even know how to use.  We committed  to getting a new, fancy schmancy camera.  After doing research for ages we decided to go with the Nikon d3200. 

So far I love it and hopefully will take a class in the future so I can learn how to use the damn thing!  Below are a few of the first pics we snapped to use for Macie's 3rd birthday party invitations....a post on the upcoming bash shall appears soon and probably more than once :)

The new shoes Macie picked out when we were shopping this weekend and she is a bit obsessed with them now.  I'm talking sleep in bed, talk about them to the dogs and describing them to "friends" on her purple phone obsessed!

This face is literally the only face she will make in pictures these days....