If you’ve been following me along for a bit I’m sure you already know my ridiculously talented friend KATE BOGOT.

(remember her MARVELOUS MONSTER BASH?)  

She has done it AGAIN!! 

Check out her GUMBALL PARTY PHOTOGRAPHS!

Kate’s details & colors just scream CHILDHOOD MAGIC!! 

Isn’t this every EIGHT YEAR OLD girl’s dream-come-true?  

I can just imagine how her daughter Izzy will recall this amazing time in her life.       

HAPPY HAPPY Birthday dear sweet Izzy!

I hope you year is filled with everything that makes you SMILE!

xoxoxoxoxoxo

I’d pick you.

I love you.

I hope everyone has a beautiful Mother’s Day celebrating the amazing women who make our world wonderful!!! 

Happy Mom’s Day!

1.  White Easter Dress is Now Gray & Crumpled on the Laundry Room Floor

2. Earless Bunny in the Backyard

3. Empty Easter “Baskets”

and of course my personal favorite—

4. Dozens & Dozens of Eastery Photographs to Sort Through & Smile Over

This EASTER season I have been focusing on the Serenity Prayer. 

 I’m sure you’ve heard the first couple of lines a million times…

but have you read this prayer in its entirety? 

 God, grant me

The serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

The courage to change the things I can;

The wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as HE did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that HE will make all things right if I surrender to His will;

That I may be reasonably happy this this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

I hope that the miracle of this season shines in your heart today and always. 

Happy Easter!!

P.S. Friends and family– can you guess which kid this is?

I sure am going to miss these little fellas.

I can’t believe after my last PEEPS post how many people said they didn’t like the taste of these guys??  WHAT? I must be the only one with an out-of-control sweet tooth.  I’ll take a box of peeps ANYDAY over a chocolate Easter bunny.

Last peep thought of the season: I can GUARANTEE you will see this idea on my blog next year: PEEP SUSHI (found via the fabulous One Pretty Thing).  One year, seriously folks, I almost took peeps into our local sushi restaurant to ask if they could make me peep sushi for April Fools day.  Then I chickened out.  NEXT YEAR I’ll just make my own.

K, I’m going to run to the store and buy just one more box. 

xoxoxoxoxo

Emerson’s basket is an old suitcase and

the boys each have their goodies stuffed in vintage soda cartons. 

I’m still doing color-coded baskets…  it really makes shopping easy and fun. 

Remember last year—-

You still have time for some last minute Eastery fun:

Golden Easter Shoes I see a new tradition for US!  Love this idea!

Ressurection Buns  Super sweet way to talk about the miracle of Easter.

Easter Carrots!! Aren’t these delightful?  This is where we found the idea for Mason’s preschool snack (below).  

 I hope you are enjoying the beauty of this Easter season. 

Framing Lesson

Bunny Art

Bunny Love

More Eggs

Peek-a-boo Bunny

I sure do love the soft wash of colors that Easter brings.  

I wonder if we even dream in pastel? 

If I live to be 90… I’ll still be coloring Easter eggs.

Worth the mess? You betcha!

Egg salad sandwhich anyone?

So we didn’t do a “party” to celebrate the big THREE…

but I still wanted to make a little something FANCY & FUN!!

Papa sent the birthday girl a HUGE collection of vintage dress up jewlery

and we’ve been working on the letter P—so here ya go!

It was a drizzly and overcast day, but the birthday girl’s smile was full of sunshine!!

Enough sunshine to melt our hearts, that’s for sure…

Happy Birthday Sweetheart. 

We love you more than you’ll ever know.