Not so wordless Wednesday - Speesees Dress

Big Thank-you to Nina, an awesome blogger who's saving the sanity of moms & dads, one blog at a time! Please check out her blog Playground for Parents. It was on her blog that I won this adorable Speesees Dress.  Thank-you to Speesees for sponsoring the giveaway.  I have been so excited for LeAnne to wear this dress. It is beautifully made with organic cotton, is pigment and pvc-free prints, has nickel-free snaps, no formaldehyde,no dioxin and low impact dyes.  I LOVE the vibrant colors and the Prance Hankey horse pattern is fun!

 

She already loves clothes, make up & all things girly!  This day she grabbed my foundation brush  & was doing what mama does. One night she saw me putting on lotion with sparkles so I put some on her and now every night she says "sprinkles mama", then once she has her sprinkle lotion on she comes out to show daddy.

and last but  not least here is a video of our girl singing her ABC's & Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.



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The Children’s Place Gift Card Giveaway (Ends 7/15)

The Children’s Place is one of my favorite kids clothing stores! They have a large selection and their clothes are well made! Not to mention, affordable! While I've never shopped there LeAnne has some really nice Hand me downs from her Cousin Emma that came from Children's Place. :-)   I had to blog about this contest because I'd LOVE to buy some clothes from Children's Place for our precious princess!

The Children’s Place is giving TWO lucky Serendipity Mommy blog readers a $25 gift card!! Its almost that time of year again to start school shopping, so a $25 savings is always sweet!

Sweepstakes Hosted At: Serendipity Mom
Prize: $25 Gift Card to The Children’s Place
Entry Method: Comment (extra entries available)
Giveaway End Date: Contest ends July 15 Eligibility: US Only

 

 This adorable top is a Children's Place hand me down from cousin Emma. :-)

Hello Sunshine - You make our days NICE & warm!

"That beautiful season the Summer!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood."
-   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Now this is what I am talking about, Summer has arrived!  It's been in the high 90's, low 100's the last few days. This next week I will try to take some pictures of the beautiful landscapes around us.  The wheat is beginning to turn and it's so pretty! The rain has caused the farmers quite a bit of grief and kept the crop dusters very busy.  LeAnne is very happy playing in her pretty purple pool!  When we walk outside she say's "Hello Sunshine"!  Today after we got back from pickin raspberries on the farm I sat with my feel in her pool and actually read a browsed a whole magazine cover to cover. It was very relaxing. When I look back at the previous 2 summers it's amazing to see how much our girl has grown up.  She is so hungry to  learn her numbers and letters right now. She is always identifying letters and numbers everywhere we go and now she has been saying a word like tub and wants to know what letter it's associated with. It's amazing and fun. This week we did some fun coloring projects about the letter A.  I am excited next week to work with letter B. We might just have to bake our own break, bounce lots of balls and buy a balloon.  The only cartoon she asks for on a regular basis now is a PBS show called Word World (Click on link to see a sneak peak).  Well here are some pictures and videos of our beautiful busy little girl! Today we are spending the day with Grandma Marcia for her birthday & then heading down to the Tucanon Valley to have dinner & a yummy berry smoothie cheese cake for dessert to celebrate Grandma. :-)

Ridding Nubby at the farm!
















She had to have her hair down to play in the pool yesterday. :-)

She loves to water the plants!

Having a blast in her pool! This girl LOVES water!
She was waving to you but I didn't quite get the shot in time.

In this video below I was trying to get her to say "I busy", it's so cute, she said it but you'd have to turn your volume WAY up to hear it! :-)



Thank-you so much Auntie Katie for the adorable outfit, bracelet and Jewelry! LeAnne was so excited!

Daddy's handwork

4th of July weekend was a very productive one for John.  He planted some raspberries in our backyard, mowed our beautiful yard and painted our front door and the top of the garage a gorgeous red color.  LeAnne was there to help whenever she could be.  We really are very blessed that our guy loves yard work and takes great pride in his yard.  We get compliments all the time about how nice our house & yard looks.  Great work honey!!

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday - Our Little Fire Cracker

Fun 4th of July photos of our little fire cracker, LeAnne, 2 1/2. Grandma Marcia came over for a BBQ & we watched our neighbors fireworks from our front yard. LeAnne absolutely loved the fire works this year. She also had a blast with her glow in the dark bracelets from Grandma.

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Celebrate the Joys of Homemaking Event at Happily Domestic

Happily Domestic is having a Celebrate the Joys of Homemaking Event starting July 17th and it will run for at least 1 month maybe longer.  I can't wait to see the sponsors and start entering the giveaways!

Head on over to her blog and check out the event!

Our Trip to Western Washington

On Friday June 25th Grandma Marcia, LeAnne & I drove to Western Washington.  We had a very busy week full of fun for all and learning for me!  My Aunt Katie hosted a very fun Mary Kay skin care party!  She introduced me to a few very nice ladies and I learned a lot from a fellow beauty consultant who came to help me run the party. Sunday LeAnne spent some time with family while I assisted a friend, now my awesome Mary Kay director with a very fun skin care party.  I learned a lot of great tips and had a blast!  Saturday afternoon we had dinner at my little bro's house and played with my adorable nephew.  He's 5 months now and so strong. 

Then Monday Auntie Katie, Grandma Marcia, Jakobi, LeAnne and I headed to Ocean Shores.  I had not been to the beach since our trip to Lincoln City, Oregon with Amanda when I was only a few months pregnant with Leanne!  I was very excited when my Auntie suggested we head to Ocean shores.  LeAnne & Jakobi were equally as excited for the beach.  LeAnne had never been to the Ocean so she kept talking about seeing the ocean and playing in the big sandbox. We first stopped in Elma for a bit to eat & a ride on the pony. It was in the mid 60's cloudy with occasional sun breaks with enough wind for the kids to be able to fly their own kites.  We headed straight for the water where LeAnne had no fear of the ocean waves.  She kept saying here comes and smiling.  Then the kids and I build sand castles, smashed sand castles, flew a kite and went back to the water.  They had a very nice time playing for about 2 1/2 hours.  Then we got lunch, browsed some shops, both kids got tee shirts and ice cream.  Thank-you so much auntie Katie!!

 


On Tuesday Grandma Marcia, LeAnne & I had brunch with Nataly and did some shopping.  Then after I survived being stuck in traffic I had a great training session with my Mary Kay director. I stepped out of my comfort zone and lived to tell about it. Then that night the three of us headed out to stay with Grandma Alice.  LeAnne absolutely loved playing the organ while singing Twinkle Twinkle little star. 



Wednesday we hung out around Grandma Alice's until that afternoon when we went back to my little brother's house for another visit.  His little boy is absolutely adorable.  Both visits LeAnne did very well with her cousin and even said she wanted to have a little brother or sister at home.  I told her to tell daddy. :-) 


We headed home early Thursday morning.  It was a great drive and it feels so good to be home.  Our guy had the house clean, told me I couldn't do anything for an hour after being home and treated his girls to Mexican dinner. It was a very fun week and now I'm so happy to be home!