It's Friday, I'm in Love!

We made it! Happy Friday!

I took the day off today so I'm really having a good Friday!

First, I'm going to Ava's music program graduation ceremony at the library. Then, doing a bit of solo Christmas shopping. Later tonight we are attending my company holiday party. Action-packed!

As Christmas is coming I've been trying to keep myself from shopping for myself. It's so hard! Here is my 2nd Christmas wish list edition:



1. Ok, so when I said it has been hard to use restraint, I meant it. I HAD to get this Audrey necklace from @Jenn5716's EllandEmm Etsy shop. This necklace goes quickly and I finally caught it in stock. I had to grab it before it was sold out! You should check out Jenn's Instagram. She is super cute and you'll fall in love with all her pieces!

2. This adorable scarf from The Loft was available for about two seconds today. I missed my opportunity, but I love everything about it; the herringbone, polka dots, and stripes!

3. and 4. are also both from The Loft. These tiger print velvety pants look so soft and The polka dot sweater would so with so much in my closet! Love love love!

5. I have a soft spot for all things French bulldog ever since Oscar came into our lives. This iPhone case is absolutely too cute! And it's only $10. Check out miss piggy's Etsy shop for other options but I have a thing for polka dots! Her frenchie is cute too so be sure to check out her Instagram @misspiggyusa!

What I Wore Wednesday {wiww}

Hello there! I'm linking up with Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy for this week's wiww.











Shirt: Forever 21/Scarf: Kohl's/Pants: New York and Company/Shoes: Old Navy/Bracelet: Ily Couture







Shirt: Kohl's/Skirt: TJ Maxx/Boots: Macy's/Necklace: Charming Charlie

The next two were my weekend outfits. You can usually find me in flats and comfy jeans.







Shirt: A Cut Above/Jeans: Marshall's/Shoes: TOMS/ bracelet: Le Mode



Sweater and Jeans: Target/ Shoes: TOMS/ bracelet and necklace: Etsy







Necklace and Sweater: Forever 21/ Pants: New York and Company/ Shoes: Ross/ Bracelet: Ily Couture







Blazer: H&M/ shirt: Target/ Jeans: Kohl's/ pave bracelet; Ily Couture, spikey bracelet: Stella & Dot/ Shoes: Jessica Simpson/ Necklace: Wet Seal


See ya next week!

Hello Monday!

Linked up with Lisa for today's Hello Monday!
I just live for moments where I can see the excitement on my kids' faces and the smiles and hand clapping that go along with it! It makes my heart so happy.
We took Ava and Lily to Disney on Ice on Saturday and both girls had such a great time!




Hello to killing time taking pics with mommy!




Hello teefies!




Hello my little family!








Hello to concentrating on the show! This was the first time taking Lily to an event like this. She was such a good baby!




Hello to my favorite world, the Little Mermaid!








Hello to silly hats! Ava liked her jessie cowboy hat! She kept saying "howdy partner" and "yes haw"! :)




Hello sleepy time! Lily couldn't hang!
Our next show will be the Yo Gabba Gabba Live show in February! It's Ava's favorite show of all. She's going to love it and I'm going to love seeing her face light up!

November Photo Challenge

Last month I thought I'd take part in all the photo challenge fun!
There are tons of lists out there but I followed the one over at Fat Mum Slim. I like the challenge and what photos other people take too!


Here are the details from Chantelle's post:

How to play!
Playing along with photo a day is super easy:
♥ Check out the November photo a day list.
♥ Each day look at the daily prompt and take a photo according to whatever the prompt is. For example for day 1 the prompt is ‘something beginning with C’. You could find anything in your day that starts with C, and snap a photo of it. For example, cushion, children, candy.
♥ Once you’ve taken the photo it’s time to share it. There are loads of places you can share it: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Tumblr, Pinterest, Flickr or where ever you like to play online. On Facebook you can share on your personal page and on my Facebook page {just upload it to my wall}. If you’re playing on Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest – add the hashtag #FMSphotoaday.
♥ Check out other people’s photos. You can browse through them on my Facebook page. Or on Instagram or Twitter just search for the #FMSphotoaday hashtag to see them all.


What do the prompts mean?
There are no rules when playing along with photo a day, you can be creative as you like! Interpret the prompt as you please. For those that need a little help, some more details about each prompt are below:
1. Something beginning with ‘c’: Just pick anything {ANYTHING!} beginning with C and take a photo of it. It’s an easy one to start the month with.
2. Colour: Take a photo of a colour, or something colourful.
3. Breakfast: Yes. It’s time to take a photo of your breakfast. Get creative.
4. TV: Take a photo of your television, or where you watch TV. Or if you don’t have a TV – take a photo of whatever you do instead. Or someone else’s TV.
5. 5 o’clock: Take a photo of whatever you’re doing at 5am or 5pm.
6. A favourite thing: Take a photo of something you adore – a favourite book, movie, person, possession… anything.
7. Reflection: You could reflect back on life or take a photo of something reflecting, or even a reflection of yourself.
8. Something you do everyday: What’s something you do most days? Brush your teeth? Fix your hair? Write in your journal? Drive your car? Make dinner? Run? Share it.
9. Small: Take a photo of something small. Perhaps a bug, a toy or a small gesture.
10. Can’t {won’t} live without: What’s something you’d rather not live without? Is it coffee? Or something else. Shoot it and share it.
11. Night: Take a photo of something at night. Perhaps it’s your even routine, or something else?
12. Drink: Take a photo of a drink. Yours or someone else.
13. Where you slept: Take a photo of where you slept. Perhaps you took a nap somewhere odd. Or did you just sleep in your bed?
14. Man-made: There’s natural and then there’s man-made. Take a photo of something made by man.
15. In your bag: Take a photo of the inside of your bag. Or perhaps take out the contents and give us a full view of what you’re carrying around.
16. The view from your window: What do you see when you look out your window? Is it as uninspiring as a wall. Who cares? Show us.
17. The last thing you bought: Perhaps it was a car {dreaming!}, a loaf of bread, or a fancy pair of shoes. Share it!
18. Happened this weekend: Take a photo of something you did this weekend. Perhaps it was just sleeping, or was it partying? Just shoot a part of your weekend and share it.
19. Something awesome: Take a photo of something awesome in your life, or something rather awesome that you saw.
20. Work/play: You could use something like picframe to share two photos – one of what ‘work’ looks like for you, and another of what ‘play’ looks like for you.
21. What you wore: Take a photo of something you wore. Easy.
22. Grateful: In parts of the world today it’s Thanksgiving Day. Take a photo of something you’re grateful for.
23. Black: Take a photo of something black.
24. A sound you heard: What’s something you heard today? Children laughing? Birds singing? An alarm? Music? Share it.
25. Sky: Take a photo of the sky.
26. In the cupboard: Take a photo of inside a cupboard. Be creative so it’s not as boring as it could be.
27. Tree: Take a photo of a tree. Again test out your creative bones. You could lie down on the ground and take a photo looking up. You could experiment with angles and filters. Have fun.
28. Vehicle: Take a photo of a car, bus, boat, plane or another type of vehicle.
29. Big: Take a photo of some BIG!
30. On the wall: What’s on the wall? Some art? A poster? A fly. Shoot it.

And here are my pics!


























Day 10 & Day 11: fell off the wagon... Oops!















Day: 17 dang it! Forgot again!






Day 20: oops!












Day 25-28: I officiallysuck at this game!



Day 30: yup, I failed big time at this challenge!

Not cut out for this game I guess but it was fun and thought provoking at least!