Kendall's Clothes

Sunday I spent the day going through Kendall's closets and clothes and getting some things put away that don't fit her.  This was a long overdue process, but hey I got it done and that's what matters:)

That is the container that I used to put everything away!  Filled to the top like the other 15 or so bins from the first almost two years of her life!  So sad that she has way more clothes than I ever have lol...but that's what happens!

One thing that I decided to buy for Kendall's room was a new rug.  The other rug was super cute, but it was getting yucky. It had a lot of white on it, and now that Kendall is playing in her room we just can't handle all that white, so we donated it to Chris and Brad's gym and got this one.  This pink one isn't as big as the other, but it actually works perfect and I like it and that's what matters!

Look how bare her closet it!  The older she gets the less clothes in her closet haha.  ALL of those hangers were once hanging clothes when she was a newborn.  Can you believe that.  I kept having to buy new hangers because we were running out.  That's not even all of them! I put a bunch in a drawer because they were overflowing the closet!  Her closet looks much better now that I went through everything and reorganized her clothes!

Of course we didn't want the closet to be too bare for too long, so I went ahead and got her a few new things!  I love those pjs and can't wait to see her cute butt wearing those things!  The other three are just a few spring things that she will be able to wear when the weather starts warming up here hopefully in the next few weeks!

These are some of my favorites!  I love the jumper to the right. If I had it my way she would just live in these jumpers in the summer time.  I love the middle one as well. I am just ready for summer can you tell!  Oh and will you believe that the jumper is a 3T? Crazy I know..Kendall isn't a big girl but I am finding that the older she gets the smaller clothes seem to run?  Anyone else notice that?

Oh we have a shoe obsession in this house and I am sure Daddy is in for it in a few years.  Note to self NO more pink sandals for the girl. 

I took this picture because I wanted ya'll to see how bare her bow holders are getting. I don't know where they are going, but I guess it's time for this momma to start making some more bows!

I also got Kendall this super cute Minnie sheet. I have been looking for a minnie crib sheet everywhere and finally found one at Toys R US on Sunday! So stinkin' cute!

Kendall still sleeps in her crib and I am hoping to keep her in her crib until she is 3!!  Think we can?? I am betting probably not because she is getting so tall and she will probably outgrow this bed!  Haha I'll keep you posted!!

Happy Friday! I am so ready for the weekend:)  No big plans, but we do have an auction to go to on Saturday and those are always fun!

Make It Wednesday on Thursday: Smash IT!

For Christmas my sweet friend Jen got me a Smash Book.  Never heard of them?  I was going to link up a few places to find more info, but you must just google Smash Book there is so much creativeness out there with it right now!  My sweet Blogger Friend Maggie recently posted a few of her pages from her smash book go check her out!  Maggie has an unbelievable eye for mixed medias!!

 So here is the outside of a Smash book!  It comes with it's own pen.  One side of the pen is glue the other a pen! 

 And here are some of the fun extras that you can get to go along with your Smash book! 

And here is my problem with completing a Smash book! I like for things to have a plan, a flow, a theme, a meaning...well you get the point.  Smash book, in my opinion isn't meant for that. I was scared too death of this book, because I couldn't find a theme for it!  Then I decided heck I am just gonna go with it and see what I come up with.  I can't really say I don't have a plan for it and I will share that with you in a few minutes, but I have to say that this took me stepping way out of the box and completing something out of my element...and....I LOVED it!!

 So, here are a few blank pages from the Smash book.  You will see that they aren't exactly blank.  I am liking the pages in my book because I think I can use some of the already added embellishments to add to my pages, DUH I am sure that is totally the idea of a SMASH book....And here is the first page of my SMASH book!

 I decided to do take a few pictures and a finished piece of Kendall's finger paint and make a first page. 

 Here is the left side!  I used some Mickey thickers on the title.

 And I love these extra photo holders. I loved journaling on this page.  I thought it turned out really cute if I say so myself.  You will notice that I used what was part of the page and just added the letters and photo card around it!

Here is the right side of the page with the added finger painted heart.  I also added some of the things that Kendall said when we were finger painting that night.  

So, my plan, because you know I have to have one!  When I was in high school we loved using magazine clippings to create pages in our letter notebooks.  yeah each of my friends and I had notebooks that we wrote notes back and forth in!  Anyways  I thought that this book could be a Smashed mess of all parts of our lives not just Kendall's!  Of course she will be in here bits and pieces, but I also want to add everyday pieces of our lives to this book. I think it will be a fun way to use my creativity and keep some of the things that we want to keep but have no place for it.  I also plan on adding a few pages of my goals and other things as the year goes on.  I would love to do a few pages every month and of course if needed I will definitely buy another Smash book....so I have a plan, but I really don't have a plan and that makes NO sense at all but I am OK with that!!

Jen bought my Smash book at Archivers and I really don't know where else you can purchase these books, but I do know that right now they are 30percent off at Archivers (I was not asked to write that, but wanted to share with you a great deal!)

Are you a Smash booker?  Will you become a Smash booker?  What ideas do you have for this book?  Do you have any suggestions for me!!  Would love to hear them:)

Valentines!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine's Day. I know some people don't get into it that much, but I think it's fun for the kids.  Especially now that I have one and the kids I work with make it pretty fun too.  

Seriously I think the kids at school are more excited about Valentine's Day than Christmas!  It's so cute them giving each other cards...but I have to admit it's not my favorite time of the day at school!  Shoo it wears me to pieces!

I thought I would share some of our Valentine's Day fun with you!

 Sunday Kendall and I went to Target to pick up some treats for her sweet friends at the sitters. 

 I made all of the kids these little boxes with a sucker, bouncy ball, and mini M&Ms (which I am addicted to right now!)

 We also baked cupcakes!  I wish I knew how to icing cupcakes really cute, but I don't so I just did what I could!

 We bought Tripp this cute little Smurf book!  Can't wait to give it to him:)

 Kendall's goodies.  You notice a Minnie Theme?  Unfortunately there are no care bear things so she gets her second favorite Minnie!

 And here are my goodies!  First, from Chris and Kendall some Louisville PJs and Elements for my MAC book!  So super excited about elements! I have been dying to buy some of the Jessica Sprague, Becky Higgins, Project life elements and now I finally can!!  Yeah me!!

 This cute little cup came from one of my students.  It had yummy carmel filled hershey kisses!  (Reason 253 as to why I can't get back to good eating habits!)

 And all of my Valentine Cards.  They are so funny and cute to read! Normally I would read them and toss them, but now I am going to put them in my PL album! 

 And you think one of my parents is on Pinterest?  I do!  This was the cutest little gift.  I thought so even if I am not a smores girl!!

 And here is one of my Valentines.  Notice a trend in pictures these days?  Kendall loves to lay on "mommy's bed' and watch Bears or Mickey.  I never thought I would see the day that this girl would sit for longer than five minutes and watch TV.  But, it has come! Luckily she does it for a while but still gets up quite a bit so I am not too worried about her TV habits just yet!

 

And my mom found these bears shirts the other day and bought Kendall five of them haha.  They had a bunch of different ones and she couldn't pick.  Plus Care Bears are sooo hard to find, that when we see them we buy them! 

Hope ya'll had a great Valentines!  Tomorrow I will be doing a great Make it Wednesday Thursday! So come back:)

Project Life Tuesday: Week 6

Wow!  Week 6 already time is flying.  I am so proud of myself and how far I have gone with this album. It has worked out so well for me to print my pictures each week and have full layouts done for the week. I LOVE IT!  We are rolling on through February and I am really excited to move into March...I know don't wish it away, but this month is hard for me as January!

Anyways MOVING on.....

Here are week 6 pictures!

 I didn't do anything too spectacular this week, but I did make a few collages. I love the collage of Kendall painting and the one of her painted nails!

 Here is the right side of my binder.  I have a feeling I might run out of arrows.  Luckily I have some left over from last two years, but hopefully they are the same color:)

And the left side!  Oh I did add a few everyday life pieces to this side including Kendall's sticker masterpiece and my dove Carmel wrapper! 

Again I have to say that it is going to take a lot of convincing for me to not buy this same kit again. I just love everything about it.  The colors are so me and I don't know that I will love another kit like this one!  Unless of course some fun new ones come out:)

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Kendall Did It

We are in the process of slowly potty training Kendall.  She will be two next month and I am hoping that in the next few weeks we can start hitting it really hard!

Any time she goes potty she always puts her hands in the air and says Kendall did it!  And we always give her a treat.  If you think that's bad just turn your head for this post:)

I decided to take an old jar that we have had FOREVER and cutesy it up just a little bit for her treats!

 Here is the old jar!

 I used my Cricut and this fun Chalkstock to make a rectangle using the George and Basic shapes cart (Boy has Cricut come a long way since that cart!)

 I just picked up the Chalkstock at Hobby Lobby with the specialty papers!  I used a 40 off coupon so one sheet is a little over a dollar!

 I used my paint marker and wrote Kendall did it on the chalkstock!

 Then I added it the jar and filled with some of her treats.  To be fair there are some bouncy balls in there so it's not all candy!!

One last look! I figured once she is potty trained we can wipe off Kendall did it and put something else.  Or we can just keep Kendall did it and use it for other milestones!

Hope everyone has a great week!

I was Tagged!

I was tagged on my sweet blogger friend Shelli's blog and thought it would be fun to play along!  So here goes nothing...I know this will bore you, but I thought it would be fun!

1. Post the rules.
2. Post 12 facts about you in the blog post.
3. Answer the questions the tagger asked and create 12 new questions at the bottom of this post!
4. Tag your friends and let them know you tagged them!

Here goes....

1.  I LOVE to eat.  I know that is crazy, but I really do. I could probably out eat anyone reading this post...and I am not even kidding you.  My friend Holly and I always say we have a fat kid stuck inside of us! It's so true.  I could eat for days!!!
2. Target is my go to store.  I adore it and could spend money on nothing in there.  I don't know if I have ever left there without spending at least a dollar!  And who goes to Target and only spends a dollar!
3. I am the middle child.  I have a brother 4 years older than me and a brother 4 years younger than me.  They were born on the same day.  And my birthday is the week before them!  Crazy huh?
4. I have taught at the same school for 6 years now. I can't even believe I am old enough to have had a career for 6 years now. NOT possible. I don't think I am changing age each year....
5. I for serious can't tell you how old I am. I have to add it up in my head when someone asks and I am not even thirty yet. Isn't that some crazy stuff!!  I am not kidding either guys I have to take my birth year (84) and figure it out ever single time someone asks.  Hopefully when I turn 30 I will be able to remember that one.
6. After having Kendall I became extremely OCD.  I don't know what happened, but after Kendall turned one I had this extreme need for organization in my life. I have always been a list and planner girl, but once Kendall turned one I needed things to be in a certain place at all times. I think it's the toys all over the house that I have no control over that turned me this way!
7. My best friend in life is my mom.  My mom has been my best friend for a long time. I tell her EVERYTHING and I always have.  When she was working I called her almost every single morning. I couldn't wait to tell my mom I was pregnant. I had dreamt about that day forever because I knew she would be so excited!!
8. I would like to have 3 kids.  I love being a middle child it's so much fun and I hope that I can give Kendall 2 more siblings!  I really would like for Kendall to have a sister.  I feel that I missed out not having one. I LOVE my brothers too death, but get jealous seeing the bond that some of my friends have with their sister(s).
9.  I watch the Disney Channel more than any other channel.  I love it...I can't help it and nothing scary ever happens on that channel.  My favorite show was the sweet life and now I love Good Luck Charley.  I might lose some blog followers over this one haha...My second fav channel, you guessed it, Nick at Nite!
10. I love anything cinnamon as in cinnamon toast, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon toast crunch, cinnamon candy or gum...and well you get the point..I love cinnamon...and actually perfer it over chocolate!
11.  I love the beach...but dream of going to Hawaii some day.  I know Chris will make it happen for me because he always makes my dreams come true:)  My absolute favorite beach to visit is Cayman Islands.  If you haven't been there you MUST go!
12.  I am scared of EVERYTHING..I have an extremely creative mind that can fix up the scariest scenerios in my brain!  I don't go anywhere by myself and I certainly don't stay home by myself after the sun goes down.  The funnier thing is I can have Chris scared out of his mind in a matter of minutes...I am telling you it rubs off:)

And for Shell's questions....

What is your favorite brand of milk chocolate?  I love Dove's milk chocolate with carmel...ok so that doesn't answer her question, but I don't eat milk chocolate alone!
When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up?  Ya'll I am not kidding I wanted to be a teacher from the day I was born...well maybe not that long, but I seriously can't remember wanting to be anything else!
What's your favorite room in your house?  I love my kitchen...now don't get that wrong with me liking to cook..I just love what Chris did with it...in the summer and spring I love our Florida room!!
Describe your favorite t-shirt?  My favorite t-shirt is about 15 years old!  Chris got it at St.X when he was a freshman and I LOVE it.  It is just a plain ol shirt with a big X on it!  But, it's so old that it is nice and soft and I will NEVER get rid of it!
What's your favorite comfort food?  My comfort food changes daily...I go from being a pretzel girl to a chip girl to mashed potatoes to salads to you name it....did I mention I like food....I think I did!
What is your favorite Disney Princess?  I'll be honest here I was not much of a Disney Princess girl growing up....I preferred care bears and Disney Channel...still do actually... But if I had to pick it would be Little Mermaid...who wouldn't want to swim all day??
Dogs or Cats?  I love my baby ZoZO..she's a dog for sure!
What's your favorite Chick flick?  All time fav...Sweet Home Alabama..could watch it fifty times over and over....my newest is Life as we Know it!! Was such a cute movie!
What were your wedding colors?  Teal with pink accents!
What was your favorite Saved By the Bell Character?  I liked save by the bell and I longed to be Kelly! Come on what girl didn't?
What is your perfect Breakfast?  Shelli...I think you love food like me...ok biscuits, gravy, pancakes, sasauge, bacon, and very well done scrambled eggs!
What kind of shampoo/conditioner do you use?  Well you should switch your products up ya know...I love Matrix..that's what I use mostly, but I have been using the Keratin shampoo/conditioner lately!

OK my questions!
1.  How many siblings do you have?
2. What is your favorite show?
3. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
4. How many kids do you want?
5. If you could be anything in life what would you be?
6. Describe  yourself in one word.
7. Where do you like to shop?
8. What is your favorite place to eat?
9. desserts or meals?
10. Who is your favorite singer?
11. Do you like sports?  What team do you cheer for?
12.  Who is your best friend?

I am going to tag my sweet friend ABBY  You must check her out if you haven't before and follow her! She's so much fun!

If you haven't been tagged answer my questions and let me know you did!

Polished Nails

I was hoping to have a nice little Make it Wednesday Post, but I just am not feeling it tonight. I have no energy to make anything, but food for myself.  It's gotten bad.  I have got to stop eating and start working out again.  If I don't I am going to blow up.....

Anyways enough about me and more about this girl and her love for boo boos(band aids)  At my moms house she goes through three or four boxes a week, but at our house not so much.  We let her have a few not a box at a time! 

 So, when you see boo boos on this girl they are usually pretend boo boos!  They are all over her babies too, because don't you know babies get booboos and daddys and balls and blocks and puzzles and well you get the idea!

 The other night Kendall wanted me to paint her nails.  She was so cute after I painted them she laid them on her legs so that they could dry.  She did really good....so Bears helped a little as well, but still she didn't touch them!

 Here she is sitting watching Bears and letting her manicure dry.  Such a sweet girl!

Have you noticed that polish doesn't stay on babies nails?  Or is just my daughters?  Seems like it's gone within a day or two.  Kendall doesn't put her hands in her mouth....trust me there is usually a paci in her mouth!

Anyways Happy Wednesday everyone!  Down hill from her!!!