I Heart a Bow Tie

Happy Friday Friends!!
Boy have we had a hard time in our house :( We had a fun weekend last week and celebrated V Day with friends. I went to give warm wishes to a good friend expecting her first baby boy in March and the boys went up to Omaha to celebrate with our friends' twin girls who were one! Busy but fun day. But as Sunday/Monday crept around we all got bad colds. So along with bad colds and teething, its been a rough week and a half.

In all things L-O-V-E last week, I wanted to share the mini Valentines day photos shoot with our favorite photography lady, Lindsey at LjM Photography.

I wanted them to look adorable as always but didn't want to run out and buy two brand new outfits just for this. So with a little pre-planning, bargain shopping and digging around in what they already had, I came up with this...

I only ended up purchasing the stripped shirt for Oden on clearance from Gap after Christmas for around 5.99 and the bow ties I snagged from the clearance area at Target #score

It was an evening photo shoot so we could accommodate Liam's first school friend birthday party but in usual Liam fashion, he was a pill and it took patience and bribery for these few shots. Thankfully she even got some for me to use for his birthday party invites as well!

I'm head over heals for these images! And these boys :)

Happy Weekend Friends!
xo
Megan

You're O-Fish-ally an Awesome Friend Valentine

Hello!
Happy Tuesday!! :) While it's cloudy and cool here this morning, it is supposed to get into the mid 50's today, so if that is the case the boys and I are going to the park after school and we all are looking forward to some fresh air and outside time!

With Valentines day coming up I wanted to get crafting and make some cute Valentines for the boy to take to school and daycare. I started on Pintrest (where else), and had in mind to use these gold fish cracker packages I spotted at Target. They are easy and individual sized, so it was the perfect choice for quick and simple.  Being fish, I searched Valentine fish quotes and found these free printable that are pretty darn cute. I added some cute ribbon I grabbed at Hobby Lobby for 69 cents a roll (99 cents with 30 % off) using three different patterns. Simple to put together during an afternoon nap time!

Fish themed that was quick and fun I found this printable, by this inspiration on Pintrest.

 

I got these fun Nerd Rope's for our providers kiddos because they are always so sweet to Oden. They are always showering him with attention and making him smile :)
I found a free printable here from a link on Pintrest.

And a little something for our 2 providers. I found those free printable on Pintrest and printed them from here.
I used cute heart washi tape (that I also got at Hobby Lobby) to stick the cards on each box, and the boxes are 2 valentine chocolates by Ghirardelli I also scooped up at Target.

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Hope this gave you a little inspiration of ideas for you little ones fun Valentines day goodies!
I'd love to hear all the creative Valentines you made this year :)

Have a great day!!
xo
Megan

iRobot

Hello! Happy Monday Friends!! Well last week flew by before I even posted once but our poor Odie has been teething so it's was a rocky week for us all. But hopefully we are over the worst and settling back into our more normal routine. I have a few posts planned this week to share all things love with a recap of the boys' valentine photo shoot, how I paired together outfits without shopping for anything new, the valentine cards I sent out as well as the valentine's I made for their school friends.

Today I am going to share one of the Christmas gifts I had put on my wish list and was lucky enough to receive!

As I continue with our goal of cleaning out/purging organizing, I thought I would share my thoughts so far on my awesome surprise Christmas gift from my dad.. That's right friends, I asked for a cleaning item for Christmas. Surprised?? Ha, didn't think so.

My dad and step mom have this little lady aka my dad's french maid Monique. And it's a huge time saver for them with their large kitchen with tile floors. I've seen her in action and pining for one ever since. And wouldn't you know I was lucky enough they surprised me with my very own :) #happylady

About 4 years ago we updated our kitchen and dining room floors with a beautiful engineered hardwood floors from Thomasville. They look great. The downside, they always look dirty. Since they are dark, all lint/dust show, wet puppy foot prints and drips, drops, smudges and smears. So I do like them, just not all the maintenance it requires for them to look nice and clean.

After seeing dad's in action, I knew this gal would help cut down on our nightly swiffering and I can set her to run as we go to bed.So I sat down read all about it and gave her a go. And you know what, I love it so far. Super easy to get going  right out of the box. The first charge went well and the next evening she was sweeping away while we were in bed. The GPS cube worked great and while I did take the time to move all our chairs out from the dining area since the area is pretty small, she got under the table and our buffet really well which are both areas where I see lots of dust build up quickly. I really like the cloths it came with, 2 dusting and 2 mopping ones. And I just wash them up when needed and can buy more on Amazon which is nice.

I have only used the swiffer/dust mode so far, but will share my thoughts on mopping mode when I give that one a go here soon.

Have a great day!!
xo
Megan