Daddy's Girl

Daddy's Girl

For the second year in a row, Matt took Gracie to the Father-Daughter Dance at our church. This is the one occasion where it didn't matter to Grace how long it took me to do her hair; she wanted to look beautiful. I am not sure who she wanted to impress more: Matt or her friends. We spent thirty minutes curling her hair and making sure we had every part of her outfit, from her frilly pink dress to her pink sparkly shoes, just perfect. As soon as we got outside to take pictures, she had to compare outfits with her two little friends who were also going to the dance with their daddies.
I am not sure who was more fun to watch, Grace in all of her cuteness or Matt being the proud daddy. I hope that she never outgrows being Daddy's Little Princess...

Angelic curls

The most important part of the outfit...

This is a sight I will not forget; all the daddies in front, princesses in back

Less IS more

There are a few things that I believe should be in every girl's closet that make her feel like a million bucks. That goes right along with my new philosophy that less is more. My closet is overflowing with clothes, half of which have not been worn for months. My new post-Karson resolution is to clean out what I do not wear and never let it get so full again. This will allow me to "shop my closet" more and prevent me from sporting sale goggles.

To keep myself from impulse buying, I have come up with a list of a few key pieces that I hope to own by the age of thirty. Because they are classic pieces and rather expensive, I will have to save for them, which means no more $100 shopping trips at F21. Instead, I will save that money that would have been thrown away and acquire a few dream pieces.

Five Key Pieces:

1. A pair of classic black pumps (red sole optional)
CL Black Simple 85's

2. Classic trench
Burberry trench





3. A black classic bag
Chanel Jumbo Black Double Flap with silver hardware

4. Little black dress (still haven't found the perfect one)

5. Diamond Studs

Easter Egg Hunt

I am not usually one to experiment with colors outside of the red and pink families on my nails. However, when I saw this shade of lilac that came out as part of OPI's Brights Collection, I had to give it a try. I LOVE IT! As my husband says, it makes my nails look like Easter eggs, but I think that's exactly what I like about it. I would not wear it as an everyday color, but as spring approaches, I find myself reaching for it quite a lot and admiring the result :)

OPI "Do You Lilac It?"

Signs of spring

As I woke up this morning (and after cup of coffee #1) I opened the shades and windows because the temperature was already close to 60 degrees at 9 am. As I opened the shades I noticed that the grass was green! When did that happen? I guess our recent heat wave has brought out a few signs of spring. When my tulips first started coming up Kellen and I both got a little anxious because it was barely March and in Missouri that means that we could still have a few snowstorms. However, we learned from Grandma Donna that tulips actually love snow and that if we had another storm or two, they would still thrive once they started blooming. Although fall is my favorite season, spring is a very close second and it is nice to be home this spring to enjoy watching tulips bloom and taking morning walks with Grace and Karson.

Newborn Pictures

A good friend of mine is starting a photography business so when she asked me if she could "practice" on Karson, I was more than pleased! She did an amazing job and I love the pictures a little more each time I look at them. They were taken when Karson was 10 days old.

My love affair with coffee

I enjoy the occasional White Mocha at Starbucks simply for the warm sweet taste that makes starting the day with 21 fourth graders more bearable. However, I never got much out of the caffeine kick, or should I say, I never depended on it to keep me going. Well that all changed when I welcomed my third baby into the world. Everyone knows that having a newborn means that the nights are no longer one solid block of sleep and how much sleep you get depends on the baby. What I did not expect with baby #3 is the fact that I can no longer nap during the day while he is sleeping. My days are filled with playing dress up with a very active four-year-old who stopped taking naps years ago. This means that once Karson decides that we are up for the day, mommy is awake until Karson decides it is time to go to bed at night. Because of this, I have developed a love affair with Dunkin Donuts coffee. I now find that instead of going to the bathroom and getting a drink of water when I wake up, I head straight for the coffee grinder. And God bless anyone that may cross my path on the way. My non-addictive personality now has a full on addiciton to Dunkin Donuts coffee.