On the schedule today? Dyeing Easter eggs! And taking some pics. Haven't checked out my photography page lately? Check it out now HERE Tons of new cuteness posted over the last few days!
Saturday, April 19, 2014
The bunny is coming!
The bunny comes tomorrow morning, but my own little bunny came today! ;-)
On the schedule today? Dyeing Easter eggs! And taking some pics. Haven't checked out my photography page lately? Check it out now HERE Tons of new cuteness posted over the last few days!
On the schedule today? Dyeing Easter eggs! And taking some pics. Haven't checked out my photography page lately? Check it out now HERE Tons of new cuteness posted over the last few days!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
More Easter pics
As a PS to yesterday's post, here are a few more from out photoshoot yesterday...
Bet you have no idea who we call "Miss Sassypants" haha
One more for now...
Bet you have no idea who we call "Miss Sassypants" haha
One more for now...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
My little bunnies
Did an Easter photo shoot with the girls quickly today---more to come, but for now I'll leave you with this:
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Brielle's heading to daycare....
....because tonight I was hired as a school psychologist! I got the job and I'm pretty excited :-)
I start right away in August with orientation for a few days and then I'll be off and running. I won't find out my exact school district(s) for another month or more they said, but I have the/a job with them. Unfortunately I couldn't get 4 days a week---it'll be full time, 5 days a week, but really I planned to put Brielle in daycare 5 days a week regardless so I guess the extra money will be good---just have to do my grocery shopping on the weekend I guess lol.
It's definitely going to be a little hard adjusting to early, hectic mornings after 4 years at home---that's probably the thing I'm least looking forward to. But honestly, we get up at 6am every morning anyways and I have to get Raya to preschool every day by 8am, so not a huge change really.
And now I present my list of "things I'm looking forward to about being a working mom again"
1) Having a reason to buy dress clothes (seriously, so excited to have a reason to buy stuff other than jeans and a sweatshirt. Shopping spree!)
2) Showering before 8am (I feel so much better when I shower right away in the morning, but staying at home with the girls it was too easy for me to put it off until after lunch, etc. haha)
3) Brielle going to daycare/preschool (I think she's really going to benefit from the highly structured daycare/preschool environment. She'll do preschool stuff in the mornings and then stay and do daycare in the afternoons. We are checking out her future room tomorrow! She has already informed me that she will NOT be friends with boys and she will do puzzles haha)
4) Raya going to kindergarten (She'd go to kindergarten next year regardless, but knowing that she'd be gone all day anyways makes it that much easier for me to go back to work. I struggled with the idea of daycare when the girls were little babies---they seemed so fragile and I was so picky about their safety and really thought they just needed to cuddle their mama all day ;-) But now they are older and I see how much Raya just LOVES preschool ---I have always been a fan of daycare/preschool/public school for toddlers and older. Looking forward to them getting lots of social interaction, learning to take direction from a variety of adults other than mom, and learning lots of new things that I am just not motivated to teach them at home in any sort of structured way lol)
5) Adult only lunches. Seriously, I am so excited to have lunch hours where I can eat, read a book, take a drive, etc...and not have to prepare a single grilled cheese or peanut butter sandwhich haha.
6) Adult conversations. Although I know that my job can get stressful and annoying at times, and not all the adults I interact with on a daily basis are tons of "fun" haha, I am still really excited at the idea of making some new grown-up friends, having adult conversations regularly, etc.
7) Summers off. The thing I love most about my job is that I work 190 days a year. I get summers off, all the holiday breaks, etc. And I have the freedom to re-arrange my 190 days to allow me time for a family vacation or attending something special at my girls' school, etc. I would definitely be a lot less excited about going back to work if it was year round---not sure I could do it!
8) Paychecks. Although I've managed to keep a stream of "fun money" coming in from my Etsy shop and photography, etc., it's certainly only a tiny fraction of what I can earn working as a school psych. Looking forward to spending my paychecks and also my health insurance, which is completely free and much better than the high deductible nonsense that Lee's work changed to this year :-P
9) Notebooks. Am I the only one who loved back to school shopping? haha. I love buying new notebooks, pens, office supplies, etc lol...I get to again this fall, yippee!
10) Cleaner house. I told Lee when I quite work 4 years ago that a big plus of me staying home would be that the house would be cleaner. I WAS WRONG! Seriously, all day long the girls are here making messes, dirtying dishes, dumping toys, etc. I spend all day picking up after them or just ignoring them and letting the house implode around me haha. With them gone at school and daycare the majority of the day the house is actually going to stay cleaner! And since I really don't clean or cook much when staying at home we certainly won't miss that once I return to work LOL (I always joked that I was a great/fun stay at home MOM, but I never really became a great stay at home maid/cook :-P)
11). Being able to say "I'm a school psychologist" ---- although I *chose* to be a stay at home mom, when people ask me what I do I always end up saying something like "well, I stay at home with my girls, but I was a school psych before that!" ....b/c I guess I just worried it didn't sound like much to "just" be a stay-at-home mom. Well, now when people ask I have an easy answer again ;-)
12) Best of both worlds. Still planning to keep up with my photography! Summers off means I can do sessions then, and I also plan to set aside maybe one Saturday a month where I do baby plan clients, etc. during the school year. Because I truly LOVE taking photos and didn't want to give that up!
You should check out my Facebook Page to see the adorable newborn I had over today <3
So anyways, lots of exciting stuff happening over here! I am really going to enjoy my summer vacation and gear up for the return to the workforce. And now when Brielle is being her "spirited" self I can start chanting "I think I can, I think I can....." because I think I can make it to August without selling her on the black market hehe.
I start right away in August with orientation for a few days and then I'll be off and running. I won't find out my exact school district(s) for another month or more they said, but I have the/a job with them. Unfortunately I couldn't get 4 days a week---it'll be full time, 5 days a week, but really I planned to put Brielle in daycare 5 days a week regardless so I guess the extra money will be good---just have to do my grocery shopping on the weekend I guess lol.
It's definitely going to be a little hard adjusting to early, hectic mornings after 4 years at home---that's probably the thing I'm least looking forward to. But honestly, we get up at 6am every morning anyways and I have to get Raya to preschool every day by 8am, so not a huge change really.
And now I present my list of "things I'm looking forward to about being a working mom again"
1) Having a reason to buy dress clothes (seriously, so excited to have a reason to buy stuff other than jeans and a sweatshirt. Shopping spree!)
2) Showering before 8am (I feel so much better when I shower right away in the morning, but staying at home with the girls it was too easy for me to put it off until after lunch, etc. haha)
3) Brielle going to daycare/preschool (I think she's really going to benefit from the highly structured daycare/preschool environment. She'll do preschool stuff in the mornings and then stay and do daycare in the afternoons. We are checking out her future room tomorrow! She has already informed me that she will NOT be friends with boys and she will do puzzles haha)
4) Raya going to kindergarten (She'd go to kindergarten next year regardless, but knowing that she'd be gone all day anyways makes it that much easier for me to go back to work. I struggled with the idea of daycare when the girls were little babies---they seemed so fragile and I was so picky about their safety and really thought they just needed to cuddle their mama all day ;-) But now they are older and I see how much Raya just LOVES preschool ---I have always been a fan of daycare/preschool/public school for toddlers and older. Looking forward to them getting lots of social interaction, learning to take direction from a variety of adults other than mom, and learning lots of new things that I am just not motivated to teach them at home in any sort of structured way lol)
5) Adult only lunches. Seriously, I am so excited to have lunch hours where I can eat, read a book, take a drive, etc...and not have to prepare a single grilled cheese or peanut butter sandwhich haha.
6) Adult conversations. Although I know that my job can get stressful and annoying at times, and not all the adults I interact with on a daily basis are tons of "fun" haha, I am still really excited at the idea of making some new grown-up friends, having adult conversations regularly, etc.
7) Summers off. The thing I love most about my job is that I work 190 days a year. I get summers off, all the holiday breaks, etc. And I have the freedom to re-arrange my 190 days to allow me time for a family vacation or attending something special at my girls' school, etc. I would definitely be a lot less excited about going back to work if it was year round---not sure I could do it!
8) Paychecks. Although I've managed to keep a stream of "fun money" coming in from my Etsy shop and photography, etc., it's certainly only a tiny fraction of what I can earn working as a school psych. Looking forward to spending my paychecks and also my health insurance, which is completely free and much better than the high deductible nonsense that Lee's work changed to this year :-P
9) Notebooks. Am I the only one who loved back to school shopping? haha. I love buying new notebooks, pens, office supplies, etc lol...I get to again this fall, yippee!
10) Cleaner house. I told Lee when I quite work 4 years ago that a big plus of me staying home would be that the house would be cleaner. I WAS WRONG! Seriously, all day long the girls are here making messes, dirtying dishes, dumping toys, etc. I spend all day picking up after them or just ignoring them and letting the house implode around me haha. With them gone at school and daycare the majority of the day the house is actually going to stay cleaner! And since I really don't clean or cook much when staying at home we certainly won't miss that once I return to work LOL (I always joked that I was a great/fun stay at home MOM, but I never really became a great stay at home maid/cook :-P)
11). Being able to say "I'm a school psychologist" ---- although I *chose* to be a stay at home mom, when people ask me what I do I always end up saying something like "well, I stay at home with my girls, but I was a school psych before that!" ....b/c I guess I just worried it didn't sound like much to "just" be a stay-at-home mom. Well, now when people ask I have an easy answer again ;-)
12) Best of both worlds. Still planning to keep up with my photography! Summers off means I can do sessions then, and I also plan to set aside maybe one Saturday a month where I do baby plan clients, etc. during the school year. Because I truly LOVE taking photos and didn't want to give that up!
You should check out my Facebook Page to see the adorable newborn I had over today <3
So anyways, lots of exciting stuff happening over here! I am really going to enjoy my summer vacation and gear up for the return to the workforce. And now when Brielle is being her "spirited" self I can start chanting "I think I can, I think I can....." because I think I can make it to August without selling her on the black market hehe.
Trendy Tot Tuesday
So as you all know, my girls don't really do "play clothes". I had to chuckle at kindergarten round up the other day when we all again got the lecture about play clothes at school. Her new teacher will learn soon enough that Raya's play clothes are a little unconventional LOL.
However, my mom has been getting annoyed lately with Raya's "gowns" when she comes to play---b/c bike riding, etc. aren't easy to do when you are decked out in a floor length dress (she insists, I don't make her wear this stuff!)
SO, with that in mind we went looking for more conventional "play clothes" this weekend for miss Raya. Her main problem is that jeans are impossible to fit usually, b/c to fit her waist they are way too long, and she hates the feel of them, etc. Well, thankfully shorts are much easier! We can size up for the waist and the length is still fine (b/c most of them start way too short anyways lol) and with less denim to bother her legs she complains a lot less too. Win win.
Grandma should be happy now with these bike riding clothes!
Here are a few random outfits from the last week or so that I haven't posted yet :-)
Happy Tuesday!
However, my mom has been getting annoyed lately with Raya's "gowns" when she comes to play---b/c bike riding, etc. aren't easy to do when you are decked out in a floor length dress (she insists, I don't make her wear this stuff!)
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| I'm sure it won't be long before Brielle gets a reputation at her new daycare as well haha. Hey, she better be cute to offset the naughty! ;-) |
SO, with that in mind we went looking for more conventional "play clothes" this weekend for miss Raya. Her main problem is that jeans are impossible to fit usually, b/c to fit her waist they are way too long, and she hates the feel of them, etc. Well, thankfully shorts are much easier! We can size up for the waist and the length is still fine (b/c most of them start way too short anyways lol) and with less denim to bother her legs she complains a lot less too. Win win.
Grandma should be happy now with these bike riding clothes!
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| Size *7* shorts (waist adjusted in, but size 7 to fit her butt!) ...both Old Navy...the tops were only $5---got 3 different patterns |
Here are a few random outfits from the last week or so that I haven't posted yet :-)
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| We cut the sleeves off this one (it had white floral sleeves) to turn it into a spring/summer dress. Anything with those fake double sleeves is soooo easy to just cut the sleeve off! |
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, April 14, 2014
Cousin Sawyer's Birthday and Sister Saturday and Superman photoshoot
As a P.S. to my post this weekend, here are the rest of the birthday pics! Sawyer had a bowling and face-painting party. The girls had never been bowling before and they loved it. They also LOVED the face painting, which they had also never done before. They slept in it that night and wore it all the next day haha. They are already talking about getting their faces painted when we go to the zoo in May, because they remember seeing a face painting stand at the zoo haha.
Grandma looks like a hottie in this pic, doesn't she?! haha
Can you spot Harper? Someone wasn't sure about Sawyer getting all the attention LOL
Waiting in line for face paint!
She took this very seriously
Jumping in excitement as it rolls down!
Celebrating with a ballerina pose haha
Brielle's turn!
A team sport
Sawyer was a knight!
Raya told Sawyer "You look like a castle and I am a princess!"
The big "6"
Presents! We didn't get Sawyer anything because we are having him over for a slumber party at the end of the month instead, and then the next day I am taking just him and Raya for a special birthday day in town
Pretty girl
Harper!
Look how big Finn has gotten!
Most of the kids are in this pic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAWYER!!!
And since Saturday was also "Sister Saturday", here is our picture for the week. Raya decided we needed a review of the rules lol
And lastly, on Saturday before the party I had a photoshoot...one of my favorite ones ever! Seriously, how adorable was little little Clark Kent/Superman
His other outfit was pretty amazing too :-)
Hope everyone has a great week! Hoping to hear back about my possible job offer this week, and on Wednesday Brielle and I have an appointment to tour her future daycare/preschool classroom. I wish them luck! ;-)
Grandma looks like a hottie in this pic, doesn't she?! haha
Can you spot Harper? Someone wasn't sure about Sawyer getting all the attention LOL
Waiting in line for face paint!
She took this very seriously
Jumping in excitement as it rolls down!
Celebrating with a ballerina pose haha
Brielle's turn!
A team sport
Sawyer was a knight!
Raya told Sawyer "You look like a castle and I am a princess!"
The big "6"
Presents! We didn't get Sawyer anything because we are having him over for a slumber party at the end of the month instead, and then the next day I am taking just him and Raya for a special birthday day in town
Pretty girl
Harper!
Look how big Finn has gotten!
Most of the kids are in this pic
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAWYER!!!
And since Saturday was also "Sister Saturday", here is our picture for the week. Raya decided we needed a review of the rules lol
And lastly, on Saturday before the party I had a photoshoot...one of my favorite ones ever! Seriously, how adorable was little little Clark Kent/Superman
His other outfit was pretty amazing too :-)
Hope everyone has a great week! Hoping to hear back about my possible job offer this week, and on Wednesday Brielle and I have an appointment to tour her future daycare/preschool classroom. I wish them luck! ;-)
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