Life is undoubtedly about the little things. And the little things have been our focus since the summer arrived. We’ve been busy enjoying the long days and hopefully you’ve been doing the same.
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Here are some of our favorite summer Little Things:
- The Bubble machine aka the BEST $11 we’ve ever spent at Target (and we’ve spent a lot of $11’s at Target). If you have anyone in your world under the age of 5, the bubble machine is a must!
Chasing bubbles (notice the high level of concentration with her tongue out)!
BRILLIANCE!
- Two new semi-successful yet easy dinner recipes. Aw yeah!!!! Busy Moms, take note.
#1 – Mini Chicken pot pies – Relatively easy and very delicious. This makes plenty for 2 nights.
#2 – Baked Ravioli – Easy AND Cheesy! It can be prepped in under 12 minutes the night before.. put in the oven at 5:15pm and you’ll be slipping into elastic waited-pants by 6.
- A Jamberry manicure. This is a fun and inexpensive way to pamper yourself and it can easily be done during naptime. It takes about 20-30 minutes to apply, and it lasts up to 2 weeks without chipping. Check it out here
- Ice cream. Denny and I have always loved a sweet treat after dinner but it’s even more fun sharing it with Kenzie.
Mint ting-a-ling! Yummmmmm
- Black-out drapes. Makenzie seems to think that if the sun has come out to play, then she should get to play too, which means she’s been sleeping less than ever. But we’re the parents for a reason so we tricked the trickster and bought some black-out drapes. It was the best $15 Big Lots purchase in a looong time and Kenz has been back to her regular sleep schedule. Sweet dreams baby girl, Mom’s got some dvr-watching to do!
- And lots of outside time! We’ve been trying to soak up the warm temperatures as much as we can. Kenzie has conquered the slide, her trike (kind of) and the swimming pool. Thanks to her life vest she swims completely on her own and is even brave enough to jump off the edge into the pool (eek – this still terrifies me). Hopefully I’ll eventually get some pictures of our little swimmer girl in action.
Pool time!
Wheee!
Tour de Signal 2014. She’s been bulking up on performance-enhancing products to include juice, bananas and ice cream.
Checking out the ducks with cousin Ryan.
And speaking of little things we’ve only scratched the surface. There’s a new blog design on the horizon (arriving very soon, yay!), some home projects and a few more little things up our sleeves. Stay tuned, it’s going to be a fun summer!
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