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Started the day by going and getting COFFEE, 

my Mom was with us for the day so grabbed her one too!

Ended up getting my drink wrong, but I went with it anyways... maybe Starbucks just knows better. 

Came back home enjoyed the caffeine and opened my presents from Kenley...

I already knew about the one, because well uh, I ordered it for myself from her :)

Kate Spade was having an amazing sale and it was something I've had my eye on for a while, and with Mother's Day coming up I went for it... when it arrived I showed Kenley what she had gotten me... ha! She loved it, too. She also made a sweet card for me as well as a little book with pictures of her and I... and that's the stuff I really really cherish the MOST!

Had a few hours to just relax before we had to get ready to go and be taken out to dinner.

So we got dressed and headed to the coast.

Had dinner at a cute place by the water... we kept our eyes out for dolphins, but never saw any.

I had the BEST lobster mac & cheese of my life... seriously I think I'll have dreams of it.

After dinner we drove around to see some of the beach town... even drove on the beach.

Then we went and got ICE CREAM! I had a flashback of when I was a little girl and my grandfather took us to an exact place... the old fashioned shaped-like an ice cream. I haven't seen one, let alone been to one in so long, but it was a sweet memory that I got to relive and remember him by.

I had the brilliant idea to take our ice cream to go and enjoy on the beach, it was a windy day so we opted to just park on the beach and enjoy it with the windows down, so there was no sand included.

It was a nice, relaxing, and sweet day!

XoX

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Hello, MAY!

Happy FRIDAY, and happy new month!

I cannot believe it's already May 1st, I feel like April went by really fast, unlike March.

Tonight Kenley and I are going to have one of our Friday Night Movie Nights.

Going to make her favorite macaroni and cheese and we are going to sit on the couch and watch whatever movie she wants, because last time I got to choose. We are pretty excited to have some comfort food and just lounge tonight after a pretty packed week with school for her. She had a lot of quizzes and tests, and a project in Art that was due today... 

make a sculpture out of aluminum foil...

I think it came out cute, my favorite is the BIG bow and poofy skirt.

Here's to a relaxing and fun night tonight!

XoX

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Picked up some of my favorites... 

Chipotle.... Starbucks.... 

and came back home and had a little Movie Night watching my favorite film...

Breakfast At Tiffany's!

No cake this year, instead I opted for BIRTHDAY CAKE Pops!

While it was nothing fancy, it was still perfect... 

it's always the little things in life I love (and appreciate) the most, and my sweet girl wrote me

the absolute sweetest card, that I'm going to cherish FOREVER!

I'll have to picture it and do it's very OWN post, because it definitely deserves it's own posting!

XoX

Sunday ♡

Venturing out on this gorgeous day!

Okay, so we didn't actually venture out too far...

BUT the line for the drive-thru was VERY venturous! 

It was all worth it though, my coffee was one of the best I've had in a while 

AND

Kenley's chocolate croissant, or "pain au chocolat" as the French say, was perfectly yummy...

according to her, so our little trip was a success, minus the long wait!

Happy SUNDAY!

XoX

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Happy FRIDAY!

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Happy PICNIC Day!

Today is National PICNIC Day!

To celebrate we created a Picnic Playlist to play during our little picnic...

We listened to our music while eating hot dogs!

The pink water we had (pictured lower left) was such a pretty color out in the sunlight... we had to picture it! It reminded us of our pink coloring we did weeks before for our Easter eggs!

Happy Picnicking!

XoX

Earth Day, 2020

Happy Earth Day!

We are still doing Schooling at Home, and this week Kenley had a fun assignment for MUSIC that involved being outside, so I saved it for today to also celebrate EARTH DAY!

Her assignment was to pick a spot outside, sit and listen to sounds... 

and then, pick 4 sounds and draw the things she heard.

So I made her a sheet with 4 spaces for the things she heard, gathered one of our cozy comforters, packed a bag of snacks and we picked an ideal spot outside AND thankfully it was the PERFECT weather, granted we waited until later in the day, but it was very breezy and absolutely perfection!

Her Four Things...

For 1, instead of drawing the bird she heard, we took a picture of it instead and I just used my little Sprocket (picture printer) to print it out and since it prints out on sticky film, she just stuck it on like a sticker! Also used our Instax camera to document our 'Earth Day Picnic' and just placed it on top while I took the picture to turn it in to her Music Teacher. 

This was definitely a favorite from this week, and a reminder to enjoy the little things!

XoX

Oh, MONDAY!

Why are Monday's just the absolute worst?

Maybe not every one, but most are and today's was no exception.

It started off as any other Monday really... and then my phone went off... thought it was an

Amber Alert, but it was from EMERGENCY ALERTS, letting me know that there was a 

"TORNADO WARNING in this area til 11:30 AM EDT. Take shelter now. Check media."

***We actually got THREE alerts altogether, because there were TWO different tornado warnings and one was extended from 11:30 to 12:00 PM

Frantic, I turn on the local news to see what they're saying 

because it didn't seem too crazy outside, weather-wise. We've been having yucky rainy weather for the past 3-4 days, with really nasty thunderstorms, and this wasn't anything remotely close to what we have been having. I peeked out the window and noticed a neighbor walking his dog. No rain.

I turn it on and see our exact area highlighted and the meteorologist saying it is headed our way.

I get Kenley to get her things and we go into one of our big walk-in closets... and I grabbed Jovi, too!

I put them in, and quickly go grab some bottles of water, blankets etc.

Still having our news on, our cat who usually LOVES being in closets... 

seriously I'm usually dragging him out of them,

 BUT all of a sudden he cannot stand to be in it this morning, 

UNDER a freaking TORNADO WATCH. 

He manages to escape, so I have to go and grab him from the living room... while I scoop him up I managed to peek out the window, because I noticed how dark it must have gotten out to make our living room so dark as well. When I do, it seriously appeared to be midnight out... it had went completely DARK, when just 5-10 minutes before it was not. This scared me even more.

THANKFULLY

 the tornado did not touch down in our area, but in other areas close to us it did, but again, thankfully it did not do any serious damage. There were lots of videos and pictures taken of it and we were able to see it and be grateful we did not see it in person!

As grateful as I am I'm still NO fan of 2020.

I'm scared to ask what's next?

Just when I thought the crazy was coming to an end we have to watch out for tornado's.

On a plus my Kate Spade order that I ordered forever ago arrived today!

I had seriously almost forgotten about it, so when I got the text alert it had been delivered it made this crazy Monday a bit sweeter!

Here's hoping that the rest of the week won't be so chaotic.

XoX

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Made a Target Run today, and didn't even have to leave the car! I love their 'Drive Up' option, especially now with this dang virus still going around. 

After getting our online order delivered to us, I decided to stop at Starbucks for a much needed COFFEE. As I was in line I noticed that the car in front of me had meaningful letters and numbers on their license plate that made me think of someone special I lost... and as I was taking a picture of it a VERY symbolic song came on, on the radio... my angel up above was definitely sending me a "Hello", and oh how much I adored it! I love when I get these signs. 

I truly believe our loved ones send us signs to let us know they are thinking of us.

So that impromptu trip to grab a coffee ended up making my whole day.

XoX

{Easter 2020} ♡

Spent the morning at home, saw what goodies the Easter Bunny left

Watched an amazing sermon by my favorite, Dr. Charles Stanley...

Then we got dressed, nothing too fancy, and headed over to spend the day with family.

We colored eggs, hid and found eggs, and did a Bunny Scavenger Hunt for Miss Priss...

Easter is always one of my favorite holiday's to celebrate... 

Holy Week is a hard week to get through, especially Friday and Saturday, 

but oh how SUNDAY makes it all worth it!

Hoping Easter brought peace to you and yours!

XoX

Happy EASTER! ♡

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Favorites from this week

Happy FRIDAY!

XoXo

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I took another long blog break, oops!

BUT, I'm back now.

This might end up being a rather long post today, so grab a cup of coffee OR a glass of WINE, 

it is National Drink WINE Day today after all, and no judgement here if it's only 11 as I type this.

This weekend was one of the best weekends we've had in a while... probably because it was a long weekend and we were still celebrating Kenley's Birthday!

Friday Night was our typical {Friday Night MOVIE Night}, but it was also Valentine's Day...

so we ordered a heart-shaped pizza to celebrate appropriately, of course!

Ate in her teepee tent and watched Cinderella!

And then, on Saturday Kenley and I had a "Miss Priss & Mommy Day"...

went to her favorite stores... Party City (for candy), Justice, & Target!

We also had a little Starbucks Date.

Did more shopping at Marshall's... not so much a favorite store of hers,

but we scored pretty things for both her and I.

I managed to find a pair of Kate Spade flutes, the pink box they were in instantly captured my attention, and once I realized they were the dot etched flutes I was a happy girl!

Also grabbed the cutest little pink coffee cups with sleeves for only $2,
 leftover Valentine's Day goods are my favorite!

For Kenley we found...  a pink glitter sketchpad, another adorable and sweet bunny (we now have three from over the years & we always find them at Marshall's), a pair of pink jeans and a fabulous and sparkly Cynthia Rowley TUTU skirt!

Literally just about everything, but the tutu was PINK in our cart and the ladies behind the registers were having a fit over our pink finds.

We went a little crazy with our shopping so we missed lunch, but we decided to do a late lunch/dinner at her favorite place, Chipotle...

It was a fun girls day with my favorite girl and I cherish these days so much!

Sunday, we decided to stay in since the weather was pretty yucky and rainy.

When the weather decided to behave for a bit we grabbed Chipotle to go and came back home and had it in her teepee tent and watched Harry Potter, because I realized a few hours earlier that she had NO SCHOOL the next day, YAY for Presidents' Day!

Monday, since she had a "freebie day", we decided to make our much needed trip to Target to get things for the week an extra fun one.

We had a little Starbucks Date before our shopping... a double chocolatey-chip frapp and a cake pop for her and my standard Salted Caramel Mocha Frapp for me... it was bliss!

Once our shopping was done, we decided to reward ourselves with yet another trip to Chipotle....

And yes, if you are keeping count, that made it THREE days in a row. 

No shame in our Chipotle eating game.

We, again, got it to go... because we had ice cream and other cold things from Target.

XoXo

For my FOREVER VALENTINE,♡

Put together some sweet goodies for my girl and going to surprise her after school with it.

Had to get her another pink disco ball cup, because we somehow lost the one I got her last year and it came quite handy for fun events (Movie Nights, picnics, etc)

I seriously might have to steal those pink heart sunnies though...

tried to to go back to the store and get me a pair so we could match for the day/night, but they were completely sold out... lesson learned, always get TWO when it comes in pink and is cute!

And that little unicorn, I actually picked that up in Target in December... it was a Christmas ornament and I just cut off the hanging wire, was originally going to use it for something completely different, but didn't end up doing it- so on top of the basket she went!

Earlier in the week I tried to get pink heart balloons, but the store was completely out of helium air... so I tried one more time ON VALENTINE'S DAY, and was successful...

Pink heart balloons... check!

Decided to tie the balloons to the basket and sit it under the sunroof, and then when her school bus arrives, have them coming our of the sunroof so she sees them!

Of course it was a unusually windy day today... something that is hardly a thing in FLORIDA.

So I see a bus coming and hurry up and open the sunroof and have them pop out, and then I realize it's not her school bus, instantly feel like an idiot in front of all the other parents waiting for their kids to arrive too. Hi, don't mind me here I'm just trying to hold on to these balloons.... but when her bus did finally arrive, 8 minutes later, her little face seeing them made it ALL worth it!

Going to have our usual Friday Night MOVIE Night tonight, 

but it's going to be a little more special...

will post soon!

XoXo

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It's one of my favorite Holiday's EVER!

And no, it's not only because the color PINK is EVERYWHERE and hearts, 

but because it's a whole day dedicated to LOVE!

Happy LOVE Day, everyone!

XoXo

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My baby girl is officially in DOUBLE DIGITS!

Last. Day. Of. School!

Which means, last day of walking/standing in this miserable hot and humid weather

waiting for Miss Priss at the bus stop...  Y A Y!

XoXo

Last Day of School/Summer goodies for Miss Priss...

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