Yay for a TOY FREE kitchen!!

Well, at least for tonight! I finally cleaned out Ava Grace's playroom tonight! It looks much better! And I FINALLY moved her kitchen set and play food into the playroom instead of having it in my kitchen.

The original idea was that she would play in her kitchen while I cook dinner at night. I didn't think about the fact that she did not want to cook in her kitchen - she wanted to cook in MY KITCHEN with the REAL STUFF! Anyway - I was tired of stepping on little plates and bowls and cracker boxes and fake food!

My car is LOADED DOWN right now with bags of toys and stuffed animals that are going to Goodwill tomorrow. I seriously have like 10 of them packed in my car!! I saved the toys that I thought would be good for our next baby and we put those in a plastic tote in the attic. I moved the furniture around too - It always makes me feel good to move the furniture around every once in a while!!

The next move is to get some pictures on the walls. Right now it is pretty plain. I am going to order some poster prints from KodakGallery and frame those for her room but I also need some other cute paintings to put up too. Where could I get some really cute paintings or prints that are not too expensive?

Hope you had a great day! I am looking forward to starting my Thursday with a clean kitchen, baby room, and playroom!! Her closet is ANOTHER STORY!! I am going to chill on that one for a little bit.

Another Day...

So, today has been pretty normal for us.

Woke up at 7am

Ava Grace had Chocolate Milk and yogurt

I worked and she played with her toys

We ran errands and played outside

She ate lunch

Then AG napped (for 3 hours - WOW! I know!) and guess what! I WORKED!!

Then she woke up at 4 :-)

She ate a WHOLE CUPCAKE for snack! Healthy - right?

Then we went to Freds and she got some new coloring books and twistable crayons and Mommy got Aspirin for my headache from being on the phone with customers all day

Then we went home and ate dinner and Daddy had a boys night

We played with Carson then AG went to bed... and guess what!

I have been working ever since... BUT NOW... I think I am going to hang it up for tonight and pick it up in the morning...

HOW EXCITING WAS THAT?!?!

Love Love Night Night

Blog Hop!!

FUN FUN FUN! I am loving the blog hop hosted by MckLinky - What an awesome idea! Welcome to my blog!



This picture is of my little girl, Ava Grace, and me at the beach a few months ago. She is almost 2 and making me smile everyday! I mostly blog about the funny things that she does and some days I just blog about the way I feel. Isn't it a wonderful stress reliever!?!?!

I am glad that you stopped by my blog - check out Ava Grace's gymnastics pictures here. They are super cute! We started gymnastics for her to get out and do something fun... it turned out to be a GREAT WORKOUT for me!

Thank you for visiting!! Have a great day!

Toys Toys Toys

I am so tired of picking up toys!! I have declared July DECLUTTER MONTH! This week I will be going through Ava Grace's toys and either giving them away or consigning them. It is INSANE the number of toys and stuffed animals that she has. Don't get me wrong... I am not going to give away all of my baby's toys - BUT she can only play with so much and I can only pick up so many stuffed animals. Right now she is wanting to dress them - so she drags out ALL of her clothes and shoes and gives them all a NEW LOOK! Then she says, "OH, THAT'S CUTE!" - It's really precious but I think I am about to lose my mind.

We need a little more structure in the playroom... My OCD can not take it too much longer!

Party Hat Cookies!

My Nephew, Gavin, is having his 1st birthday party on Sunday!! I can't believe he is almost 1. This year has just flown by!!

I made Party Hat Cookies today for his birthday party. They turned out really cute!! and they are YUMMY! I messed up one and JUST HAD TO EAT IT!!




And I had a fantastic little helper today! She was really concentrating on doing a GREAT JOB!! OH... and she tasted a little too!

She Makes Me Smile...

Tonight I had to leave AG and Kyle for a few minutes to borrow some cookie supplies from Nana and check the mail at the Post Office...

When I got home Ava Grace came running to the door with Barney and she was yelling, "THAT'S MY MOMMY!"

How sweet is that?!?

I love her so much!

Future Purchases...

We have a lot of things that we need to buy in the next few months... Here are a few that I am working on right now...

1. Rail for our back porch... since we moved in our house MAY 2007 and still do NOT have one...

2. KING size bed... we are sleeping on Kyle's queen size bed that he has had since he was about 10... I think! I think we will be getting this next month.

3. Ava Grace's birthday supplies... we are having a Luau so it shouldn't be too expensive but I do tend to get carried away when it comes to her.

4. Not Really a purchase... but I have a goal to be debt free by the 1st of the year. (exception: house and car payments)

So, with that being said... Any ideas on where I can buy some really cute inexpensive Luau party supplies?

WOW! It's amazing how much better it makes you feel to list the things you need. My brain works better this way.