Great Gift for Dad

Trying to come up with a great idea for a Father's Day present? One Kings Lane is featuring a sale on Chic Canvas today. I think this would be a great gift for dear old Dad this Father's Day! They'll turn your photograph into a canvas that you can hang on the wall. Dad could hang it at work or at home. Great for grandfathers too! I love it when I see a great photograph of kids blown up HUGE in someone's home. They are so fun!

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Chic Mom

I am definitely not feeling chic these days. Since I'm on bed rest, I spend my days in some form of lounge wear - sweats, robes, pajamas, baseball hats, etc. I haven't been outside my house in over 2 weeks which means I haven't worn shoes in that amount of time. I can't wait until these babies arrive and I can get dressed in real clothes and wear all my cute shoes again. I know, those of you with kids are probably saying, she's crazy if she thinks she'll be getting out of the house soon after the twins are born let alone trying to look "chic" while covered in spit up and drool.

You know who was a chic mom? Jackie Kennedy. Maybe after I lose the baby weight (plus some extra) I can look great as she did with her kids. 

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I'm Not Dead......

Just pregnant! Yep, the reason for the lack of posts over the last few months is because I've been exhausted and trying to get plenty of rest.

I'm now 21 weeks along....with TWIN GIRLS!!! Hubby and I are pleased to introduce you to Baby A:

Yes, those are her knees next to her shoulders and her feet by her head. Apparently we caught her mid yoga pose. 

And Baby B:

She's higher up in my tummy so apparently she has more room to pose for the camera. Aren't they both beautiful???

I didn't have any morning sickness at all in the first trimester. Yay! My pregnancy has been so smooth....up until now. I'm currently on bed rest so I have all the time in the world to blog now. I got a new iPad and this is the first post I'm writing with it.

I'll try and post more often now that I have the time and my iPad is never too far from me. If you have any suggestions of things I can do on bed rest, let me know! I have a huge stack of baby books to get through, but other ideas on how to pass the time are welcome. And if you live close by, feel free to visit anytime! 

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Pucker Up

You need to get this NOW:

It will literally make your lips as smooth as silk!  Put it on before you go to bed and after a few nights, you will notice a big difference!  I love how smooth it makes my lips.  

You can find it at your nearest Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus and Sephora.  You can also find it here and here.

More St. Patrick's Day Cheer!

In case you were wondering about my other nephew, here's Brooks wishing you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day!  He turns 6 months old today!

Even though he's wearing green, I still want to pinch him...he's just SO cute!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

These pictures made my heart melt when my sister sent them to me.  Remember my post last week on the St. Patrick's Day books I sent to my nephews?  This is why I LOVE giving them books.  Look at their imagination run wild!  Here's my oldest nephew, Chase, reading the book, The Night Before St. Patrick's Day:

 

Chase - 2.5 years old

He is intently looking at the page in the book where the kids set several traps for the leprechaun!  

Check out the trap he made to catch a leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day!  Notice the shiny cookie cutter on top of the box to attract the leprechaun?  Apparently leprechauns like shiny objects.

He made a set of stairs with some of his blocks and he even used small ladders because leprechauns are small.  Is this kid smart or what?  (OK, I'm a little biased.)

Here Chase shows us what happens to the leprechaun when it tries to get the shiny object...

He falls in the box!

I hope that all of you are able to capture your own leprechaun and that you have a great St. Patrick's Day too!

Going Green!

I can't believe that it's already March.  We all know what happens in March...St. Patrick's Day!  My days of drinking green beer are LONG over.  Now that I have 2 adorable nephews in my life, I love to get them excited about fun holidays like this.

The other day I picked up a few books for them to help them learn more about St. Patrick's Day:

I was surprised at how many choices there were when it came to St. Patrick's Day books in the children's section at my local bookstore.  The two I picked were The Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing and Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie dePaola, one of my favorite illustrators.  

In The Night Before St. Patrick's Day, my nephews will read about a brother and sister who are trying to catch a leprechaun.  In the photo below, the mom has made them green eggs for the holiday.  My mom used to make us green eggs, green milk and send us to school with sandwiches made on green bread!

They decide to make traps to catch the leprechaun and to lure the him into the trap, they make sure to use shiny objects (which leprechauns apparently like).

Since receiving the book, my almost 3 year old nephew has called me to talk all about leprechauns and how he wants to catch one!  He even made a trap this weekend including a shiny object!  I love watching his imagination and vocabulary grow with each new book.

In the second book, Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, we read about Jamie and how he grows a GIANT potato.  It's big enough to feed his whole town!

Tomie dePaola has always been one of my favorite children's author and illustrator.  His stories are always classics!

So if you have some little ones in your life, run out and get them some fun treats for this fun, green holiday!