star blanket tag

This girl. 

She loves her star blankets. 

More specifically she loves her

star blanket tags. 

If we really want to get into it, 

she much prefers freshly laundered 

tags on her star blanket. 

I’m so thankful we have a set of 3. 

I wish I could find more, 

but I know having more than one coveted

lovey is a blessing. 

If she’s anything like her Aunt Valerie

or her Tauntie, she’ll still

have these blankets well into

her thirties. 

I sure love a snuggled up kid. 

double dimples

Ever since Tate was born and I 

caught the tiniest first glimpse

of his dimple, I’ve had a photo idea in

my mind. 

I randomly tried to pull it off the other

day when Tate and Paige were

playing around. 

Basically I need them to look at

each other and smile. 

This shouldn’t be that hard. 

It was. 

It was hard, but it was also hilarious. 

For whatever reason, Tate fighting

his real smile made his

dimple hard to see. 

I was also taking these pictures while

sitting in my recliner. 

Maybe that was the actual problem. 

…also, my kids all still snuggle

onto me when I sit in my recliner. 

I’ll try to get this photo the 

next time I have the kids out and

about with my camera…

first day of school

Well, the day arrived! 

The first 3 days of school are

officially under our belts. 

Omi French braided Paige’s hair

on Tuesday so that she could have

crimpy hair for day one. 

She got dressed and when I took

the braids out of her hair, she said

“I look like I’m in a magazine!”

And that, my friends, is exactly the 

kind of confidence I want this

kid walking into life with. 

You. Go. Girl. 

And my sweet Taters was so very

excited to get to school. 

I’m so thankful for his

absolute love for school. 

I just wish he would

smile with his adorable teeth. 

And Brooke. 

She was sad not to start school yet. 

She’s been happily crafting alllll the hours

she waits in her siblings to get home. 

We got the best teachers! 

(And a more normal view

of Paige’s hair without her 

backpack pushing it all forward)

Then I headed to second breakfast

with my friends! 

(plus one more not pictured)

Honestly, Brooke has been 

so content to have me to herself, 

but it’s impossible to get things 

done around the house. Haha

Her elephant nose is going strong

these days. We’re loving her

little curriculum! 

We were so happy to go

get the kids!

A storm rolled in and then Paige 

wore Brooke for maybe 45 minutes or

an hour. They were smitten to be 

reunited again!

Look how long my baby is! 

Love these sisters!!

lemonade stand

The kids have been begging to do

a lemonade stand for weeks now. 

They even tried to convince us to do it

The day before we left on our huge

family trip. 

So we compromised and agreed to do

it when we got home. 

These kids worked diligently on

each step of the process. 

(I just outlined the signs and

Josh monitored the lemonade

and cookie making)

I did text our friends and boy

did our village show up for these little. 

So thankful for each friend who

went out of their way to make these

kids feel like super stars. 

And somehow those are the only photos

I have. We were busy!