Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

ariana’s snow white birthday party.

~ Etc.

ariana wanted a snow white birthday party because her favorite disney princess is snow white.  all the girls were invited to wear a princess dress and upon arrival, they each received a basket with a red bow headband.  each girl got to put on some princess make-up with pink lipstick, pink sparkly eye shadow, and pink blush.  then we ate “dwarf foods” which was all mini finger foods(for easy eating) of meat balls, sweet potato fries in a cone, pigs in a blanket, cheesecake bites, rainbow fruit kabobs, veggies in a cup with ranch, pie-cupcakes, and lemonade.  i planned on making these candied apples but i completely forgot!  then we made caramel apples and the girls helped unwrap the caramels which they loved, and got to decorate it with m&m’s and a variety of sprinkles.  then we played pop goes the apple where they got to pop the balloons with a toothpick and candy was inside the balloons.  then ariana opened her presents(she told me opening presents was her favorite part, she hugged or kissed every present she got).  each girl left the party with a basket full of candies, caramel apples, and a red headband.  
*special thanks to my husband and my awesome friend rachel and her sister noel for helping out so much!  the party would not have started on time if it wasn’t for you.

what a life.

~ Etc.

i couldn’t find our dog so i looked around the house and found him like this.  do you think he’s comfortable?  because it’s really hard for me to tell. 

ariana’s birth day.

~ Etc.

on ariana’s birthday i told her we could do whatever she wished.  so she opened presents, got a cookies & cream lollipop, went shopping and picked out a dress, went to the aquarium, ate a fish burrito, took a nap(not her wish but it wasn’t optional ;), went to her friend’s b-day party, and she got to blow out the candles over and over and over again.  
p.s.  the second to last picture just kills me.  jay was in the bouncy thing making sure our girls weren’t getting dominated by older kids but i had to tell him to get off because he was probably scaring all the moms with his pedophile mustache!(yes, i openly call it the “pedophile mustache” in hopes that he’ll shave it off) and how all the moms were probably very nervously watching their kids as i spoke.  but instead of getting off, jay kept looking around with his “pedophile” smile.  oh, those poor moms.

International Giveaway by Romwe

~ Etc.

We have a giveaway for you this week for a $80 gift certificate and an accessory to Romwe.  They offer beautiful clothes and accessories like these clothes I’m wearing below!

dress, coat, shoes
To enter the giveaway, please register on Romwe and leave a comment below this post with the email address you used to register(if you’ve already registered on Romwe, just leave a comment with the email address).  Giveaway ends on 03/20/2012.

Best luck everyone!

Extra entries:
-name your favorite item from Romwe.
-tell me your favorite Spring accessory.

*Romwe is offering a promotion code:
Coupon code : WhiteValentineDay1 $15 off on Purchase over $60

Coupon code: WhiteValentineDay2 $25 off on Purchase over $90
Coupon code: WhiteValentineDay3 $35 off on Purchase over $120
End date: 03/15/2012
*UPDATE
the giveaway winner is:

congratulations!  you should have an email waiting for you! 🙂

ariana’s three today!

~ Etc.

pictures taken by me for ariana’s birthday invitation
last night i cried when i realized it was the last day of ariana being a two year old.  that the next day, she’ll no longer be a two year old baby, but a three year old girl!  i started sobbing(it wasn’t the first time in the last three days) as i kept hugging and kissing her and my sweet ariana went and got tissue and wiped tears from both of my eyes while my oldest daughter adalie told me, “mommy, don’t be sad!  three is not much.”  so i told her, “adalie, will you stop growing please?  will you stay little forever?”  and she said to me, “mommy, i’m going to get bigger and taller and become an adult.  but i’ll still live with you and love you forever!”  
so it’s a promise written down and officially in contract via the blog, that my girls will live with me forever.  even when they get married and have babies and become an old lady.  and ya’ll are all my witnesses. 😉
ariana, i love your one dimple on your right cheek, your one double eyelid on your left eye, your skinny self, your giggles, your jokes that you repeat like 20 times in a row and expect me to laugh really loud 20 times, how you twirl around in your princess dress until you get dizzy and fall, how you want to wear your onesie pajamas every day and night, how you sing to the songs you love and being the only one who understands your lyrics, how you share your presents and toys so well with your sister, how you’re the smell detector of the family and know every time mommy or daddy sneak in a chocolate in our mouth and you sniff and ask, “what’s that smell?” and then you demand we give you some chocolate too, how you love to look at electronics and gadgets to see how they work, how you always let sister choose what games or movies to watch on the ipad, how you always want to cuddle, how you randomly run up to me to give me a big hug and say i love you mommy, how you always use the excuse, “but i’m too little, i’m just a little baby.” on everything, but most of all, how you started as such a tiny thing inside of me and you keep getting bigger and stronger, more kind, more intelligent, and more beautiful.  i absolutely love everything about you, ariana. and i wouldn’t want you any other way.  so happy 3rd birthday, my little ana.  be my baby forever.