Birthday fun!

This past weekend the kids and I went to the cutest Birthday Party...

Some of you might remember the little boy from Oliver's 1st Birthday, his name is Franklin, he was the little one with the most adorable smile and bright blue eyes...
Of course I forgot my camera.(With 5 kids that can happen)

The theme was a camp out~ That included flannel shirts (which is such a big fashion right now..) Suspenders, hiking boots and great food. The chili was fabulous and Oliver loved those little oyster crackers, just his size.

As we were heading out the door the kids received their little goody bags that were ~OH SO CUTE~ I must shareThese bags were full of trail mix...isnt that the cutest idea ever????


Hope you enjoyed your weekend as much as we did...

Childrens Rooms Take 2

My sweet Charlie~
Charlie is my middle son, he is a very spirited child... Charlie's love of collecting is growing. (Probably from dragging him to all those early morning estate sales..He's my picker)


His little shelf is filled with vintage giraffe mugs, silly finger puppets, wooden C and a vintage giraffe card...
I asked Charlie if there was something he wanted to start a collection of and his pick was old vintage flashlights, he said he wanted to be just like Uncle Michael~
He loves to display his school work, pictures of friends and family and not to forget his police badges....

Can't forget the doggies, one little puppy has found an old fishing vest. (Charlie says he's already to go fishing with Grampi)

If my Cop Charlie could have anything in the world it would be to live in this little police station.....

Fun Design Ideas for Childrens Rooms

Now that the weather is getting cooler, and we're spending more and more time inside I thought I would share a little bit of my home with all of you.
Oliver's room is painted a neutral color, the alphabet was hand painted with muted orange, green and grays, all earthy colors. His little room is so calm and inviting. The burlap banner I made for Oliver's 1st birthday hangs over his window.This picture was taken when Oliver was about 2 weeks old by Barb Chase (Fine Art Photograghy)


Oliver's Ugly Doll collection that I had started for him before he was born is stored in a vintage laundry basket.
A vintage frame repurposed into a cork board.
I used an old buffett as a changing table. ~ Much cuter than a normal changing table....

Spooky Halloween recap....




We had two full days of candy, 5 wild and excited kids,PLEASE dont get me wrong it was fun and exciting to see the kids get all dressed up for their school party and then Trick or Treating...
Mike sure has his hands full... GI Joe Ninja and Genie...


Ahhhh aren't they cute~ my little monsters Emily was our fairy~

Dylan was GI Joe ninja, of course anything that has a sword will do
Drew was a masked ninja (where's the mask???)
~Maddie the little Genie<



And of course my Charlie was SWAT this year..



Then the FUN really began when 4 more to be exact joined us...Cousin Gracie was an M&M, Michael Joe was our dead motorcyle rider, OH! so scary!! Our little princes Maddie was a beautiful Genie and Marshall was a GI Joe Ninja, two swords too!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!

The caravan left town on Friday morning, with our posse of 5 kids,2 cars,1 very pregnant sis, a Nana and me of course.We visited our friends The Funky Junk Sisters at their fantastic show. Everything we heard was true, everyone of the vendors were fabulous! We loved seeing LuLu and our friends at Retreat Kennedy, Shabby Scraps, Nia from Summerland and from our side of the mountain, Ann from The Nestting.


Kim of MiMi Charmante...a very sweet and talented lady (we met her at The Barnhouse, she took care of our every need at The July Barnhouse Flea Market)




We are so happy that we were able to support the TATA's....We shopped and shopped and visited old time friends,Sara and her cute hubby Yani..



They talked about there plans to start a family. She asked me if I would be a surrogate :) The answer is NO!!! If I can do it 3 times you can do it once yourself...
On Sat. night we visited Melissa her baby Judah and daughter Juliana. It was Melissa's 31st Happy Birthday! Happy "B" Melissa... Her kids are soooooo adorable!!! We love her and her beautiful family.


Well... 2 beds,3 adults 5 kids and 4 1/2 hours drive~ We need another weekend away just to rest.xoxo Celia & Glad

Simple Pleasure

This is the time of the year when we're reminded of abundance... Italian Plums is one abundance we love to have. This recipe was given to me by my mother from her mother and given to her from my Great Na Na, from Italy!



You'll love the smell~ such a simple pleasure..




5 lbs of Plums/equal parts sugar
3 oranges
1 lemon
2 cups of raisins
2 T cinnamon
1 tsp. cloves

Grind plums, oranges, lemon, add sugar and spices.
Cook on stove until thick. ( approx. 2 hrs)
Cook in oven on low heat for 2 to 3 hrs.

Then put into jars~

Enjoy!

Our First Award!!!!!!

First of all we must give a great big THANK YOU and of course a hug to twigdecor.blogspot.com We feel so blessed this year to have made so many new friends and blogger friends.... Who knew work could be soooooo fun?????


We want to pass this award along to some of our favorite blogs~ so, I will start by posting the rules to the award...

1.)Thank and post URL to the blog that gave the award

2.)Pass the award along to 6 brilliantly over the blogs (blog you love!) Alert them so they know to recieve the award.

3.)Copy and paste this quiz... Change the answers, ONE word only!!

4.)Have Fun


Quiz:

1.) Where is your cell phone? purse

2.) Your hair? cottoncandy~mom's

3.) Your mother? Authentic

4.) Your father? man-whore(he makes it ALL happen for us)

5.) Your favorite food? Spaghetti

6.) Your favorite drink? ice-tea

7.) Your dream last night? unexplainable

8.) Your dream/goal? sanity

9.) What room are you in? kitchen

10.) Your hobby? creating

11.) Your fear? (seriously, only one word on this?)bugs

12.) Where do you want to be in 6 years? married/happy

13.) Where were you last night? Home

14.) Something that you aren't? liar

15.) Muffin? Chocolate

16.) Wish list item? range rover

17.) Where did you grow up? Washington

18.) Last thing you did? yelled (sorry Charlie)

19.) What are you wearing? favorite jeans

20.) Your TV? flat screen

21.) Your pets? none:(

22.) Friends? many

23.) Your life? CRAZY

24.) Your mood? Happy

25.) Missing someone? friends

26.) Vehicle? Cadillac Escalade

27.) Something you aren't wearing? earrings

28.) Your favorite store? LuLu Lemon

29.) Favorite color? Black (or is it White)
30.) When was the last time you laughed? Today

31.) Last time you cried? Saturday

32.) Your best friend? Sister/Mother

33.) One place you go to over and over? Chaps

34.) One person who emails you regularly? singer 22

35.) Favorite place to eat? moms


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