What I've Been Wearing

Turquoise is my favorite color so I think it only makes sense that blue and green is my go to color combination. Ha - just noticed that you can see some of my blue and green home decor behind me.

This necklace was a Target treasure from a couple years ago. Once in a while they have a buy-one-get-one-half-off on accessories sale and I've always been able to find something fun and unique. It's obviously not the highest quality of jewelry but since I have the tendency to loose it (I still have hope but I haven't seen my engagement ring in almost 2 years 😟) the price (and quality) is perfect for me.

This dress is one of my favorites. It's from eShakti and unlike my Target jewelry the quality is amazing.

These are new jeans from Banana Republic. I love that they are high waisted; they come almost up to my belly button. They are also super comfy and seem to have the perfect amount of stretch. My only complaint is that they pick up lint/hair. We don't have any furry pets so it's not too big of a problem for me but I wouldn't recommend these to any dog or cat owners.

I feel like pastel pants have had their day and are now pretty much over; but the weather felt so springy that I was just drawn to them. I think that clothes should make us feel comfortable and express our moods...even if that does mean we sometimes look dated and out of style.

This past week Target had another sale on accessories. I picked up an Easter hat for Little Lady and these earrings for myself. They offer a lot of happy for only $6.

If you are looking for more outfit inspiration please check out these link parties: Watch What I'm Wearing, Style Sessions, Trend Spin, Pleated Poppy and A Labour of Life.

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A Little Red Cardboard Barn

We've finished our farm unit and are moving on to a new theme tomorrow - but before we do I wanted share the barn we made. The wooden farm animals came with a beautiful handmade ark that we gave Big Buddy for Christmas a couple years ago. I would someday love to have a wood barn but it's currently not in the budget. So in the mean time we decided to improvise and make our own. I stumbled upon this perfectly sized milk box (4 gallons per box) while subbing and thought it would be sturdy enough to handle play. Hubandie and the boys used an x-acto knife and wood glue to build a barn shape. to get the doors to fold out hubandie used an x-acto knife and scored the inside of the cardboard We then painted with a basic primer and outlined a window and a door with painters tape. cardboard is very porous so priming is a must if you want decent coverage Big Buddy however insisted that we add more windows so it...

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Preschool Syllabus: Dr. Seuss

Normally I'd do a Dr. Seuss unit in March around his birthday. We had to do one now though because on Saturday Big Buddy and I going on a date to a Dr. Seuss exhibit . The exhibit is only at the museum until January and I'm afraid if we don't go now we might not get the chance. We are of course reading lots of Dr. Seuss's books. A great advatage to studying Dr. Seuss in November rather than March is that all his books were available at the library. I also found a great children's biography which is perfect for preschoolers. Pebble First Biographies: Dr. Seuss We've read it a couple times and Big Buddy loves reciting all the facts he's learned WRITING CENTER ADDITIONS big buddy's name in sand paper letters, coloring pages & mazes from seussville.com skills practiced: fine motor, letter recognition, creativity, reading comprehension LEARNING "TRAYS" - I rotate these, setting out about four a day from which the boy...

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Jack-O-Lanterns on the Fridge

Last fall I saw the idea for refrigerator pumpkins with face pieces in FamilyFun Magazine and have been anxious to recreate them ever since. It was pretty quick and easy and since the only thing we didn't have on hand was magnetic sheets ($1.50 with coupon at Joann's) it was also very cheap. my supplies: magnetic sheets, orange & black construction paper, white pen, tacky glue *i know they have self adhesive sheets but my Joann's didn't carry them glued (very messily) and ready to cut Both the boys were quite enthused when they discovered them after rest time :) Hopefully it will keep them entertained until we carve real pumpkins.

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