Bee Bop the Night Away

We bee bopped the night away at the PCP’s school sock hop!  Mother helped me throw this ensemble together at the eleventh hour, repurposing my Mickey costume from a few years back, and I headed out with my favorite greasers. 

Seeing as candy cigs are so hard to come by these days, we substituted conversation hearts in the littles’ shirt sleeves.  I love that when told to “act like you’re from the 1950’s” the littles’ simultaneously and instantaneously struck this strange pose.  Apparently the PCP thinks the men of that era were quite grumpy. (And Honey too based on his mug above.)

 

Up at the school we dined on The Varsity, sipped on Coke floats and danced, hula hooped and limboed the night away. 

       

Later, gators…

xoxo

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Handed Down

Y’all cannot imagine how absolutely thrilled I was when Honey’s mama (affectionately known as JuJu) handed down this vintage patchwork Lilly Pulitzer apron handmade by her late mother many moons ago.  It is in pristine condition and the love and care that went into making it is evident. 





 
I truly couldn’t love it more and it makes me want to do a little happy dance every time I tie it on.  I had the great fortune of knowing Honey’s grandma for a few years and adore having something so fun and so ME to remember her by.  I imagine she never dreamt that her youngest grandson’s wife would be wearing it one day…

xoxo

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Man Day 2013

Soooo… you know how Valentine’s Day is essentially a day for the girls?  Well, around these parts we took a page from our bff-the-w’s page and celebrate “Man Day” on Super Bowl Sunday.  While I wrangle the littles, Honey sleeps in, gets breakfast in bed, dines on a lunch of his choice (which always without a doubt consists of Taco Bell), and then hangs with his cronies to watch the game.  I only managed to snap one pic of the festivities…

Tomorrow things shall be back to normal…I’ll make his breakfast, he’ll eat out for lunch and I’ll watch the littles all day.  WAIT… so how exactly is “man day” different from any other day?!?!  :-)

Honey is still watching the game, the littles have been asleep for well over an hour, the house is all cleaned up and I’m about to snuggle in bed and watch the night’s episode of Downton Abbey.  If I didn’t know better I’d say it must be “woman’s day”!!
xoxo

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Resurfacing

After spending much of the last week at home sick, we resurfaced for a Sunday fun-day!  One of the baby’s besties celebrated his birthday Avengers style, and sweet friend Angie Reuter did a darling job, as always, making everything super special.  She painted the board behind the beverage station with one of the birthday boy’s signature quotes and plans to hang it over his bed – how cute is that?!?!



  

We jetted home to change into our Falcons gear and then headed out to cheer on our home-town team.  It was a heart breaker in the last few minutes, but that certainly didn’t detract from the fun (at least not from my fun seeing as I don’t really celebrate football.)  Bestie A had an amazing spread – I can’t recall what she called it other than it was "like a Spanish big mac" and it was DIVINE… she even made her own pickles, for cryin' out loud.  And the salted caramel chocolate chip cookies were like little bites of heaven.  I think I’ve talked her in to starting a food blog so look for lots more yummy goodness to come on that front!!  (This is the same gal whose mama is Mary Pratt.)




 
Sweet baby CeeCee is home now and I’ve got my fingers crossed that we’ll be able to pop in and snuggle her for a while tomorrow!!!  Mother gave all of her grands Feltman gowns for their homecoming but this is the very first one that’s been embroidered in PINK!! 



I am beyond thrilled that Honey is on holiday tomorrow.  I have loads of plans to sleep late and lounge the day away until we go visit the aforementioned little doll…
xoxo

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Musings

Y’all were so so sweet to leave Honey all those comments yesterday.  He’s quite a catch :-)  Someone asked for a picture of his Christmas beard and, unfortunately (?), he broke a long standing tradition when he shaved it early this year for a holiday party.  The really interesting thing is that it was not a costume type event…

 

Have you seen the train wreck that is Dance Moms?  As much as I don’t want to watch it, on the rare occasion I come across it while flipping channels I just can’t seem to turn it off.  Okay, who am I kidding?  I do sometimes every so often seek it out :-)

 

I am thankful for every.single.minute that I have with this little one at home.  He fills my days with so much joy, laughter and silliness.

Lest you think the baby is always tromping around in darling outfits, I thought I should set things straight and share how he looks most days.  I never had trouble dolling the PCP up in smocks and appliques, but this little one has a mind of his own and an (unfortunate) penchant for jerseys and strange socks.

So excited to have found this blog dedicated to reviewing Trader Joe’s wine – Trader Joe’s Wine Compendium.  Although it doesn’t seem to have been updated in a good long while.

And speaking of wine, this is my new favorite red.  It’s $12 at my Publix but less that $8 at my local wine store.  Thanks blonde AW for making our introduction…Apothic Red: The brambly spice of Zinfandel, dark fruit flavors of Syrah, the bold notes of Cabernet Sauvignon and the smooth elegance of Merlot unite to create this captivating red blend.  Apothic Red reveals intense fruit aromas and flavors of rhubarb and black cherry, complemented by hints of mocha, chocolate, brown spice and vanilla. The plush, velvety mouthfeel and the smooth finish round out this intriguing, full-bodied red blend.

I’ve also been loving the What Kate Wore blog.  You know, because it satiates my obsession with all things princess and fashionable.

And while I’m on the subject of princesses, take a gander at my half-baby.  I’m just a little obsessed with sweet CeeCee and am counting down the minutes till I can get my hands on her again.  And don’t you just adore the hat??!!  Sister found it on etsy.

The littles helped me make these pancake bites earlier in the week.  We followed the instructions in the actual blog post, not in the Pinterest write up and found that it only made six little muffins.  Aside from that snafu, we used what we had on hand (blueberries, bananas & nuts, strawberries and chocolate chips) and the littles adored them. 

 

We have a fun filled weekend of basketball, birthday parties and Falcons cheering ahead.  And the chore of finishing the cleaning and organizing of  this wretched closet.  Yes, I realize that the fact that I wrote “finishing” is surprising because from the looks of it you thought I hadn’t even started.  This is part of my "evaluate" resolution…

Happy three day weekend y’all!

xoxo

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Welcome to the World

It was with great joy and much love that we welcomed Caroline Causey to the world this afternoon.



Baby CeeCee weighed in at 5lbs 10oz, measured 18 inches, and won all of our hearts in a matter of seconds.  Sister and her Mister literally beamed and big brother Jay could not have been sweeter or more protective of “his baby.”  Sister is doing marvelously and hopes to be home with her precious daughter by the end of the week.

Mother and I were positively giddy as we slipped her newborn feet into the sweet little booties that Sister and I wore many moons ago.  I love this little gal as if she were my own!!



Welcome, baby girl, there’s such a lot of world to see…
xoxo

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Weekend in Review

We are winding down a positively glorious weekend in the South.  One where the shorts came out, the windows went up and as much time as possible was spent outside.

 

We roasted marshmallows in the evenings.

We enjoyed breakfast (and lunches and suppers) on the porch.

 

We spent a lazy Saturday afternoon at the playground and park.

We cheered for the PCP at his basketball game.

We had a super fun pizza night with the L family.  Bestie M wooed the baby when she let him hammer the Oreo’s for their pudding “mud” dessert.  He’s still talking about it…

We did plenty of lounging (at least the doors to the porch were open).  And I attended a meeting for the PCP’s first Reconciliation later this year and Communion next Spring (seems like his Baptism was just yesterday.)

We cheered the Falcons on to a win in the last few minutes of the game!

And now half of the family is napping while this quick and delish Southwestern Chili simmers on the stove.

I could really, really get used to weekends like this!

xoxo

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Traveling T.J.

The PCP completed his first school project (outside of Science Fair which was optional) of the year a few months back (but it just came back home this week which reminded me about it)!  Similar to Flat Stanley (have y’all heard of that guy?) the PCP’s class spent their Thanksgiving break carting the likeness of Thomas Jefferson around town, which was a great excuse to go to some of our favorite places. 

And while the PCP (and the baby alike) really got into thinking up poses for the guy, I led the troops in making it presentation worthy.  I originally intended to just have it printed at Kinkos (the price of ink for my printer is highway robbery), but once I got there I was quickly wooed by their promises to turn an ordinary document from drab to fab “while you wait”.  As such, I had it spiral bound with a clear cover.  I remember when Mother used to help me bind my book reports and such, and how I felt so fancy-pants turning them in to the teacher.  Why not start ‘em young in making a fab first impression?!?!  Because we all know many people DO judge a book by its cover :-)



We had to cull our thirty pictures down to fifteen and, Per Mrs. B’s instructions, the PCP wrote a caption on each.  We took T.J. to all sorts of interesting 21st century-ish places, including the Varisty, Georgia Tech, Honey’s work and Target.











The PCP said it best when he wrote “I had fun showing T.J. my favrite thins in Atlanta!"  (awww...that was before he lost the other front tooth)



This one is definitely a keeper.
xoxo

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