Fantastic Birthday Celebration

 

 I LOVE the effect of these tissue paper pom pom flowers.  

Much better than the ordinary balloon and even better is the fact that I can use them over and over and over...okay you get the point!

 

No birthday party would be complete without the sweets!

 

Digging into her yummy cupcake...mmmmm!

 Claire definitely knew what to do with her birthday cake...and did she like it!!!!

 

As you can tell Claire had a very busy day...she looks a little tuckered out...Happy Birthday Sweet Pea!

Claire's One!!!

People have said this to me before we started a family "enjoy these moments as they go by so quickly".  And goodness...were they right.  Now I find myself saying this all.of.the.time!    I can recall taking this picture...by the way not even looking through the viewfinder of my DSLR...and when I reviewed it...I knew that I had captured such a beautiful moment between my two daughters.  The look of wonder in Laurens eyes is priceless. 

We have celebrated many surprises with Claire.  I think that the one that sticks out is how at a very young age she seemed like she was going to be the quiet one...but that quickly changed when she started making very loud pterodactyl noises to get our attention.  Now all she has to do is say those sweet little words of 'mamma or dadda' and we are there.  And she can definitely hold her own.  I think that she is going to be one tough little sweetie.

 

And those smiles. You melt us everytime you give us one.   There are so many different ones to choose from.  From the sweet innocent and shy ones to the bold and goofy old man grins.  What a little clown you are. 

 Your so petite.  Many people reference back to me when they see you.  So dainty.

 All of your nicknames include: wiggle worm, squirmy wormy, little peanut, and sweet pea.

 And now you are ONE!  Happy Birthday Claire:)

Yikes!

I seem to do this alot around here as well as other places in my life~procrastinate!!!! I am the queen of it.
Since a month before Claire's first birthday...I have been procrastinating about writing on here and sharing bits and pieces of my life. And now I am left with a WHOLE bunch of things that I want to share. I will try to play catch up...please please please I hope that I can keep up...hang on it is going to be a fun ride!

Merry Christmas!

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Darling Daisy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to 

This is the day that I started an amazing journey.  

I have learned what it is like to manage play time vs. work time.

*um sort of*

I have turned a hobby into a business.  

So far the most rewarding thing is to have my products being sold all of the United States.

It is amazing that someone in California has a Darling Daisy Shop flower pin.

Or that some lucky person living in New Jersey is the proud owner of some comfortable headbands.

Oh brings tickles to me!!!

So in all anniversary.awesomeness.  

I am thanking all of you 

-even those of you I don't know-

to FREE SHIPPPING on ALL DARLING DAISY SHOP products.  

Wowza!  You heard me 

So now go and take a look.

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Treat yourself to something pretty.

Or think ahead and get something pretty for that special friend for the holidays.

Laurens first day of school interview

Here is just a little snippit of Lauren's First Day of School.

And please leave a comment if you can interpret what book they read.

I still can't figure that one out....and I have listened to it at least 10 times!

the day that came to fast!

That is how I feel about this day. 

For Lauren it was a day that could not have came soon enough.

School!!!!!

She was sooooo excited, but kept getting disappointed when I told her that she couldn't ride the bus.

Lauren said, "momma you stay here with Claire and I ride the bus to school."

Um okay if there was a bus. 

Even if there was a bus, I don't think I would let her ride it. She is just too young I think for that!

So for now she gets to ride with her cool mom and sister to her school.  And that is fine by me!