THIS WEEKEND...starting TONIGHT!!!!

I can't believe it's actually happening tonight...and tomorrow....

are you coming?!?!  it's going to be so fun.  we've got drinks and treats for you while you shop and socialize with friends!  and gifts GALORE for you, your home, your kids, your family....I could keep going...

here's a brief rundown of some of the items we will have for sale:
hair bows
onesies
little girl dresses
burp cloths and paci clips
baby plankets
pillows
dish mats
the cutest dish towels ever
artwork
handbags
more pillows
stationary
aprons
christmas ornaments
christmas wreaths

and probably everything else awesome :)  Please remember it's CASH OR CHECK ONLY!  we would LOVE to see you and your friends tonight or tomorrow!!!

pink pumpkin party

my friend had asked me to help her out with her daughter's 7th birthday party recently.  being so close to Halloween, she wanted to have a fun fall party with pumpkins...but not scary and decked out Halloween.  So...we settled with a pink pumpkin party theme.  Thanks to pinterest we gathered some great ideas and put together this shindig. 

I started with first designing the perfect invitation for a pink pumpkin party:

Heidi did such a great job setting up everything for the party!

I helped make the cookies on a stick...(using my royal icing technique from this previous post)

and then Heidi set up so many fun stations (or "centers" for all you teacher folk) for the girls to rotate through...

they decorated leaf cookies

painted pumpkins and played pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern

and we found this cute idea on pinterest to make bracelets out of the the candy pumpkins!  adorable!

 I think all the sweet girls had a great time celebrating Ruby's birthday!



Cape Cod: Day 4 - last day!

Our flight didn't leave until 6:30 that evening so we still wanted to make sure we made the most of our last day out on the Cape and in Boston.  We started off spending some time in Yarmouth which was the town our bread and breakfast was in.  Here is a picture of our lovely B&B (and yes...every time I say "B&B" I think of the potters...)

Yarmouth has a lovely 800 foot boardwalk that we wanted to make sure we saw before we left.  It was a tad windy, but we powered through and really enjoyed starting the morning off there...

Next we headed back up the Cape to check out another beach and lighthouse...maybe this was in Eastham? I really can't remember...but it was beautiful!

we finally said goodbye to the Cape and the pretty beaches and headed back to make 2 more stops in Boston before our flight.  First up...Bunker hill...

there was sign that said you could climb to the top of the tower, and the friendly lady inside made it seem fun, "You can climb if you want to." she said with a big smile on her face.  and it seemed like everyone else was doing it.  So I'm sure me, who ran a 1/2 marathon a few weeks before would be able to handle whatever it took to climb to the top

....WOAH! climbing 294 stairs is way different then pacing yourself for 13.1 miles.  climbing 294 stairs in 2 year old target flats that is the equivalent to walking on paper essentially when people are lined up behind you wondering why you are walking so slow...people who have on hiking boots and backpack on their backs and are from Europe and make you feel like a fat American...it wasn't the "most fun part of the trip" to say the least...but we did it!

Our last stop of the trip was to see the USS Constitution.  I think we regretting saving this for the last day and the very last minutes of our trip b/c we would have loved to spend more time in the museum and on the boat.  but, we loved getting to see what we did and it was a great end to our trip!

thanks for putting up with all my trip posts and all my pictures!  It was a great trip!

Cape Cod: Day 3 - BOSTON!

The 3rd day of our trip we headed in to Boston (it was just about an hour and half drive) for the day!  We started it off with a tour of Fenway! Go Red Sox!

the first stop was to the press box...it had a great view... AND josh tells me he can mow our yard like that :)

next we headed over to the GREEN MONSTER!  You can only win lottery tickets to these seats...interesting fact.

and we sat right on the infamous foul line...

after fenway we headed over to eat lunch at the oldest restaurant in america...dang!  It was good and yummy AND a stop on the fredom trail so we were able to check it off the list...

for desert, we headed in to little Italy (via the freedom trail) and grabbed a yummy canoli from Mike's pastry...

continuing on the freedom trail was Paul Revere...and his house...

this next picture is my most favorite of us from the trip...I know it's blury and not the best, but it was the perfect fall day walking around boston and I loved it!

before dinner we made our way out to Cambridge and walked around Harvard...I instantly felt really smart!

by the evening we had walked all over the city and were worn out.  We finally just sat on a bench in Quincy Market and enjoyed the people and sights.  It was such a great day in Boston! 

Check back next week for highlight from our last day on the Cape! 

Cape Cod: Day 2

Our 2nd day in Cape Cod was a VERY full day!  We drove all up and down the Cape and stopped in some wonderful small towns.  We also took a Cranberry Bog tour (which was the most amazing school field trips ever!!!) but it will get it's own blog post in a few days ... I know...you can hardly wait...

We started the morning off at the very top hook of the Cape in Provincetown...it was lovely and cute and full of great shops. 

on the other side of the coast of Provincetown were some really lovely beaches.  There are these huge hills of sand dunes for miles so you almost feel like you are in the desert and not the beach.  It was really cool.

after Provincetown we headed back down the Cape to Harwich for our Cranberry Bog tour...it was fabulous!!! (more to come)  After the tour we headed back to Chatham...josh just couldn't stay away from these guys...

it was late in the afternoon and just in time for the ships to come in so of course we headed over to see the seals and what the fresh catch was.  Today...LOBSTER!

Day 2 was a great fun filled day...we loved seeing so much of the Cape.  Next stop...Fenway, that will be tomorrow so get excited.  Last picture of the day from Chatham...