Thrifting

I started this year out great with the blog thing and lately its been going by the wayside once again. I like to blame it on me just being WAY to busy rather than laziness but it is probably the latter.

I will place the blame, however, on my obsession with thrifting. It is taking all my extra time. I love going into thrift stores and finding that great treasure that I just can't leave without. My house is getting kinda full of these so called treasures so I've started my own Etsy shop. IT IS SOOO FUN. Now I get to go thrifting for things to add to my little vintage shop. It is the greatest thing I've ever started. I've found things like this...

And this....

And this....

And this...

I've only sold a few things but that has not stopped me from buying lots...I keep telling Garrett it might sell someday. I secretly hope some things don't sell...shhh!

Anyways that has been my latest project. Here are the latest pictures of the girls. This is the only time they have cooperated to get a decent shot. It was sunday afternoon and they both had not napped. I guess they were too tired to move around too much. Worked great.

Birthday Party

Zara turned 4 on Saturday and we partied.
We had all her cousins over and had supper, cake, presents and a game.



She was super excited for her birthday this year which was fun for me because now there is 2 of us excited for birthdays.

Not really any theme this party...a little vintage that just went along with my spring decor.


Yes I'm getting anxious for spring. Hoping that redoing the mantel will encourage it to come faster.

I've taking some of Mom's pictures cause she got better ones then me.


Now we are all partied out until Kanya's in the fall.

1, 2, 3, 4

As of now the ages of the Pearman cousins are 1, 2, 3 and 4. We took some pictures to remember this moment. If you look close enough you might be able to see their ages on their shirts

Toys

There are a few things I remember playing with as a kid but the 2 that stay with me the most are paper dolls and Calico Critters. Loved them both. The paper dolls were so fun to get and then see what outfits and accessories they came with. I had a lot of those, but the Calico Critters were my special toy that I kept up in my closet. I wouldn't even bring it out for company. I played with that and only me!

I had the Maple Town school house which Mom still has. She gets it out for Zara to play with but her attention span is a little to short to seem to sit down and enjoy it. I keep hoping one of these days its going to become her favorite toy. I've been wanting to buy a set (with the same hope in mind...that she'll LOVE it as I did) but they are SOO expensive so I just look and reminisce. BUT today as I was in the consignment shop here in town I looked up and saw this....

Now I never look up on the top shelves...they are pretty much out of view but I did today and boy am I glad. I didn't buy it right away because I wasn't sure what condition it was in or what came with it or what they even cost used so I went home and while the girls were napping I looked them up and I was just getting to pumped up to let it pass so as soon as Kanya woke up off we went to get and IT IS SO AWESOME.

I set up some ground rules and watched them like a hawk while they were playing so nothing would get wrecked. I don't actually know if they enjoyed that too much but this is going to become their special toy to whether they like it or not!

P.S. tried the paper dolls with Zara too...didn't go so well! Thats another story.

Self Portraits

The girls had fun on my phone today. After deleting many pictures of the carpet and really close ups of their faces here is what i was left with....still a lot of close ups!

Here's To You....

I took Lil' Sis out for drinks to celebrate her graduating! Here's to finishing half a year early...

Mexico

And we are back home. Had a great trip. So nice to miss the arctic weather that was happening here. I think that was the high point of the trip. Here is our vacation in a nutshell!

A few things I learnt while I was away.
-Garrett can relax WAY better than I can...this has NEVER happened before.
-I am a nervous flyer...thought the plane was gonna go down
-I missed my kids more than they missed me