frenchie friday: 7 years of. . .

barking.

chewing up eyeglasses, dolls, toys, forks, books, and whatever else strikes your fancy.

ineffective, yet costly, training.

chasing you in the street as you weave through traffic and almost get run over/give me a heart attack.

medical bills {ahum, one MAJ in particular}

assaulting the mail every day as it comes thru the slot.

scratching up our antique floors.

scaring young children. . . and a fair amount of grown adults while you're at it.

lifting your leg on . . . well, everything {including that nice yoga instructor that stopped to pet you}

7 years of unconditional love for this rascal.

happy birthday to my first born . . .

GEORGE.

you're just as handsome and naughty as the day we brought you home.

way to stay true to yourself, old man.

worship.  OBVS.

xo

happy summer! {hours}

so who knew summer would be so exhausting?  i seriously had no intention of instituting summer hours when i signed off last thursday . . .but the the lack of school/sched/and general time-management skillz is totes forcing me into it.

also the never-ending birthday love!  which i am NOT complaining about. {obvs.}

got to celebrate with some of my fave hot mamas on saturday . . .

how lovely are these ladies?  heart them.

they even surprised me with a cake!

best. friends. evah.

and my fab fam and lobstah on sunday {the actual}.

and the celebration continues tonight with a joint partay for my fellow gemini/sister-in-law/bestie LC and I.  holla!

i have a sneaking suspicion one million bottles of rose might be consumed {shhhhhh. . . can you hear it?}, so let's just go ahead and say there's a strong possibility i won't be posting tomorrow.

image via caitlin mcgauley

happy summer, everyone!

stella & dot aftermath

hungovah today from the bush and lc's stella & dot party last night.

i didn't stray far from the delish sangria and was so busy licking the punch bowl that i barely saw the goods!

perusing the site this morning and everything is adorbs.

especially love the lil girly baubles

check it out and buy it thru this link so that heather & lauren continue to feed me free alcohol.

how do you like them apples?

today is a bittersweet day.  i find myself almost as emo as i was when i wrote this post almost 10 months ago.
in september, i told my girls to put on their awesome pants and they did. . . over diapers.
a lot has changed . . . {thank the Lord the diapers part has!}
i feel like i dropped off babies to the fabulous miss jen, miss pam, and miss sophie at seaside nursery school and today i'm picking up little people.

print available at etsy

so i wanted to give a big. huge. THANK YOU to c & p's teachers for so many things - here's just a few:

 wiping more than just noses this year {yikes}

 teaching them their alphabet & numbers & glorious lil songs that make us smile

cultivating their love of art & playtime & friendship
breaking up their wrestling matches over ponchos

but most of all for making our wee ones feel special and loved and strong and smart.

i'm happy it's raining today, maybe no one will notice if i shed a few tears at pick-up.

best. necklace. evah.

i almost wanted to keep this one to myself.  it's pretty much my fave thing evah.  the shell yeah! necklace is not only puntastic and adorbs - it's totes useful!  it's a freaking bottle opener.  genius.

{the biggest secret of all is that it's lilly.  lills really gains some street cred with this one}

those of you who know me know one of my fave expressions is 'hells yeah' {as a joke.  obvs} and that i love to drink.  

so do i die over these?  

shells yeah, i do!

one of my heroes, dana small, carries these at her amaze shoppe, matilda's, in stuart, florida. {see previous matilda's post here} i checked in with dana and these are available for purchase via phone orders. {48 dollah plus shipping}

1 (772) 221-8280

holla!

banister bliss

when we first walked through our current home, the first thing i noticed that desperately needed to be fixed was the crap banister.  

here we are, 4 years later, and we are finally addressing the issue.

decided to paint it a high gloss black with white spindles.

iamge via my home ideas

image via decorpad

image via houzz

image via shelter

image via houzz

image via house & home

there's a solid chance the oil based paint fumes will cause me to act more brain dead than i already do, so forgive me if posts are sporadic this week and stay tuned for some before & afters.

my new baby {the runner!} gets installed next week.

AND i finally cleaned LHH.

frenchie friday: stuck on you

so i posted a pic of looloo covered in stickers yesterday on FB and it got more 'likes' than the announcement of the birth of my children, so i figured i'd share on the blog.

i didn't share this pic, however.  these are the pee stains i found on my beloved chaise lounge.  i think it's loo's quiet rebellion against being consistently 'decorated' by c & p.  womp womp.

but how can i stay mad at this bitch?  

hey looloo, i'm stuck on you, sister!