Tadoodles Crayon Buddies

Tiny thinks these are the coolest toys EVER! We are now doing craft time once a day and these are just perfect for his little hands that HATES to get messy!! He will sit and color for about 15min, smile and concentrate the entire time!! It is SO cute. Crayola is so awesome! You can find these in most stores for about $7.00

***Craft tips***

1.Tape the paper down to the table

2.Wet Wipe clean up the stray marks in a jiffy!

3.Because we are crafting daily, I keep all his crayons, stamps, paper, tape, etc. in a CUTE bowl in the center of the table. This also reminds me to do craft time.

My MOST Favorite Smell

Eucalyptus Spearmint, where have you been all my life???? This fragrance fills my home and it allows me to stop and smell the stress relief!!! So run out to Bath and Body Works and smell the stress away!!!

Best Invention Ever!

I grew up with Scrubbing Bubbles Spray BUT now they have amazed me! The have made flushable WIPES! I am not a big bathroom cleaner but now it is so easy to wipe it ALL down and flush the wipe! Best bathroom invention EVER!!!

You can find them at most stores around $6.00!

What makes you happy?

These make me SUPER happy!

Jesus is the Lamb

Mom and I had the pleasure to host a table at our church's annual Table Top Luncheon. Every table is uniquely decorated by different hosts. When everyone comes they take a tour of all the tables, have a yummy lunch, and listen to amazing, christian women speak on friendship. It was such a joy to work with mom on this table and so fun to have a lovely lunch with dear friends. Mom and dad came out on Friday to help me set up and I think our table turned out so sweet and perfect! Our theme was, "Jesus is the Lamb".

Enjoy!

Signs of Times

I have a new Holiday obsession, front door signs! My dear, dear friends Ashleigh, has started her own cute painted sign company, Signs of Times! Ashleigh will create ANY type of sign you would like. She will even custom make one to match your invitation or party theme. Here are a few that we own or have given for presents.

These darling signs are a MUST HAVE to add some charm to your front door!

Signs sell for $30.00 plus $10.00 for shipping.

Make sure to stop by her Esty shop!

Big Brother/Sister Tee

That is right Tiny is going to be a Big Brother!

We are thrilled to be expecting baby #2 in late September!
I found this DARLING shirt on etsy.com! Jennifer from Little House Tees is SO SO kind and super fast! She was a dream to work with. The shirts are $18.00, great fabric, and washes well! If you are looking to share the news in a fun way or have shirts for baby arrival PLEASE check out Little House Tees you will not be disappointed!

Reason 2,883 why I love Wal-Mart!

I LOVE me some cute Wal-Mart!!!

Small Valentines Cake: $5.00
Mini Valentine Cupcakes about 30 for $6.00

Baby Info VIA Text Message!!

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Are you expecting a bundle of joy or just brought home your new muffin? Check out the website Text 4 Baby! It will send you FREE text messages about once a week to fill you in on what is going on with your little one! What a neat way to see what is happening with your little miracle!

Meatloaf Muffins!

IRL conversation between the Mr. and Me

Mr: OOO you made meatballs??!!!
Me: NO meatloaf!
Mr: No meatballs!
Me: NO honey it is my meatloaf baked in these muffin tins!!!
Mr: Oh, I like the portion control idea!!

Too bad I ate TWO of the meatloaf muffins and the Mr. only ate one :/

How to make some UGLY but YUMMY Meatloaf Muffins that your Mr. will think are meatballs :)

Jill's Meatloaf Recipe
2 lbs lean hamburger meat
1 Egg beaten with 3 tbs milk or half & half
3 teaspoon minced garlic
1 Squirt mustard
Few dashes of Worcestershire sauce
1 and 1/4 cups bread crumbs (Progresso Italian style)
1 pkg Knorr dry vegetable mix
1 Can of Tomato Sauce

The Muffin Part
-Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with Pam
-Place a little tomato sauce in each cup
-Scoop 2 spoon fulls of the mixture in each cup to the top
-Cover each cup with tomato sauce
-Bake at 350, uncovered for about 45min or until meat is done

ENJOY! We eat this about once a week with Gooey Potatoes! If yall are sweet I will post that recipe soon :)

GoGurt

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Tiny is NOT a boy for milk products BUT now he LOVES his GoGurt. He loves to crawl in my lap and with my help eat his GoGurt. WARNING- it could be MESSY! You can find them at your local grocery store and they come in yummy flavors. If your children are older you can freeze them and put them in their lunch box and by lunch time they are ready to eat. I like to eat them frozen, kinda like ice cream but healthy! Go Go Go get you some Gogurt!

WebTastic Wednesday

I have had the pleasure in working with Kathy from The Modern Polka Dot. She is this creator of all the cute Tiny Bit More designs. From our blog, Etsy store, business cards, stickers, and oh so more. Kathy is AMAZING to work with and has a great turn around time. She has wonderful prices and will even create 3 choices if you need them. I think I fell in love with the 1st one she made for me! Kathy is so patient with changes and willing to make you happy! If you are looking for a blog lift, business cards, an Etsy make over, or more head on over to the Modern Polka Dot and sweet Kathy will not disappoint you!

Oh, and not only is she fantastic and too cute she is also expecting Baby Number TWO!!!!

Check out the Modern Polka Dot blog, her personal blog, and her Etsy store you will be happy you did!

Play Group Decor

Today I had the pleasure to host my Pearland Mom's Group Play Date!It might be a play date for the kids BUT us Mommas need to enjoy it as well. So here is my quick, EASY, and affordable play date decor!

The Juice Bar
AWESOME ZooPals throw away sippy cups!

I also labled the cups with a cute font that said "Little Heather" to know that the cup was Momma Heather's little one's sippy cup!( I did not know all of the cuties names )



The Carb Bar
The Most yummy breakfast treats all from Walmart


The Coffee Bar
I did not have enough coffee mugs so I got these at Kroger and printed in a cute font name labels for the throw away coffee cups.

The Formal Coloring Room
The older kids colored and made Valentines

The Faux Uggs!

Oh how I love Payless! My mom and I found some "Faux Uggs" that we JUST had to have and I found a pair for Tiny in the girl section, shhh don't tell daddy!Tiny and I just love them and with the "arttic chill" Texas is having they are a MUST have. The are the brand AirWalk and they are OH SO comfy! So bundle up and go get you some shoes!

How to Spruce Up....

The Grocery Store Flowers!
My sweet friend was put on bed rest and I wanted to take her flowers BUT it was Sunday and there were NO Flower Shops open on Sunday so off to my favorite store Wally-Mart. But there was NO way I was taking them to her in the clear plastic wrap. So this is what I did and this is what you will need!

-1 Dozen Roses ($10.00)

-2 Paper Towels
-Tape
-Tissue Paper
-Cute Wrapping Paper
-Tulle

ALL THESE WERE FOUND IN MY WRAPPING CLOSET SO THEY WERE FREE!

1. Arrange the flowers the way you like them and wrap the ends with your paper towels.

2. Wrap them with tissue and close with tape.

3. Wrap the wrapping paper lower then the tissue. Leave the bottom free.
Back

4. Add your tulle in a cute bow.

There you have some pretty flowers! I also gave her a book I had read and tied a cute tulle bow around it!