Well. Because I’m a lady I’m starting with gift ideas for us. Specifically chicas like me. The mom, fit person, and who loves fashion but doesn’t like to splurge on herself because she spends her money on everyone else. But if you fit in any… Read More
All posts tagged “holiday”
Time for Thanks
Each year the leaves fall, the weather gets cold and the nights start way too early. The darkness at 4 p.m. reminds me the holidays are near – it is sorta magical once the twinkle lights go up and you see the Christmas trees start… Read More
Holiday Prep
Hello friends. Yesterday was a very lazy day here at the Villas. I was NOT feeling well. I think I really over-did it this weekend and on Monday so yesterday I was barely able to lift a finger. We had a lot of bedsharing cuddles. Way… Read More
Twas the Day before Christmas
It is the day before Christmas and all through my house, not a thing is together not even my couch. The Stockings aren’t hung, although the command hooks are bought. My hope is for St. Nick to put them up. My child is covered in… Read More
Winter Prep & a super late Halloween/Oct Recap (pretty much in pictures)
Yep, it has happened. Chicago’s first snow dusting: It is premature in my book, but totally typical of Chicago. In our city, you cannot even begin to predict what is going to happen weather-wise. This was taken almost two weeks ago and the following… Read More
Starting the week off right [well sort of]
Happy Monday! I’m sitting here, sipping coffee from my favorite mug: Catching up on a little bit of news and proud of what I got accomplished this weekend. Sure I didn’t get ALL of the halls decked but a certain “must have” was completed: [My… Read More
Tis the Holiday Season
Halloween came around this year and I thought “Whoa, my clock is all mixed up” – you see it still felt like summer time, not fall. Now I look at the calendar and cannot believe that Christmas is in less than twenty days! What have I done?… Read More
DIY – Burlap Tree
Tis the season – We start decorating for the holidays right around Thanksgiving and my mom couldn’t resist putting up her tree so Evan could see it: He is a huge fan of lights so he loved the colors. This is the first year my… Read More
Firsts: Halloween Edition
Well, this year sure has been filled with firsts, First pregnancy, first marriage, first baby… Now we are celebrating baby’s FIRST holiday, his first Halloween. How. Awesome: Grandma finds any excuse [or no excuse] to buy him goodies 😉 Lighting was a problem, but here… Read More
Happy [Belated] Birthday, Mom
I know most of my posts are very parent centered right now, but that is because that is where I am at in my life right now. My life is feeding baby whenever he wants, changing dirty diapers, getting spit up on, drooled on and… Read More