Little Visitors.....

We had some cute little guests the other night......

Believe it or not we have never gotten our girls together to "play".....they were insta buddies! 

Like two peas in a pod...with matching Popsicle faces and static charged hair.

  Isn't it so great to be a kid....when you can sport that look with style. :)

This photo says it all....."B's" micheveous little smile.....my concerned face....Baby "C's" look of utter annoyance.  She was just a little infatuated.

*I am sorry Heather!  I am sure this photo gives you just a little anxiety :).  

After this photo opp we decided it best that little "B" and little "C" have a "Little" break from each other. 

 They played and played and played....

And what goes up, must come down......

Thanks for bringing them down Heather.  They had a blast!

Fab Find Friday

My girls are loving these toys.......

http://justb-byou.com/toys/curious/sugar-chute/

It started with a gift for my nephew.  I found this fun line of toys at Target.  Affordable (most under 20 bucks)....cute....unique....SCORE.  

He opened it up and it was quickly the favorite toy in the room.  With all of the kids!  All of the cousins eight and under were fighting over it.  

There is always a little satisfaction felt when you pick out a good toy.  An internal fist bump :).  One of those toys that don't get tossed aside for the next big thing.....this was one of them.  They even come with a little booklet of hilarious Kidism's for the adults enjoyment.  

After the warm reception I decided to buy one for B's birthday.  Only problem I have seen so far is the battle between the girls.  I am quickly realizing that I have to buy two of things these days.

I never understood the "two of everything" phenomenon until I had the two girls.  Same gender, close in age....you should automatically invest in two.

Funny enough, my girls are fighting over the "doco set" (as "B" calls it) right now, as I am blogging about it :).  

After the popularity of the first toy I thought I would try another one of their toys for Indiana's birthday.  

 http://justb-byou.com/toys/caring/critter-clinic/

Success yet again!  It combines the beloved "Dr. Kit" with tiny fury animals, doors and keys!  How could you go wrong there?  A steal under 25.00 and hours of entertainment for both of my girls.   

That completes my Fab Find Friday!  If you have any upcoming kids birthday parties to attend I highly recommend heading to Target and checking this line out.

Happy Friday Everyone! 

 

Business as Usual

I promised a post on "Women in Business" yesterday.....well, the business world took over.  Proposal deadlines had me working past midnight and I still haven't gotten around to hiring that live-in nanny.  Okay, more like I can't afford to hire that live-in nanny.  That is my "women in business" reality.  Thankful for the part-time sitter and preschool, but so wish I was paid enough to make a nanny reality!  More on this next time.

Stay tuned for Jody's Fab Friday Find.  Cute stuff!

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Making Room

I once heard a woman lecture on how to get something that you want.  Sadly, I don't recall her name, or I would be sure to mention it here.  And, while I don't remember her or much of what she said that day, I often think of one point she made.  She said that "if you want something you must make room for it in your life."  She gave the following example:  She had wanted a grand piano for a long time, but her husband had no interest in one.  Every time she would mention getting a piano, he would say, "Where would you put it?"  Well, after many years of this, she decided to make the room for it.  Even though they didn't have extra money in their budget for a piano, she sold most of their living room furniture and left a large empty spot for the piano.  Her husband was surprised by the open space and would comment on it every time he saw it.  I'm sure that you can see where this story is headed.....Yep, she wouldn't fill the empty space with anything until a grand piano filled it.

Now the woman telling the story implied that there was something "cosmic" to making space for those things that you want and the "universe giving", which is probably the reason I don't recall her name.  As a Christian, I don't believe in new age stuff.  But, the point was intriguing.  Essentially, if you don't make the time or "room" for something, it's simply not going to happen.

Making time and room for things desired has been a topic of conversation with Jody and I for some time now.  In fact, it seems like the theme to many discussions (especially business) over the past several years.

If you've been reading our blog for awhile, I'm sure that you've noticed that we typically have A LOT going on in our lives.  A WHOLE heckuvalot.  "Too many irons in the fire" comes to mind when I think of mine and Jody's lives.  It's our M.O.

With the new baby, new house, remodeling the new house, trying to sell our old house and going back to work I haven't had a whole lot of time for much of anything else.  To avoid a summer without any fun, the hubby and I scheduled a few days for just hanging out.  We had a great time in Park City for the Fourth of July (even though fireworks were cancelled due to all of the wild fires in Utah), and headed back up there yesterday for some time in the mountains at The Canyons Resort.  We took a gondola mid-mountain and did a little hiking.  It was beautiful! 

So, it turns out that life made some room for a little education today.  M is sick and had to stay home, which meant I stayed home today and got to take an Alt Design Summit Class while the littles were sleeping.  What a treat!  Blogging 101 by Liz Stanley of the infamous Say Yes to Hoboken Blog.  She had some great insight and I learned quite a bit.  I'm having a ton of fun looking at all of the blogs of the other people that attended.  Talk about creative! 

The most important thing I took away from the class, though, was Liz's attitude toward blogging.  It was pretty interesting to hear how she treats her blog like a business just as Jody and I have been talking about blogging with more substance and purpose.  The timing was perfect.

Last week we rolled out our new "Fab Finds Friday" Feature.  Tomorrow, you shall read more about WOMEN IN BUSINESS!  

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