It happened.

Hello friends.

It happened.


Has it happened to you as well?


You know, the first kids being shipped off to the real world called Kindergarten.


If things keep up @ this pace the girls will probably be getting married tommorrow. Ok not really but that is sort of what it felt like yesterday because time has already flown by. Kind of pulled at my heart strings.


I had to keep remembering back to when I went to school and how excited I would get.....that helped to ease my nerves. This is all about the girls so I would be holding myself back if I stayed all sad for more than a day. So life is good but I need to excuse myself from blogging for a bit.


See you soon.


P.S. - The girls go to a school with a stict dress code and I already want to break all of the rules.


P.S.S. - Been working on a couple projects that I can't wait to share.

that fabric

I have a swatch of the above fabric and really like it but was excited to see that elegantouch on Etsy sells the cushions already made. Go here to see more of the great pillows from elegantouch.

I spy the same pillow in the below set-up. I am really loving all of the details from Jessica's nip & tuck (as she calls it). Her space is so much fun and packed full of style. Go here to see more.

{Halston fashion illistrations}

I am loving these fashion illistrations done by Joe Eula for Halston circa 1980. Yes that top one with the bananas is Liza Minnelli.

images via here

{investments, change and smoothies}

This weekend the kids & I were on our own. Husband was on a fishing trip to Costa Rica. Why is it that when the husband is gone I am more efficient. It is the weirdest thing. Anyway the kids & I stayed up late every night reading & watching movies. Sunday rolled around and I would be bluffing if I said that the thought of not going to church crossed my mind. We went and you better believe that the first thing I did when we got home was kick off those green fluffy shoes, sat on the couch and stared at the wall while rocking back and forth, mom-ma:-). Well when we were at church Steve Shiflet approached me asking, "Didin't you use to work for one of those really big investment banking companies?" Of course I answered by telling him that I used to work for Goldman Sachs. With a smirk I then said, "Guess what I work for an even bigger investment banking company now." He looked a little puzzled until I said that the company I worked for now was my family. Steve then got the whole investment comparison thing even though he probably thought I was silly. I decided that what I had said was a good one because afterall I am investing way more into these kids hoping for an even greater return than any fund could ever produce. For the rest of the Sabbath Day I wondered if I should be fired from my Mom job. Either which way it didn't really matter because it is what it is and I can only do better (which I am glad for church because I usually always want to be better after I depart those chapel doors and I was just kidding about the rocking back and forth part when I got home). Well I am extra sensitive to my mothering rearing skills because my girls are entering into the school of big girls. It is for real now and there is no turning back. back................

I went into the guest bedroom and watched my girl as her back was turned to me. Today we were going to cut all of those long beautiful locks. Change is in air. It is part of life and natural progression but sometimes so dang hard. Perhaps in the next couple of days when I drop the girls off for Kindergarten I will think of those beautiful locks of hair on the ground and the chance for growth as I try to embrace change.

Man I have a lot to learn.

P.S. - I love how smoothies make myself feel better about being a Mom. My kids have no idea there are veggies mixed into all of that goodness.

Mother's Most Recent Smoothie of Love:

big heaping handful of spinach

fresh berries

banana

cold milled golden flax seed

kefir or yogurt

vanilla

water mixed with a bit of apple juice

soymilk

ice

BLEND

{Palm Springs in Connecticut}

I recently went on a rare thrifting excursion and passed at the chance to bring home the same Blanc de Chine table lamps in the above bedroom. Thinking about those lamps made me think about Bruce Glickman's very mod space so I had to dig up the pictures and yep there they were.

Wondering if I still came home with any treasures? Well take a look...

I guess I was channeling my inner Asianness.

{perfect baby shower}

I love the inspiration that comes from this beautiful baby shower. Love the colors, pom poms, the canopy that was created over the table and all of the elephants.

For more pictures hop on over to Style Me Pretty.

summertime discoveries

(To Grandma: Here is the latest)

Discoveries:

*I can take every single one of the kids to swim all by myself. Before doing such I was shaking in my boots thinking of doing this task. Of course they were all in floaties and life vests.

*Don't just bring sunblock and not use any.

*When you say "kids you have 5 minutes left to play in the pool", that really translates to it will take 1 hour to get everybody out and in the car.

*Sometimes I only have control over one thing in life and that is how I choose to react. I was trying so hard to not get mad about something so instead I busted out in crazy song (this is a frequent occurrence). This time it was to a Vanilla Ice tune.

"Stop collaborate and listen, Mom is back with a brand new invention..

Pick up all of your junk and stop spilling juices"

The kids just stared at me. I felt glad that I was not being video taped.

*Perfect Food Bars are my friends. The kids love them and just look below @ the ingredients. In my opinion they are also one of the best before work-out or mom on the go bars..especially because they are made from whole foods. Sometimes they go on sale @ Sprouts and are found with the yogurts in the refrigeration section just in case you were wondering. They also have a website here.

{mamma to the mia}

Give me a recipe today.

1 part homey kitchen

1 part berry tart

Go to Spain, take off your shoes, feel the summer breeze, bask in the summer sunshine & eat sweet summer cooking. Mix the above together, sift a bit and ENJOY.

The above place is suited for a Momma who loves to sing her mia in the kitchen. What a perfect summer retreat. I am in love with the portfolio of Spanish designer Isabel Lopez Quesada (thanks to a reader over on Habitually Chic). To see more of Isabel's refined work go to her website right here.