June Favorites

Here is a collection of some of my favorites from June that haven't been featured in a full post!

Our table is in the garage because we're refinishing our floors,
so the steps will make do!

Silly girl #1!

Silly girl #2!

Maya and I rescued this little tree frog that was sitting on the
bumper of my hot car!

Throughout all of our housework this month, Jackie has had to
make do in various unusual spots!

I will never get tired of watching my sweet Baby sleep.
Snuggled with her purple blanket and so cozy.

Kate requested this hair style and I absolutely
adore it!

The Tooth Fairy

People, we have been talking about when the Tooth Fairy will visit for a long time.  Kate has been super excited about the potential visit and FINALLY, the day after we came back from vacation, her first very loose tooth came out!  (I panicked slightly on vacation thinking it would come out there and had a really fun backup plan, but I was saved by one day!)

However, this one day happened to a.) be when our hardwood floors are still being worked on, b.) when the painters came to start painting, and c.) while our house was still not even close to being put back together from being out of town for 9 days and for having major housework done.  So my grand plans to make this first fairy visit really spectacular were slightly modified to just a wonderful visit. ;)

We read that if you leave a little glass of milk out the tooth fairy would dip her wings in and you could see what color she is.  So, last night, we left a glass of milk out and went to sleep.  Kate, Maya and I all slept in Maya's room.  Maya was a teensy bit scared of the tooth fairy coming in the middle of the night.  She asked me several times if she would wake her up and then said, "No, my like tooth fairy".  I reassured her that she wouldn't be bothered!

First tooth in the books!

Loot from the first tooth!  $5 bucks and a really sweet note
from the tooth fairy!

And Kate's fairy is purple! Exactly what she predicted!

The visit from the tooth fairy was a success!  Kate enjoyed it and is already counting down the days for tooth #2 which is currently a tiny bit wiggly!

(Now...what do I do with this tooth?!)

Family Vacation

This year we decided to do our family vacation in West Palm Beach, Florida.  We left on Friday, June 8th and returned yesterday, June 17th.  We met my Mom and Stepdad, Scott, for the first half of vacation and then Brian's Mom, Mary, and his Stepdad, Tom, for the second half.  We found an incredible Marriott hotel with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, living area and amazing balcony so we decided it made sense to use the space wisely and bring our families with us!

We had a really great time too!  The resort was fantastic, there were tons of activities for kids and adults.  The pool was amazing and so was the beach.  And, with the ages of our kiddos, having our own space to cook and prepare foods (read: the foods they like and eat) made it so much more relaxed.  I heart these kind of hotel rooms.  Space for everyone.  And I heart these kind of vacations.  Things for everyone.

We would absolutely visit this location again.  Possibly even next year!

Brian happened to be out of town and we happened to have a
connecting flight in Atlanta, so the girls and I flew to Atlanta
and met Brian there!

Riding on airplanes is half the fun when it comes to vacation!

Seriously.  It was a complete hit!

My little backpack love!

Gramma plays M&M bingo with us!  Maya enjoyed the majority
of her M&M's and Kate enjoyed playing!

There were s'mores almost daily!

And who can resist a s'more?!

Ahh, the beach.  Central Ohio has me really appreciating
real beaches!

Family photo in West Palm Beach!

Photo with Gramma!

Maya loved the waves!

And I love that beautiful Mama of mine!

She is a total beach babe!

No fear!

Maya: almost 3.  Kate: 5.75 - enter posed photos...

Daddy and Mommy selfie...

Our view!

No beach visit is complete without the burying of someone!

It's like she's lived at the beach her whole life...

Wine and paint night for the adults!

Masterpieces!

Strawberry daiquiris at the pool!

And no vacation is complete without hair braids!

Pop Pop and Gramma!

We visited a sea turtle hospital while we were here which was
very interesting too.  They help revive sea turtles that are hurt or
sick and release them in the wild!

Dinner selfie!

Pool ready!

Glitter tattoos!  This girl is all pink all the time!

And this one is all puppies all the time!

Still posing!

We said goodbye to Gramma and Pop Pop and Papaw joined our vacation!

We painted piggy banks!

And enjoyed sugary cereal!

Kate chose a turtle!

We also made bead collars and bracelets for the build-a-bear
animals the kids made earlier in the week!  (Also through the
resort!)

We spent A LOT of time at the pool!

We held cruise ships up with our finger!

Family photo with Stinky too at Salsa dancing!

Hand print mural!

Annnd another braid!

Continuing to pose!

Mimi joined us too!

This one is such a water baby!!

Love her.

We made Father's Day cards for Daddy and Papaw!

And painted frames to take home with us.

I will never tire of after snooze snuggles!

Noodle raft!

This is lounging on vacation!

More s'mores!

Waiting for our bags in Columbus.  Those two
holding their little hands together seriously melts
my heart.