Happy Thanksgiving and a Cyber Monday special!

Hi Guys! 

First I want to say Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you guys had a great weekend giving thanks. 

 Jesus has blessed me with so much more than I deserve. 

He is so gracious and abundant to me. 

And I have some exciting news!  

Guess who is a part of this?!!

Yep! 

ME! So crazy. 

If you have been waiting to get some towels make sure you grab some at this great price on Groopdealz. 

They are live until Wednesday night.

This girl is the Super Star Student at school this week.

Here she is with her biggest fan. 

Tonight we set up for the last Sugar Plum of the year. 

It's at the Buena Park downtown mall this Thursday-Sunday. 

Clic HERE for more details. 

And in the midst of the Groopdealz sale and my boutique this weekend my sewing machine decided to break! I know...I was freaking out. Luckily some friends came to the rescue and I'm borrowing one to get me through the weekend. But I'm pretty sure I'm going to need a new one. Any suggestions on one that is a good work horse?  

Fall in Southern California

Lately I have been a little grumpy about our lack of fall weather. 

I'd really love to be sitting under one of these trees drinking hot apple cider dressed in a scarf and boots. But instead I'm in shorts, a t shirt and my Rainbow flip flops. 

sweating.

But yesterday we took advantage of the holiday and headed to the beach. 

And I was reminded that living in Southern California does have its perks.
It may not be cold enough to need scarfs or sweaters but we can still wear sandals and go to the beach in November. 

Which isn't that bad after all. 

 We call this the baby play pen.

Thank you Trader Joes.

You are always saving the day. 

 Some of my favorite babies on the beach.

With the sun setting behind them.

Picture perfect.

  I love that gummy smile! 

Hope you guys had a great Veterans day too

weather it was at the beach or in the snow or somewhere in between. 

(Just don't tell me if it was sitting under a pretty tree sipping hot apple cider). 

Nature crafting (with leaves)

We heart nature crafting.

The supplies are free and everywhere!

 Plus you get out of the house for a little pre craft adventure to gather them up.

What's not to love about that. 

Our favorite "nature" craft supply is leaves.

Sometimes we collect fallen ones but since we live in Orange County where you can't quite tell if it really is fall or still summer we resorted to picking some live ones off a bush.

 For this project I drew a little turkey, let the kids color it in and then we glued the leaves to the back of the turkey to look like tails feathers. 

Easy peasy. 

This was Wesley's masterpiece. 

I asked him why he scribbled the turkey out with black crayon.

His response...

"Mom, the turkey is hiding under a rock." 

Of course it is. 

What are some easy craft projects you do with your kids.