Dear Oxi Clean,

I love you so much. This week you made me a hero. When our sweet Ava had a reaction (throwing-up) to the Nasonex the doc gave her in the middle of the night, and she had grape juice with dinner and brownies for dessert, I thought her brand new favorite princess pajamas would have to be thrown away. But before giving up I used you in the handy spray form before throwing the pjs in a bowl of HOT water and Oxi Clean Powder. In the morning, after doing a quick hand wash with Felsnaptha, I threw them in the wash and they look good as new. Ava was so happy, but she is never have grape juice for dinner again.

PS Nathan got sick the same day with a fever and aches. It has been an eventful week. At least he was able to keep his food down.

Party Time!

This week my baby girl turned 3! Seriously, where did the time go?!? Ava keeps me on my toes. She is a total girly girl, and super snuggly. She is also quite the diva, and can throw a tantrum like none other- luckily it only happens once in awhile. She is so smart and funny, and we just love her to pieces.

On Conference weekend we celebrated with the Murset crew for our October family lunch. I have been meaning to post these cakes that Lori made-WHILE IN LABOR . She is so awesome! Ava has a thing for princesses, and loved them! I was super impressed at her skill. Decorating cakes is hard enough without having contractions! Lori had cute little Jack that same day...

I didn't end up working on Ava's actual birthday, so we just snuggled and hung out (I was sewing and making her cake for a chunk of the day) while we waited for Nathan & Tyler to get home. When I asked what she wanted for her birthday dinner she said "Chicken Nuggets!!" so we had that, a pink ruffle-y cake and strawberry ice cream for dessert.

Today she had her friend party. Tyler helped me make these awesome invites on my Cricut.

The dress folded up and all the party info was inside.

I had been up to my eyeballs in pink tulle and tissue paper this past week making tutus, and pompoms. Are so sensing the theme here- My baby LOVES pink! She says, "Pink is my best color" haha, so cute!

 Her cute little friends got here and each got their own  tutu. Then we had little PB& J sandwiches, strawberries dipped in white and pink chocolate, grapes, pink lemonade, and cute pink cupcakes. After lunch the girls made bead bracelets and we painted the their nails. My two Sister In Laws, Maria & Lori, SAVED me by helping out with all the girly stuff.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! After presents and cupcakes the girls each got a cute princess crown and pink lollipop. It was such a fun little party, and a first friend party for almost all the girls. Ava got so many awesome gifts. 

Miss Em

Cute Girls

(please excuse the toys in the back...)

I feel so blessed that our kids have such great cousins and friends...I just loved that after we got the plates all served that Ava said, "We need to say the prayer" And they all folded their arms and bowed their heads- 2 & 3 year old little girls! How precious is that?? It was such a fun day for our princess and I am so glad it went well!!!

Today it finally felt like fall. It was cold and rainy, we had soup and bread for dinner, and snuggled the kids in their new warm jammies after their bath...is there anything better?!?!

Aren't they so cute! They were so excited about their new pjs and wanted to pose for a picture. I sure love these two.