Tiny Prints

I cannot believe that it is already time to send out Christmas cards! Where has the year gone?! When the time came to start looking for a cute Christmas card design, I automatically went to Tiny Prints. I love this website. I have ordered so many things from them (birth announcements, birthday cards, stationary, party invitations). Tiny Prints' products are of the very best quality. I have spent lots of time and money with this company, so I was thrilled to see so many wonderful Christmas cards available this year.

Here are a few of my favorite cards this year!

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I love the cards that consist of mostly one picture like these.

Also, if you want more info on Christmas cards or any other wonderful Tiny Prints product, click here: http://www.tinyprints.com/shop/picture-christmas-cards.htm

I can't wait to send each of you a darling card from Tiny Prints very soon!

Thanksgiving Feast

Today was the Thanksgiving Feast at AC's school. She doesn't normally go on Tuesdays, but I was asked to volunteer with the food. This meant she got to spend an extra day with her "Winnie"!

The festivities kicked off with a Thanksgiving song from each of the classes. Here is AC and a few of her classmates singing. I was impressed with how well she knew the words. I could actually hear her voice above all the others!

The singing was followed by the feast (if you can consider tater tots, chicken nuggets, apple slices, and marshmallows a feast)!

AC and her buddy, Dominque

The Gang (minus a few) enjoying the feast!

When we got home, I wanted to get a good picture of AC in her dress. I tried to get her to sit on the steps, but she thought lying down was a better idea.

I just want to take a minute to tell each of you how very thankful we are for Ms. Lyndi, AC's teacher. She is truly one of those people that I will forever feel blessed to have known. I'm grateful every day that my girl gets to spend so much time in her presence. She is a remarkable woman. Happy Thanksgiving, Ms. Lyndi!

Our Names

A little transcript of the video I took last night:

Me: What's Mommy's name?

AC: Sara Mommy!

Me: Sara Mommy! What's your name?

AC: Anna Claire!

Me: Anna Claire! What's Daddy's name?

AC: Mawoney!

Me: Daddy Maloney! Yay!

Back to School

Good news...AC is feeling A-OK. The first thing she said when she woke up this morning was, "Mommy! You drive me to Winnie's (her teacher) house in car today, peeeeessssee!" She didn't get to go on Monday because she was vomiting. She was really missing her Ms. Lyndi. Here she is before school having a little conversation with Daddy about her stethoscope.

After school, we went to the pediatrician to discuss some allergy issues. Once we finally got home, we watched an episode of Little Einsteins and played. She really enjoyed the fact that Daddy's beer coozie made a perfect shirt of Jessie.

I'm so tired. It's been a non-stop kinda day. Oh and it was 87 degrees here. Seriously. I was a sweaty mess before I even finished strapping AC in her car seat. There's just something unnatural about it being 87 on November 16th. Pray that we get some cooler temperatures soon!

Sick?

Yesterday morning, I heard AC squirming in bed at around 6:30. She wasn't talking, just restless wiggling. I waited for her to call for me, but she didn't. So I drifted back to sleep. About an hour later I heard her faintly talking, so I went to get her. As soon as I opened the door, I noticed that her shirt had a wet spot on the front. And then I noticed that she had drool hanging from her chin. The first words she said were, "Mommy, my tummy hurts." So I reached down to pick her up and she puked all over my back. She puked again at 8:30 and 9. She refused to eat anything yesterday. She did drink a lot but no food. She developed a fever at bedtime (100.7). She went to sleep before her head even hit the bed. This morning she appeared to be on the mend. She ate her breakfast and drank her juice. She hasn't puked any more today, but hasn't eaten anything other than 1 powdered donut today. Her fever is gone and she has been playing and running. I'm not sure what she had but I'm praying she starts to eat again tomorrow. Because I felt sorry for her, she was able to easily persuade me into buying these shoes for her.

They are 2 sizes too big, but she loves her Tinker Bell shoes. She wore them all evening.

I caved again and bought her these at Party City. She loves them. She doesn't want to drink from them. Instead she talks to them like they are actually figurines. This child has a wild imagination. She is constantly pretending to be some sort of animal, a doctor, a mommy, or a cartoon character. She has entire conversations with imaginary characters. I keep asking her is she's met anyone named Derrin (Daddy's famous childhood imaginary friend). As of yet he's MIA.

And here is a picture of this funny girl from Sunday. She's getting so big.

I hope she is feeling 100% tomorrow. We love and miss you all.

Sunday

When I can't think of anything to name the blog post, I just call it whatever day of the week it is. Like today. There is no theme or commonality to what we did today. So I couldn't think of a single title. "Sunday" it is.

By 8:15 A.M., we were at the park. AC asked to go as soon as she woke up. So we went. We stayed until 10. Two hours and I still had to drag her away. I was so tired and it wasn't even noon.

When we got home, she played for awhile. She loves to lay my magazines out in a row on the floor and pretend she is building a road. It was then that she found an old J.Crew catalogue. AC and I had looked at together when I first received it. She wasn't that into it. That is until we came to this page.

She yelled, "Mommy! You, Mommy, YOU!!!" She was convinced that this lady was me! HA! I'm pretty sure that the only thing this lady and I have in common is the crazy hair and maybe the sunglasses. Every time AC sees this picture, she brings it to me so I can see myself!

Back to today. She took a long nap and was so cranky when she woke up. Then we went to get groceries and walked Gracie. We stopped at Mia and Elise's house for about an hour. Elise is 4 and Mia is 1. It is interesting to watch AC interact with each girl in such a different way. She acts big for Elise and like a baby with Mia.

When we finally got home, we had dinner and practiced a few Christmas carols. She has suddenly taken an interest in Santa and snowmen. I guess they have talked about it at school. While we were singing, I gave my girl a side-ponytail. Because who doesn't feel like singing and dancing when you are wearing a side-ponytail. She thought it was weird at first but then wouldn't let me take it out.

In other news, she has learned that I have a name other than "Mommy." She has been calling me "Sara Mommy" all afternoon.

We hope you had a great weekend! We love and miss you all!

Early

We're up and at 'em this morning. The Daddy is in Hawaii, so my girl and I decided to do something we never do (mostly because we're very lazy in the morning). We went yard-selling. We didn't find anything. But AC was good so it was a nice morning.

All strapped in and ready to go!

I'm sure there will be more fun today!