Insta-Friday

Happy Friday!
Whew, this week FLEW by. Here's a peek...
road trippin', oh yeah!yay for family getaways!this kid is generally always happy......but was really off one day this week, poor guy.Tuesday morning, why wouldn't you put on the most fancy thing you own?Instagram peer pressure caused me to rush to Target to buy these owls.
One for me, one for a friend.
Oh Mad Men. Why are you only on one night a week?This girl and her harmonica.
(it's loud)
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and in case you haven't seen this yet, just watch...


Happy weekend, everyone!



fellow Insta-addicts, find me at : coraannedesigns

Fresh Start (Monday)

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Insta-Friday

Hi all! I hope you're having a good week!

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Sorry about no Insta-Friday post last week. The combination of Claire being on Spring Break + nice weather outside meant my screen time was very minimal, so I'll be doing a little Insta-Friday catch up this week!girlfriend got herself a hula hoop! She's getting the hang of it. I on the other hand tried it and immediately realized I no longer have any sort of hula-hooping skills!yes, he is always this happy.pretty new shoes for me!
they were so not what I was shopping for, but I just couldn't resist.hi!laundry room : CLEAN!
you know it only lasted for a nanosecond, but for that nanosecond it sure was nice.I've been trying to track down a "Z" at Hobby Lobby to match the "C" and finally asked a store manager only to find out that the "Z" has been discontinued. WHAT? Who gets to decide that a letter of the alphabet is discontinued?!? Now to figure out what to do with a half-finished wall in the kid's bathroom...my Grandma used to refer to herself as "small but mighty" and I always loved that. I was missing her an exceptional amount this week, so this shirt sure made me happy!
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Have a great weekend, everyone!

fellow Insta-addicts, find me on Instagram as : coraannedesigns

Hello, Easter

Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a wonderful day celebrating our risen Lord!hello, sweet girl!hello, amazing worship service.
old hymns combined with new worship songs are my favorite!hello, little man.
looking pretty dapper there in your seersucker coat!hello, picture where both kids are smiling!hello, egg hunt at Papa & Grandma'shello, family.
I am so blessed!
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linking up with Lisa Leonard's Hello Monday

Fresh Start Sunday

Free printable via Willow of Wonder

Decorating for Spring & Easter

So, here's the deal. I don't really decorate our house a whole lot for seasons or holidays. As in, I'm the girl who takes down the Christmas tree on December 26. I just don't like having a lot of extra "stuff" around.

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But when my four year old repeatedly asked me when we were going to decorate the house for Spring, I started to feel bad. So while perusing Marshall's one afternoon recently, I found a few items that I thought might work.
one white platter
one mint green candle
one metallic bird
one green glass bunny
two eggs made of small shells (which Claire is convinced are pine cones, whatever)
and one mercury glass ball which I'm pretty certain is meant to be yard art, but I think it's so pretty!
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I created a couple little displays around the house hoping that would please my child who apparently has an opinion on home decor.one on our kitchen table

one in our living room

but then tragedy struck

so now it looks like this, oh well!
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I was pretty pleased with what I came up with.
Claire on the other hand : severely unimpressed.
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So I did what the good-mumma in me knew I needed to do:
decorate with what a four year old would actually get excited over...

plastic eggs.
(thank you Target for having eggs in pretty colors)these eggs already had holes in the tops and bottoms, so with some baker's twine and an embroidery needle, I got to work.

and now we have Easter egg garland in our sun room.
and I don't actually mind it too much, it's kind of happy.
and the four year old is happy.
so all is right with the world.
(but yes, in case you're wondering, I will be taking it down the day after Easter!)

Fresh Start Sunday

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