This and yap 🤍 Don’t forget to create holiday magic for yourself too! I can’t tell you how nice it was to do some gingerbread decorating without having to follow a three year old’s vision (or fight the sugar battle)! It’s fun to do it with kids, too, but sometimes you just need coffee, baked goods, and little bit of kid-free catch up time with your mom friends! Thank you for hosting @blueskyehouse!!
I wrote down a list of things I wanted to do for fun in 2024. I crossed off exactly zero of them (having a baby will do that to ya) and my only hope of accomplishing one would be to host a cookie exchange! I wanted to SO bad but I was also feeling exhausted after a long year (losing a dog, having a baby, running a business, etc.) and I didn’t know if I had hosting a party in me. I sent out the invitations and told myself I’d figure it out. There was no going back! It was SO FUN though and I will be doing this again. I feel like so much of the holidays as a mom is spent making the magic for kids. It’s Santa meet and greets, Christmas shopping, holiday pageants…. And then seeing Santa again (and again and again). THIS party was for us! 🥂
🎧 Five 5-Star Audiobooks I Listened to This Year ✨
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📚 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: A beautifully written coming-of-age classic. I didn’t want it to end and could absolutely see myself re-listening in a few years.
📚 None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell: A psychological thriller with unreliable narrators that kept me guessing the whole way through.
📚 Such a Bad Influence by Olivia Muenter: Part mystery, part family drama—flawed characters, a gripping storyline, and a chef’s kiss ending.
📚 All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: A masterpiece of storytelling that starts as a serial killer mystery and evolves into something much bigger.
📚 Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors: A stunning exploration of sisterhood, grief, and imperfect people. The ending left me in tears (happy ones!).
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Ah! They are both SOLD OUT! SO jealous! xox
IN LOVE with those Kate Spade shoes! So cute!!
Love the bracelet Carly! 🙂
I just discovered your lovely blog on bloglovin. I'm just new into blogging this year & have just finished off my own blog on fashion & interior design.
http://scrapbook-melissah.blogspot.com/
I had a lot of fun putting it together maybe you would like to check it out if you have a spare minute.
x
Melissah
Woweeee, that is quite the Easter basket! Lucky you! I went home despite all the impending deadlines and I am paying for it now!
awww v cute! the easter bunny was v good to you 🙂 love the bracelet! xoxo jcd:: cornflake dreams
The Easter bunny brought me the same shoes! They are now sold out nation-wide.
That bracelet is so sweet! My mom bought me a bunch of goodies from the European market by our house!
So jeal! I have been dying to get those KS flats!!!
lamb loves
love the flats and that bangle is too perfect!
j'adore the flats and the bangles
LOVE the flats and the bracelet…the engraved phrases are just right!
I wanted that bangle for my birthday but it's too darn small! I sent them an email begging for them to put hinges on their idiom bangles..
Cute flats and idiom bracelet!! Looks like the Easter bunny treated you well. 🙂
Are you still coxing at Georgetown? I coxed for a few years in college and loved the experience? (I'm sorry, I'm sure you've mentioned whether or not you are before but I've been skimming through all your old posts and can't see)
Those shoes are adorable! And the idiom bracelet is the perfect mother-to-daughter gift. So cute!
obsessing over those shoes for a while and of course they're sold out i can't believe you got them! jealous!
i would love to have your easter bunny come to my house. so fun!
That Easter Bunny hooked you up.I use to get a basket like that, i still kinda do.
Looks like the Easter bunny was super good to you this year!
xoxo.
littlemisssoutherlove
Ahh you got some great things in your easter basket! And boo on the studying and working. I know how stressful the spring season gets, I'm a rower and have been rowing since my freshman year of hs!
-Alyssa
bagus sekali.
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