September highlight: Precious Pretties

 

If you have a little girl,

or know someone that does,

and like to dress them in/gift them cute things...

you are probably interested in these,

so read on!

Back with another

highlighted Etsy shop:

 Precious Pretties

I did an etsy search for

hair bows

in yellow, white and navy

and landed there...

I ordered this korker hair bow set for M.
We've been excited for the start of

college football and she

needed some white and gold

to represent GT!

go jackets!

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I liked:

1. the curly q's

2. football ribbon

3. polka dots

4. small size (they also offer larger ones)

5. alligator clips that stay well in toddler hair

6. set of two, which is perfect for pigtails

7. knowing I was supporting an etsy seller

and...

8. being able to leave a note and sub in navy for black.

...added it to my online cart, typed in my deets, and submitted my order!

Within a few hours I got a

personalized note back from Stephanie.

She thanked me for my order and said

it was no problem to switch the black

ribbon out for navy.

(Seriously, I love the fact

that you can customize).

She told me she would make my bows

over the weekend (ordered on a Friday)

and would mail them out on Monday.

How awesome to get a

note from the seller herself and not just a generic form email?

Kuddos to her fantastic customer service!

And, just as promised, on Monday morning

I received my shipping notification
...and just as quickly
 the bows arrived Wednesday morning
.
That's a quick turnaround!

...and more pretties from her shop:

love the cupcakes

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I also "liked" Precious Pretties on

Facebook because Stephanie

mentioned she does flash sales there.

Who doesn't love a good FB flash sale?

pretty hat with removeable flower bow

and sweet sweet baby...sigh

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tickled pink tutu

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cute buggies, ready for 'lil blonde piggies

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reasonable prices,

low shipping costs,

great service and

super cute products

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Here's the real deal:

she's ready for some football!

A quick review of the bows:

Even better than expected.

The clip is wrapped in ribbon

to avoid hair pulling

and has a small piece of foam

on the inside so it won't slide out of her hair.

Small, light and comfy...
perfect for a little toddler 'do.

If your child has a lot
of hair or is used to
wearing big hair bows
I would order the large size,
but the small is perfect for M.
She has wispy thin hair...
perfect to tie with an elastic
and decorate with a cute bow.

And my girl

in all her korker bow

cuteness:

look # 1

my model didn't want to prune for the camera

so I took what I could get...

"girl eating apple"

look # 2

cah-razy hair day, apparently

but still cute with the bows

(also still eating appple)

look # 3

switched it up for some buns

such a cute look...

but my model realized she

wasn't making the big bucks

on this shoot and refused

a smiling face shot

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click the shop name
to check them out:
Precious Pretties

Stephanie just added lots

of cute

 orange/fall/pumpkin/Halloween

bows.

And, to all my

Furman

Florida

Georgia Southern
Clemson

and Georgia

loving friends...

have no fear.

Your team colors are there, too!

If not, she will customize

one in a flash

so your house

can keep bleeding

those game day colors with pride!



kayla says

#1: after asking for her third piece of turkey
Mommy: (I try to hand her the turkey and she won't take it)
Kayla: "No mommy, throw it at my hand!"
Mommy: (stand there, very confused...)
Kayla: (grabs it out of my hand and runs out of the kitchen)

#2: sitting at the top of the driveway watching cars go by, waiting for Daddy to get home
(jeep wrangler drives by)
Kayla: "Wow!"
Mommy: "That is a big truck, huh? Do you know what it is called?"
Kayla: "A fire truck?"
Mommy: "It's a jeep."
Kayla: "Yep, a jeep!"

#3: during bed time prayers
Mommy: "Who should we pray for...Mommy and Daddy?"
Kayla: "No...Matthew!"
Mommy: "Ok, what should we pray for?"
Kayla: "Matthew a fireman. He rides on the fire truck...fast. He burned his ear on the fire."
Mommy: "That's right. Matthew is a fireman and he burned his ear. That is sweet to pray for him."
Kayla: "Yes, Matthew a fireman...he burn his ear. He burn his ear on the fire truck."
Mommy: "Well, he didn't burn his ear on the truck. He is a fireman and he has to ride on the truck when he goes to fight a fire. Fire trucks are good and take the firemen where they need to go. The fire is what burned his ear."
Kayla: "Oh, ok...Matthew is a fireman. He goes fast on fire truck. He burned his ear."
(repeats last line about 20 more times)

#4: singing a combo of Rock-a-bye Baby and Itsy Bitsy Spider to her doll
Kayla:  "Rock-a-bye baby in da tee-top, down came rain and WASHED da cradle down."
(as she screams the word "washed" in the doll's face. poor doll...it was a little creepy)

#5: watching TV during a sick day
Mommy: "Super Why is starting. Do you remember this show?"
Kayla: "Super Why! I like this show! I missed you Super Why!"
(I think she may have seen it two times...ever)

#6: Q&A
Mommy: "Kayla, who is your favorite person?"
Kayla: "my daddy"
Mommy: "Aw, that is sweet. Do you know who is a part of your family?"
Kayla: "Ummm, Bumbee and Granpa?"
Mommy: "That's right...who else is part of your family?"
Kayla: "Mommy and my Daddy!"
Mommy: "That's right! What would you think if Mommy had another baby one day? Would you like that?"
Kayla: "Yep."
Mommy: "Would you want a baby girl or boy...sister or brother?"
Kayla: "A boy...a brudder"
Mommy: "That sounds fun. What would you name him?"
Kayla: "Gage & Brock"
(ha, she loves her cousins!)

#7: simple conversation
Mommy: "I sure do love you Makayla"
Kayla: "I know, Momma."
Mommy: "Do you love me?"
Kayla: "Yep"

kayla says

Daddy: (jumps up and sits on kitchen counter)
Kayla: "hop down, Daddy, hop down now!"

getting her out of bed one morning:
Kayla: "paci's dirty, momma...wash it"  (hands me her pacifier)
Me: (try and tell her we will wash it when we go downstairs together...doesn't work so I walk to the  upstairs bathroom and rinse her paci off, go back to her room and hand it to her)
Kayla: (examines paci) "no momma, still dirty, go wash it one more time"

while saying bed time prayers:
Me: "who else should we pray for?"
Kayla: "ummm, Gage and Brock...Mommy, Daddy...ummm, boo doll, cookie monster and tyson"
Me: "ok, who else?"
Kayla: "Gage and Brock"

L to R: boo doll, cookie monster, tyson

sept 6

no stroller...good luck

I took M with me to Old Navy on Labor Day.

I saw a cute shirt and some skinny cords online and I wanted to check them out.

Just a quick trip...

Yeah, right!

I never even found the shirt...

because in a flash this happened:

don't mind me, I'll just shop for myself

Within moments of being in the store

she found a hat and threw it on backwards,

then quickly found this backpack

and the "flee-flops" in her hand.

I had her with me one second and

then couldn't find her the next.

I was speed walking through

the store calling her name.

A young woman asked

if I was looking for a

"little blonde baby?"

Yes!

"She's at the front of the store."

I was in the very back

where we had just been together.

I race to the registers

and M is standing there

with all her gear on,

filling a striped purse

with all the check out tchotchkes...

water bottle, football, hair accessories.

Oh, geez.

caught red handed

aka

"I shoppin, momma!"

Notice the addition of a pencil case,

and the navy and green striped bag

full of merchandise.

I am laughing to myself now,

but in the moment it was a

bit embarrasing.

...and then, to top it off, this happened:

"hey doggie! I ridin the dog, momma!"

after the dog riding, we left

nothing was purchased

and no tantrums were had...

(still shocked over that)

...i think I was supposed to

give her a behavior lesson

in there somewhere,

but as you can tell

I used this little "stay with mommy"

teaching moment

as one big photo op.

the end.