Little Artist

Enough blogging about my online shopping obsession...back to the kids!!

Our city offered a free art class for ages 3 and up this past week. It is called Young Rembrandts. I thought I would take Brooke seeing how she loves anything involving markers, crayons and paint...

The teacher told Brooke that she was a 'natural' and that her butterfly was 'beautiful!'

Maybe she will take after her Uncle Brian & Grandma Mary Anne!!

The face of a future artist??
:)

Still shopping...

This may be an addiction...but it is one that seems quite frugal...which in my life is great.

A few more current wins/purchases. That's right! I have acutally won some auctions!

Shopping.

A couple weekends ago, I went to a children's clothing resale hosted by a friend. I got adorable clothes for the girls...in fabulous condition...for an amazing price. After having the girls try on their new outfits, I became obsessed with hunting down more good deals on spring/summer clothes for Brooke & Caroline.

I turned to ebay to begin my search. Did you guys know how much is out there? I am sure I am the last person on earth to turn to ebay to find 'deals' for their kids clothes...but seriously-there is amazing stuff out there!! 

Here are two of the dresses that I have bought for Brooke so far. 

 

Cute right??!!

Here is the thing, though. The dresses above I ended up buying through the 'buy it now' feature. I still got amazing deals on these dresses. WAY lower then resale. AND, they are both brand new. Everytime I have tried to bid on an auction, though, I have lost. There are some bidders out there that really know there stuff! At the very last second they always beat me by $0.50.

I always know exactly what my max will be for the item. I have just been inputting that number as my 'max bet.' For any of you out there that may use ebay, is there a better way? Do you not bid at all in advance and wait until the last few seconds?? If your a ebay junky like I am turning into...fill me in on yoru secrets!!

Have to go-I have three auctions ending in 1 hour....

Swimsuit Ready

Today I got the girls swimsuits in the mail.
Caroline couldn't have been more excited. I think that this girls is ready for warm weather and Innsbrook!

Brooke also got this matching suit...but refused to let me take her picture.

Apparently showing off her tummy is not something this newly modest girls is used to. At first she was all right with the idea. She said that she could wear the swimsuit and still be a princess since Jasmine shows her belly...but when she realized that Jasmine wore pants and this was a no-pants outfit...she got shy again.

And now the debate...to monogram the swimsuits or not.

Thoughts/Opinions??

Stats

Caroline Fleming at 15 months weighs 25 lbs (75%) and is 31" (75%)

In other words, "Practically Perfect in Every Way"

as both May Poppins and Brooke Fleming would say.

In other news, the following photos are evidence of what will is likely to happen if you leave your children alone for five minutes to empty the dishwasher.

I think that a lesson in make-up application may be necessary for Brooke.

15 Months

9 months until this child is two??? How is that possible??

Caroline is 15 months and Caroline is Fabulous.

She is becoming more and more of a chatter box. Her favorites include shaking her head while telling me, "no", "all done", "dad", "mom" and the ever classic "uh oh!" Occasionally I think that I hear a Bella, but maybe not.

Caroline's desire to play with her sister is becoming more apparent this month. Before, Caroline would just do her own thing. If Brooke took a toy away she would just shrug it off. Not.Any.More. If big sis takes her doll away...you better believe we (and the neighbors) will hear about it. Caroline has quite a set of lungs on her. She is also so good at sharing. She is always bringing toys and books to mom, dad and Brooke so we can all play together.

Getting up in the morning is her favorite time of the day. When you walk in Caroline's room, she smiles like nothing I have ever seen. She is SO excited that your there to bring her downstairs...to her next favorite time of the day, breakfast :)

Lately she has become more a cuddler. This may be my new favorite trait :) There is nothing better then this little girl climbing up on my lap for a quick snuggle. Two times this month she has fallen asleep on my chest which she hasn't done since she was a baby. Love this.

Happy 15 months to Caroline! We love you more at 15 months then we thought was possible. I cannot even begin to imagine what the next months (and years) will bring...but I can't wait.

*15 month doctors appointment to come tomorrow

Brooke's Wedding

The other day, while uploading some pictures on the computer, Brooke saw her flower girl pictures. She proclaimed that, "she hadn't seen those pictures in FOREVER!!"

She then informed me that she 'loved those pictures, because they were from her wedding."

When I asked her who she married, she let me know that she had married Jack that day. You see (as she let me know) she wore a white dress and Jack was dressed as 'prince charming.' As she informed me, they were now married and Jack would need to move in with us.

I guess I will have to let Gary know. I think he will be excited to have another boy in the house!!