Nakita Grinie

Recent happenings through the eyes of my phone camera.

I'm back to regular polish and it feels so good!  One of my favorites - OPI Sapphire in the Snow.

Sprinkles turned 7 a few weeks ago!  My little love!

Love having pics of my boys in my cube. :)

Bradley's first El Toro experience! :)  Had to snap a pic before we got him out of his carrier because he looked too cute.

Love love love this from the Paper Source catalog.  Real families come in all forms!

Love any and all moments I can get with my mini man.

The Freddy's eating has been out of control...

Somebody is loving Sophie!

All bundled up!

Sprinkles always has her eyes on me. :)

Playing with daddy!  And daddy getting lick attacked by the girls! :)

Kisses from daddy!

Snuggle man.

Love capturing classic faces like this! :)

The perfect Starbucks ornament for me!  I am an unsweetened black iced tea drinker so I love having the cold cup ornament! :)

Outfit planning for daycare!

Caught him sucking on the same two fingers I did as a baby!

My heart. <3

I want to thank each of you who left a comment on my last post.

Thank you for the encouragement & for letting me know I am not along about being scared/anxious/excited about Kate starting Kindergarten.
The first week of Kindergarten is in the books and it has been great!
Kate absolutely loves it.
Words straight from her mouth....
"Kindergarten is awesome!"
 The first day was only 2 hours long and the parents stayed the entire time

(so, the 2nd day of school was really the first "real" day of school)
Her teacher (who we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE)
 Her teacher had a cute classroom scavenger hunt for the students & parents to do as a way to get to know the classroom.

2 of my favorite quotes from the week were:
1. On Thursday, their class had music. Kate said she couldn't wait to go to music class because, "I just know we are going to sing Jesus Loves Me, that is the best song!"

We had to explain to Kate that she goes to a public school and that they probably won't sing that song in music class. Doh.
2. Kate really wants homework (crazy kid). On Friday, she said to me:
"I can't believe I have been in Kindergarten for a week & I still don't have homework. I just really want to do homework. I have been waiting all summer for it."Oh, Kate. I hope you have that enthusiasm about homework when you are in middle school & high school.

We decided to make Kate's teacher some cookies as a way to let her know that we are excited to be in her class. I made my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies, put them in a mason jar & stuck it in a brown lunch bag with some washi tape.

In the lunch bag, I also included a little questionnaire for her teacher that I made.

I saw a similar idea on Pinterest, but wanted to make my own version of it.
Kate's teacher gave it back to us the next day all filled out.
I think it turned out so cute, so I thought I would share it with you so you can give it to your kid's teachers to fill out! It makes giving them gifts so much easier if you know what they like!

{Click to download. Right click & then Save.}Hope you are having a great Labor Day weekend & Happy Back to School!
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Recent happenings through the eyes of my phone camera.

Mini Vikings fan!

Bradley and Boo!  Trying to force him to love on Boo. :)

Loving rolling on the floor and talking!

Nate went to check on Bradley and it seemed like he was gone for a while.  Turned on the monitor and there he was sleeping with his hand in the air! :)

Snuggly sisters.

Always takes me a while to attack it all.

Baby Bradley camouflage!  

Love all of his faces.  So much personality!

Bradley's 4 month check up was a success!  70th percentile for weight and 97th percentile for height. Makes sense. :)  He loves his pediatrician, too!

We need groceries BAD so got sushi for dinner.  AMAZEBALLS!  (Green dragon roll).

Our whole house looks like this - a disaster.  Who wants to be my personal chef/assistant/house cleaner/stylist? :)