If you’re new, welcome!! This is where at the beginning of each month I recap the previous month for our family and what we were up to!
Oh Em Gee – that went in a blink 😳. What’s new though, right? I feel like time is moving at warp-speed!
The Girls
We had our very first ‘tea’ party that I’ll be sharing here soon. I suppose it’s not something super interesting, but for me (and Hun!) it was really special and something I definitely plan to do regularly. Colly was still a bit too young, but Hun had the best time. I feel like tea parties are something I really wish I did more of growing up so it’s sweet to introduce it to my girls and have it be one of our little ‘things’ as they get older.
Honey also graduated from Pre-K – I am still in disbelief. Ready or not (she’s ready, Mama isn’t!), Kindergarten here she comes in August!!! Her Pre-K graduation was the cutest thing; she knew all of the songs, gestures, and moves for their performances and it brought me back to watching Conner’s 5 years ago. Time sure does fly! (Cole didn’t have a Pre-K grad due to COVID) so this was really amazing to be here in person to see Hun do hers!
Colly got into the pool this month for the first time ever! I’m not sure why, but even with my mom living down the street and a pool in her backyard that the other 3 kid are always in, she didn’t make it in last year. This is her year though! She had so much fun and loved it – a true water baby just like her siblings!
The Boys
Both boys finished out the school year ridiculously strong, and we are SO proud! Conner scored above mastery in the AASA tests he needed to pass to go on to 4th grade, which was huge. We had hired a tutor for him back in Feb and sports took a backseat so that he could prepare for this and we’re so thrilled to see all of his hard work pay off. Cole was awarded “Class Comedian” (who’s shocked?!🤣) and had high marks to finish the year as well. He brought home his school journal and it gave us several laughs as well… #thiskid 🤣
Our boys are officially off to 4th grade and 2nd grade…..pleeeeeeease time, slow down!! They are ready for summer though and to have some down time from studying! I know they’re mostly looking forward to enjoying the pool and get back into sports! A few weeks ago we actually got them enrolled into BJJ but there’s a little bit of a wait list, so they did the trial to see if they liked it (which they did!) and now are just waiting to get signed up officially. Conner will also be playing basketball and Cole is signed up for soccer. Conner is also attending camp with our church for the first time and it’s a really big deal! I have never been away from him for that long, or in that capacity, but I know he will have the best experience and I’m really excited for him.
Home
I know I am behind on sharing our room refreshes, but I promise, they’re coming! I just need some time to photograph the spaces, edit pics, and of course, write up and get the sources to everything for you guys. What’s still in the works to share here over the summer through the remaining year for our house updates: laundry room, living room (very small, minimal changes that have made this room so much happier! In fact, it’s now called ‘The Happy Room’ because every. single. time. Colly goes into it, she giggles!), main family room, the loft, the DIY spice rack/organization I added to our pantry.
I actually just finished my first DIY wallpapering job on my own – C usually does all of the installs even when it comes to wallpaper in our house, but I did this weird angled wall that goes up our stairway ALLLLLL on my own this last month. It did take me several days (had to take a few breaks, haha) and I def have a new respect for this stuff. C is so good at it he makes it look easy, but even with walls that aren’t angled it’s a little tricky because walls are usually not even/level after the foundation settles and whatnot. The one I did also had grooves because of the stairs/steps and I wasn’t really easy for me to piece together and figure out, but hey, I got it done! I think it looks pretty good! Def not perfect, but I’m happy with it!
ALSO we are hoping to replace our carpet with vinyl flooring and new carpet as the summer goes on too! So, lot’s of things still underway at the Disney house but I am hopeful to share the finished spaces ASAP!
We said goodbye to our 8 foot farmhouse dining room table that C built for our family in 2016 because we were wanting to downsize a little. As much as that table has been wonderful to have and enjoy, it took up so much space and our dining room isn’t very big. I went back and forth on listing it because I definitely had a bunch of sentimental attachment to it as C built it right after my miscarriage in 2016, and in a way, it kind of got us through a really difficult time. I still remember the night we moved it into our dining room from the garage when it was completed. It felt like a fresh start for us. Anyway, as soon as I listed it on FB Marketplace, I received a message from the sweetest mom who wanted it for her family of 5. It was easier to let go of it knowing it was going to such a loving home!!!
Originally our plan was to replace the farmhouse table with another that C was building. He had gotten a table top and was working on sanding it down, and also was able to pick up some pretty cool legs for it that he would assemble and most likely paint. In the mean time, we found a table we absolutely loved at World Market and is has some similarities to our old table (with the bench) but has a live edge, is smaller (yay!), and a little lighter in color. We grabbed it a couple days after Cole was out of the hospital and got it built and we’ve been enjoying it since! I haven’t shared it on IG yet, so blog friends, you’re seeing it first! 😍 We plan to sell the table that C started working on to replace our old still, so if you’re local and interested, stick around! I’ll probably post on my stories when it’s ready 😊
ME!
SO, I do have a whole blog post planned to answer Q&A and my experience, but at the beginning of May I scheduled my LASIK procedure and am beyond thrilled to share that I now have 20/20 vision!!!!!! As someone who has struggled to see almost their entire life (24 years + legally blind), this always felt like a pipe dream and something I wasn’t sure would ever happen. Now that it has, it TRULY feels surreal – almost like I’m dreaming and waiting to wake up. IT’S ALREADY THAT LIFE CHANGING! I wanted to wait until the 1 to 2 month mark to share more as my eyes adjust, so look out for this post probably in late June or July! I’m so freaking thankful this became a reality for me. I also really love being able to protect my eyes in the sun (I haven’t had prescription sunglasses and with wearing glasses full time, I wasn’t able to wear sunglasses!)
What’s To Come
We are planning our first big trip out of the state this summer, along with celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary in less than a month, Honey’s 5th birthday, and hopefully a hiking/nature trip to Flag before the kids start school in August.
I’m really going to try hard to stick to our weekly posting schedule here: Monday is Mom Mondays (Mom Hacks, Mom Finds/Faves), Tuesday is Try It Tuesday (fashion/style for moms + kids), Wednesday is We Eat Wednesday (brand new to the blog EASY recipes that our family loves!), and Thursday I’m trying out a new installment called That’s Interesting Thursday where I share a product, how to, or just something random that I find to be interesting/helpful!! Since being able to put my small shop on hold since January, I’ve been able to focus on the blog and content creation FULL TIME and it’s been great. I still work part time for my husband doing some admin tasks and social media for his business, but I no longer run into the massive delays I was having getting posts up due to juggling so many things (my shop taking up the most/draining my battery super quickly). That said, I’m still a mom with four small kids, so delays do happen – but I’m trying to be better with consistent content and I’m excited to ramp it up even more (so many ideas to share!)
Here’s to a new, great month and the first month of SUMMER!
