We arrived home very late last night. We planned to break up the drive and stay in a hotel, but we had a burst of energy after dinner so we went for it. Five hours later and we were in our own beds. Crawling into your own bed after a long drive is one of the best feeling ever, wouldn’t you say?
Today we are taking it easy. We slept in, unpacked and opened the mail. Ben Blair had the car washed and took the kids out for frozen yogurt. While I tackle the mountain of laundry waiting for me, here are a few things to check out:
I write a daily post for Babble’s Family Style blog. Here are this week’s posts:
-Chic urban stroller blankets featuring my two favorite cities, Paris and New York.
-Organic baby & toddler clothes in fun solid colors.
-This sweet poster raises money for the Gulf cleanup.
-A fresh take on silhouette jewelry.
-Limited edition onesies with adorable illustrations.
Here are a few more things:
-A clever $20 makeover for your file cabinet.
-Liz posted some great photos from Cousins Week, like the one above. Aren’t those gigantic marshmallows fabulous?
-Make a Vera Bradley bag in one hour.
-An iphone calendar app for design-y people.
-Take your kids to see Despicable Me. My whole family loved it. Really well done.
-Have I already linked to these? I find these paper crane images so inspiring.
Our family vacation was wonderful. And it’s also wonderful to be home. I’ll see you back here on Monday. I miss you already.
kisses,
Gabrielle
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LOVE that jewelry…think I know what I am getting for my birthday in October!!
I love that you have curly hair like 4 people out of six in our family , I love that you have a big family – here in Australia 4 is a big family and they tell me things like “did your video player break?” I didn’t understand that comment for a good while while I was pregnant with my fourth but now I answer with “I have much more fun without it!” I would so like to have another one but my husband is from a small family and I doesn’t quite understand I think, about how more important family is than having material things or traveling places. I want to congratulate all of you for doing what you believe and not following the trends (and also on your lovely new addition) I love your birth story ! Could you write up a post on “a-day’-in’your-life. Please. i love reading about people with big families and there days it’s so inspiring….
Those colorful organic clothes are so great! I’m always disappointed by the dull colors on most organic cotton, when I know that there are bright all-natural dyes out there.
Are those the GIANT marshmellows? I thought they were too big for smores but they looked so tempting I couldn’t resist buying some. I have yet to see how they taste.
I always need a mini-vacation when I come home from a vacation. Even if that mini-vacation is just laundry and cleaning!
Sounds like an amazing trip!
Smores are all over the blog world right now! Making me very hungry.
Nothing better than your OWN bed after time away and a long drive.
I couldn’t tell if that was just some crazy lens effect or if those were indeed GIGANTIC marshmellows. Now I know.
And hel-LO? Did you catch the names in Despicable Me? Margo, Edith, and Agnes? Names for a design mom I’d guess… should she ever have any more girls (insert grinning devilish face here). ;-}
I’m so curious about how little June did on the extended car ride. I just had my 4th baby and I’m trying to figure out how you manage to get laundry done, cars washed, etc….I’m mostly nursing and rocking. I’d love to know your secrets so I can get more stuff done around here!
What a lovely picture of your daughter roasting what does appear to be an enormous marshmallow (I hadn’t noticed before but sharp eye Kathleen). It’s so special when you’re able to take a picture of a child in this moment, of anticipation and concentration at the same time. Reminds of of a recent picture sent by a friend of her five year old studying a monarch butterfly. P.S. I checked out those brown sugar hearts and I’d seen them before. So adorable! I’m afraid I’d want to keep them and never want to use them. Whoever thought of these is incredibly clever.
Meant to say, welcome back! You were missed.
I’m so glad to know that you enjoyed Dispicable Me. We have been thinking of seeing but just weren’t sure if it would be very good. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Big puffy heart for the brown sugar hearts :) and I think it’s sweet that you respond to your commentors here and in email. Good to have you back.
Love the mallow photo. The cranes are awesome-I wish I had patience to make something like that. Your file cabinet was just in time-I was staring at mine the other day wondering what I could do to it. Cute June-darling photos!
Hi! I’m currently an intern at the company Kahn Lucas ( we manufacture children’s clothing ). I definitely wanted to add something else to your list! One of the brands, Dollie & Me, makes matching clothes for their little girls and dolls, which I think is absolutely adorable. I wish I had them when I was growing up, so I definitely wanted to share it with you moms out there!
Hi there! Long time no “comment!”
I just got back last week and have yet to get fully caught up and back into the land of reality:).
I figured I’d start with oldest to newest posts…cuz I can’t miss ANY of them, of course. I absolutely love the metal cabinet idea! I know many people have nice wooden cabinets – but not me! A black metal cabinet just begging for a new look. When things settle down, I will be doing this. Just retweeted and shared on FB too!!