Starting something New

So, I started something new.  I mean, I could start my own cleaning business and clean my house or get a huge garage sale put together, but why do that?! That's no fun!  However, buying purses and totes and having parties! Now that's fun!

Banana pudding and oatmeal sandwich cookies.  First time for the pudding.

I became a consultant for Thirty One Gifts.  Check out my site www.mythirtyone.com/tiffaniholdgate

I had 2 launch parties and it was so much fun. I went to my first official meeting today and although it was long, it made me want to have a million more parties.  I met some great new friends and even friends of friends. 

The catalog/order form table.

My display!

Here are a few pictures from my first party. 

Morning at the Beach

We went to the beach for the first time this summer last saturday.  We don't frequent the beach unless we have friends or guests that would like to go. It's just so stinkin' hot and we're fair skinned that it's not the most fun.  So, I was meeting a friend there and we were excited. The boys were at the water's edge the whole time! I setup our little tent but it was so windy that I had to take it down.  15 minutes later, we were sun-screened up and ready to play!!  

So, we had few fun hours and here are a few pictures that I managed to take. 

No, she's not pooping.

Trying to get her to smile. 

Look at me!

Turns out Ryan is not the only one who can get into trouble.  Sometimes our disobedience gets us stuck, doesn't it?

My Baby's Walking

Finale Friday

I've been thinking of cleaning and accountability.  I'm not a great cleaner and so, my house is rarely in top form. I don't know if I've ever lived in a tidy home other than when I was actually living AT home.  3 kids and husband haven't helped and none of them are very tidy either.

So, here's my Friday Finale!  Meaning, Finally, I'll start working on one room at a time until my house is put away.  I'll grudgingly take a picture of the room to be worked on and periodically update.  I'm hoping for some help with organization and set up so feel free to share some house tips.  Pictures to come, but I'm hoping to go rest for a bit right now since we had a puking child all night.  I"m also hoping for you to say "Tiff!! how's that cleaning the room thing going?"

but I"ll start by posting some things I liked at IKEA.

How many parties does a 3 year old need?

This year, Ryan got 2.  He has the unfortunate or fortunate dilemma of having a birthday right around Father's Day.  This year, it was the day after.  Normally we would've had a party the saturday before, but I had the incredible opportunity to meet up with my sister for a night.  That might not seem that extraordinary to you, but she has 7 kids and is in the military so they travel around a lot.  And finding someone to watch the kids, well, you know, isn't that easy.  So, we decided to have a family party on Ryan's birthday and then a party at the park the following saturday.  I'm a firm believer of doing something to officially celebrate on one's birth day. 

So, Alex made an extraordinary cake (his best yet) and we celebrated Ryan's 3rd birthday and Pop Pop Kalman's birthday also.  Pop Pop's bday is the day after Ryan.  We didn't want to get caked out, so we joined them together.

Anyways, it was fun and Ryan really enjoyed receiving gifts. Although, we'll have to work on the "No, it's mine! It's my Birfday!"