friday friday friday

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going to make these  gluten free mince pies with snowflakes on them from a kitchen in london.

'tis the season to get engaged or fall in love. thoughts on this ring?

so this girl is really crafty and likes to camp. kind of fun projects.

this soup made my mouth water when i saw it. 

go old school and get one of these handmade maps.

hands-down one of my favorite photographers.

this weekend will be busy like they all seem to be these days. i am taking a big test, have plans with friends, at the salon, too many christmas parties and then flying up to san francisco for the day.  i have something fun coming up next week that i will post soon... can't wait to share...

i hope you all have a great and warm weekend!

xo

off he goes to san.fran.cisco

... until monday.

my little traveler is going to be missed.

your kid can get these undies here

bon voyage disneyland passes

so it's been a while coming that i haven't posted anything about disneyland. since this day i think.
we have been going almost every week and now our season passes no longer exist... so here are some of the trips jackson and i have been on recently to the happiest place on earth.




trip A: 
just me and jack on a date

buzz lightyear ride. it's a must.

jack was totally beating me.

always have to ride the cars. 

sometimes we go on buzz three times in one trip.

trip B:

with jill and stephanie and jessica

dane's second time coming.

first time meeting lightning mcqueen! special moment.

meeting mr. bear at his park.

one of our favorite rides... soaring california. 

on this part, jack always yells, "it's uncle mitch surfing!"

trip C:

with cousin micah, right around halloween time

these boys love to get the maps and burry their heads in them.

it rained so hard this day. we (okay i) felt bad for the people wearing socks with their tevas.

right next to the castle; the boys making wishes.

micah's wish: "that my daddy will build a tent with me in the new backyard"

jackson's wish: "that my mommy will find me another daddy so i can have a sister."

soon after we rode the new and improved toy story ride.

the boys ran with the army men. i followed behind.

sorry it's blurry... cute little micah took it.

we rode this new ride four times. this is ride number two.

another new ride at california adventure. 

these boys are the greatest

trip D:

with cousin micah again!

of course the boys would want to smoosh popcorn more in 

the ground. why not?

waiting for their dole pineapple frozen yogurt

lindsey, you are probably thinking you'll never have me watch micah again after this picture...

so sweet though, they helped each other.

trip E:

with jess and the twins

teacups are still fun

the boys met woody!

they were yelling from the line, "there's a snake in my boot!"

then daniel in a deep voice said to woody when we were leaving, "i'll see you in the movies soon"

on it's a small world, they waved to everyone.

trip F:

with jess and sharon on her birthday

we got to see the fireworks and be there when it snowed bubbles. such a great christmas show.

the color show was so fun! the boys slept through most of it.

sharon, jess and daniel + joseph

thanks disney for the good times!

more gift ideas

this is swiss made, organic and super soft. i want  it a little; maybe you do too?

 what a clever idea.

a nifty idea for your photo friends.

 this could come in handy.

christmas gift ideas for the kiddos

you can make this together to count down until christmas...



want:

little eight magnets for the babes. i love how a kid can sit in front of the fridge for hours and make anything with magnets.

36 pages of owls
jack likes that i like owls so we should read about them.
need:

must have:

little tapi. this would save many messes when brushing the teeth.
84 natural wooden block set from canada. yes he has a lot of blocks but a kid can never have enough. we build cities that cover a whole room sometimes.


should have:

i love this shelf. they can have favorite letters, learn new letters, be organized, it's colorful, you can put it in almost any room and have fun with it.


cream and orange rug for all his train building

donna wilson's wrong and right mittens.

december links

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this weekend is going to be a busy one.  a wedding of a friend of mine since high school, another friend visiting from out of town, and then a big birthday retro-rollarskating birthday party with some of my funnest friends.

mariah carey never seems to get old for me around christmas time. when her song comes on, jackson always finds humor and says, "mom, why does she want me? i don't even know her." love this jackers and his whit.

i have been wanting this perfume for three years. so glad i found this site, because now i can stop going into anthropolgie to squirt some annock goutal petetie cherie, and buy myself some for christmas.

if you want to read some good stories and have time to kill, go here.

if you need some good, one-of-a-kind entertainment, i have the perfect remedy. click here. not sure if i can disclose who this really is, but a friend of mine answers your questions. ask him a question.

hopeless romantic dreamt right; right here.

who do i email/chat with to house swap for the holidays with this one? i have like too many days without jack around christmas time. this place isn't too far.

if you like to craft and get your hands dirty, then we should do this together. 

anyone else follow barbie on facebook? i do. her status updates always put a smile on my face.


handmade christmas cards... very unique.


if you have seen this old spice commerical, then you need to see this.
ah, Y campus.  to walk around you now in the snow would be divine. 

i want this kid to be jackson's friend.

need a present for your man? i always resort to ties.  if i were a guy, i'd want these.

love notes

i like to write notes. here are notes i'd like to write but won't actually send:




dear front right tire,
sorry i lost the hub cap the other day. sometimes i see the curb, sometimes i don't.


dear the grow-a-boyfriend on monday,
you haven't grown a smidgen but your instructions said you would only take 72 hours. no worries though, i'm patient. take your time.


dear city i live in,
you are so cold it feels like it's snowing. i sleep in at least three layers of clothes and wake up freezing. give us rain or snow or more degrees; throw us a bone.


dear iphone,
sorry i dropped you so hard that you are kind of weird now. i am disliking you more and more each day; my fault. i shouldn't have dropped you in the first place.


dear current haircut,

i'm still adjusting to you. i think i'm attracting women with you. please grow back fast.


dear jackson,
remember when you woke up on my birthday morning and tried to give me 26 kisses, only to give up after the 5th kiss. when you negotiated the rest of the 21 kisses with your spongey stickers, i knew right then, you will be a great businessman someday.


dear my sleepless in seattle dvd,
why do you have to skip right when it gets to the best part? maybe i have watched you way too much over the years but i'm not ready to buy a new one yet.


dear my 94-year-old weekly client anne,
i look forward to seeing you every week. you make me think being past 75 is cool. thanks for taking the bus every wednesday at 10:30am to get your hair wet-setted or permed by me.


dear the many pairs of scrubs i own in my closet,
thank you for sticking around and letting me use you for leisure reasons other than vocational purposes like intended.  you are comfy.


dear my single mom friend that i talked to the other day,
so glad we finally made time to do so.  for a moment our while talking about our crazy busy schedules, i felt normal. you were a breath of fresh air.


dear mom,
thank you for the Voss water you gave me on my birthday. i'm glad you found humor in the movie grown-ups... even if that was the only humor you found.


love,
melissa

sk8te

my dad was sweet to take jackson to the skate park the other day.

jackson forgot his helmet, so they both watched this time.