My Happy List :)

  Gloomy days call for a reminder on what makes US happy!I'm joining up with Dandelion Wishes to share my HAPPY LIST this week:)
Everyone loves a surprise right?I know I do and its even better when it come to my WORK from my HUBBY...a couple weeks ago hubby sent me a DOZEN HUGE red roses to work!Brownie points for him cause its been a decade since he's sent flowers to me at work:)A lovely surprise and I admit it was a TAD bit fun seeing all the other teachers "jealous"!
I'm HAPPY cause for the 1st time in 4 days I'm starting to feel better...on Wednesday I had the most intense cramps/back pain that hit me:( Its not even close to that time of the month either. Since that day I have had pains in the area all under my belly button, tenderness, cramping and horrible back pain! I called my dr and they scheduled me MONDAY for an ultrasound... MONDAY! Ughhhh so sucky to have to wait that many days!I have problems with endometreosis and PCOS so I'm wondering if the pain isn't due to that.And NO I'm not pregnant either:(
I'm HAPPY cause I got out last night, usually I stay home every Friday night with the boys when hubby works but last night we took a little trip to Cracker Barrel with the boys and my bro... had a YUMMY dinner/well "brinner".. I had breakfast for dinner... 2 eggs, a HUUUUGE banana nut muffin and a yogurt parfait with granola, cranberries and crushed pineapple! Its LENT for me so NO meat on Fridays... plus I have given up cheeseburgers and fries for Lent... yea my weekness- GREASY food!
I'm HAPPY cause I've lost 4 of the 8 WINTER POUNDS I've gained back this year due to Christmas COOKIES and other holiday treats!
I'm HAPPY cause at my job we scored EXCELLENT on our Federal Review!!So good that our bosses bought us a HUUUGE cake to celebrate!No we have to wait till March 18 for the President to decide if he will continue to fund Early Head Start... prayers that he does... these young moms DESPERATELY need this program!
I'm HAPPY cause my daffodils and tiger lily's are sprouting up through the muddy cold ground... SPRING is on its way:)
I'm HAPPY cause I STOLE a few minutes away to BLOG... which I miss terribly but my children can't seem to leave me alone for even 20 minutes a day so I can post! I suppose that's flattery since they love their momma SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much?!
Thanks for visiting me today!
Noelle ♥

There's a SWEET birthday coming soon!

Hi girls!

This cute lil fella above is my Gage... and in less than 6 weeks he will be 4 YEARS OLD!!

Oh my its so hard to believe he will be 4!

He's my baby boy and my last baby:(

I am planning a CANDYLAND birthday party for him and OH MY... do I have the ideas!!

He LOVES to play Candyland!

These are the custom invites I ordered for his party...

The color is a lighter blue and they come on a lollipop stick... too cute!!

Here's some party supplies...

I just ordered cake plates and cups; I'm gonna use several colors for the napkins and tablecloths!

I plan on having a "candy bar" set up with chocolates, licorice...you name it!

I ordered clear chinese take out boxes for the kids to fill with candy before they leave.

We are going to decorate gingerbread cookies for them to take home:)

I am beside myself with thinking of how to decorate as well!!
Lets just say there will be lots of SWEET decor!

Thats all I'm gonna say now, the rest will be a surprise!!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Noelle ♥

Mostly Wordless Wednesday!

I'd like you to meet my 3 year old...

Mr Wonder Pet/Handy Manny/Cowboy/Captain Underpants with a Chocolate Moustache!

{LOL}

He's THE BEST ♥

Easter Inspiration

Hi there!

Well, since 48 out of the 50 states have had snow this winter... I think many of us are looking forward to spring, GREEN, sunshine, flowers, and EASTER:)

I was out at Target today and was surprised to NOT see a bunch of Easter stuff out.

I'm not usually crazy about soft pastel colors but I love them near the end of winter, beginning of spring. To me the soft colors represent birth, and new life.. just as we see pastel pink and blue for new babies.

By the way, my friend Hilary is having a baby girl in May!!! I'm soooo excited to buy baby girl stuff:)

She has 2 boys now, so I KNOW she is THRILLED to see girly stuff now!!

Here are a few pics of cute things, inspired by Martha Stewart.
(Like I said before, I think the woman is SO boring... but she makes CUTE stuff!)

So pretty, clean and spring-filled...

I've always wanted one of these cake stands to decorate with... love YELLOW in spring and summer!

Super cute and easy egg garland, I'm SO making one this Easter:)

I love GREEN grass and the smell of freshly mowed grass... this is a cute way to jazz up plain candles.

Not liking the white and brown eggs but a colored egg wreath would be adorable!!

Love the idea of using a big egg and filling it with flowers for a table;

I'd have to use artificial flowers, the cats would nibble on fresh ones :(

So cute! But wouldn't stand a chance in my house with my candy lovin' boys... lol!

These are so cute!

I think it'd be fun to include my boys in making these, by letting them grown the grass:)

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Who else is SOOO excited for Easter/Spring?

Meeeeee!!!

Noelle ♥

Valentines Day Wrap Up ♥

Hey gals!

I hope you all had a sweet Valentines Day:)

Its been such a CRAAAAZY busy week at work for me, we are getting ready to have a Federal Review in March so lots of preparing is put into that and I'M BEAT!

Here's a wrap up of our love-filled weekend...

Last Saturday I took my 2 sweet boys to see Gnomeo and Juliet... what a CUTE movie!

We did a little shopping for Valentine Treats for their schools:)

On Sunday hubby and I went out to dinner ALL ALONE; it was nice!! 

Like we usually do on our dates, we went grocery shopping afterwards... oozing romance, I know! LOL

For Gavin's class, I went to this adorable popcorn shop here called "Pop-Style" and got Valentine Mix popcorn and divided it up into individual treat bags and added a tag that said "Hope Your Valentine's Day is POPPIN!"... it was cute!

Gage had an ice cream party for his preschool; we just sent in cards with suckers; he had 25 kids to give goodies too. By the time I began to shop for candy, it was so picked over:( I chose to not go crazy trying to figure out what to do! But I skipped out on work to go to his party and it was PRECIOUS!!

Here's a couple pics...

Gage enjoying his upside down ice cream sundae:)

The teachers had several games set up and a couple crafts as well...

I talked Gage into making mommy a candy heart...

Busy little hands...

 Creating a pretty for his momma!

Have you noticed that the sayings on the Conversation Hearts have changed over the years?

He has one that said "Text Me"... lol!

Most of this busy boys time was spent building with blocks, playing trains or with other toys...

He LOVES anything related to Toy Story!!

On Sunday morn, we celebrated LOVE day with the boys... we gave them their lil goodies then since they had school on Monday...

Gavin got a silly gift; he always complains about no pencils being sharpened for homework time so one day I said "I'm gonna buy you an electric pencil sharpener for Valentines Day!" (I was totally kidding but he said YES YES, I want one!!)

And so, he got an electric pencil sharpener for VDay plus batteries for his camera (he always hounds me about) and some candy! The DUDE was THRILLED!!! 

Gage is in LOVE with the game Candy Land and believe it or not, we have never owned that game!

So he got a Candy Land game, a couple little cars that light up and a couple other goodies- but he was THRILLED too:)

See the happiness in those squinty lil eyes?

Love him ♥

Well thats a wrap...

Be back to chat this weekend:)

Noelle ♥

Pinktastic Swap ♥

Hi girls!My PINKtastic swap package arrived on Monday from my partner Kat:)What a fun and girly surprise to come home to from work on a MONDAY!
Here's a look at the girly pink goodness she sent me... 

 For some ME time and good ole' pampering she sent me:Some yummy smelling PINK shower gel, 2 new bath poufs (love these!), travel size q-tips in a PINK case... cute!, some pink and red argyle socks (how's she know I ♥ argyle?), some pink nailpolish and a 2 pack of raspberry softlips (my winter chapped lips are THANKING YOU Kat!)

Kat sent me a heart with chocolates inside- yum!Also some ribbons, stickers and embellishments for crafting, or scrapbooking:)

You all know I LOVE to bake and was especially thrilled with my new pink polka dot oven mitt and heart cookie cutter, sprinkles, heart shaped pancake turner and a 2 pack of CUTIE pie cupcake plates!!!

So I hope I have luck growing these roses in this kit cause I ♥ Roses too!!
Thanks Kat for all the goodies; it was great getting to know you:)
Here's a peek at what I sent Kat...

If you'd like to see more PINK goodness that arrived around the US this week; click on the button at the top of this post to head to Mammarazzi's blog:)
Hugs,Noelle ♥

Computer Drama!

Uggghhhhh!

I'm seriously going to give up on TECHNOLOGY!!

For some reason, this stinkin' computer I have right now is NOT letting me open boxes to post comments on peoples blogs.. why???

I've already missed out on entering one SUPER cute giveaway:(

Totally Frustrated!

Has this ever happened to anyone?

Heeeellllppp!!

Noelle