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Cute Baby Finds for Spring

If you haven’t visited Spearmint Love yet, you really should!  It’s one of my very favorite online shops for baby things.  I LOVE their swaddle blankets – so many CUTE ones.  Right now I’m dreaming of all things spring, and I have found some super cute things on their website!  I thought I’d share some of my favorites.  Just for fun! 

The lemon swaddles are my absolutely favorite right now.  I ended up getting that for Harper! I also love the pear burp cloths and the popsicle crib sheet.  Goodness, so many cute things!  There are even more ON their website.  PS : I’m not affiliated or being compensated in anyway – I just love this cute little site!

 

Fun Plans for April

I love the spring and summer seasons with my kids.  Each year we do fun things and go fun places, and I’d really like to get in to that this month.  They are such troopers for hanging out while I didn’t feel like doing much.  I hope that we can really enjoy these next few months together before the baby comes.  After she’s here, we will have a whole NEW set of adventures!  Hopefully we can knock a few of these things off our list for April!

  • Attend some MSU baseball and softball games
  • Plant some flowers
  • Go to the playground
  • Take a weekend trip
  • Visit the farmer’s market
  • Attend some events around town, or on campus
  • Alternate taking the kids out on a date
  • Set up a bird feeder in our yard – for Patches to watch from inside
  • Take some updated photos of the kids
  • Take some neighborhood walks
  • Plant an herb garden (for some reason I always struggle with this)

I didn’t want to be too ambitions and plan too many things for this month, but I think this is a good little start!

No More Perfection

I’m so happy for Spring.  I love the happier moods and the nicer weather.  The days are starting to get a little bit longer, too.  It’s a very welcomed change after surviving those long and cold (and dreary) winter months.

I got way out of my groove the first few months of the year.  I think it was because we were on the other side of some sad moments and things were starting to settle down.  The days were cold and short, and I just felt like I was spinning my wheels but not really getting anywhere.  Being a perfectionist to a certain degree, times like that can drive me crazy.  I lost my grip on some things and I felt like it took me a couple months to get that back.  So here I am, starting over for the year.

Before I really start, I wanted to give myself a little bit of grace.  I put too much pressure on myself for things to be perfect, and that sort of sends me into feelings of failure sometimes, because nothing is ever perfect.  I have a tendency to focus on things like that, and neglect things that really matter, so I’d like to change that moving forward.

I loved this quote from Emily Ley.  So simple, so true.  My goal has always been to create something for my family that’s stable and works well for us.  Too many times I try to make every little aspect of our routine perfect, and when life happens and tweaks our plans, it always messes me up.  I have a tendency of redoing things over and over and over again, because one little thing “messed it up”.  Too bad I didn’t think about accepting the change for the moment, and then picking back up where we left off to move forward.

So, all of that to say : I’ve decided to say NO to perfection.  I’d like to make this one of my goals for the remainder of the year.  I’d love to see where it takes me when I stop being so worried about things being perfect, and start living my wonderfully imperfect life with my sweet family.  Making memories and having fun.  Going with the flow whenever we need to, and not getting worried or stressed about things that don’t go according to plan.  I’m always reassuring my kids when things don’t go exactly perfect for them that it’s OK! Why can’t I follow my own advice?

Here’s to new beginnings, friends!

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