the five-year-old's wishlist

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Peppa Pig zip up hoodie

Peppa Pig campervan

Peppa Pig shopping mall

Peppa Pig and George playset

Peppa Pig family home playset

Frozen 2 Royal Family

Baby Doll accessories

High chair - fulfilled 

Doll crib - fulfilled

Bath time

School outfit

Shimmer Glimmer outfit

Swimsuit

Soccer outfit

Doll cradle

Clothing, 5T, 5-6

Socks 1 fulfilled

Socks 2  fulfilled 

Peppa Pig Undies

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the positives of this pandemic

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Divine Mercy Sunday, Second Sunday of Easter

black dress, old

Giavitto Rossi - plexi pump, midheel

Ruby Woo lipstick my fave RED lipstick

Elisabetta: dress Old Navy, Toms

Lucia: dress, from the Philippines, Old Navy booties, ON cardigan

entering holy week {wiws}

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My dress, RP collection

my first pair of Christian Louboutin 4 years old now
similar here and here

Ruby Woo lipstick

Children dressed by my husband/stylist

Luci~ Old Navy dress and boots

Daniele~ Old Navy polo and khakis.  Adidas sneakers

 Sebastian~ J&J polo, Underarmour sneakers

Luca~ Polo Ralph Lauren hand me down, Old Navy pants

Elisabetta~ J&J blouse, ON jeggings, sandals c/o FP

Nash~ baby Gap polo shirt hand me down

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slow down {wiws}

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Our Sunday's Best with Mass online
The girls loved matching.
I loved my 4 inch stilletos. I made it for the entire hour.

matching floral dresses, thanks to Old Navy

super high heeled red soles, Christian Louboutin

Ruby Woo lipstick

open cardigan, gap, old

sunday best with lucy {wiws}

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Dress ~ TJMaxx exact one// Louboutin heels from the summer sale  //  Gucci purse // PUR x Barbie lipstick in legendary (my fave hotttt pink shade!)  //  old bracelets (Hard rock souvenir, gift from my mom, alex and ani) //

on Lucy, dress hand-me-down from Ate Belle H&M //  freshly picked sandals, bought recently during their summer sale

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pure michigan beach weekend {wiws}

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Our outfit details~
maxi dress ~ Nordstrom, sold out, bought on clearance // Quay x Desi Perkins  sunglasses // flipflops reef // underneath, still wearing my hermoza swimsuit // sunscreen ~ shiseido // 
Isabel ~ H&M dress
Boys - Gap shirt, Lucas, Gap Romper
Shorts - Old Navy

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happy third birthday, Lucy!

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Dear Lucy,
I love taking your pictures. You are like wonderman. Hands-on-the-hips pose is a must for you! You are also the master of looking away from the camera. Could you please teach me how to do it naturally?

Funny how these pictures here have your hair up. Because 97.23489345% of the time you have your hair down and in front of your face. Not that your dada and I are not fixing your hair. But because you like taking off the hair ties. We lose a hair tie a day. Where do you put them? In the trash can? Underneath couch cushions? Those things are not free, sweetheart.

You still love carrying your pillow for comfort. It all started back in the Philippines last year. It has to be that Hello Kitty pillow as well!  This letter reminds me to throw it in the wash asap. It is quite... filthy and stinky.

The things I love about you~
You are so spunky! You make sure you are heard.
The way you call  me "mom". It gives me chills because it's like a teen-you is calling me.
You wait until everybody is asleep and then you hang out with me late in the night. It's just you and me in a quiet house.


Here are my requests this year:
Let's be a team and work on this potty-training thing. Are you on-board?
If you do shift your sleeping times and not wake up at 9a, then I will be able to sign you up for preschool. Won't that be fun? I see you playing with other children your age at church gatherings. You enjoy it. I am not rushing you at all though. You will be in school soon enough. I am just enjoying slow mornings with you when your older sibs are in school.
Just keep being you! I love your hugs, kisses and giggles!

Praying for a wonderful year for you. Happy third birthday!

Love,
Mom



Lucy's birth story
part I... II..., III...
your first birthday
your second birthday


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my four munchkins

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These four are a hoot!
I told them I want to take their photos "walking" and they pretended that they are robots.  Their most favorite thing to do when I take out my camera is to jump and run.

My canon6d is great for still photos and portraits. It's not known for action and sports shots. When you have 4 moving bodies, I am failing at this photography thing.

I sure miss them! I know that they are having the best time while momma and dada are out.


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on D ~ pokemon ball c/o Auntie Suzy
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on I ~ jacket c/o Auntie Feli, thanks!
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on SJ ~
jacket, hand me down
osh kosh slip ons, exact one

on L ~ jacket, hand me down
Dora shoes
girls hair ties, from Santa

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asking my 2 year old for forgiveness

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outfit deets ~

dress, Old Navy from 2016, found several options here and here
Chanel flap bag, THIS ONE for fraction of the cost. how amazing!
Louboutin heels, this one for  less than $40
pearls, present from hubs, during babymoon for baby 2 {trip to French Lick IN}
but check this one out for only $16.... tempted to get it..

superbowl and scout sunday

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Ferragamo purse
Faur fur vest, hautelook, similar
Leggings
Booties
you'll have to see the end of this post... because there's a treat!

snowy sunday

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tunic sweater, asos, similar here in bright yellow and here for less than $40
leggings, VS yoga pants (I know, I know.. you can roll your eyes!) Mine were from years past with the fancy  jewels and fold over top like this
boots, classic cuff short


Girls jackets, Isabel's here, Lucy's jacket' similar here
Girls snow boots, Isabel's here, Lucy's  similar here.

cute finds from the JCPenney Carter's Baby Sale

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As an infant, my family dressed me in all whites. My grandma preferred that before we turned one year old, that we wore white. You should have seen her face when I showed her my babies in brown, orange, and dark blue clothing!

As a mom of five, I finally saw the "white appeal." It's just so fresh-looking and cute.  I'm still not dressing my children in all white all day everyday. Hence I love dressing my babies in neutrals and light colored clothing... with white onesies of cute prints. 

I enjoy shopping for my babies. For my girls, there are many colorful and affordable styles that won't break the bank. With my sons, light color of blues and grays are my go-to colors. I can get away with whites and creams when they are very young  - no solids yet!

I'm so thrilled to partner with JCPenney and ShopStyle and shop their Carter's September baby sale! I found light blue and gray favorites for Lucas. I picked up "wear now" items for such affordable prices. Carter's knits are so, so soft. When I shop Carter's at JCPenney, I know I will be getting quality clothing for an awesome deal!

blow me a kiss

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Top, Nordstrom, similar here and here
my fave ripped denims, Nordstrom, sold out.... similar here
mirrored sunglasses, here are similar ones from Target. if you want to splurge -- here are RayBans


Lucy
Cropped top with front tie - Carters
shorts - gapBaby
Peppa Pig, gift



I taught Lucy high fives, low fives, fist bump and ---> blowing a kiss! it's so cute how she puckers her lips and squints her eyes. I love seeing her give me flying kisses. I pretend to catch her kisses and she giggles!

It's a game we play over and over. I love it!


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