7 Dresses To Wear This Summer

Hi Foxy Friends! Today I'm linking up with The Blended Blog and today is a different topic then what I had planned for. Oops! But I guess it could work, but it's a little more casual than I would normally dress for Graudation. I think dress option 1 and 2 would definitely work thought. With that behind me, I'm going to show you all of the dresses I have bought recently to hopefully get me through the summer! Granted I haven't actually received them, but it's what I think I'm going to wear? You'll probably see them on the blog eventually. Anyway, the first dress is actually from Shein, and while Shein is hit or miss for me, this one was a total hit and at $15, can't beat it!

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Dress / Sandals (similar)

The material is super soft and it has pockets! Win in my book. I see myself wearing this out to dinner with my family, something to keep my legs warm, add a light sweater and I'm good to go.

Lipstick / Nail Polish Color 

Some of the other dress that I've bought..I might have bought them in the last few days, Ooops! Also, Old Navy is having an extra 30%-40% off of everything, but it ends today (use code Style), Wednesday, so hop on it and get yourself some good deals. I got those swing dresses for under $13. Deal and a half.

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Here are some shoe choices that can go with any of the dresses. 

 1 / 2 / 3

And here is some jewelry that would look great with any of the dress choices. Mix and match and you will look super put together!

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Now link up your graduation looks, or any fashion looks you've put together recently!

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Kids Interview Mom

Hi Foxy Friends! Today is going to be a first on the blog. Usually I interview the kids, but today, they are interviewing me! A few other mom's on YouTube were going to do this together and I couldn't wait to jump on board. I went into the interview not knowing what they were going to ask me. It was actually quite fun, and totally random!

Baby Fox

What is your favorite color? Blue-green or teal

What's your favorite yarn color? (I have no idea why he asked this, I don't even know how to use yarn...i.e. crochet or knitting) Purple

What your favorite insect? Grasshopper

What's your favorite arachnid? Tarantula

Bonus Question: 

What is your favorite food that we've made from Mini Fox's Princess cook book? Monkey bread - video of the kids doing that, coming soon!

Mini Fox

What kind of dog is your favorite doggy? Yellow golden retriever

What is your favorite necklace? The one with the two pearlized balls

What's your favorite blanket? A gray soft one that we got from Costco

What's your favorite kind of bird? Blue Jay's or Humming bird

What is your favorite kind of flower? Pink Tulip

Bonus Question:

So, the bonus question is going to be....are you good at math (haha, not sure why he asked this, as he knows the answer, lol)? I am good at math because I am engineer, you have to be pretty good at math to be an engineer.

Of course I filmed it. So glad that I did, as I want to remember their sweet voices as they were asking me these questions. Here's the video if you want to hear how they ask the questions.

My 10 Favorite Movies and TV Shows

Hi Foxy Friends! Happy Mother's Day for all of your Foxy Mama's out there. We had a really great day, church with friends followed by shopping by myself  and then some movie watching with the kids and popcorn (my favorite food on earth), and then dinner with my parents. Couldn't have been a better day. But today I am linking up with The Blended Blog for the Monday prompt, favorite Movies and TV shows...I'm going to ignore the books part, because I haven't been reading much.

Let's do 5 of each, cause, I like things to be even. So let's get started:

Obsessed with this movie right now. And the behind the scenes on the video...loved it all! If you haven't seen it, go see it right now, and then fall in love with the music and all the characters with me.

 

I just love the overall message of this, and everyone loves a good Cinderella movie right?

I liked this movie a lot and loved seeing the background of Wonder Woman, as I had no idea where she came from. They did a really good job with this movie.

Have you seen any of these movies? I loved the whole trilogy. Usually you don't like them all, but each one is different it its own way.

Something that we'll always watch when one comes out.  These aren't all of them, but we're always entertained. Doesn't take much to entertain us. These aren't my favorite of all time, but some of the movies that we've been watching lately.

Need I say more about this one?

This so is so dang funny. If you haven't seen it, it's a great comedy.

This is a Netflix original, and such a unique concept. Defintely a good summer show to watch. Oh and do the subtitled version and not the English dub. I think you get more out of it hearing how it was originally done.

Also another Netflix original and super unique that has you wanting more. Unfortately it did get canceled, bur rumor has it they are coming out with a movie to wrap it all up.

I think this is also a Netflix original, man netflix is killing it. Such a great concept for a show, I don't want to give it away, but go watch it, it does not disappoint. Very Sci-Fi, so if you aren't into that, then this is not for you.

What are some of the movies and tv shows you like that we should watch? We just recently started watching Glitch, it's about people coming back from the dead, but not as zombies as themselves and not remembering that they were dead. It's super interesting, we're only 4 episodes in, but so far, so good.

Friday Favorites #163

Happy Friday Foxy Friends! Only 1 more day left until Mr. gets home! Woo hoo! So far it hasn't been to terrible. We are so busy with after school activities that I haven't had much time to think about anything else...so that's good. But let's get to this weekends Favorites.

In case you missed it this week on the blog:

Monday: TBB Asks - Entertainment Edition
Wednesday: 10 Spring to Summer Transition Pieces
Thursday: 10 Things That Motherhood Has Taught Me

Bonus: On Sunday, Mother's Day, I am posting on my YouTube channel about Baby Fox's birth story. So if you are a sucker for a birth story, don't miss out here.

Last week I got to volunteer at Baby Fox's school for his Jog-a-thon, it was so cute all of the 1st and 2nd graders running around the track. Before picture.

The only picture I got of Baby Fox, he's behind the kid in the hat, next to the tall kid. How is that kid in 2nd grade?! I ran a couple of laps with him too.

After picture, I just love that his teacher participated with them and ran the whole time with them.

With my hot sticky sweaty boy.

We went to our friends house for dinner. I was picking up some food, and while we waited we got some frozen yogurt, makes sense to get dessert before dinner right?

Our friends, the wife was gone to a play, Mr. was gone too, so what do two type A people do while the spouses are away? Organize of course.

This guy followed me around everywhere I went...

Saturday was a really full day.  My dad took Mini Fox to her soccer game, while I took Baby Fox to his baseball game. The way the timing worked out Dad and Mini Fox were able to make it to a lot of Baby Fox's game. Baby Fox played a good game.

After all the games we headed to lunch of Mini Fox's choosing. She picked Corner Bakery for their Mac and Cheese.

 Afterwards we headed home to change and get ready for a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese...my most favorite place ever...hear that sarcasm?

We went home to meet up with some other friends for dinner. It was definitely a full day. Perfect way to do the first day of many without Daddy. I promise Baby Fox was happy to have friends over, he just didn't want me taking his picture, haha.

The aftermath of 5 kids, mostly two of the littles girls.

 

Other things that happened this week. Sunday we filmed another video for the kids YouTube Channel.

I got a fitbit and Tory Burch has a bracelet that you can put your fitbit into to make it look like a bangle. I love it! I bought two bangles and a leather band wrap around one. I love them so much more than the rubber band they give you.

Tuesday I wanted to sign up Baby Fox for summer camp and because of the popularity of the camp, you have to sign up in person...this was the line when I got there, insane. Don't worry he got in, and is super excited. Next year he's going to be able to take the full camp, instead of Junior camp. He's super excited about that.

Also the kids are super flexi. Mini Fox has been trying to copy Baby Fox doing his bridge.

Mini Fox finally got it this week! She was super excited about it. The first couple she did I was a little worried about her neck, but she finally got it and can now pretty much do it without my cringing about her neck. (she was getting her hands and feeting into postion and then would use her head to help push herself up...causing her neck to bend in crazy ways).

And of course a video.

I have also been working on my Pinterest game a bit...as in I was bored one day and was trying to make highlights for my IG, but ended up making covers for my Pinterest boards (because that took a lot less thought then trying to think of what I wanted to highlight in my life). It's a lot of work, as I have a lot of boards, but so far I'm liking how it's looking. If you don't already, please follow me over on Pinterest.

 

Mr. gets home tomorrow! Woo hoo! We're so excited to have him back home with us! Just in time for him to be super jet lagged (he's currently 15 hours ahead of us) and for Mother's Day.

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10 Things Motherhood Has Taught Me

Last year I participated with Erin for 10th on the 10th and she's continuing it this year, click here for those posts.This month in honor of Mother's Day we are talking about 10 things Motherhood Taught Me. Let's get into it.

ONE | Love

The love for your child is like nothing else I have experience. Yes I love my family and my husband but my love for my kids...deep. You know that game when you ask...who would you save if you were all drowning? Yeah Mr. asked me that once when Baby Fox was a wee child, and my immediate response was Baby Fox, without hesitation. It hurt Mr.'s feelings, but as a Mother, we would save the kids...that was morbid....but you get my drift, I hope. The other day (at 4:50am) there was an earthquake, and my immediate reaction was to jump out of bed and grab the kids...luckily neither one woke up and I didn't need to, but I was ready...I have no idea what I would have done after that, perhaps I should start thinking about that.

TWO | Patience

Nothing tests your patience like a kid trying to buckle his/her own seat belt. Man that is the worst when they want to do it themselves, yet they don't have the strength yet to do it on their own. You know this, but then need to learn each time they get in the car...when you're in a hurry.

THREE | Pretend Play

I was never that great at pretend play. Heck I'm an engineer, we are all numbers and facts. But being a mother made me pretend play like no other. Want me to sound like a horse? Yep, want me to kiss like a giraffe, I can do that too. (yep both of things has been asked of me)

FOUR | Short Order Cook

Yep, I've turned into a short order cook. I don't always do it, but in order not to eat like a 4 and 7 year old, I do sometimes make myself and Mr. something and then the kids something else. I hope I am not the only one...

One of my all time favorite pictures of Baby Fox...he did not like carrots

FIVE | Perspective

What use to be so important to me before, no longer matters. What matters is my family, our health and the little things that used to drive me crazy. Don't bother me as much. I have two healthy kids who I am forever grateful for.

SIX | The Art of Lying

Yep I said it. I lie to them sometimes. Like when I said that we leave the Easter Baskets out for the Easter Bunny, because this Mama doesn't want to have to buy an Easter basket every year, and Baby Fox asked so we put it outside because the EB doesn't come inside. haha, good catch there son...almost caught me in my own lie. So yes we leave the Easter baskets outside for the bunny to fill them. Also so we wouldn't have to rush in the morning and have to do the whole Easter egg hunt before church...we told them that EB knows when you go to church and comes while you're gone.

SEVEN | Pain Management

You thought I was going to talk about natural birth right? Nope, I meant the ability to scream silently when you step on a lego in the middle of the night and don't want to wake up the whole house.

EIGHT | Conviction

Before kids I knew basically nothing about them. I had never changed a diaper before, didn't really hold any babies before, but as soon as Baby Fox was born I suddenly had all of these strong stances on things that I didn't even know I had. Like when to feed him, what way to hold him, how to bathe him...silly things like that, but I had an opinion on how they should be done.

NINE | The Art of Starvation

I am that person that always thinks about her next meal and the meal after that and the meal next week. But when it comes to the kids, if I have to give them my food so that they won't be hungry. I have no problem with doing that, unless I've gotten everything for everyone and the movement I sit down they want more milk...nope they've gotta wait until Mama gets a few bites in to take the edge off.


TEN | Grateful

I know we're all grateful for our family, friends and everything in our lives. But I am truly grateful that God gave me these children to raise. To raise to be good humans, to care about each other and others, to treat other like they would be treated and to show them everything I know. Each night as I look at them while they are sleeping, I stand there in awe that these tiny humans completely rely on me. That even when I feel like I am the worst mother on earth for yelling a little to much, for forgetting something important to them. They forgive so easily, without batting an eye. Something that us adults should follow. Their hugs are the best, the kisses are wonderful and the look they give you when you get home from a long day of work, makes waking up at 3am totally worth it.

What have you learned since becoming a parent?

If you want to join in the fun next month, here are the topics.

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