Back to School with Freshly Picked

Ok, I may cry for a week straight. Ryder starts school in two weeks from today!!! He is so excited and has been to a few fun camp days they host at his preschool this summer. He loves it and walks in, no worries at all! I, on the other hand, sit back waving franticly for 6 minutes while all the teachers smile at me (but I know inside they are rolling their eyes!!) because I'm that mom. 

I can't believe how quick this day has come and I am not ready to cut the cord!! But he is ready. And so, here we go! I am trying to think of the positive and of course I am excited at the idea of having some one-on-one time with Blakely while Ryder is at school. We've never had time alone like that! So that will be fun and I'm looking forward to our girls days!

One thing I do get excited about with back-to-school is the clothes shopping! Holy smokes, so much fun dressing these little babies while they still let me! :) If you've been following me for a while, then you already know I was obsessed with Freshly Picked moccasins when Blakely was a baby. And now they have hard-sole shoes for big kids! YAHOOOO! Aren't these the cutest?!

I got Ryder this FP pair in black (I also want the tan ones) and he loves them! They are seriously the cutest!! And look at these adorable sandals. I mean, come on. I know Ryder will be wearing these hard sole Freshly Picked shoes almost every day. I love that they are comfy like a sneaker, but look dressed up. Ryder seriously loved them the second he saw them!

You have to scroll to the bottom to see my goofy kiddies! I love these pictures so much! Lisa does an amazing job capturing them and all their personality. :) xo

This was Blakely's face when I told her Ryder was going to school and leaving her at home three days a week. Ha!

They really do love each other. Best buddies. Safe to say Blakely is going to miss Ryder when he's gone!!

Why is my baby so big?!?! Insert ugly CRYYYYYYYYY

Blakes attempting to practice her gymnastics. Ha! :)

I mean, they KILL ME!!

Photos by Lisa Pummel Photography

Lemonade Stand Fun!

Both Ryder and Blakely have birthdays in July, so this month is always really busy for us! I've always been really into throwing huge custom birthday parties for the kids on their birthdays - both of their first birthday parties were huge! But I decided not too take on such a huge project this year since our house is on the market and life seems to be busier than ever. So I chose to take the easy route and throw them a joint birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese this year. And guess what, they loved every second of it!!! 

Since I wasn't going to throw a massive party that I could throw my creative heart into, I wanted to do a fun mini shoot with the kids. I got this adorable lemonade stand from Target (here + here) and the kids were so excited for it! I love these pictures soooo much and seriously just stare at them on my phone at night when the kids are in bed. :) 

I can't believe I have a four and two year old!! What?! I seriously feel like we just brought Ryder home from the hospital yesterday. I just can't believe how fast it all goes. Insert ugly cry here. My sweet little girl was just a newborn. And now she's two, full of spunk and making us laugh everyday. These kids are the light of my life and bring our family so much joy! 

So here are 3,628 pictures of my kiddies and their adorable lemonade stand. Because I couldn't stop myself and just posted them all. ;) 

Ryder was really upset about these cupcakes because they 1. weren't chocolate and 2. were lemon flavored. Blakely didn't seem to mind though. ;) lol

We were trying to get the kids to smile, so we started throwing lemons at them! Ha! They thought that was hilarious.

Photography by Jenna Sparks

PS here is a picture from us at the kids birthday party yesterday. They were so excited and had a ball. (Sidenote: TJ isn't here because his flight home from visiting family was cancelled, which resulted in him missing the party. I shed so many tears over that!!! We will just have to celebrate again once he's home! We missed him so much at the party.)