Unboxing My First Lou Lou & Company Order

 

By request, here are all of the products I could still find from my unboxing video. Some of the items have been discontinued but this is the majority of them. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Hats, Jewelry and Accessories- The Amazon Edit

 A collection of accessories to either finish your look, or make a Valentine's Day look out of your usual everyday wear! ❤️ 

Amazon Valentine's Day Shop Pt. 1.

Part 1 of my Amazon Valentine's Day Shop

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Daddy / Daughter Valentine's Day Tea

How many of you wives suggest for your husband to do something, and he hems and haws and balks and acts like he *reaaalllyyy* doesn't want to do it, but then ends up loving the end result like, a lot? ✋️

"Tea party!" He had mumbled under his breath. "Who needs tea parties?"

"Nobody *needs* tea parties Babe, but I promise you that your daughters will cherish these memories for years to come.

Now why don't you go change your shirt?"

"Do I have to change out of my comfy pants?"

I tried to make an annoyed face, but ended up just chuckling.

"No, I guess not. I'll just photograph your top half."

"Well I'm NOT wearing something different than my favorite flip-flops so it would look weird anyway. I'll be right back I guess."

And he disappeared upstairs, only to reappear in a few minutes. 

"It's wrinkled," he grumbled, "and I ain't wasting time to umwrinkle it."

"I really doubt the girls will notice. 

So it's fine.

Hurry up, Chari is waiting on the other side of the curtain with her eyes closed.

Neither of the girls have seen it in here since I decorated and set up the table..."

I absolutely love her little face of delight!

I must add, when he saw these pictures, he *almost* cried. And Chari wrote all about it in her journal, so it was definitely a big hit with them.

It was worth it to this very pregnant mama to do all of that work to make these wonderful memories! 💕 

A Visit To Plow Farms

It was the second weekend in December. 

We actually had plans to go to a *different* Christmas tree farm that day, and we drove all the way out to it only to find that they were done cutting trees for the season. You could go up and buy a pre-cut tree and that was it.

We already had plans to meet up with two of the kids' aunts and one uncle, so we immediately started Google searching for a backup. And that's how we found Plow Farms.

Bizarre thing, I called while *on the way* to Plow Farms and some sort of secretary answered. I asked her what the farm hours were that day, and if there were any extra special events going on. They were open until 5 pm she said.

Here's the kicker: upon arriving, they were also CLOSED. It felt like we had the absolute worst luck ever.

But I found someone on location who worked there (or owned the farm? I'm not sure but he had enough authority to be in charge of who was allowed on the premises) and asked if it would be ok if we just took some photos, and he was ever so kind and told us to help ourselves, and even pointed out some of the best photo ops.

The good part of this story is, we have a fake tree, so we were honestly just looking for the experience and some cool photos, so it worked out just fine. 😉 

The following photos is what we managed to get. Kudos to my kids for putting up with the INSANE amount of cold that day.

Evidently when they're open, they are known to have dogs available to pull your tree with a small sled. How cool is that?

The kids had so much fun posing in this tiny sleigh. 🤣

Tippy wanted to pretend that her dog Spice was her reindeer. 😁

He be chillin. 😄

A totally candid doggy kiss there. 💋 

Annnndddd...  that's why his nickname is "Happy". 🤩

Cutie. 🥰❤️🥰

They love their Aunt Kate. 💕 

The kids thought this truck was so cool!

One final photo with both of their aunts AND their uncle (who was visiting from Alaska so that was super special). ❤️ 

A special thanks again to Plow Farms for the amazing photo ops, and their kind hospitality for letting us wander around unsupervised. 

Going off of the kindness of the gentleman I spoke to and that alone, I highly recommend this family-owned business and look forward to visiting their farm during operational hours this coming holiday season. 🌟 

Xo, The Brunette & Family

A Construction Themed Birthday Party

Yes, he is blowing out a fall-scented candle instead of birthday candles, 

because we didn't even do a birthday cake.

Instead, we did dirt pudding, and we served it in- wait for it- a toy dump truck!

(Two new ones, lined with tin foil)

It was a chilly October day and it was misting rain, so we had my brother-in-law...

... draw us some epic roads with chalk on the concrete floor, and the kids played with a bunch of mini construction vehicles while I got the last few things set on the table. 

Speaking of table...

Yeah no food, just desserts and drink.

That's the beauty of having a party soon after lunch time and having a small enough group where you can tell them you're just serving dessert and you're not viewed as rude 😁.

After we sang Happy Birthday we had the kids all posed for a photo...

(Some of the children's faces have been concealed to protect their identity as they are currently in foster care)

... and then we handed out their goody bags and let Happy open his presents.

Grandma made good use of one of his gifts right away and read the children a story...

... and she even managed to put the baby to sleep (it was his nap time) even though it was really loud. 😳

Yay Grandma! 🙌

This was a construction cone that was actually on hand at my husband's work shop, and we had added it to the decor for extra flair, but his youngest brother decided it needed to be a hat. 🤣

The kids got construction-themed stickers, slap bracelets, mini measuring tapes and some sugar-free lollipops in their goody bags (some of the children in the group are diabetic).

The cuteness is strong with this one! 😍

All in all we think it was a success!

He applauded it so its a win in my book. 😉 

You can shop all of the party decor and gifts that are still available below. 👇

Did this inspire YOU to throw a construction-themed birthday party for YOUR child?

Let me know in the comments, and be sure to mention any fun decor or activity ideas that I missed!