Saturday Morning Laugh

It's a blueberries stuffed in a spiral notebook kind of morning.  I found this while cleaning up after my kids' breakfast and had to laugh!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Hitchcock!

My husband and I are huge Alfred Hitchcock fans, and today just happens to be his birthday!  I thought it was a good excuse to have a Hitch movie marathon with some homemade truffle butter popcorn and my favorite champagne to celebrate!

If you didn't opt to take film class in school and don't have the scoop on why Alfred Hitchcock's films are so cool, then pick up a copy of Hitchcock's Style.  The old fashioned thrills and intense suspense are great, but we all know our eyes are really on Hitch's leading ladies and their killer wardrobes!  

What are your favorite Hitchcock movies?  Let's discuss...

These are my faves...

Vertigo

Rear Window

The Birds

Rebecca

North By Northwest

Truffle Popcorn and Champagne

Pop one bag of your favorite popcorn (no salt or butter added).  Melt 3 tablespoons of butter and 1 teaspoon of truffle oil.  Drizzle over popcorn, toss and add salt to taste.

Pour the bubbly.  Gloria Ferrer's Brut Rose' is my current favorite!

My Favorite Summer Clutches

Happy Friday!  Clutches are so fun and care free, I love them.  Here are my 3 favorite right now.  Fall picks to come!

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An Antique Fox Hunt

My husband and I just celebrated our 8th anniversary at my family's lake house.  We spent the days cooking, reading, playing the guitar and antiquing.  My husband doesn't exactly like antiquing, but he is a patient man and has a lot of experience waiting around while I shop!

On to my findings...

I found a sweet bed side table for my son's room for $18.  A set of 12 blue plates with a lion and fox design for $55. And last but not least the most adorable fox string dispenser, unfortunately not for sale.  I'm so bummed that the find of a lifetime (I'm obsessed with foxes) was not something I could take home.  Lucky for me their is Etsy, eBay and lots of places to find it online!

Go check them out, but please save one for me!

Mother Bear and Cubs

Loving nature this time of year!  

Beautiful Buds

My garden is about to go into full bloom, and I couldn't be more excited!  I like to think of our yard as an extension of our home.  My kids already carved a fort out of a honeysuckle bush out back, which of course inspired them to start their very first club. Reminds me of the fun times I had outdoors when I was little, and I love it!   

Enjoy the pics of our new blooms!

Introducing Poetry to Kids

Try sharing a poem one night a week at dinner.  We wrote our first poem on paper and hung it up to read every day.  Now my son has it memorized and loves sharing it with anyone that will listen!  

Bonus: By reading aloud poems at home you are building background knowledge for your kids.  When they learn poetry at school the literary terms will stick, and more importantly they will have a love of poetry!

Got any fun poems to share?