What We've Been Up To {Photo Dump}

We're back from our trip to Disney.  We decided to go and use up our pass for the last time before it expires.  We love being annual pass-holders and going up whenever we have a few free days.  As a kid we lived in Orlando and my mom worked for a Disney hotel, so I grew up going a lot and have the best memories, so I'm glad the kids are growing up the same.  Disney is one of my favorite places to go.

It's been a while since I did a photo dump, so I'll fill you in now on a few things we've been up to

One of my favorite things to do is go shopping with my daughter.  I love this age and that we're able to have conversations and pick out things together.  She's always so well behaved when we're out and so much fun to run errands with.

I came home to this sight one day, and I must say it melted my heart a bit.  They're so cute and J really thought he was helping his dad change the battery in the truck!

Here are a few pictures from our Disney trip, I wont bore you with a recap - but these are a few of my favorite shots from this trip.

Love this castle, it never gets old seeing it.  So pretty!

 

J gets a little star struck when he sees the characters.  He runs up to them, hugs them, talks to them a little and then poses like this for pictures - you can never get a smile out of him haha.

We went to Animal Kingdom  for a little bit, it was too cold and rainy to stay long and of course E was getting sick.  It never fails - one of them always gets sick when we're in Disney.  So we decided to go and do a couple of things and head home.

The Kilamajaro safari ride is one of my favorites, you always see so many beautiful animals!

Hope you all have a great day, I'm off to tackle my big to do list!

linking up for: It's The Little Things

It's The Little Things: Fingerpainting

Now that the weather is nice we find ourselves outside a lot more.  We play, ride bikes, and yesterday decided to set up the kiddie table and have the kids finger paint.  It was so nice, they painted and I got to enjoy the beautiful breeze!

I love seeing them have fun and can't wait to frame their little masterpieces!  I look forward to many more days of enjoying the cooler weather and doing things outside.


Linking up for It's The Little Things

It's The Little Things - Phone Dump Edition

I'm linking up with Ashley today for It's The Small Things.  I love going through my phone and seeing the pictures that I've captured, it's fun to relive moments with the kids or friends.

Last Wednesday we surprised the kids with a few toys.  We got J the light-saber he always played with at the Disney Store and a Darth Vader mask - have I mentioned he's obsessed with Star Wars?!   We also got E the Frozen figurines she wanted.  It was so cute seeing them walk into their rooms, see their present and get excited.  E screamed and J said "hey, I like those!"

J was so excited to play with his light-saber and I loved the face he was making as he played!

On Thursday night we went to our good friends' house to watch the Heat vs Spurs game.  I'm not into sports at all, I just went to hang out with all of these cool people pictured above, and some others that weren't pictured.  We had a great time and I had the most delicious drink with vodka, grapefruit juice and sprite.

A little moment to myself on Saturday morning.  Actually J was awake, but he was content playing with his toys so it was just me, my coffee and some Ladies of London - perfection!

I love this beautiful girl's smile and I love capturing these moments when she's smiling naturally and not the forced smile she usually gives me for pictures haha.

I had the best drive to my doctor's appointment a couple of days ago.  The sun was out (it's been raining non-stop), a good song on the radio and I had one of my favorite sundresses on.  It really is the little things :)

I hope you all have a great Wednesday!  I wanted to also let you know that I will be co-hosting with Natalie and Annie tomorrow for Thoughts for Thursday.  I hope you all join!  There are no rules for the linkup, so linkup whatever you post for tomorrow!

A Night Out With My Mom

Yesterday my mom and I had a mother/daughter date to see John Legend.  Although I see my mom all of the time, I don't remember the last time she and I did anything fun alone.  It was such a fun evening and John Legend has the most BEAUTIFUL voice, and it doesn't hurt that he's handsome too ;)

The concert was so amazing and romantic - I wish JZ and I would've gone together because I'm sure he would've loved it too even though he doesn't know too many of his songs. He sang my two favorite songs from him which are Ordinary People and All Of Me and also sang a song from Bruce Springsteen song Dancing In The Dark, but sang it slow and it was just beautiful!  If you are a fan of him and he's coming to your area I highly recommend you seeing him.  Here are the few pictures I took

A snip-bit of John singing All Of Me

A night out also called for me to try my new Naked3 Palette!  I tried recreating this look since it was a bit bold and I thought it would go well with my dress.

Here's a  horrible selfie of me trying to show you how it looked - I couldn't get a good close up :( but you get the gist. 

It was such a fun evening with my mom and I'm happy that we live so close and are able to do things like this together and create memories.

Have a great Wednesday!

  

It's The Little Things {Link Up}

Something that I'm always thankful for is family fun.  Moments where we can escape our normal day-to-day routines and just enjoy each other's company.  Although we're always with each other (including my husband since he's a fireman and has a couple of days off in between shifts) there's something about stepping out of the house and doing something that involves us spending quality time together.  I really see the difference in all of our personalities when we get out of our normal routine and do something extra fun.  One of my favorite things to do, that I've mentioned before is go for a walk on the beach and end up at our favorite taco stop on Tuesdays.  It almost feels like we're on vacation when we're walking on the beach and we always have the best time.  Family time is truly priceless!

Another little thing that makes me excited (... and maybe a little vain) a blow dryer!!  I hate my naturally curly hair - I like curly hair on others, just not me.  I find it to be so much easier to manage when it's straight!  This past weekend I washed my hair and left it curly and couldn't wait for the moment when I went to the salon and had them blow out my hair to my usual straight ways.  I'm so happy to feel "normal" again!!

Isn't that SO much better?!!

Have a great day!

Seeing The Positive In A Crummy Day

Yesterday was a horrible day - the kids fought the whole day, they didn't listen to anything I was saying, the house was a mess - I'm so behind on everything since the kids have been sick, I was short tempered, then to top it off a table I JUST bought for J's room was ruined by the humidifier.  Dumb me didn't think to put a towel under the humidifier, some water must have leaked (that I didn't see) and sat on the wood table which caused it to swell on two spots.  How aggravating especially when it's NEW!

Even with the crappy day there were still a few things that made me smile:  One started when I first woke up with J.  It was super early when we came downstairs, and he asked for chocolate milk and once I gave it to him I went back in the kitchen to make my coffee, as I was fumbling out of the kitchen I saw this:

Isn't that the cutest thing?!  The hat was on the couch and he decided to drink in style with a hat he found. (Yes that's a ugly cover on our windowsill so someone doesn't smash his head in the marble since he's a little monkey!)


Then the other was while doing E's preschool with her (I'm trying it out at home to see how I feel about potentially homeschooling).  We were learning about what colors made green, sure enough she already knew what two colors made green - which shocked me.  That girl is so smart!  So, she mixed the yellow and blue, and I thought the smile on her face as the color turned green was so cute.  It's so sweet seeing the simplest things through kids' eyes.

In the evening my mom came over to babysit because she heard how stressed I was and hubby and I went out for dinner, which was nice to escape the chaos since we both had been stressed out.  We went to a local pub had some beer and dinner.  We sat outside and then after dinner walked around the shops - it was such a beautiful evening with a gorgeous sunset:

I'm happy that yesterday is over and today is a new day. Seeing that sunset is a reminder that although it was a bad day, it was another DAY - a day I was able to spend with my kids and husband... it maybe wasn't the perfect day, but it was another day I got to enjoy.

Linking up with Ashley

Blogging...It's The Little Things

One thing that I'm very appreciative of is blogging.  I started this little blog 7 months ago, and it has been so much fun for me!  As a stay-at-home mom I was itching to find something creative to do - not that I don't enjoy my days as being mommy, but I needed something for ME.  I'm not really good at DIY (not that I've really tried - I'm too scared haha), scrap booking, or anything like that, but I have always loved writing. It's a way to be creative and jot down my feelings, emotions, or what I'm really into at the moment. Once I read my first blog (I Heart Organizing) I was hooked and thought it would be a great way for me to possibly find the creative niche I was looking for.

I was pretty apprehensive starting one, thinking I wouldn't have enough to write about or it would never be as good as the rest of the blogs that are out there.  Finally, after a year - on a whim I started my blog.  I thought of a name that represented me and went to blogger.com and started Kids and Cabernet!  Let me say that it has been so much fun to write posts and connect with everyone.   I'm able to sit down each night and unwind from my long mommy days and write a post... and then the best part is reading your comments and what you have to say!  I love reading everyone's blogs too and getting ideas on projects to do with my kiddos, recipes, beauty products, fashion, decor, ect.  I have learned so much from other blogs to the point that I even I feel like I'm more creative in my personal life!

Blogging has definitely been a "little thing" that has been so awesome and I'm happy I started doing it!  What do you love most about blogging?

2014 Family Pictures {The Little Things Link Up}

One thing that I make sure I do each year since having kids is taking yearly family pictures.  I think it's so important to have snapshots as a family, and it's so great to always look back and see how everyone has changed bald husband, me with gray hairs, plus I love filling our home with recent pictures, and handing out pictures of the kids to friends and family.

Although the dates for our family pictures were moved around a couple of times we FINALLY got them done, here are our family pictures!

Isn't she a beauty?!

Total studs!

Looking at these pictures makes me so happy and warm inside!  I love our little family... it's definitely the little things that make me the happiest!