sunsational swim school

At the end of summer, the kids took swim lessons with Sensational Swim School. The big kids both knew how to swim, but they both needed some pointers and so having someone come to us and teach lessons seemed like the best way to go. We were truly blown away with sensational swim school!! Our kids are 1 5 and 7 and all different skill levels. Our swim instructor was Caroline Murphy and she was phenomenal. Caroline was super fun, energetic and so good at what she does. My kids loved her immediately. She came prepared with lots of little pool toys and was very professional. Two of our kids have hearing loss and Caroline had no problem communicating with them through demonstration and illustrations that she brought. She is truly exceptional. I have been so impressed with her and highly recommend Sunsational Swim School.

VISIT THE WEBSITE HERE: SUNSATIONAL SWIM SCHOOL

two week countdown.

Summer is the best on so many levels. We really do love it. The end of summer however gives me many different feelings. Hot, tired, drained...to name a few. Entertaining these tiny people daily is wonderful yet exhausting. There IS something special about the start of a new school year though. All new gear + a fresh new start. So fun! With all of this back to school excitement the kids have been having fun playing "school" around here and so we got them the sweetest little matching Stuck on You backpacks with their names on them and it is the absolute cutest. 

These backpacks + loads of other fun school items available

HERE.

xx Nikki

Ocean Spray Mocktails for the win.

We took a break from the hot hot heat this week and headed for the ocean. Our happy place. Since we are all on vacation mode, fancy drinks complete with those silly umbrellas made for a refreshing little tropical treat and let me tell you,  Ocean Spray® Mocktails are DELIGHTFUL. We chugged our entire supply and then I bought more and hid them from my kids because they would have attacked me like frickin' piranas for more and I just wasn't in a sharing mood anymore. My favorite? Cranberry Peach Bellini. So so good.

CHEERS!

Xx NIKKI

Hattie's Tropical Soiree

 Our Hattie-cake turned ONE and I am still in denial. We threw a Tropical Soiree to celebrate our sweet girl with friends and family. We partied at Greg's parents pool and thank goodness for that because it was a smokin' hot 106 degrees that day. Lots of LOVE to Patti for making delicious food and to Chuck for blowing up a million balloons. :) Shoutout to Glam Fete for some super cute decor, Krafty Nat for the amazing flamingo cakes (that baby smash cake though, swoon!) and the oh so talented Julia's Cookies NYC for the cutest cookies EVER. Julia's cookies NYC even ships almost anywhere and not a single cookie was broken. A very special THANK YOU to Freshly Picked for so kindly providing the cutest rose gold moccasins for all of Hattie's baby besties. We had the best time celebrating Hattie and Hattie had the best time eating cake. We are beyond grateful to have this happy tiny person in our lives. 

Happy birthday dear Hattie Eleanor. 

(see the video below)

Hatties tropical soiree from Greg Nielsen on Vimeo.