My latest Polyvore venture is called “Miami Beach & Home,” a name inspired by the Miami Beach poster hanging next to the window with the ocean view and the sculptures on the coffee table.
I picked a sofa to match the colors in the poster and then played around with fun pillows and accents in a variety of colors that seemed somewhat tropical and modern to me.
It’s purposely eclectic. Supposed to be fun.
What do you think?
Made another room on Polyvore tonight.
This one is named “Olive Ewe” in honor of the adorable pillow.
It’s one of my pillows from Zazzle and I just love it so much, I had to build a room around it. :)
Let me know what you like (or don’t like) about it!
I made this ecard because earlier today I was trying to snap a quick photo with my phone of my daughter doing something super cute.
I said her name to get her to look in my direction, but she never did. Never took her eyes off what she was doing, BUT every time I called her name, she responded, “cheese!” and put on a fake smile.
I believe my two-year-old may have been mocking me…
Either way, it made me laugh.
At first glance I saw a sleek and stylish dress that would be perfect for wearing to work or a nice dinner.
On second glance… flamingos???
Yes. Flamingos.
And the Floridian in me went, “SA-weeeeeeeeeeeeeet!”
I mean, come on: an upscale dress with such a fun design? I’m all about that. Plus, growing up in Florida has left me with a strange affinity for pink, plastic flamingos. I think they’re amusingly charming.
So these flamingos rock even harder.
Want one? Find it here: Shoreline Soiree Dress in Flamingos from ModCloth
It’s like a vacation in a dress. That would make me smile every time I passed a mirror. :)
My kids love animals. And playing doctor.
So, not surprisingly, they both got vet toys for Christmas.
And they loved them. Both my 2-year-old and 4-year-old loved their own toys and their sister’s toys. I’d gotten different things due to their age difference, but it didn’t seem to matter that much.
They also incorporated the Doc McStuffins Doctor Bag quite a bit.
For both girls I got on big vet toy and a smaller item to go with it. Specifically:
For my 4-year-old, I got the B. Toys Critter Clinic Toy Vet Play Set:
And the Learning Resources Tilt and View Animal X-Rays:
And then, for my 2-year-old, I got the Plush Animal Hospital House with Animals:
And the book Biscuit Visits the Doctor:
As I mentioned, they were both happy with all the toys, and all of them are still getting plenty of use a couple months after Christmas. I’m happy with all of the purchases, but wanted to elaborate a little for you.
First of all, I adore the B. Toys Critter Clinic Toy Vet Play Set for many reasons. From a mom’s standpoint, my favorite part is that it’s self-contained. That’s always a plus. All the toys fit in the top and you can also store them behind all the little doors. The plush cat and dog are cute and my girls both seem to like all of the vet tools that were included, like the stethoscope and syringe. But I think the best part is the set of keys. Each of the six doors is opened by only one of the six keys and the color of the key matches the color of the correct door. Granted, I can also use my fingernail to turn the lock, but my girls really enjoy locking and unlocking the doors with the keys.
The Tilt and View Animal X-Rays remind me a bit of toys I used to have in the 80s. You tilt them one way and you see one picture, and you tilt them another way to see a different picture. In this case, one picture is of an animal and the other picture is of that animal’s skeleton. And the back of the cards have the names of the animals and interesting facts for each species. There are 18 cards and the animals range from Green Sea Turtle to Barred Owl to Emperor Penguin. They’re supposed to be for slightly older kids, but both of my girls liked trying to “find” the bones. The cards don’t get as much play as the other vet toys, but my daughter definitely likes them, and has showed an interest in comparing the animals.
The Plush Animal Hospital House was what I gave to my youngest daughter because I thought it would be more age-appropriate for a two-year-old, but I find she plays with her sister’s Critter Clinic just as often if not more. Although this has more to do with the vet tools included in the Critter Clinic than the animals. She loves the dog, cat, bear, bird, and moose included in Plush Animal Hospital. She takes care of them, kissing their boo-boos and such. Many of the bandages on the animals can be opened to reveal boo-boos in the form of stitches. The animals are all soft and huggable, and it’s easy to put them in and take them back out of the plush house. Another toy with self-contained benefits. And a soft handle, which makes carrying it easy for little hands.
And then we come to Biscuit Visits the Doctor. My girls love Biscuit. We have many Biscuit books, and Biscuit is often requested at story time. So we’ve read this particular book many, many times. This is partially due to the doctor obsession brought on by Doc McStuffins, and also because Biscuit can be fun to read. My four-year-old laughs at his antics, chiming in with “silly puppy,” as my two-year-old quotes Biscuit right along with me: “woof, woof!” Either way, I highly recommend all Biscuit books for young kids, and especially this one for any kids remotely interested in doctors. I imagine it would also be good for kids that are afraid of the doctor, though I no longer have to worry about that, since my girls were cured of that through Doc McStuffins and Elmo.
Overall, I recommend all of the toys featured here, though especially the B. Toys Critter Clinic Toy Vet Play Set, which would be my vote if I had to choose which seemed to be the favorite out of all of them for my girls.
If you have any questions about the toys, please feel free to ask me!
I love the clothes from Free People. They seem like the type of clothes I’d design if I designed clothes.
There’s a lot of lace and textures and light, flowing fabrics. I like the femininity of it.
Anyway, I was browsing through some of their collection, and I wanted to highlight a few of my favorites here. I see it as kind of a mental collection of the look I’m after. It’s one of my missions, of late, to slowly replace the I’m-too-pregnant-too-care-what-I-look-like pieces still in my wardrobe with things that are a bit more bohemian. A bit more relaxed, yet girly and beachy. A bit more me.
I posted a few of my faves. Let me know what you think – I’d love to hear some opinions! :)
(photo source: Free People at Nordstrom)
Was reading the Free People blog today and found this list of 10 ways to feel light as a feather.
I do sing a lot (louder than I should) and do a lot of dancing (especially when I’m singing) and I certainly go barefoot whenever I have the chance (sometimes in public), but it has been far too long since I’ve climbed a tree.
Years, in fact.
I was a climber when I was a kid. Used to get yelled at by my mom for climbing trees in dresses.
Sometimes we let our childhood go in ways that we shouldn’t. We let our childhood go by forgetting who we really are and what we really want in life. What a terrible way to exist.
My kids know who they are. If they wanted to climb a tree, they’d climb it.
Sometimes I think adults need to imitate children a little more often.
I’m going to go find my tree.
And I hope you find yours.
Well, I’ve gone and done it.
I made myself a Facebook page.
I mean, why not, right? I spend so much time on there anyway: posting pictures of my kids, posting articles on my realtor page, reading articles my friends post about making organic homemade toothpaste, ignoring political posts, watching funny videos of cats….
Anyway, my point is that I’ve created a page for my Roaming Rosie persona where I can share cool things that I might not otherwise write a blog post about.
Or things about which I might not otherwise write a blog post. Whichever of those sentences is less aggravating to you.
So check out Roaming Rosie Remix, and “rock” me.
I mean, “like” me.
Because everyone can use more funny videos of cats in their life.
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I saw this Home Sweet Play Home tent at Parents.com today and I got so excited!
I mean, it’s like a circus tent, which normally I wouldn’t like, but it’s delicate and charming, too! That’s not an easy task.
Plus, it comes with it’s own windows to peek in and out of, and there’s a matching floor pillow!
I’m getting all excited just thinking about how much my girls would love this!
Although I am a little tempted to get the pink one…
But blue would go better with my decor. :)
*gasp*
Shakespeare AND Star Wars???
I … must … own … this … *whimper*
I mean, really: “These are not the droids for which thou searched … good lad, I prithee, go thy merry way…”
Funny and well written? Seriously, this guy knows his Shakespeare. I gotta get me some of this.
Here’s a preview from ThinkGeek:
If you’re as big a geek as me, you really need to check out William Shakespeare’s Star Wars
This IS the book thou art looking for!
Roaming Rosie 