Miniachairs

I've been meaning to share these pics from when my son & I visited the Grand Rapids Public Museum during his spring break. Behold Chairmania! Seeing this exhibit made me want to be the size of Tinkerbell so I could try some of these seats out! Which one is your favorite? Can you spot Cherry from Peewee's Playhouse? Found myself wanting to invest in a doll house afterward too. How fun would it be to decorate a little doll house with tiny furniture like this? Am I too old for one? Probably. :p

2 Hour Trip For a Guitar

This is my best guy friend James. The other day I dropped everything I was doing to head out on a spontaneous road trip from Michigan to Ohio in search of what James called the guitar of his dreams. He insisted that I just HAD to come along. . . so I did. This was a guitar he found on Craigslist, so this little spur of the moment excursion was just to see if the instrument was all he was imagining it to be.



This better be good, Mister!

We filled 'er up,
Headed out on the open road,
Sang our hearts out to classic rock playin' on the radio really loud,
Enjoyed the country scenery,
and then came the meeting.
James explained to me in technical terms how cool this guitar was, but my favorite part was that it was signed by Peter Frampton!
He picked it up the Gibson Les Paul like it was a baby, and after minutes of giddy conversation with the original owner, he decided it was a GO! I love the shiny caramel color.

I haven't seen James this happy in a long time, it's so cute.
When I asked him about the Frampton autograph, he told me he wouldn't even mind taking it off the guitar. I begged him not to! He said the signature had nothing to do with his love of it, and then proceeded going into all of the other reasons he was fond of the thing, none really of which I much understood, as I know very little about musical instruments.

But I'm so very happy I ended up going along.
It's nice to see someone following their dream. :)

Happy Mothers Day. . .

. . . to my beautiful mom, and the community of mothers in my world wide web of friends. :)

XOXO

"Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over."
- George Cooper


♥ I love you, mom!! ♥

"Making a decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."
- Elizabeth Stone

♥And I love being a mama to this amazing little boy too!♥
He is the best teacher my life has ever had. :)

Boy Friends

When I was in the 4th grade, I had a crush on this boy at my new school. He ended up being my little boyfriend in the 5th grade. Remember being that young and doodling hearts with boys names inside of them? This was the boy whose name {Gabe} was inside my doodled hearts. :)

We had always remained nice to each other throughout high school, but lost touch after graduation.

14 years later, we find out we live about 20 minutes away from each other and decide to go out on the town. I wasn't sure what to expect, and although I was a little nervous, I'm so glad I took the little risk to answer the question,
"hmm, what will this be like?"
because I ended up having such a great time!

4th grade field trip pic

Out on the town:

Nice photo background, I thought.

Introduced him to one of my favorite little hangouts . . .

where you can have your beer served in a boot if you'd like ;)

Any dancing boy is cool in my book.
. . . probably because I love to dance too!
We even inspired others to shake their groove things!
Don't you just love jukebox joints?
They're my FAVORITE.
14 years later, who knew?

The best part of the night was laughing so hard my tummy hurt.
I love those kind of laughs!

There are boyfriends and there are boy friends and
I'm starting to realize at this point in my life I
enjoy seeking out the latter of the two. ;)

Next time we plan to try karaoke, can't wait!

Light of my life, Beacon of hope

We have many roles to play in our lives, don't we? Coworker, daughter, sister, peer, friend, etc.

My favorite role is that of being a mother. :)

There are many things that bring my life happiness.

Vintage dresses, AS YOU KNOW, are quite the little obsession of mine.
Dark chocolate is a best friend on a daily basis.
And sunshine coming through my window is something I always love!

But there's nothing in my life that compares to the happiness I get from this little star, my son.
I'm inspired to write about him today because we had such a wonderful and creative weekend!

I've got the coolest kid, and I'm not just saying that because I'm his mama! ;)

Moms, is there any greater joy in the world than seeing true happiness on the face of your child/ren?


I realized recently that I don't often post about my real life, so I made a new resolution for the year to do just that. :)

I know my blog readers know me as a dress-obsessed vintage fashionista, ;-P but this little boy is actually what my life and heart revolves around.

How many of you are mamas? I love that kids are like these little plants and you nurture them, feed and water them, and then you watch in amazement at how they change and grow. Observing this with my own son Lukas is one of the truest blessings my life has ever known. ♥♥

Happy Monday!
XOXO