Cheerleading Tootsabella

She is so silly!!!

Gardening adventure continues

We are off to garden our front flower beds. They were pretty much just weeded over and looking pretty bad. After pretty much a whole day here is one of my accomplishments. I love tropical and different looking flowers. I decided on a braided hibiscus tree in yellow, some purple dahlia's, and a left over gerbera daisy from another area in the yard. I will post those pics later. I also decided on yellow, orange, and purple lily's. All the plants and flowers are perennials except the daisy.  I am still planning on putting another hibiscus bush or tree on the opposite side of the existing hibiscus tree. We haven't mulched this yet. Here are the pics!!!

My gardening adventure

I recently posted on how we ripped out all the climbing vines from my flower beds. I want to show our progress on it. We have planted some really pretty plants that we will be able to manage and prune to our liking. A plus, they smell amazing!! Here is our progress. I also caught some storm clouds approaching as I was taking some pics.

 Some storm clouds

 We wanted to make this cement slab a sandbox but figured a shed would go better here. So that will come later this summer. We planted wildflowers in the dirt part and still haven't gotten to the left side, but we plan to put wildflowers on that side too. I know it looks so dirty but we haven't power washed yet. This is just the beginning.

 Still need a little bit more mulch

 Caught Rose staring out the window

Some storm clouds moving fast 

Backyard Gardening Cleaning Up The Flower Beds

We just bought our home last year and we figured we would let everything grow out the first year to see what all the plants looked like. Well, we did that and found out that it was more work to let everything grow out. Basically at the end we had mega vines and just a bunch of yuck to get rid of. We practically tore everything out and now have our own plans for the yard. Here are some pics of the mess. I will be posting new pics of my flower beds to show the progress. My neighbor said she never knew there were flower beds back there. That is how bad it was!!!  Basically this is all the rubbish we pulled out of there!! Since then we have had it hulled away.

A Rustic Wedding with Burlap and Lace...Peachtree City, GA

A Georgia wedding story

 

Last year my sister got married. All our family from all over the United States came. She had a rustic wedding theme. It consisted of lots of old things with burlap and lace. She got married in a park in Peachtree City, Ga. This is the kind of theme that my family is into anyway, so it worked pretty well and they did a wonderful job putting it together. Here are a few pictures.

 

 

DeVine at Disney World Animal Kingdom

We recently went to Disney World and were lucky enough to view DeVine!!! Here are some beautiful pictures of her.

Coke Rewards Giveaway

200 My Coke Rewards Points Giveaway!

It has been one month since I have stopped drinking my favorite pop, Coca Cola. Actually my husband and I both had our last glass on our daughter Rose's second birthday on June 2nd. I am celebrating by giving away my Coke reward points I was saving. I have 200 points saved since the last time I cashed them in. Just fill out the rafflecopter form below to enter. They are really easy entries!! Good luck.

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Update on Potty Training Rose

It has been a little over a week now that she has been fully potty trained. She lets me know when she has to go every time. She even alerts me for number 2 as well. I am so proud of her. As a little celebration for her one full week with no accidents, we went to Target and let her pick out her first pack of underwear. She did pick the Ariel ones. We are off to an amazing start and a wonderful life of no more DIAPERS!!!!

Potty Training Rose

 Rose just turned 2 on June 2nd, her golden birthday! I decided it's time for her to be potty trained. Here is how I did it. I was determined to find a way because I was done with poopy diapers. I looked on the internet to find an easy way to do it. I came across a youtube video that really helped out. She had a little dolly that peed on the potty. I ditched the diapers and got some Gerber training pants. They are thicker and more absorbent. Then I got some m&ms and gave her one or a few for good deeds on the potty. I sang and danced here and there mostly the first few times then less as she got used to it. I still do on occasion. I use a travel potty with a bag instead of a bowl...easier clean up for me. I also have the potty seat that goes on top of the big potty. She uses both. After about 2 days, she really got the hang of it. Right now, she has been potty training for about a week and last time she had an accident was when she got really exited on Saturday because her friend came over. She is having trouble with pooping, but that's normal. She is getting used to it now. I took her to Sunday school and she was great and we have been out and about and she has been exceptional!!! I am so proud of her. She tells me when she needs to go, even though I still remind her. I let her run the show. They like that, as they think. I also told her when she is really good, she will get to go to the store and get big girl underwear. She wants Ariel...so cute she is! Here is the link to the video that really helped us out. I followed her techniques and it really worked, fast! You can potty train in one day. The first day was the worst, but if you prepare, you will be great! Have a great day and good luck. Potty training in one day! 

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