At the end of the summer I was asked by Davidson’s Organics and the Missouri Star Quilt Company to be a part of their Ultimate Picnic! program and to create a fun picnic theme to share. What fun, right! I love a good picnic. Remember this post here? Well, last week I decided it was high time I took my girls out on a little mommy/daughter date. It had been far too long since I had done anything with either of them that was just us. You know, without any errand running, after school activity pit stops, soccer games, heck, not even a brother in sight.
Since we’ve been having the most amazing fall weather, I thought a picnic at the park would be the perfect little getaway for us. I packed our picnic basket with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, animal crackers, apple slices, and some iced tea (caffeine free of course…my kids love when I let them have iced tea, I think it makes them feel grown up!)
I was sent a few boxes of Davidson’s Organics have been loving all the fun brewed iced tea flavors they offer. I chose the Te de Hibiscus for my girls as it’s caffeine free and they really enjoyed it, especially in their own little mason jar!
I was also sent an adorably happy fat eight bundle from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. I used the fabric to make each of my girls a cute Ruffled Mason Jar Cozy (tutorial found here!) to use at our picnic in the park.
We had so much fun. It was so nice being able to talk to them without the interruptions of any brothers. Since school started it seems that they have both grown so much. They had so much to tell me about school, their routines, their classmates, their favorite parts of their days. I loved it all and relished every bit of the fact that they were both such open books 🙂
Ellie seems so much older now that she is in preschool. She is learning about the weather, the calendar, days of the week, she loves all the songs they sing and giggles as she tries to teach them to us.
And Penny. Wow! I knew she loved school, but hot dog, she downright adores it. Every. Bit. Of. It. She soaks it all in and remembers every detail of every day. Right now her favorite class is art, she is learning about money and loves the fact that there is a song about the penny (which she thinks is about her 🙂 ), she memorizes everything her teacher does and is so pleased with herself to share the minute by minute action with us.Â
I’m not sure who had more fun on this picnic date, me or the girls. I do know that I cannot wait to carve out time to do this with the two of them again…as well as I am trying to find something special to do with my boys. Even if only for an hour, it ends up being such a special time and such a great memory for all of us!
Thanks for stopping by today!
XOXO,Â
Mason jar cozy… SO CUTE! That is so clever. 🙂
OMGosh, they are sooo fun to make, and all you need are small pieces of fabric so they don’t cost much either!! I need to make more, stat!
How delightful! I’m sure your girls loved the beautifully decorated picnic with their mom. Thanks for sharing!
Ana
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They sure did! It was so much fun and made me realize how I miss spending a bit of quality time with them independent of their brothers!
What a lovely “date” for you and your girls. Can’t wait for the cozy tutorial… my girl would love one! Enjoy your weekend!
We all had so much fun! And it was basically free which is even better…sometimes those dates out get to be expensive!!