We had this sign converted into a little sign for Thanksgiving, but it didn’t quite make it there because we already re-did the room for Christmas! Auntia Suzi & Grandmama (Ben’s mom and sister) just came into town and we wanted it all Christmas-ed out for them, so it is already Christmas in our home, even though we have yet to celebrate Thanksgiving.

We are excited about the festivities that will ensue with family these next few days. I love turkey and stuffing and kinda missed out last year cause we went on vacation to San Diego instead of a traditional Thanksgiving, so you bet I will be making up for it this year. My tummy will be undoubtedly full after Thursday!

I left to do a few errands (so thankful for Grandmama and Auntia for watching the girls) and I come back to see my girls have already started writing to Santa! I guess we switched modes in our house real fast!!!

Anyone start with their Christmas shopping yet? I am almost done. Kinda. I have the list of what to buy, I just need to officially buy it. Well, if you need some help one of my fave etsy shops Ms. Tips is having a great 30% off sale until midnight Sunday night and she always has fabulous things!!!

Officially, True has the week off school, but since we didn’t get to do much school on Friday we did some this morning. Oh the beauty of homeschooling! It’s such a cozy Monday morning, since we had a day full of rain yesterday, so today will be spent watching movies and relaxing (with one errand to run with all four girls thrown in for fun!). We have a fun busy holiday week ahead of us, so we will get all the cuddly cozies in now. What does your monday morning consist of?

Anyone remember the wool felt string light garland I made a few years ago? Well, I unearthed a couple extras yesterday while doing Christmas decorating and put one in the shop here. SOLD.

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Having four girls is fun because I love dressing them up! Also, they love playing dress up and getting dressed up, but sometimes it isn’t so fun to clean up the mess they make after they take down all their clothes to play with. ‘Tis a house full of girls and I am sure the closet wars will only get worse from here. One day it won’t be me battling them about their clothes everywhere, but they will be battling each other about who gets to wear what and when. Those days will be crazy I am sure.

For now though, I enjoy having a say in what they wear and that they love the clothes I pick out for them (most days). This day though, True and I had a battle (look at her face in these pictures, it is obvious I won). She wanted to wear a dress, but I wanted her to wear this romper. If this romper were in my size, I would wear it!

We had to go to my BFF’s mom’s house for her birthday dinner and I welcomed the chance to get dress and leave the house! That is a rarity these days, since we are waiting for Glow’s 3 month to officially take her out, so if she stays home, so do I because I am her source of food.

I am not wearing much vintage here, except one of my bracelets. I love vintage a lot and a lot of my closet is comprised of it, but I (and I am sure Rachel too) do not wear it everyday. We don’t get dressed up everyday either! I do try to look a little put together daily, but that is only if the stars are aligned in the morning and all the kids are cooperating and I can sneak off to shower. But I also have those days where I don’t even get to brush my teeth until right before Ben comes home. This is real life folks!

on me: oriole fashioned flattery dress: c/o modcloth. boots: dolce vita. thick gold bracelet: vintage. thin leather & gold bracelets: handmade by anne potter.

on true: plaid romper: c/o minikin. knee highs: target. boots: h&m.

on brave: shirt & jumper: vintage. leggings: misha lulu (we love these a lot!). boots: last year siaomimi via gilt.

on soul: bow: made by me. dress: vintage. sweater: vintage. leggings: target. shoes: pediped.

I am totally loving all boots and all those deep yellows, oranges, and reds in clothing. Fall is my favorite season and though we don’t get that gorgeous change of color here in SoCal, I still love this time of year so much. If maneuvering about with 4 kids were easy, we definitely would be taking advantage of the nice fall weather and leave the house more often, but I am not that brave of a mama!

Some vintage lovelies for fall: fringe mocs, yellow shirtdress, wicker handbag, red & navy stripe vest, and gingham dress.

Some new lovelies for fall: wild ochre cardigan, basket beauty flat, moreno abstract dress, bene bow dress, and banoffee floral dress.

I love seeing Rachel’s posts and living my dream fall through them. It seems that Springfield is so gorgeous this time of year and everyone can get all cute and bundled up! Make sure you head over to Rachel’s and see what pretties they are wearing because her and her gang, especially that little Miss Ruby is always a whole load of style inspiration!

p.s. socal friends… you should go to this pop-up shop this weekend! lots of pretty kid goodies!!!

Days are blurred over here and filled with lots of busyness. I had a reader recently ask how I do it all and the answer is… I don’t do it all. I have a dishwasher full of clean dishes that haven’t been put away for two days and a whole sink full of dirty dishes that have been there for two days because I haven’t put away the clean ones. I gave up vacuuming about 6 months ago and only get to that once a month. Thus, we have colored pencil shavings all over the place. Really. I have a huge pile of clean laundry sitting at the foot of my bed and just this morning Ben asked, “Do I have any clean white shirts or boxers?” My reply, “Um… sorry never had a chance to do the laundry. Plus, we are out of detergent.” My craft area looks like this again and our school table (as you can see above) is full of piles. The to-dos and mess list could go on and on over here.

Most of the day is spent doing school, changing diapers, feeding the baby baby, a whole lot of managing and a whole lot of referee-ing the big girls. We get cuddles in when we can, but there is also a whole lot of yelling (probably more on my end), and most times I get frustrated that I easily get frustrated. So really, I don’t do it all.

So when do I blog or have time to plan a dinner party? Well, all three big girls go to bed at around 7pm. 7:30 at the latest. That is my time to try and get things done. Now, sometimes things don’t always get done because baby baby might want to throw a hissy fit and well, there goes that, but on good nights, I get plenty done and still manage to go to bed around 11pm.

To anyone who thinks I am super mom, I most certainly am not. You don’t see the messes and the fits of anger that go on over here. When someone asks me how I am doing, my reply is, “I am crazy most of the time.” It is really only God who allows me to get through the daily messes cause if it weren’t for Him, I would be crying all the time! No joke.

Now, wish me luck because hopefully today I could at least get those dishes put away!

Looks like the cool weather is here to stay. So happy about that! The weekends have also been filled with rain, so we are lovin’ it. True is still so excited about school and right when Sundays hit, she knows Tuesdays aren’t too far, and that news always make her giddy. Frankly, I like Tuesdays too because that mean 3 girls at home are much easier to manage than 4! It is a sort of “break” for me.

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