Emerson 2012

This year we got an Elf on the Shelf for Natalie.  We read the book on November 30th (Andy's birthday), she named him {Emerson} and the fun began!

He brought Natalie and Olivia matching pajamas.  Which is a hard job!

Admiring our yet to be decorated tree in the best seat in the house. 

Natalie said it would be funny if Dobbins (her rocking horse) had lights on him...So Emerson decorated him but got stuck in the lights! 

Couldn't stand our bare tree anymore so he did something about it...

Natalie spent the night at Grandmama's house and guess who found her AND drank all the milk!

We read the Nutcracker and Emerson loved it so much that he found a Nutcracker in our garage and hung out with it all night!

Wooing Belle with his reading skills!  Oh yea!

Taking a rest on the windowsill.

Taking a marshmallow bubble bath.

Don't mess with the heat...It's COLD!

Poured himself a bowl of cereal and wrote Natalie's name with some.

Brought Natalie Llama Llama Holiday Drama- a book she had been talking about for days!

Natalie had a splinter the night before and had to use a band aid- Emerson wanted to join in the fun...

We received a Christmas package in the mail and Emerson thought the peanuts were snow!

Hiding in the treasure box trying to sneak some treats...

Natalie loves headbands and clippies.  Emerson was curious...

Natalie loves forts so Emerson built one out of Livi's building blocks.

A little late night karaoke with some flashing lights!

Trying to sneak some candy while drinking syrup.

Trying to play hide and seek- but Nat's too smart for him!

Went for a boat ride in our sink.  We used a dissolving bath color tablet to make the water blue.

Emerson has groupies!

Got stuck in our tree!

Making sure he was noticed.  This was his last night.  He wrote a note to Natalie:
Dear Natalie,
I had so much fun watching over you!  I can't wait to see what Sanat brings you!  Happy early birthday!  Have a great year!  I love you!
Love,
Emerson

She was sad to see him leave but understands that he'll be back on Daddy's birthday.  I loved hearing about her favorite place she found him or when she would tell other people about where he was that day- she would get such a case of the giggles!

XO
Maggie & co.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Here are a few things I put together this holiday season...

An advent calendar.  It was Pinterest inspired.  I heart bunting and polka dot ribbon!

I cute out triangles for the bunting and glued 2 together (just on the edge) creating a pocket.  I then glued them onto the ribbon, added the numbers and daily activities.  I plugged in our local events (parades, breakfast with Santa) and then the rest were similar to- make a paper wreath, bake cookies, donate books, etc.  Nat loved it!

The Christmas subway art is from here.

Happy Holidays from the Scott sisters!

LOVE!

I hope your holidays were filled with lots of love, laughter and creativity!

XO

Maggie & co.

12 Days of Christmas

This year I went ahead and did a '12 days of Christmas' for Natalie's teachers at her preschool.  My friends and I ransacked Pinterest and I found the "Days of Christmas" tags here.
Day 1

A small container of germ-x, a tree paint chip tag that reads, "Have a happy & healthy holiday season!"

 Day 2

This one was tricky...It is a white chocolate dipped oreo covered with crushed peppermint.

Day 3

8 Malt balls and 1 red peanut M & M. 

Day 4

Nail polish.  The tag reads, "For Your Mistle Toes"

Day 5

A small pack of Twizzlers.  The tag reads, "Twizz" the  season to be jolly!"

Day 6

2 packs of gum wrapped in a snowman cover.

Day 7

A bag of Candy Cane kisses.  The tags reads, "Sending you warm wishes and candy cane kisses this holiday season".

Day 8

Thanks to Michele I did nothing for this treat.  It's a clear ornament, filled with fake snow and 'joy' written using her Cricut.

Day 9

The least cute one... 2 packs of hot cocoa and a bunch of mini marshmallows (Nat's new fave)

Day 10

A container of green tic tacs (which are hard to come by).  You can find the grinch pill tag here.

Day 11

A holiday themed chapstick.  The tag reads "Merry Kissmas and a chappy new year!"

Day 12

The finale!
A coffee mug (to go with their Keurig the whole preschool got for them), a salt dough ornament, a Starbucks gift card, a Ghiradelli chocolate and a button ornament card made by Nat. 

I had lots of fun making them but even more fun giving them.  It was a nice way to show them how much we appreciate them and the craziness they go through each holiday season!

XO
Maggie & co.

Turkey Day 2012

We spent Thanksgiving in Connecticut with the majority of my extended family (at least on the Hyland side).  There were 25 people PLUS 3 little girls and 2 babies for Thanksgiving dinner.  The house was loud but full of love!  We had a lot of fun seeing people we haven't seen in a few years and catching up with those we get to see more often, like Livi's Godmother, Lisa.  

Here are some 3-D pumpkins and felt fall leaves:

The little girls helped me out with this one.  We used them to hold popcorn and pretzels.

My niece helped me out with the wording on this bunting.  I love the scalloped turkey face and her handwriting is adorable.  Thanks Aves!

And a close-up...

Then we have the place settings. 
My parent's dining room has a slight nautical theme with maps and striped walls.  So it just made sense having these mayflowers as place settings:

My Mom changed something on me last minute so I needed to make 2 more Mayflowers but was out of the pretty taupe cardstock.  Sooooo...Mom and Dad (the Hosts of T Day) got Mayflower cargo ships with giant pilgrims (by Aves).

The cool table had the Native American table settings.  I love these feathers! 

The little girls' table was Pilgrim themed.  I wanted to get some brown butcher paper for the girls to draw on but Mom did one better.  She found a paper table cloth that was designed to be colored.  AWESOME!  Insert Pilgrim hat crayon holders!

The last table was my turkey table.  With help from my Dad (and some extra railing he found) I was able to pull these together.

We are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends!  We hope everyone had a great holiday and spent it with the ones you love doing what you love.

{I am most thankful for the Fighting Irish and their 12-0 season!}

XO
Maggie & co.

Fall Teacher Treats

I thought I should recap Halloween and Thanksgiving treats before posting about our Thanksgiving Day!  For Halloween I made a family pumpkin.  The orange part is Natalie's palm prints, the brown stem is Olivia's footprint, and the green leaves are mine and Andy's thumbprints. Really cute and something  I will eventually frame and use as decor.

I scanned it and shrunk it to fit on a tag for Natalie's teacher treats.  I dyed melted chocolate and dipped pretzels into it to make pumpkins then added green M & M's for stems.  I had leftover glass containers from my sister's baby shower and some green crinkle paper.  I attached the sign to a stick and VOILA...a pumpkin patch!

The pre-school had a Halloween party and I made the mummy wrapped juice boxes.  Super simple and quick but I cannot find the picture to save my life!  Ugh!  I think it's something you could do for almost any holiday.
For Thanksgiving I bought a bag of Reese's pieces.  I created the tag using one of my favorite DJ fonts.  The turkey is Natalie's thumbprint and I added the colorful details.  Love finding leftover bags!

Our Love Story in Numbers

This was one of the first items I pinned on Pinterest and I just got around to doing it. My friend gave me this frame and I still have not forced a "family of 4" picture so I had to improvise. I love the "love dates" and I'm all about nautical aspects so I merged the 2 together. I started with my husband's birthday, my birthday, the day we met, the day we got engaged, the day we got married and our daughters birthdays.  Then I added the coordinates of those places. A great gift idea...

Now off to start planning my DIY (with assistance from the Blood ladies) Tinkerbell costume for Nat!

xo
Maggie & co.

Lady O's Baptism

A couple weeks ago {prior to the 2 week vacation} Olivia was baptized.  It was a wonderful ceremony and we were surrounded by the best people.  We asked my cousin, Lisa, and Andy's good friend, Ken, to be Livi's Godparents.  Here is a round-up of the prep and celebration...

{MENU}
lunch meat sandwiches, cheese/crackers, fruit, pasta salad, key lime cheese ball with graham crackers, chocolate dipped pretzels, chocolate stuffed raspberries, and cupcakes.

This is to show how silly that a box of cupcakes make 24 but my stand only holds 23...

 {DECOR}   

Handmade Baptism Subway Art, Ribbon Topiary Tree, and Wreath.

This was during the process. It's Mimi getting her hair did...

Again the day was great.  The kids jumped in the pool after the party and had a blast.  Thanks so much to everyone who helped out {even during our A/C crisis}.  What fabulous people Livi has in her life to help celebrate all these special days with her.  Here's some love from her...

XO

Maggie & co.