A Day at the Lake

It has been a busy few weeks with The Buttercup Boutique and with so many orders coming in I have been working around the clock, which means Sunday was a time for a well-deserved mini-vacay! So we gassed up the car and headed up to our favorite mountain destination, Grand Lake, for a day at the beach!

It is wonderful how much fun a 2 year old can have playing with a $5 sand set. We filled it up and dumped it out.

Made shapes in the sand

Watched the sailboats

threw pebbles in the water

                                                  And took a little break for a sandy picnic

Our beachy adventure was interrupted by a crazy rain/hail storm, but luckily we were able to take shelter under a pergola with "pitty fowers" according to Hill

Once the rain let up we went to this awesome place to enjoy some ice cream

Yum

It was a good day :)

Happy 4th of July!

I hope you all had  a wonderful day full of picnics, beer and fireworks! We played it low key here and just had some family and friends over and grilled.

I had all of these wonderful plans to do a lot of crafts with Hill this week to use as decorations, but too many orders to fill made for some sparse free time. We did manage to find time to squeeze in a little bit of rocket making for the centerpiece. We made these rockets using printed card stock and I let Hill color and put stickers on his before we rolled them in to a tube. It was easy, cheap and Hill had a blast making them!

I also managed to make time to run out and buy some inexpensive mason jars and I ordered these awesome 4th of July inspired paper straws from Dime Store Buddy on Etsy Instant American charm :)

The definite highlight of the day was when my hubby tried out his new grilling planks, which are basically pieces if cedar you put on your grill to cook meat or veggies. According to the packaging it was supposed to  "impart a delicately woodsy flavor" to your food.


We followed the directions exactly and instead of delicately cooking our chicken, the wood caught on fire creating more of a forest fire blackened chicken. Yummy...

 So after drowning the smoldering remains in a bucket of water we cooked up some brats and got on with the party!

Although he may not look it in this picture Hill had a blast helping daddy grill and hanging out with his granny, grandpa and uncle Matt. He also ate tons of our awesome red and blue fruit salad. 

He was also so tired he went to bed early, so I am going to go eat a piece of the best strawberry rhubarb pie in the world before I head back to the sewing room :)

 

 PS I know you're jealous :)

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Introducing...

I wanted to kick off my inaugural post by introducing you to the little man in my life and the inspiration behind The Buttercup Boutique. This is Hill, he is 2 ½ and in my opinion, pretty awesome :)

Here are a few of his favorite things:

Food:  Chicken nuggets, apple sauce, beans, fresh fruit, mac and cheese

TV Shows: Mickey Mouse, Sofia the 1^st and Curious George

Movies: Curious George (1 and 2) and Cars

Books: Pete the Cat, Thunderpants Underpants, Goodnight Moon

Color: Green

Toys: balls, cars, blocks

Stuffed animal: his stuffed fox “Apple”

Activities: going to the park, running around and anything outside. He also loves to read and do flash cards. His current obsession is sticking stickers on everything!

Clothing: Jeans and a fedora (he has 3 different ones)

Recent Milestones: Potty training! (We accomplished this over one weekend and I will be writing an upcoming post about how we did it) This kid is super happy to be done with diapers and so is his momma :)

Also in celebration that summer time and warm weather has finally arrived I made these outfit boards from pieces from our favorite store (especially if you can hit up all of their sales!) This is where I purchased all of Hill’s fedoras and to you mommas of little boys, I have discovered a little boy in a fedora is irresistible. Every single place we go at least one person stops to talk to us about how cute he is in his hat.

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I hope you are all having a fantastic start to your week. Be sure to check back soon for a post on 4th of July activities!