hello hello all:) We are back from vacation and took a few days to do some catching up. How have you been?? I’ve missed you all.
Have you been pounding the pavement of Target, Wal-Mart and every store in between?
The hardest part at least for me..
is getting back into “routine”. I am so not a morning up and at em’ person. Are you?
To celebrate Grace turning 13 last week Nikki and I took her to Ulta the night before school to let them do a little makeover on her.
Bonus was she got to spend her gift card she got for her birthday.
I am all about sweetness…I want her to be confident in wearing makeup but not look to made up…does that make sense?
I want her to be confident in how she looks and applying makeup and at the same time encouraging her heart condition because
that is what really makes us girls pretty–is our heart.
She ended up choosing some Bare Minerals foundation. It is easy to apply for young girls the girl told us.
She chose a Cabana makeup kit from Benefit…. mainly for the eyeshadow and the blush stain.
I like the blush stain on young girls because it is a natural bubble gummy pink.
She picked up some Lip Smackers chap stick in Ice Cream Cake too.
We..emphasis on we.. picked out Butter’s Gobsmacked nail polish. { i like it for my toes } and it is a good Fall color.
We picked out all of her school supplies but not finding a zippered pencil bag she liked until
Grace scored this bag on the clearance rack at Target…perfect pencil bag!
Nikki and I heard at least 10 times...does this look ok? is it to big..to bright?
Another score at TJ Maxx…10 dollars…clearance. SO for 15 dollars she got a fun albeit a little funky combo.
Had to be written in the stars. It was Grace to a tee.
Do you know what made my night was after we were all done shopping? She looked at me and said…
” I feel for the first time that I am being who I am “
That is the scary thing about first days…being who you are..we take a risk being vulnerable.. praying someone will like us for who we are.
Not what we look like..dress like..or what we have.
Our kids feel just like we do don’t they?
I can share with you all that my smile was ear to ear and at that moment that was all I needed to hear.
what about you and your kids? is there anything you did with your kids as you prepared for the start of
this school year? Do you have a memory of a time when you took a risk and were vulnerable? I would love to hear…
some fun changes will be happening around here so stay tuned..
xotiff
Nikki made this little collage of the last 3 years…kinda fun seeing the changes:)
Oh my! She is so stinking cute and looks just like her sweet mama. I hope she has a wonderful year. Have a great weekend. xoxo
Hi Tiff!
Glad you are back from Vacay! Love this post! She is growing into a beautiful young women and best of all She likes herself!! That is awesome! So so important…for all of us not just our young Ladies! Wishing Grace a wonderful, happy and memory filled school year!!
Tell her I like the bag and pencil case! Just my style!!
Blessings!
Jen
Tiffany, she is so pretty. I know you are proud. I use bare minerals, too and have for years. I love it.
She is so pretty and seems as sweet as her mama and sister.
Luke’s in 7th grade, too….loving going to school!
They’re growing up fast.
Glad you guys had a great vacation!!! I prayed that you would rest and laugh! I hope you did both!
loved every little thing about this post. i’m sooo going to do something like this with my big chick for her 13th bday. oh and that pencil case is adorable. i want her to have something unusual…looked at target today and didn’t see one. bummer:(