1st day of school and Staples Engineer Prints

Today was Ava's 1st day of Kindergarten. She WAS in German kindergarten last year which is really like a pre-k. Now her and Emily go to the same school! Her dress and Emily's below is from H&M. It's a rayon challis and sooooooo adorable! I want to make some like it. The picture on the left makes me want to squeeze her and never let her go.  

Emily's 1st day of 3rd grade was last week. 

Above are my newest Staples Engineer prints. They are HUGE!! I have to have them printed and picked up at my sister-in-laws local Staples because they wont ship to me over here but it's really not a big deal. They are so worth it. Here is the other two I have down in the basement playroom. 

1st day of school and show and tell

Emily had her 1st day of kindergarten this past wednesday. She was SO excited!
She calls the school cafeteria "the restaurant".

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Now on to some stuff I got while in San Diego!

I'm so excited to share my awesome finds!
This ginormous alligator from Z gallerie.He got his very own suitcase for the ride back (nothing fancy, just a duffel bag). He's almost 6 ft long and the girls love him.

I found this picture (click on link then scroll down through the pictures of Z Gallerie till you see the alligator) of it in the store.

I got several of these while home. I LOVE these. Does anyone else? I had been dreaming about these for years!! Now that I have a picture of the wrapper I can have family mail them to me. If you've not had one let me describe...it's a pastry pocket with chocolate pudding inside. They also come with fruit inside but who likes those?! These have 470 calories each. I don't care.
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Converse Star Players for kids!!!!

I'm so in love with these shoes! If you know our family you know we all have and love converse! I own 3 pair of this style (Star Player) and had no idea they made them for kids! I found them at Disneyland of all places. At kitson. Zappos has them though.
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I fell in love with Vans all over again but this time for the girls.

I got them both a pair.

How stinkin cute are these???
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Next up is the coolest little lamp ever! I actually got two lamps but the other is in the mail. It's this lamp and it matches the girls Pottery Barn Kids Brooke bedding perfect! Both lamps are from Target. I love target...I think I went there about 6 times while on vacation. I hit up almost every location in and around San Diego. Anyway, the mushroom lamp is a rechargeable night light. You just barely have to tap the top and the light goes on or off and it's made of a silicon material.

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My sister-in-law had the clock below that projects the time onto the ceiling or wall. I've seen them before and always wanted one so when Jon saw it and got all excited about it, we went and got ourselves one. I love this thing.
*that's the ceiling you see below. I only have to turn over on my back to see the time. Genius.

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The last thing is this travel scale with measuring tape. It's not new, in fact I've had it for many years now but this particular trip it really saved us. I bought so much fabric and other bulky heavy stuff that I needed to know BEFORE I got to the airport whether my bags were over weight and for one suitcase, whether it was too big measurement-wise (the duffle bag with alligator). I've even weighed boxes with this.

I highly recommend this if you come back from trips with more than you went with. The morning we flew, Jon and I had all 4 suitcases lined up and we weighed them them moved stuff around to make each suitcase under 50lbs.

I can't show the fabric I bought because it's being shipped.
I got lots of knits, swiss dots, plaids and some stretch cotton to make pajama shorts for me. I also got a bunch of new patterns. Emily got some new school clothes and they both got lots of toys. They each got a Sea World barbie. This one and this one.

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It's good to be home here in Germany although I actually miss the weather in San Diego and I'm shocked I just said that:)