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Melissa is founder of Girlymama and co-founder of the fashion blog, All Things Chic. You can also find her designing blogs at Eliza Grace Design and on Twitter as GirlymamaMel.
It was 60 degrees today.
*insert cartwheel*
Spring is coming, if my growing daffodils are any indication. Yes, I know it could snow tomorrow, but I don’t care. I am so so SO EXCITED for spring! And ready to shop!! Let’s think Beach!!
OhMyGoodness. Chevron bathing suit!!! Yes, please!!
I totally love this skirt! Isn’t this cute?
Apparently I love stripes now.
oooo… tangerine…..
Oh, wow. I think I need this dress.
FUN! I love vacation shopping!
Slow down, please.
Its going too fast.
How are you nine? NINE. I see the teenager poking through, whether its begging for an iPod for your birthday, dancing to Taylor Swift in your room or giving me “the look”.
But you still love stuffed animals. You still snuggle up to me when we watch a movie. You still play on the tire swing. You still hold my hand.
You still hugged Big Bird. Even when your sister wouldn’t. And when “big kids” were around. I love that.
Slow down… just a little. Don’t grow up too fast. I’m not ready to lose you.
This afternoon we had no school (insert daughters doing cartwheels here) so we hit up the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Now, I would never tell you to play hooky. But if you ever have a random day off, go into Philly and hit the museums when they’re not crowded. Even if you’ve been somewhere twenty times, it is incredible to have it practically to yourselves.
The dinosaurs were awesome of course.
Except when they tried to eat Ellie and Grace…
Then we headed up to our favorite place… the Outside In! We met some new friends. Ellie was watching this cute bird play in the water – and it splashed her right in the face! Hilarious!
We got to pet a legless lizard, a box turtle, this swimming turtle I forget the name of…
and THIS GUY:
Can you believe how brave Grace is??
I was brave enough to touch it with one finger, but if that thing had climbed up my arm, I would have probably shattered glass with the high pitch of my scream! (I am NOT a bug person!! I prefer my wildlife cute and furry, thanks.)
We had so much fun – what an amazing day! The Academy of Natural Sciences remains one of our favorite outings in Philly!
Check out the girls’ blog – they wrote about our visit as well!
disclosure: we received a complimentary admission from visitphilly.com. all opinions are our own.
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