Life After I "Dew"

I'm still recovering from Kendall's Ah-DORA-ble Fiesta yesterday.  Yes, recovering from a 2-year-old party is possible. The excitement, the decorations, the presents, the food, the people, it was all so much {in a good way}.  Kendall is beyond blessed and this party proved just that.  She was surrounded by 30{ish} people who love her and who she loves and really, we couldn't have asked for a better day.  

I was so excited for the party that I started setting up early in the week.  Like, on Tuesday.  I had this amazing banner that I got from Oriental Trading that I just had to get up.  In fact, I love it so much I might keep it up year round.

Kendall started getting really excited when she saw this and every day I added a little bit more and she would say "ooohhhhh Dora BIRTHday!"  

Saturday, after she went to bed, I went a little crazy and decided to make her "smash cake"{is it still a smash cake when they're 2?}.  I was overly ambitious, thanks to Pinterest, but I was pretty pleased with the results, even if, in person, it was a little messy.

The important part was that Kendall loved it!  She ate each and every polka dot off of the top and then was done.  Perfect.

My cousin had found this giant Dora balloon months ago and was so excited to buy it for her. When she showed up with it I was not expecting what I saw.  

Kendall LOVED it!  OMG I am surprised she didn't want to sleep with it.  She keeps saying, "really big Dora balloooooon!!!"  Yep. That was the highlight of the party, I'd say.

The rest of the decor was pretty simple.  We did a nacho bar so it was buffet style, taco/nacho goodness.  Speaking of I still have 7 bags of chips and like 6lbs of meat, 4 bags of cheese and 4 jars of salsa left over.  If anyone wants to come over for dinner, you know what we'll be having for the next month.

Happy birthday banner and cupcake toppers courtesy of Little Laws Prints.

I am not a big fan of giving crap for party favors.  Last year we had bubbles and they got rave reviews and this year I wanted something that would be just as fun.  I scoured Etsy {of course} until I found the perfect thing, Dora sugar cookies.

Thanks to Cake it to the Limit for the cookies and, again, Little Laws Prints for the favor tags.  AH-DORA-BLE.

Oh, and the guest of honor?  How could I forget her royal ah-DORA-ble-ness.  She was a rockstar.  I mean girl acted like she's been having a birthday party her whole life.  I think one of my favorite moments from the day was watching her open gifts.  She was ripping the paper and tossing the tissue saying, "oohhh I LIKE it" like a pro.  

Party tee from Isabella Inspired and I'm thankful I was able to peel it off of her by the end of the day, she LOVED it.

Unfortunately those are all the pictures I took.  I am thankful for an amazing mother-in-law who acted as the photographer of the day so I can't wait to see what shots she got.  

At the end of the day Jimmy and I were exhausted, to say the least.  But, alas, we were left with a great mess and happy girl.

I'd say it was a success. 

Err...Tidbits, I meant tiDbits, I swear.

So here goes.  A brain dumb of sorts. Why?  Because we love you. Just kidding it's really because I have nothing else to offer and you love pictures right?  Lots of pictures!

• Saturday we had plans to celebrate Jimmy FINALLY finishing school!  HOLLER!  And celebrate we did!  We celebrated more so the fact that my mom kept Kendall overnight, even on Mother's Day weekend!  I love that woman!  Dinner, drinks, new friends, more drinks and it was a great night.  Jimmy may or may not have told all of his friends that I'm "a famous blogger" to which I quickly corrected him and prayed they wouldn't go home and Google my ass.

Last week was a fun week for getting mail. I love going out to get the mail every day, except when all that's in there is bills, yuck.  But last week? Last week was awesome for mail.

Up first were these beauties for mama.

Do you see that amazing cross necklace?  I spied one on Kelly Ripa months ago and had to have it!  I have been searching the Internets ever since when I came across Luluka on Etsy.  She was super easy to work with and her work speaks for itself, beautiful! I am absolutely in love with this necklace. It's pretty all by itself or paired with some others as a layering piece.

So dainty and lovely.  Smitten. 

And that gorgeous coral wrap bracelet? It's from Heap Boutique and I couldn't be more happy with it either, #winning.

I just love the gold hardware against the coral thread.  SO pretty!  And?  It looks awesome, amazing, so good with my braided bracelets from According to L.

And then came this little, adorably wrapped package for Miss KP.

Kendall got her little, chubby, hands on an Elle+Ollie original.  If you thought the packaging was cute, the dress is TOO CUTE for words.

Gah I love it so much I think we might have to schedule some spring family pictures for her to wear it in.  Seriously.

See why I love getting mail so much?!  Gah now if I could just get mail like this every week we'd be happy campers!

Remember last week when I posted all my fabulous spring finds?  Remember how I left you hanging with the mention of some fabulous bracelets?  Remember when I posted on Instagram this picture as a teaser?

Well the wait is over ladies {and gents}.  Today is the day to get your little grubby hands on a set all of your own!

According to L was super easy to work with.  I had suggested the colors above and she so happily obliged.  She shipped them out fast and when she told me they were on their way I checked my mail, excitedly, every day until they got here.  

They were even prettier in person!  I love them alone or mixed with a bright funky watch or more bracelets! They're even easy enough to put on all by yourself!  

Did I mention my BFF asked if I got them from JCrew because apparently they sell a very similar bracelet for, get this, $30 a piece!  Say what?!  At $20 for all 3, these are a steal!  And!?  Liz wants to offer all L.A.I.D. readers 20% off!  Making these bad boys ONLY $16!  Use code DEW20.  And don't stop with just these bracelets, she's got TONS of other super cute things too!

BUT one of you won't even need to worry about it because Liz is going to give ONE reader a $15 credit to her store!  You can get whatever you like!

To be entered to win please leave one comment for each entry:

That's it!  So good luck ladies!!