oh hey, "it took me over an hour to get my eldest to bed." i heard the following things screamed into the monitor -

-you make kaye sad!
-I! WANT! CUDDLES!!!! (sob sob sob)
-i can't lay down. it's too hard!
-i don't like my pillow. i don't like my pillow. i don't like my pillow.

 i'm convinced my kaye is the master of manipulation. she finally won and got my attention when she said, "kaye has to go pee pee."

i went downstairs, walked her to the bathroom, she did her business...and i wound up singing her songs. cuddling her. laying in bed with her. playing with her hair.

30 minutes after the pee break she notified me i could leave.

thanks, kaye.

 this is the business i have to deal with if she naps. i do everything i can to keep her from napping during the day so bedtime is easier. we'll call it a #nappingfail today.

so thank god it's friday. fridays erase unfortunate happenings like botched bedtimes.

let's get this link-up party started -

1 | grab this here snazzy summer-themed button and link back to september farm.
2 | link up your post at the bottom of this post.
3 | tell all your friends + have a fantastic friday.

M Y  F I V E

1 | birthday inspiration
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i can't help it. i'm birthday party crazed when it comes to thinking about how to celebrate my two best gals...but more importantly...how i brought them into this world so they better appreciate it or else. know what i mean? 

anyway, i follow tomkat studio on instagram and she's always posting the most glorious inspiration. when i saw her strawberry party i couldn't help myself. i want to purchase all of it. 

2 | kaye's slumber party
my kaye! aside from her fit-throwing at bedtime...she's growing up so fast! she had her first slumber party last night with a fellow farm gal. this particular farm gal is seven...and the sweetest seven year old you'll ever meet. she definitely plays the role of big sister, but like a nice big sister. kaye looks up to her so so much and is what some may call obsessed. i'm working on teaching kaye how to stop creeping other kids out.

3 | 4 x feature sale
hey gals! i'm looking for three more lovelies to be featured in august's 4 x feature! interested? need an example? check out these write ups here and here. 

want to go for it? use the code 4FEATURE40 for 40% off!

4 | i have a problem...and it's called stressing about most everything. so much so that i stress other people out. 
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well, my sister and her little family arrive tomorrow and then we're headed up to our favorite mountain town for the week. and people...it's a vacation, so...this my motto will be.

5 | creative market obsession

that's right. i'm coming to terms with it. i have a new obsession. does anyone else lose huge chunks of time popping around creative market? i can't help myself. i search one thing and that turns into another, into another, into another. it also makes me want to spend ungodly amounts of mula on fonts and the hottest new watercolor animal silhouettes and stock photos and and it's a problem.

if you haven't checked out creative market and you enjoy making your own graphics for your blog or 
this or that...head that way. it doesn't disappoint. 

linky link time! tell your friends!