Life as a Southern Mom

Annual Candy Walk Downtown!

2014-10-30T18:10:00.002-05:00

So.....today was the Annual Candy Walk dowtown and boy....did we have fun!!!

Took these cuties with me......

They were a BLAST and they loaded up on candy!!

They were SO good waiting in line and being patient!!!

Yay!!! CANDY!! This is Mia receiving Candy from the mayor!

It was a fun time and best of all Mia got to spend it with her friends!

Visiting the Pumpkin Patch!

2014-10-18T21:41:00.002-05:00

Today we got to visit the Pumpkin Patch and we had a blast!

There were TONS of things to do.......A Rubber Ducky Race...Her daddy was showing her the ropes....

A corn pit....She LOVED that one..maybe we can convince MacDaddy to make us one ;)

She got to bounce on the bounce house, which she was thrilled about......

She rode a Tractor......

We got to ride the Cow Train through the Corn Maze. It was actually fun and I'm glad I did it with her.........

We visited the petting Zoo......and of course as always Daddy had to be all paranoid around the animals.

We went through the Hay maze.......

And last but not least.....we rode the hay ride to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out the BEST pumpkins. Mia's favorite part. She's VERY specific about what Pumpkin to choose.

We had a GREAT family day and will definitely be returning to this Pumpkin Patch next year!!!

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!!!

Pumpkin Patch Day!!!!!

2014-10-18T07:05:00.001-05:00

Wow......I haven't posted in FOREVER! It has been crazy here, but I love being able to share my day on a blog so I'm going to try and get back into it.

Today is Pumpkin Patch Day here at the Flynn home! YAY! We LOVE the Pumpkin Patch.

We'll be trying a new one today because the one that we have been to two years in a row is not opening this year :( but, that's ok because I like to try new things!

Here's a little Throwback to last year at the Pumpkin Patch.......

My little one loves Pumpkins SO much!! Ok, so time to get ready and I will be posting all about it later.

God Bless.........

Take A Trip Tuesday 6/18/13

2013-06-18T18:51:00.001-05:00

For our "Take A Trip Tuesday" we went to Publix (for mommy to do some grocery shopping ;)) and Mia got a Dora the Explorer balloon that says, "Happy Birthday", even though it is not her birthday till 3 months haha...........We made a trip to Sonic after that so Mia could get her favorite Peach Tea. Then we went to Bruster's Ice Cream since today is 2 pints for $6.99(daddy always makes us get some on Tuesday LOL). Then we came home and played and cooked dinner and ate our Ice cream............

Nikki~

DIY 4th of July Tee

2013-06-18T16:10:00.000-05:00

These adorable little tees are so easy and fun to make.....you only need a few things to make this......we were able to purchase everything from Hobby Lobby.

What you'll need:
1 blank white t-shirt
Blue fabric paint
Red fabric paint
A foam paint brush
Letter Applique(we chose first initial)
and an Iron

First you start by painting the palm of the hand with the blue fabric paint(making sure it's good and wet when you place it on the shirt so that the hand print shows up real good)and pressing firmly on the shirt. When you pull the hand off you will need to carefully pull the shirt off too.

Also, make sure you put a book or something hard inside the shirt so that the paint won't bleed through to the back of the shirt............
Next, paint the stripes on with the red fabric paint leaving enough white in between to look like the American Flag.

Let dry completely...........

Once dried place the letter on the bottom left corner of the shirt. Apply as per instructions on the back of letter(you can find these at Hobby Lobby.

We had to press the Iron over the letter for 20-25 seconds and then once it cooled completely, turn the shirt inside out and press the Iron down on the back part for another 20-25 seconds. It might be different depending on what type of letter you get.

And this is the finished project! We love it and I even got one to make for myself so we can match on the 4th of July!

Hope you enjoy making it as much as we did. Have a happy 4th of July and remember why we celebrate this day............the flag represents so much more than just a cute symbol you can make a cute t-shirt out of.....

Nikki~

Make Something Monday 6/17/13

2013-06-18T15:29:00.000-05:00

Now we're back to Make Something Monday again(which, personally, is my favorite day of all) and with 4th of July right around the corner, we decided to make some patriotic shirts we could wear............we got in the van and headed to Hobby Lobby and purchased our materials and came home and had a BLAST making these..............

This is how it turned out....There will be a tutorial to follow this post on how to make these.

Nikki~

Thinking Thursday 6/13/13

2013-06-18T15:14:00.001-05:00

So for our "Thinking Thursday" we decided to play with shapes.......................

We learned the difference between Square and Circle......and we'll see if it sticks LOL...........her favorite was Circle....(I think she just likes the way it sounds). We did this for about a half hour actually and had a good time. We'll get down Triangle and the rest of the next time LOL

Nikki~

Wet 'N' Wild Wednesday 6/12/13

2013-06-17T12:55:00.002-05:00

I'm a little behind with my posts, but I wanted to share them with you so here goes.........
We had Wet 'N' Wild Wednesday this past Wed. and I decided to fill up Mia's little pool and water table outside and let her go swimming. Then I put my suit on and decided to enjoy the summer air and watch my little girl play(I got wet too ;) ).

It has been really hot here in the great state of Alabama! We've been in the 90's and it's been brutal, so a day playing in water is just what we needed to get through till the temperatures lowered that evening.

I love spending time with my little red head and I love the water so this was our favorite day so far in our summer schedule..........stay tuned for Thinking Thursday!

Nikki~

Take A Trip Tuesday 06/11/13

2013-06-12T10:24:00.000-05:00

So, yesterday was "Take A Trip Tuesday" and we went to the House Of Java. We were accompanied by my mom, younger sister and younger brother. While the adults enjoyed chatting and coffee, the little's enjoyed playing in the BIG play area.

She played and played and made some friends too.......

She also ran Aunt Toto ragged LOL..........Poor Tori, always a good sport............they LOVE each other.

I enjoyed chatting with Gabe and mom...oh and my mother in law who called in the middle telling me about her Take A Trip Tuesday and let me tell you.....that's a good story for another time LOL...

All in all it was a good day and I really should get Mia out more because she just LOVES it! Don't know where we'll be going next Tuesday but I hope to take a trip to the zoo soon.

Nikki~

Make Something Monday 06/10/13

2013-06-12T09:47:00.002-05:00

So Monday was "Make something Monday" and we chose to do some Christmas crafts.......in this house Christmas and Halloween are always being prepared for LOL.

So we decided on a Christmas Ornament for GG Nana's "Grandchildren Christmas Tree" and a Christmas puzzle to frame in Mia's room for decor when December comes!

So we decided to start with the Ornament first. Mia was really excited because she loves to paint and as you can see in this picture......she loves to paint herself..

....LOL. We decided to use Blue and Yellow. I don't know what design we were going for really she just went to town, so I figured it was her first piece of art and it would be accepted no matter what! Ha

Here she is deciding on whether to add or keep it the way it is...............

And apparently that requires sniffing it too......LOL

This is her finished product.....GG Nana, we will be sending this to you so you can put it away for the tree this year!

And then there's the puzzle we did. We glued it and are going to frame it and put it away until Christmas. She has puzzle's of all the characters and we are going to use them in her room for decor at Christmas. This is the first one we've put together though.

Well it was a successful first "Make Something Monday" and we can't wait till next Monday. Next I will be posting out "Take A Trip Tuesday" so STAY TUNED...................

Nikki~

Summer Schedule

2013-06-09T22:30:00.002-05:00

So, tomorrow starts mine and Mia's summer schedule. Monday thru Friday we will do a fun summer activity together until the end of August. I actually got this idea from pinterest and I just loved it. Credits to the blogger I got it from. You can visit her site here >click here .

It goes like this..........
M Make Something Monday
(Try a new recipe, craft, build something)
T Take a Trip Tuesday
(movie, museum, zoo, park, outing)
W Wet 'N' Wild Wednesday
(Swimming, Water park, Splash pad)
Th Thinking Thursday
(library, research wondering list, science experiments, learning websites)
F Fresh and Fun Fridays
(do one of the fun things we've found on pinterest).

We'll be starting our first "Make Something Monday" tomorrow. Hope you follow along with us and enjoy. I'm excited...............

Nikki~

Christmas 2012

2013-01-04T15:41:00.003-06:00

We had an awesome Christmas here at the Flynn home. First on Christmas Eve we got to go down to South Alabama and visit my Nanna and Papa Chuck and the rest of my dad's side of the family. Then we woke up on Christmas morning and opened our gifts and had Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast. We later went to my parents house and had lunch, a devotional, and opened gifts and after we came home and had Christmas dinner and a tornado warning......Christmas the Alabama way...........we spent 15 minutes in the bathroom.....:/

Everyone is safe and no damage was done(Thank God).......The next day we had an after Christmas celebration at my other grandparents house and my moms side because my cousin, Jase, came down from North Carolina where he lives to visit us. We had a blast and I love family time so much!

Uncle Jase & Mia

Me & my Nanna

Our Christmas tree on Christmas morning

My Maw & Poppi's Tree

Christmas is finally here.......again

2012-11-28T17:02:00.003-06:00

Christmas.........the most wonderful time of the year they say and I think I believe them. For some reason there's this warm and fuzzy feeling I get everytime Christmas comes around! I love the shopping and buying gifts for people, I love baking all the themed Christmas treats, I'm obsessed with ornaments, Christmas music makes me happy, I love sitting by the fire (In our case the heater inside the fire place lol) watching Christmas movies or reading Christmas books to my little Angel, but most of all I love sitting back and thinking of all the blessings I recieved the past year. All the things God has given to me! All the things I didn't and still don't deserve. God is an awesome God and I'm not worthy of his love or salvation, but he gives it to me anyways. It's really easy for us to forget about the reason for this season(especially me). When you think about it, this is TRULY the most wonderful holiday of the year because this is the holiday where our God sent his one and only son to earth to live and walk amongst us and to offer up his life as the atonement for all sin! What better gift is there!!!!! I can't think of one! Let us not forget WHO this holiday is about and glorify in every moment of it!

In the words of Veggie Tales.......
"I can love because God loves me, I can give because God gave. Jesus love is why I'm smiling, why I'm giving everyday"

Thanksgiving 2012

2012-11-25T19:23:00.000-06:00

We had a great Thanksgiving day hosted by the Johnson's and we managed to get some family photo's for our Christmas card. YAY!

We had some yummy food and Mia really enjoyed playing in the leaves!!!!

WE had some great family time and now I CANT WAIT TILL CHRISTMAS!

Someone very special turned 1

2012-09-11T12:30:00.000-05:00

My little girl turned 1 on the 4th of this month, but we celebrated her first year of life on the 8th so we could be surrounded by loved ones! I just wanted to share a few pictures and things we did! For those who couldn't be there and for those who could but wont to look back on the day. Enjoy!

Aunt Ange started the day out taking some cute pictures of the little princess! She loves the balloons, just like her mommy did at her age.

The room was very festive and took ALL day to finish! It was fun though and Mia loved it the first time she saw it. I wish I could've gotten a picture of her expression when she first saw the finished room!

Mia's little birthday outfit was so precious on her. We had to get the pictures and then take the hat off though because she pulled the string on the bottom and popped herself with it and just cried and cried. Poor thing :(

We had some yummy food and Mia really enjoyed her cake once she got over the whole "why are you people staring at me while I'm eating" thing LOL

We played "Pin the nose on Larry", played with friends, Opened presents( the new Cozy Coupe was a good idea!) and busted the pinata open. The kids enjoyed themselves and so did I.

All in all it was a good day! And of course our family gatherings can never end without a healthy game of football!! ;)

New Blog Post

2012-09-10T20:56:00.000-05:00

Wow, I haven't posted in such a long time. Sorry about that! Things got crazy busy here. Mia turned one and we changed Churches and all that jazz that comes along with it!

I'm super excited about the fall season coming up! Fall is my favorite! I love everything about it. Pumpkins, breezy weather, football, hot chocolate, hoodies, and Halloween. Not to mention my birthday is October 4th. The perfect time to have a birthday!

I will be doing a blog post really soon on MiaBella's birthday party! We had lots of fun and she got lots of stuff. I am so overwhelmed by how blessed my family is and by how many people love my daughter. Thanks everyone who showed up! We love you!

New blog post to come soon!

How to Make Banana Pudding From Scratch

2012-06-07T21:43:00.000-05:00

So tonight for dessert I made Banana Pudding from scratch and it was REALLY good! I am not usually one to eat anything with Banana, but I ate this and enjoyed it. My husband loved it as well, and of course that all the matters haha

Here's how it is made....
You will need....

1/3 cup of Sugar
1 Tbs of Cornstarch
1/8 tsp of Salt
1/4 tsp of Nutmeg
1 1/2 cups of Half in Half
2 Egg Yolks
1 Tbs of Unsalted Butter
2 tsp of Vanilla Extract
Nilla Wafers
Sliced Banana's

Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, salt, and nutmeg in a medium sized pan. Add the Half in Half and egg yolks. Heat over Medium heat whisking constantly for about 8 minutes or until the mixture hardens and starts to boil. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Place mixture in a bowl and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Once it's done pick your serving dish of choice and layer the mixture with sliced Banana's and Nilla Wafers. Enjoy.

Photo A Day June......

2012-06-07T21:12:00.000-05:00

Here are my pictures from yesterday and today. Yesterday's photo was of a Hat. My new sun hat to be exact.....

And Today's photo was A drink. I chose to photograph my Mickey Mouse cup that I take everywhere with me and it is always filled with water...

Anti Procrastination Day 6

2012-06-05T19:20:00.000-05:00

Today my challenge to myself was to Clean off my dresser in my room. It always collects so much stuff but I got it cleaned off and everything put in its proper place. I will also be going through my utensil drawers in the Kitchen and getting them all sorted out!

Photo A Day: Day 5: Sign

2012-06-05T19:13:00.000-05:00

So today's photo was to take a picture of a sign. I took a picture of the VBS out in the front of our yard advertising our upcoming VBS in July at Seman Baptist Church!

Come Join Us!

Anti Procrastination Day 5

2012-06-04T21:14:00.000-05:00

My task for today was to pick something on Pinterest that I had pinned and do it. I chose to look under my Cleaning Up Board .
I found the 40 Bags in 40 Days program and I decided that my house was really cluttered and it is definitely something I have been putting off doing so, I just got up and did Day number 1. I had to clean out my junk drawers (and boy were they filled with a lot of unnecessary stuff). It was so fast and easy though and after it was over with I was so happy and I don't know why I didn't just do it sooner. Here is my finished work.......

Photo A Day: Day 4: Close Up

2012-06-04T20:43:00.000-05:00

Today's photo was a Close Up.....So here is my photo....

Photo A Day: Day 3: On My Plate

2012-06-04T20:37:00.001-05:00

Yesterday's photo was ON MY PLATE. This is what I ate for supper last night! It was yummy!

Anti Procrastination Day 4

2012-06-04T14:57:00.000-05:00

My Task was to finish mending, sewing or knitting something from start to finish. Well I decided instead of doing something from start to finish I would finish the scarf I started in January to give to a friend and I never finished. Well yesterday I finished it. So she will be able to use it this coming up winter. Here is the finished product...

My task for today is to pick something from Pinterest that I pinned and do it! I will be posting about it later on.

Photo A Day: Day 2: Empty

2012-06-03T15:59:00.000-05:00

Sorry I didn't get around to posting this yesterday, but I had a very busy day. Day 2 was Empty. This is my photo......

We went to Logan's Roadhouse to eat last night and I had still figure out what to do for my photo and then I looked at my glass of water and realized it was EMPTY so I just took a photo of that!