June 13, 2018June 15, 2018 - goatandlulu

Brantley and Grayson’s Spa Slumber Party

On Friday night, we hosted sixteen 7, 8, and 9-year-old girls for a spa slumber party to celebrate Brantley and Grayson’s birthdays. Since their birthdays are less than a month apart, they’ve been sharing a birthday party- their choice- for years! The girls were really excited about their spa theme, and I was just interested in keeping it as simple and low maintenance as possible, ha! I found the invitations and printables on etsy, and was able to customize them myself[Read more]

May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 - goatandlulu

Happy Birthday, Gracie Girl!

Seven years ago today, we were blessed with our sweet little six-pound Grayson Caroline. She is a free-spirit, the sweetest little soul, a wild card, a nurturer and lover, a natural caregiver, a doting sister, and happiness embodied in child form. Over the last seven years, we’ve learned so much from our second born, and I thought I’d just share some of the highlights today. Happy Birthday, my girl, you have filled our lives with sunshine and shopkins and we have[Read more]

January 9, 2018 - goatandlulu

Scissorgate: 5 Years Later

Brantley and Grayson have been after me for a few weeks about getting their hair cut. They both have extremely thick hair, and brushing the nests of knots out of their hair each morning is a chore that none of us enjoy. So they have been lobbying for new short haircuts, and honestly, I was all for it. I love getting a fresh, short cut every once in a while too (and actually, it’s been a long while, and I’m starting to get the[Read more]

June 4, 2017June 4, 2017 - goatandlulu

Brantley & Grayson’s Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

On Saturday, we were so happy to celebrate Brantley and Grayson’s birthdays at our very favorite little local bookstore, The Story Shop in Monroe. I’ve talked about their store before, and how it is just a child’s daydream come to life. And yes, their shop is wonderful, but their event space… …it’s incredible! We decided to have an Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for the girls’ birthday. Since their birthdays are less than a month apart (May 17 and[Read more]

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 - goatandlulu

Lutons Lately

I keep feeling like I post a lot about my Monday meal planning, and things I like on Fridays, and other “series” type posts here and there, but I don’t post as much about the day-to-day randoms or the goings-on of our family as much anymore. Maybe those posts take a bit longer to write and I don’t have a ton of time on my hands right now, but I thought I’d throw together another “Lutons Lately” to fill you[Read more]

May 30, 2016February 26, 2017 - goatandlulu

Brantley and Grayson’s Outdoor Movie Birthday Party

Since Brantley’s and Grayson’s birthdays are only 3 weeks apart, for the past four years we have combined their birthday parties, and had one big party for them together. I offered them each the opportunity to have their own much smaller parties this year, but instead of two small ones, they wanted one big one again. No problem by me, I said, and we started brainstorming! I had been wanting to try an outdoor movie, and thought this would be the perfect[Read more]

August 27, 2015 - goatandlulu

Back to (Pre)School!

Tuesday was Gracie and Ben’s first day of preschool this year. Ever since Brantley started school waaaaaaaay back at the beginning of August, Gracie has asked me nearly every day if she was going to school that day. They have both been so excited, and the day finally came! Ben is my only child that is a morning person, but even he was pretty tired on Tuesday morning! “Ben, do you know what today is???” “YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!”[Read more]

May 18, 2015 - goatandlulu

Happy Birthday, Gracie!

My sweet Gracie girl turned four years old yesterday, and I can hardly believe it. Cliche, I know, but it seems like just yesterday that we were bringing our teeny little sweet Birdie home, and changing our family for the better. I had big plans for the day, but unfortunately Gracie started running a fever late Friday night (most likely from the virus Bennett had last week), and had a febrile seizure early Sunday morning (her first one).[Read more]