I miss you H&M

I discovered H&M while on my mission in Finland. My trainer and I went on a couple lovely P-day shopping sprees there :) When I moved to New York, there was a big H&M in the mall just 10 minutes away from my house... what luck! I totally took it for granted. Now that I live in Pennsylvania, the closest H&M is about an hour away... and when am I going to drive an hour with my kids to go to a mall?! Well, today I did! Mark was meeting with someone and H&M was right on the way, so we tagged along and he dropped us off. I wish I could say it was heaven, but my kids were being CRAZY which was making me a big mean mom (can't they just realize that I'm finally getting to shop at one of my fav stores?). So after an emergency run to the potty (2nd potty trip of the day), a search for the lost sippy cup, and rehanging many clothes multiple times after Ethan had pulled them off the hangers (he's quick!), Mark arrived back just in time to handle the kids while I finished up shopping. It was wonderful! When we got home we had a "fall fashion show", at least that's what I had to tell Cala to get her to put on a sweater when it was 90 degrees outside :)

Until next time, H&M! I did get a $5 gift card with my purchase to be used in September, so I might just have to find a reason to drive an hour back there! Hmm...maybe there's a Home Goods in Lancaster too...

Family Photo Shoot

Before we moved away from New York we had our friend Angie take some family pictures for us. The weather was perfect that day, and she did a great job as usual! We started out at Washington Park where we had often gone as a family on walks, to festivals, to feed the ducks, and to play.

After we were done at the park, we headed over to Emack & Bolio's, our favorite icecream place, for a treat. This was Ethan's first experience with icecream, and he LOVED it!