The Pollock Potluck

happy st. patrick's day!

>> 3.17.2012 – Luke, st. patrick's day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm celebrating with my "little lucky charm," my hubby

...and Clifford. :)

We will be celebrating with yummy fingers

lots of high-pitched squeals

and funny faces.

Have a great St. Patty's!

what happened?

I'm not sure what happened to my little google followers box but it disappeared.

along with all 58 followers.

HOWEVER!

I've got a new one in the righthand column now.

Feel free to join in and "follow" me if you like to read the daily musings of our little potluck!

A few weeks back I joined my friend Adrienne on a trip to IKEA. If you've never been an to an IKEA before, you're really missing out. Our closest IKEA is in DC, just less than three hours away. With a good friend and little traffic, the trip up flew by! Our little guys slept in the backseat and woke up just as we parked in the parking lot. Do we have the best babies or what?!

We spent about five hours in IKEA, oohing and ahhing over all of the fun, Sweedish design.

LOVE these wall mounted storage boxes

I want to get one of these to use as pantry storage in our kitchen.

Emerson spent his time smiling, talking and eating in the cart.

Luke was pretty excited about Ikea too!

but all that shopping quickly wore out our littlest shopper

I love how IKEA has whole rooms set up throughout their store for you to be inspired.

We finished at 4:00 with carts full!
Adrienne's carts

my cart

Here's what I had saved my money for:

storage containers

I decided to purge all of our old Rubbermaid and random deli meat containers we were using to store leftovers. With the recent info about plastics we decided to purge anything that wasn't BPA free. We had picked up a few packs of IKEA food storage the last time we were in Charlotte and I decided to add a few more sets to complete our collection. At $3 a set, it's a great deal!

a milk frother

I am on a homemade coffee kick and thought this would be the ticket to making that perfect latte!

table & chairs for Luke

Every little one needs a pint-sized table and chairs for arts & crafts, school projects or just extra seating at holiday meals. (I couldn't wait until Luke was ready for this; we just had to put it together!)

a kiddy step stool

Yes, I realize I may have jumped the gun buying this for Luke when he's just six months old,
but I like to be prepared. :)

roll of drawing paper and stand

Obviously Luke can't use this yet, but I think it will be perfect once his little hands start to draw, color and create!

fun storage basket

I try to take my cloth bags when we shop but sometimes I forget and end up with plastic bags floating around the pantry. This fun basket is perfect for storing our plastic bags.

the best dishwashing brushes ever

I got one of these on my first Ikea trip in NC a year ago. I'm amazed at how well this little $0.99 scrubber has held up! I had to pick up a few more to last us the next few years.

I also bought some gifts for upcoming family birthdays. Since I don't want to spoil any surprises, I'll refrain from showing you the rest of my IKEA finds. :)

Have you ever been to an IKEA?

Or do you have a favorite IKEA item you couldn't live without?

pictures at the park

>> 3.15.2012 – family, photography

DISCLAIMER: I am a new mom. Consequently, I love to take pictures of my baby.

This post showcases my uncanny ability to post way too many pictures of the exact same thing.

We were supposed to have family pictures taken on Monday with a real deal photographer. Unfortunately she cancelled shy of two hours before we were supposed to meet! Picture me with a broken heart. no really- I almost cried because I had been looking forward to having these done for so long. Instead of wallowing in my sorrow I decided that we would head to the park ourselves and snap some family pictures of our own. We're definitely no professionals, but here's what we came up with.