Top 5 Friday: The Royal Wedding

I have been waiting and waiting for the Royal Wedding, ever since the engagement was announced last November. And dreading it too. I've been in love with William for longer than I can remember. But, that's a story for another blog.

I didn't even bother going to bed last night, I knew I was too excited. I started watching BBC at midnight and then shuffling around between the local networks to see all the action. And, it was absolutely one hundred percent worth how tired I feel today. It was absolutely perfect, a true fairy tale wedding. Every single second of it was exquisite. Here are my Top 5 favorite moments of the big day:

#5 The Vows


#4 The ride away from Buckingham Palace


#3 William whispers to Kate how beautiful she looks


#2 Tied: Kate and William each emerging from their cars and seeing them for the first time


#1 The Second Kiss


(VERY CLOSE) Runners Up:

The carriage ride

The First Kiss

Harry whispering to William as he catches a glimpse of Kate

The fabulous hats

Small Style Easter Edition 4/28

It is STILL cold and rainy almost every day here in the Northwest, so still a lot of layering going on in our house!

Dress: Old Navy
Leggings: Fred Meyer
Carrot (bubbles!) Necklace and Bunny Slippers: Easter Bunny! (Target)

(the attitude cracks me up in this picture! though it was just a coincidence of timing.)

Sweater, Socks: Target
Leggings: Fred Meyer
Shoes: Pedi Ped (thrifted)

Kalaya is going to be a flower girl for a wedding in June, so I decided to buy her dress early, so we could get some extra wear out of it for Easter. I am so glad that the bride was understanding about paying for a dress for a toddler to wear once. She requested a white dress, but didn't care where it was purchased. I looked at David's Bridal, but even the clearance dresses are $75!!! So, I found a simple dress at Target (20 bucks!) and purchased a sash ($10) at David's that will match the bridesmaids. I'll post pics of that in June! For Easter, I attempted to make a sash with ribbon and it looked okay. I don't know the first thing about even the most basic things about sewing, so this was as creative as I get!! I thought it turned out fine for what it was. : ) People at church went crazy over her, so I guess it was a hit! (on the actual day, we had to wear a turtleneck under it and tights. These pics were taken later)

Dress: Target
'Sash', Hat: The Dollar Tree

I am linking with Mama Loves Papa.

What I Wore Wednesday

Just a couple of pics this week. I swear, I'm wearing outfits cuter than sweats more days than I post, but I don't always get around to grabbing my camera. The first outfit shirt and shoes are new. I wanted to try the wedge shoes (which, by the way, make me TOWER over my husband) but didn't want to pay very much. I found a really cute pair this week that were $60 and I do NOT pay that much for shoes. So, I searched the clearance bin and found these marked down 65% (love that!) for only $13!!! Couldn't pass that up!

Shirt: Ross

Jeans: Target
Shoes: Nordstrom Rack

Yup, it is still chilly here. I can get away with these tall boots that I love and cost me next to nothing, because I bought them with Kohl's Cash and birthday money in November!!!

Sweater, T, Jeans: Target
Boots: Kohl's
Necklace: Forever 21 Accessory Store

The family picture shows my dress I wore to church for Easter. I LOVE this dress. Last summer I wanted to get a new summer print to wear to events such as weddings, etc. I absolutely love the 50s housewife-type dresses. I tried on several and made a point not to read the price tag, because I wanted to buy something that made me feel good, not just because it was inexpensive. I tried this dress on and fell in love with it (it even has housewife pockets!!) and when I checked the price tag afterward, discovered it was $100. : ( I couldn't remember if it was on a sale rack or not, because it was the last one, so I decided to brave it and go up the the cash register. And, get this???? IT WAS 75% off!!! 25 bucks!! It made it even more awesome. I love it. I may wear it to my 10 year reunion this summer. And, of course, every good house wife has to wear pearls. : )

Dress: JC Penney
Shoes (not pictured): Ross
Necklace (fake): K Mart

(Tomorrow's 'Small Style' will include a detailed description of Kalaya's Easter outfit!)

Easter 2011

We had a nice week of fun Easter activities this year. Kalaya definitely gets the Easter egg hunt concept, especially after the THREE different hunts she participated in. Luckily, we had practiced with eggs and baskets around the house and she LOVED it. She got to hunt at out church, with out mommy group and this morning, after the Easter Bunny left some eggs to find out our house to find, as well as some fun surprises! I can't believe it's been a year since this...


Enjoy the pictures! I didn't manage to get one of her in her Easter dress by herself, but will try again tomorrow and will post it when I do. It's SO pretty. She's going to be a flower girl in June and the dress is a little over the top for Easter Sunday (it's pure white!), but we wanted to get as much wear out of it as we can! I'll post more about it for Small Style this week.

Egg hunt #1 (at church) with BFF Elena. Stumped trying to find eggs.

Got one!

Egg hunt #2 with our mommy group, expert at finding eggs this time!

Checkin' the loot

Egg hunt #3, our house Easter morning!

Basket in hand, this is what we trained for!!


Wait, another basket, FULL??

Bunny Pillow Pet gets a kiss

Looking through her Easter basket

Happy Easter from the Sigrahs!

Top 5 Friday: Earth Day

Today, here are the Top 5 ways we strive to be green in the Sigrah household, in honor of one of my favorite holidays; EARTH DAY!!!

1. Recycle

One of the things I love more than anything about the Northwest is that it is weird if people DON'T recycle. It is a way of life here. From the time we're in pre-school, we're exposed to those beautiful blue bins for paper and how to separate out cans, bottles, cardboard, tin, glass, plastic and the oh-so-many more things that can be recycled. When I see people put paper, cans or anything that can be recycled in the trash, it literally hurts my heart. It is SO WASTEFUL not to recycle. We use the trash cans such a small amount that we only end up emptying for smell, not because they're full. We only have to have the trash taken every other week and could easily get away with only once a month, but our company doesn't offer that. However, the recycling bin (which is twice as big as the garbage can) is FULL every week!

2. If there's a reusable version, rather than disposable, we try to use it instead!
(this is a cloth diaper, incase you haven't seen the type we use)
In our house, this includes (but is not limited to): cloth diapers, homemade wipes, cloth towels, real dishes, table cloths, grocery bags, lunch bags, tupperware instead of baggies, wash cloths, containers that held other items previously (ex, sour cream container reused to store leftovers), cups, silverware, YOU NAME IT!


3. Buying Organic
After researching so much about how food is raised and processed in our country and world, it only makes sense to buy organic as much as possible. I want to go to local farms to be even more green and start buying more food that way. This saves so much in so many ways.


4. Breastfeeding
It may not seem like it, but nursing is so green!! It eliminates or greatly reduces bottles, formula, raising cows for milk (and ALL that goes along with that), chemicals in so many of the processes for getting these things, the gas, the materials, etc, etc, etc. AND it's kept my child healthy and not having to go to the doctor as much to help with THAT part of being green!


5. Eating meat once a week or less

I wish this could say vegetarian. Or vegan honestly. But, I don't think our family will ever quite be either. The way meat is raised, processed and shipped is awful for our planet. There are so many ways that the meat and poultry industries could improve this, but it's taking a looooong time to get there. We are trying to help a little by eating less meat than the average American.

Runners up: washing almost all of our loads in cold water, using natural cleaning products, halogen light bulbs, etc.

Ways that I want to improve on green living (once we're in our own house): a clothes line, start composting again, buying most of our produce, eggs and meat from local, organic farmers, growing our own garden, raising chickens (some day....), using Lunapads, driving even less, and so many more!!

Small Style 4/21

I was almost as lazy about taking pictures of Kalaya's outfits this week as I was with my own. I only took one 'official' small style picture and the others are from our big weekend activities of her first haircut and the church Easter egg hunt.

Shirt: Fred Meyer
Jeans: Target

Easter Egg Hunt Outfit

Shirt, skirt: Fred Meyer
Leggings: (thrifted) Once Upon a Child
Socks: Gift
Shoes: Hand-me-down

Dress: Old Navy
Onesie: Carter's Outlet
Leggings: Target
Shoes: Hand-me-down

What I Wore Wednesday

I was very, very lazy this week about WIWW. I was PMSing big time and lived in sweats all of the last week. I did manage to wear a couple of outfits, but then forgot to take pictures. The only pic I have of myself is from our mommy group egg hunt, so here it is. I really like the navy and red combination. I had a red cardigan with this as well, but wasn't photographed in it. Everything I am wearing is from Target, except for the necklace, which was from Claire's several years ago.

First Haircut

On Saturday Kalaya had her first haircut! In the islander culture, they usually don't cut little girl's hair (other than shaving it all of when they're babies to make it grow back thicker) and Kalaya is 1/4 islander, so we let it go for awhile. But, it was REALLY getting long and tons of uneven layers and the bangs were getting in the way all the time. Plus, it was just wild and I wanted to be able to get away with letting her just wear it down. We wanted to save the length as much as we could, because she looks so cute with pigtails and pony tails.

We went to this really fun place for kids and it was great! She did so well and just loved it. I can't believe how much older she looks with just a hair cut! She really looks like a little girl now and it will look so nice for Easter.

Who wouldn't want to get their hair cut in a pink Jeep??


Getting ready...


AND she got to watch Elmo!! Pretty sweet deal. (you can really see how long her hair had gotten!)


First cut of those baby locks....she had those in my womb!!


This one is SO sweet!


All done! Such a big girl!


Little baby locks! (don't worry, we saved a few!)

We also took a trip to see the Easter Bunny, which she was really excited about, but not quite enough to get on his lap.

Top 5 Friday: The Original 5

One of my favorite bloggers and one of my best friends (since we were 8) from growing up does a fun post every Friday about her favorites. I love the idea, so I decided to post some as well, but with a different angle. I'm going to make it a top 5 list of different things each week.

"My Top 5" has been a topic of conversation ever since a certain episode of Friends, which is possibly my favorite show EVER. In the episode, Ross and Rachel (who are dating. Actually, if I have to explain this to you, maybe we shouldn't be friends..... : ) decide to have a list of 5 celebrities they are allowed to cheat on the other with, no questions asked. Nelson and I have discussed this over the years and here are my (current)

Top 5 Celebrities I'm Permitted to Cheat With:

#1: Prince William

Never ever EVER has my number one changed. I have been pining away for Prince William for as long as I can remember. I am going to cry at the wedding in 14 days. There will be an extensive post in honor of him as that day approaches. What is not to love? Charming, dignified, classy, handsome, water polo/polo player, humble....I will go on and on later.

# 2: Justin Timberlake

It is ridiculous that God made this man so talented in so many ways and left the rest of us, well, not. The man is gorgeous, can sing, can dance, is funny and a good actor. Any time I think I want to move him down the list, I listen to his amazing voice and fall for him all over again. I've loved him since his first Disney concert special (can't believe I found this! he's so little!!) and he looked like this: (still love those curls!)

# 3: Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock

He is just HOT. And handsome. And RIPPED. 'nuff said.

# 4 Edward Cullen

Yes, thank you, I am aware of the fact that he is a fictional character. And yes, the man who plays him (Robert Pattinson if you live under a rock) is quite nice, but Edward is Edward! If you've read the Twilight series, this needs no further explanation. Let's just say he's pretty much the most romantic, devoted, sexy, husband ever, willing to sacrifice anything to be with the woman he loves.

#5 Zac Efron

He is a few years younger than me, so I used to hide this fact, but I started smittin' on him after seeing Hairspray, because he's totally cute and charming in that movie:
I am no longer ashamed, because LOOK at this man, there is no boy there any more!!