Friday Favorites

Happy Friday!  We had a really busy, fun week and are so excited to have a week off for Fall Break next week.  Bring on the Fall fun!  The best parts of our week were:

1. Fall Fest week!  Our city has a giant Fall Fest every October and we love to go one night.  We usually scope out the weather and pick out the best night to go after school.  We ran into several of my students and the kids saw several school friends.  We tried lots of yummy food and it feels like Fall has officially arrived in the Midwest.

We searched high and low until we found the Dubai Chocolate Covered Strawberries that Olive was so excited to try.  It was really fun to try, but I think we'd all pick regular chocolate covered strawberries.

Leo preferred the games + french fries.

Kevin and Fletcher rode the ferris wheel.  I loved the addition of flags this year.  Their river views and up top photos were so fun.

2. In exciting news... my plan worked!  Mr. Mittens & Pumpkin love each other!  Mr. Mittens doesn't want you to know it, but I keep finding these two brothers snuggling together.  He's the serious to Pumpkin's sweet.

3. It was time for my quarterly BFF road trip dinner.  Our usual restaurant closed so we had to find a new spot.  Procopios Pizza & Pasta was yummy!  It was so fun to catch up, eat a delicious dinner and grab ice cream.

4. Trader Joe's chocolate croissants are amazing.  I can't wait to go back and restock.

5. Pumpkin is the sweetest cat ever.  He's so soft and so snuggly.

6. Surprise Fall gifts from friends!

6. A baby shower for a friend. I love snacky meals like this and buying tiny baby girl clothes.

7. It's harvest time in the Midwest!  I love when it works out for us to be home when the farmer behind us harvests his fields.  It was very dusty so we watched from inside this year.

8. Whiskers for days!

9. We had a family birthday party one night and brought home balloons for the cats.  Pumpkin approved.

10. My parents dropped off homemade warm cinnamon rolls.  They didn't last long!

11. I showed up to work on Monday morning accidentally matching my assistant.  We were so excited!

Then I walked across the hall to find out that we were matching x3!  It made our day!  Kindergarten is our jam!

12. A surprise text from Kevin - It's triple points day at Qdoba.  I'll pick up dinner for us on the way home!  Yes, please.  This is the perfect burrito bowl IMO.

13. Leo turned 5 1/2!  This year I'm trying hard to find little ways to celebrate each of the kids.  They love hitting their half birthday so I let them each pick out a favorite homemade dessert, add a candle, sing and they are thrilled.  Leo chose Monster Cookies for his dessert.

14.  The week before Fall Break + a full moon + observations.  Our team lead gave us all these moon pie treats and made us laugh.  Whew!  We are ready for a week off.

I hope you have the best weekend with your favorite people.

I'm taking a break for Fall Break.  See you back here when our break is done.

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