Happy Fri-YAY!

Happy Friday!  Our week took some unexpected turns - sick days and extra home days.  I always feel like it's hard to take a sick day especially when you have to do so much planning to be gone.  But we made it work and it was good to be home with Fletcher for a couple of days.  Thank goodness for a great assistant and a supportive team.

1. Date night!  I helped Kevin with a bunch of things at work in preparation for a really important week at work.  Everything went well for his team and we got to enjoy pizza at our favorite spot - Turonis.  We even tried a new app - Jalapeno Poppers.  They were just a little spicy and so cheesey.

2. New date night tradition?  We always end up doing something practical to finish up our date nights.  Sometimes it's a Sams, Target or Meijer run.  This time it was a stop in at CVS.  I picked out a new lipstick for Spring.  It's so pretty.  I like the tradition of picking out a new beauty item on our date nights!  I smiled every time I wore this lipstck this week.

3. Teachers!  Dollar Tree has these Primary journals for just $1.25.  It's a great deal this time of year.  I grabbed one for me and one for my teammates.

4. I hit the Spring jackpot at Marshalls this week!  I found several pretty things.  I've already worn two of them.  The pants and the button down cardigan for some important school meetings.

5. My Easter wreath got a refresh with some new flower stems from Dollar tree!

6. We hosted Olive's friends for a sleepover.  No big occassion, just a fun sleepover.  She put together a candy snackle box and grabbed some lip balm dupes she found at Dollar Tree.  You can read all about our favorite snackle boxes here.

She asked me to make a pasta bar for her friends.  Say less.  I'm happy to cook for her friends.  I did two kinds of pasta, meatballs, roasted broccoli and garlic bread.

I hit the easy button on the sleepover breakfast since it was spring forward Sunday.  The girls loved the cereal bar and I loved the easy prep/clean up.

7. Mr Mittens would like for you to know that his fur has almost completely grown back from his surgery in January.  He's been more lovey, more social and appreciative for his new lease on life.

8. First bike ride of the season!

9. Fletcher had a couple of extra days at home due to sickness.  The sunshine and fresh air of afternoons on the patio were good for both of us.

No one enjoys collecting things and hunting for treasures more than Fletcher.  He's started a new colletion - finding hub caps near our property.  These are his first two.

10. Olive loves a count down.  It makes me smile to see this one.

11. I got to be on the hiring team for a spot in kindergarten.  Our new teammate baked for us!

12. I finally found the perfect rug for our bathroom!  It's taken me years and years.  This pretty rug is the perfect colors to match our dark gray cabinets and it isn't too girly.  Kevin loves it and so do I.

13. Bonus days at home mean bonus cat naps.  It's been ages since I got a nap so this was a treat!

14. A super important week at work!  Ties and jackets are my favorite.

15. Leo writing birthday cards to his friends and shopping for gifts he knows they will love is my favorite.  He's super excited to celebrate with this friend.

16. Another fun lip find came from Dollar Tree.  I sent this photo to Olive to let her know I loved my new lip gloss.  It's the perfect light gloss to keep at your desk. I can't wait to buy all the colors.

17. We're ending the week a little bit on the struggle bus with some fun plans ahead this weekend.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  See you back here next week.

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Spring Wardrobe Wish List

I am on the hunt to add some new pieces to my wardrobe this Spring.

Here is my wish list: 

Dressy, flowy pants.

Printed pants - polka-dots, stripes or floral, please.

Comfy, cute teacher shoes.

A new swimsuit cover up.

Sleeveless collared shirts to layer with year round.

Spring cardigans.

Wish me luck!  What are you on the hunt for as the temps are warming up?

I stopped in Marshalls over the weekend and this is what my dressing room looked like:

Which items do you think came home with me??

1, 2, 3 or 4?  Or all of them?

ALL OF THEM!  They looked so cute and will be perfect for teaching.

Easter Basket Wreath

My Easter basket wreath needed a little refresh this year.  I love the basket wreath, but the flowers were looking a little sad after several Spring seasons.  I opted to refresh the wreath for about $5 instead of spending $50 on a new one.

The Dollar Tree has a lot of pretty silk flowers for Spring.  Some are cheap looking so you have to do some digging to find the best ones.  I found some picks that had greenery, flowers and speckled Easter eggs for just $1.25.  I grabbed four of them and headed home to refresh my wreath.

Before:  Cute bute a litle sad after using it for more like five Springs now that I think about it.

After: More flowers, Easter eggs and more greenery.

I'm really happy with the wreath refresh!  I saved money and my wreath looks nice and festive.

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!  I hope you've had a nice week.  We are ready for a fun weekend after a busy week!

The best parts of our week were:

1. Our school just went through the reaccredidation process and it went really well!  The whole school celebrated with a pajama day to end the week.

2. Care packages are my favorite.  I usually send gifts via Amazon, but we wanted to gather a bunch of favorite things for our cute cousin.  It felt like a throwback to care packages we used to put together years ago.  We had the best time shopping for our college cousin and surprising her with a box of love to finish her semester strong.  I had Olive help me wrap everything so it would be fun for her to open all the little gifts.

3. We were so sad to hear of Lou Holtz's passing this week.  We're huge Notre Dame fans and huge Lou Holtz fans.  Kevin got to meet him several years ago at a Meet and Greet.  He signed our book and they had a good chat.  We're sad to see this legend go.  He was so enthusiastic about everything.  We always loved hearing his quotes on faith, family and football.  It's been sweet to hear all of the stories about him online this week.

4. Pumpkin's fluff makes us all smile.  He decided that this coffee table basket is his new favorite spot.

5. Lots of salads this week!

6. I took the big kids out for some Saturday errands.  We cashed in rewards for free treats and got a lot done.  They love to help me do errands like Sams or Costco and always talk me into going a few more places.

7. It's been a while since I've taken a photo of Fletcher and a cool car.  I spent YEARS taking his picture with every fire truck, police car and military vehicle we saw.  We spotted this awesome wrapped cyber truck and he wanted his picture with it.  Fletch turns 10 this year and I can hardly believe he'll be double digits.

8. I went out of my comfort zone and invited the kid's school friends out for an afternoon of fun at Urban Air.  They loved spending time with their friends and I loved that I brought headphones.  That place is LOUD.  So fun, but so loud.  This place is great for older kids.

9. I hate car washes.  They are so expensive and I always stress about doing everything right.  My problem is that I love a clean car.  I forced myself to brave a new car wask.  I lit $16 bucks on fire haha and came out with a sparkling car.  It looked amazing for a couple of days.

10. I love Chick-Fil-A's new striped bags!  The quote isn't great, but the packaging is cute.

11. Costco pizza is my very favorite thing.  We were at Costco near lunch time so we all grabbed a cheap something to go.  I got pizza and Fletcher grabbed a chicken bake.

12. My parents gave us the prettiest piece of antique furniture!  They're doing some cleaning out and rearranging at their house and it needed to go.  They were even able to deliver it thanks to the help of my nephew.  Mr. Mittens approves of his new perch.  I love the idea that antiques give your home a one of a kind, collected feel.  I spent my entire childhood going to antique shops and collecting with them.

I'm still working on styling it just right, but we are headed in the right direction.

13. We had a cousin birthday party where we celebrated family and Fletcher got to see a bullet from the Civil War.  Kevin's parents got it as a souvenir years ago.  Fletcher was thrilled to get to put his hands on it.

14. Leo's current favorite pose.  I have no clue.  It's almost as adorable as his Squishmallow pjs.

15. I have mixed feelings about this one.  As Leo is approaching his 6th birthday, his teeth are getting wiggly.  He's got two wiggly teeth so far.  I'm so excited for him, but it'll break my heart a big when his tiny teeth start falling out.  He likes to give me regular tooth updates.

16. The best text ever - I'm working late.  You worked late.  Send me your Qdoba order.  

Say less.  Give me a burrito bowl with all the picos and not spicy salsas + guac.

17. My new favorite (Wal-Mart!!!) lamp and my favorite kitten.  I'm obsessed with the wicker lamp shade and the pottery base.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  See you back here next week :)

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