Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends!  This week felt like the first normal week we've had in a while.  We all had fun things going on, we enjoyed the long weekend and cold weather and now we are ready for the weekend.

Did you catch my blog posts this week?

Sharing Small Meals

Icy Snowy Days

Now onto my favorite moments of the week!

1. The Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile came to town!  Leo was so excited!  He really wanted to go for a ride, but settled for a quick look inside.  We loved seeing it up close.  Leo kept saying "Dats a big hot dog!!" It made me nostalgic for 2019 when it came to the last city we lived in.  Olive and Fletcher were so excited to see it back then.  If it ever comes to your city, go check it out!  They were giving out stickers, coupons and wiener whistles.

Leo got a weenie whistle and brought his mini wiener mobile monster truck!

2019 visit to Terre Haute.

2. Week Night Dinner Date with friends! I always love when I can make this happen.  We had a meeting downtown and grabbed dinner afterwards.  Win-win!

3. Arcade day!  My parents gave the kids arcade gift cards for Christmas and we cashed them in last weekend.  They bowled, played mini golf and came home with all kinds of arcade prizes.

4. Kevin got a new car!  He loved his last Nissan Pathfinder so much that he got another one.  He went with this pretty color - it's really dark and then looks dark green in the sunlight.  We all love riding in it.

5. Chicken Breast Bites.  I grabbed these to try from Sams this week and we loved them!  I heated them up on a sheet pan and made a big build your own salad bar to go with them.  The kids dipped them in sauces and the adults topped their salads with them.  I'll definitely be buying them again.

6. Snow.  We got the tiniest dusting of snow and the kids were in heaven.  We got out our sleds, shovels and all our snow gear.  It was so cold that the snow lasted for days.

They checked on all the frozen lakes in the neighborhood.

7. Couch slumber parties.  One of our hopes with our giant sectional upstairs was that the kids could have sleepovers on it.  They've been sleeping out here all week and loving it.

8. The kid's best friends moved this week and we were all sad about it.  I'm so thankful that they've had best buddies next door to play with every day for the past two years.  They really helped make our transition to Evansville so smooth for the kids.  We are really going to miss them.  The kids have big plans to be pen pals, face time friends and hope to get to see each other from time to time.  We know how hard it is to say goodbye to friends when you move.

9. Ice Days.  Before we got a little snow, we had lots of ice.  The kids loved climbing down in the creek and skating on the icy puddles and grabbing all the icicles.  

The kids spent so much time "ice skating" together :)

10. Penny seems to hate the cold the most and looks to snuggle with anyone she can when the weather gets really cold.  No complaints from us!

11. Leo loves hanging out with his Great Grandma.  She played balloons with him at a birthday party this week and he had so much fun.

12. A salad a day.  That's been one of my 2024 goals and it's going well!  I've been chopping veggies and having them ready to grab for easy lunches.  I will sometimes do a side salad with dinner or a big salad for lunch.  This is probably my very favorite salad combo - honey mustard dressing, mixed greens and all the toppings.

I hope you have had a great week!  I'll be back on Monday with some really fun posts.

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