Weekend Happies

This weekend was a fun one - lots of basketball, family time and good food.  There were a lot of happy moments.

We went to our favorite local pizza spot on Friday night - Turonis - with my parents.  They had a magician making his rounds and the kids enjoyed his tricks.  Fletcher was eager to volunteer.  The pizza was delicious with tons of leftovers for another dinner.

We went to an Aces basketball game afterwards.  They are not off to a great start this year, but we all enjoyed the game.  Papaw loves going to the games.  They are a little late for Leo so Kevin and the big kids will enjoy going to them.

Mimi doesn't love sports so we distracted her with conversation when Leo would share her.

Find mom.  Sit on mom.  Barely ever happens anymore so this was sweet.  We made a big breakfast and had a slow morning at home.  I make the bacon, stir up the pancakes and the big kids use the griddle to make their own pancakes and eggs.  Yum.

Penny didn't want to be left out of the snuggle time.

I picked out a Christmas tree for my classroom.  I'm going to decorate it later this week so it's ready to surprise the kids when we come back to school in December.  How is it almost December??

I got tickets for Fletcher and I to go to Blue and White night for our school.  I let him pick dinner and no surprise cheese curds + fries were involved.  He ordered for himself, got drinks, picked our seat and loved having my full attention.  We chatted so much + some traffic made us a little late to the game.

We both bumped into school friends and had a great night.  We both still feel pretty new at school so it was good for us to try something new and see school friends outside of school.  It was also fun to go to a high school event to see a sneak peek at what's ahead for the kids.

Leo impressed us all with his PreK cutting skills.  We offered to cut out his snowflake and he assured us that he could do it himself.  He did and it looked pretty perfect.  Wow!

Great job, Leo.  A simple and sweet way to thank a teacher - when you notice your child has mastered something new or has improved a ton, email them and thank them.  I promptly sent Leo's teacher a thank you email because we have been really impressed with all the things that he is learning this year.

Quilt season.  It's been chilly lately and the kitties are loving the quilts on the beds.

Kevin loves to take the big kids on a weekend Starbucks run.  They love it, too.  Hot PSLs for both of them and some snacks for the week.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  We are all excited for a short work week and a Happy Thanksgiving week!