ten happy things friday

One
Spring break is next week!
Two
Music. Always music.

Three
I love me some wheat thins. I could eat the whole "Family Sized" box by myself. In one afternoon.

Four
Vanilla Chai tea latte... I need to learn how to make this myself

Five
Cajun shrimp pasta

Six
Sam's first laugh

Seven
Dancing

Eight
Watching action movies from the late 80s (Lethal Weapon) and listening to the random saxophones playing throughout the scenes.

Nine
Laughing

Ten
Our sweet new family car (suv). So nice getting everyone in the car and going places together. I've missed it.

Go Fly A Kite

Sunday was sunny, warm and windy. The perfect day to fly a kite. After church we had few things to pick up from the store and as we were heading to check out we spotted 97 cent kites and snatched 3 of them up. I didn't expect to enjoy flying kites very much... I thought the lines would get tangled or the kids wouldn't like it. We had an absolute blast. We decided to load up our lawn chairs and head to the hay field (it's planted with oats right now) and try out our kites. Our friend, Carson, came along and helped get the kites going for the kids. It was so much fun and surprisingly relaxing. Afterwards we checked the game camera and got a nice picture of the bobcat that is hanging around back there as well as about 900 pictures of racoons and a few deer thrown in, too. I hope all of you had a good weekend!

ten happy things friday

one
Tomorrow my family is getting together for breakfast and a coffee taste testing. I'm going to make pancakes and I'm bringing some coffee to try- it should be a lot of fun!

two
I made these asian chicken lettuce wraps a few nights ago and I really liked them! I did not follow the recipe to a "T", but they were still great.

three
More food happiness here... last night I really wanted some chicken parm, but didn't want the trouble of actually going through the process of making it. So I threw some frozen chicken breasts sprinkled with basil, garlic powder and s&p in the oven for 30 minutes. I pulled them out and spooned some jarred pasta sauce over them and topped with some shredded mozzarella and baked for another 20 ish mintues. They were so good! I told the kids it was "pizza chicken" and they gobbled it up saying that it was really yummy and they want me to make it again. Winning!

four
Sam is starting to "talk" more and it's great listening to her.

five

six
Well... I don't know what to really say, but Tim and I have been laughing at all the harlem shake videos.

seven
My kids are really good. Maybe they drive me crazy sometimes, but I'm blessed.

eight
The wind has been really strong this week and it's finally back to normal so that the kids actually want to be outside again.

nine
Can you believe it's March already? I'm glad Winter is about over.

ten
The weekend starts in 90 minutes. Yay! 

trying thursday

Some days are tough.

Currently I am listening to Rose play in her room instead of napping, which will be a cruel punishment to me later because she's been very cranky all morning and it usually just gets worse if she doesn't nap. She did, however, come out of her room several times and at one point came over and said she needed to give me a kiss so she could go to bed. Afterwards she walked back into her room telling me, "It's okay Mommy, I'm going to be fine." I'm sure she will be, but will I?

Ry is eating his 12th meal of the day, but very kindly asked if I would like a "jelly tortilla" as well. No. No way on Earth would I like one, thank you.

Sam is being an angel and smiling at me when I seem to need it the most.

And....

Apparently Rose has decided that she doesn't like me anymore. But she is 3 and delirious from not napping and really has no idea what she's saying so I'm not taking it to heart.

I think coffee might help this afternoon. I hope.

Asleep at the Table

Rose was going full force on Monday. She was busy playing and having a grand time with her brother. I set them down for a snack as I started sweeping. When I went to get the dustpan I walked by her and saw that she had finally sat down long enough that she fell asleep.

And miracle upon miracles... she's napping again today!