High Five for Friday

Hi! I'm running a little late today, but I still wanted to share some of the fun stuff from the past week. 

1) Friday evening we packed up chairs and popcorn and headed to another park for an outdoor movie night. I figured with it being June we'd be sitting there dying of heat stroke but it was pretty comfortable (buggy, but comfortable). They were playing the new Spongebob movie, which was pretty terrible. But Grant liked it and had a good time.

The guys waiting for the movie to start

2) Saturday & Sunday, Grant and I explored our first Kiwi Crate box. (Check out all the stuff it had HERE.)

3) I sewed this fun shark blanket!

It currently has no recipient but I had the fabric and it's so cute!

4) I taught Grant some card games! He absolutely loves them.

Go fish!

5) Sunday afternoon/evening, I wanted to run some errands. Since Husband usually does a lot of work on Sundays, I took Grant with me and we had a little dinner date (followed by ice cream). We share a love of Olive Garden! 

6) Grant's preschool has a calendar and each day has something to bring or do on it. This week the two favorites were crazy hair day and costume day.

Costume day - Iron man, of course!

And crazy hair day!

It's been a pretty stressful week for me but we had so much fun last weekend so I'm hoping to make this weekend another good one. And we're looking forward to a nice Father's Day!

Happy Friday everyone!

Have a great weekend!

High Five for Friday

Hi! Today I'm linking up Jennie to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week. Honestly, I've had a pretty terrible week so it's nice to go back and think about the stuff that made me smile this week.

1) Last weekend was gorgeous! I went for walks that I desperately needed. Grant & I played outside a lot and took bike rides. It was such perfect weather.

Grant was ecstatic when he got to ride through the puddles!

2) On Saturday we went to our first outdoor movie! A couple parks around do this from time to time and we never get to go. This time they were showing Planes Fire & Rescue - one of Grant's favorites! So I popped an obscene amount of popcorn, packed a cooler, some chairs, and we enjoyed a fun family movie night at the park.

We ate popcorn for days!

Waiting for the movie to start

Hooray!

3) On Sunday we made wind cars from the mini crate I ordered from Kiwi Crate. It was so much fun for both of us. We had races in the kitchen by blowing on them and we were both laughing so hard! I've decided to try out a regular subscription just to see if we like it.

I did have to help but he got to do a lot too. It was
a great activity to do together.

He loved how they worked!

4) I sent a tray of goodies to school for the staff as a thank you for Teacher Appreciation Week. I hope they enjoyed them, they definitely deserve them!

Caramel snickerdoole bars, twix chocolate chip cookies,
and some personalized Hershey kisses.

5) I love Grant's artwork, especially now that he's drawing things that are recognizable. My favorites ever so far is his first picture of me (I look like an orange on two toothpicks) and the family picture he drew for us (we all look like oranges on toothpicks). This week he brought home my third favorite. A brachiosaurus being struck by lightning while eating a leaf (he also told Husband that there is lava but you can't see it because it's far far away but it made the lightning).

6) Last night I finished up a cake for the daughter of friend. She's worked really hard to become a nurse practitioner and I'm so glad I was able to make this cake for her party tonight. Congrats to her!

Happy Friday everyone!

Have a great weekend!

High Five for Friday

Today I'm linking up with Lauren and Jennie to share some of my favorite stuff from the past week.

1) I got branded! A good friend got me a new sticker for my car. Husband spent all of Saturday morning cleaning out my car and he put the sticker on too.

2) Lots of playtime last weekend! I finally bought a bike so Grant and I took a bike ride together (with Husband tagging along for a walk) and then we played baseball and soccer. We enjoyed some popsicles outside before nap time too. It was such a great weekend to be outside and we took full advantage!

Saturday

Sunday before the rain came

3) Saturday night we tried to have a Family Movie Night to watch Frozen (torture for Husband since he hates musicals with every fiber of his being). We rented it from "on demand" and it was messing up so bad we ended up giving up halfway through the movie. But Sunday morning it was fine so we got to watch the whole movie. It was very cute! 

4) I'm loving the signs of spring! I have said on several occasions that I love winter...and I do but it's almost April...can we please have spring now??

5) My sister did a "TBT" (which I found out only last week means Throw Back Thursday) and put this old family picture on Facebook. It's actually a picture I sent her a while back and sort of forgot about. I love it!

The good ol' days...back when my sister couldn't talk! :)

Happy Friday!
Have a great weekend!

High Five for Friday

Today I'm linking up with Lauren to share some good stuff from the past week!

1) The weekend weather was wonderful for playing outside! On Saturday, Grant and I raked leaves into a pile for jumping - a first for him - and he loved it! On Sunday, I took for him a trike ride and we played some baseball too. I love how much he loves to play outside :)

2) On Saturday we had family movie night! I love family movie night! We rented Monsters University (super cute!) and I popped popcorn on the stove like my mom used to. Then we hung out together watching the movie. Good stuff!

Wearing his monster feet and ready for the movie!

3) On Monday, Husband and I "celebrated" our 7th anniversary! I use the term "celebrated" loosely because Grant was super sick so we didn't actually celebrate at all (except a drop in Grant's fever). Our anniversary evening consisted of one of us laying in bed with Grant so the other one could eat dinner...also I was probably still wearing vomit from the 3 times Grant threw up on me.

Husband stepping on the back of my dress and breaking my
bustle as they announce us on our way into the reception.
Happy Anniversary Husband! :)

4) After two days of fever, vomiting, sore throat, lethargy, and no appetite Grant finally felt better Tuesday afternoon and was able to go back to school Wednesday. Tests for everything came back negative, the doctor said it was just a virus. It was so good to see him getting back to his normal, crazy self!

Taken Monday evening after his day long 101.whatever fever
finally broke and he felt a little better.

5) AAAAAAHHHHH! For my birthday Husband got me Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets - which was finally last night! - and actually said he'd go with me! This day seemed to take forever to get here! I've been a fan for years and have wanted to go to their one-night-only-show every year and missed it ever year. The tickets were a complete surprise! Since our anniversary was side-lined we decided to use the show as an anniversary date night. It was the most incredible concert!! Best date night  - and birthday present - ever :)

None of my pictures could even begin to do justice!

Hopefully soon I'll begin to catch up on posting somethings I've been meaning to do but just haven't gotten around to (like going to the State Fair and Halloween!).

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

Have a great weekend!

High Five for Friday

Today I'm linking up with Lauren to share some of my favorite happenings from the past week.

1) I wore these super cute shoes to work on Friday. I've had them for a few months but don't wear them often so I get excited whenever the opportunity presents itself.

2) On Saturday we took Grant to the Hurricanes Summerfest and had a great time!

3) Also on Saturday we did one of our Family Movie Nights. I made stove-top popcorn (not jiffy pop, popcorn in a pot with oil and butter and salt and it was wonderful) and we watched the Smurfs movie. It was cute and Grant liked it...and it was only 75 cents from Redbox. Regardless of the movie, we love Family Movie Nights.

4) I felt like a walk this week so I busted out our very under used wagon and took Grant around the neighborhood a few times. It was HOT but it felt good to just get out for a bit of exercise. 

5) I made Grant try on the outfit I'm planning on having him wear to my sister-in-law's wedding at the end of August. Grant was less than thrilled with this idea. But he looks super adorable all the same in his little seersucker blazer...even if the hat is a little big.

Happy Friday! I hope you have a great weekend!

Conversations With My Toddler

One morning while getting a very pissy Grant ready for school, he mumbled something I couldn't understand. I figured he was just mad about having his hair brushed...or because he was awake. But he mumbled it again.

"What did you say? I can't understand you." I said.

In the whiniest voice I've ever heard, Grant said "I like to move it move it."

I laughed hysterically. It totally made my morning. Husband heard and tried to say it like its supposed to sound but Grant wasn't having it.

He looked at his Daddy and said "Hey! That's MY favorite song!"

The above video from the movie Madagascar is where this new obsession came from. Grant actually calls the movie "Move It Move It".

Still My Favorite

For as long as I can remember, The Wizard of OZ has been my favorite movie. I still get excited when it comes on TV (even though I have two DVDs). When I was a kid I used to camp out in the living room with my sleeping bag until it came on and watch out if you tried to turn the channel! Back then we had a TV that you had to get up and manually turn the channels so I had the opportunity to attack like a lion preying on the weak member of a herd of buffalo. Not much of a threat because I hadn't yet reached my fat years (or as like to call them the years when I looked like "the girl who ate Tara").

Anyway! It was a surprise to me when The Wizard of OZ came on TV Friday night while I was doing "tummy time" with Grant.

Grant doing tummy time!

Husband left the room because I am oh so annoying when this movie is on (too bad he doesn't realize how annoying he is when Tommy Boy is on). I admit it. I know all the words and all the songs and stupid bits of useless trivia...and it makes me shamelessly happy. So, when Grant started to get fussy with his tummy time (he hates that he's flailing his arms and legs but not going anywhere) I put him in his baby gym to play.

It was when he turned his head towards the TV that it occurred to me that sometime in the near future I am going to be able to watch the movie that I so loved as a kid with MY kid! I can't wait to camp out on the floor with him and make him popcorn on the stove like my mom used to (in a pot with oil - none of this jiffy pop crap!) and watch The Wizard of OZ. He already seems excited about it :)

Grant watching Mommy's favorite movie!