Five Friday Favs

* my pre-school door decorated for my birthday
and ice cream sundaes for snack
great idea room mamas!

* being sandwiched b/w my boys for a little afternoon rest

* saying "no"

* my 31 taking off

* an adorable unbirthday party for the eles teachers
it was so fun
cutsie decorations she let me borrow
gorgeous cupcakes from super talented ladies


now for some duds
missing my girlfriend's bday dinner
not having my best friend to celebrate my 35th
cold rain
sitting at the dmv on my birthday b/c of procrastination

Five Friday Favs

elisa lou's texas caviar . . . i love this stuff!

you should make some

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brenton brown

we will worship him

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sinus rinse

yea, i know sounds gross

but HUGE relief to my ears

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the anticipation of granny & poppy

coming for the weekend

the boys are thrilled

it's a smores kinda night too!

yipee

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putting homework on hold for the evening

to take advantage of the glorious day

and go to the park

lots to love

i've never been one to get all excited & mushy over valentines

so we've always just done it with the boys

made over it a tiny bit with them

unfortunately they are starting to get a little less than thrilled

making valentines with me for their friends!

so maybe next year, we'll just buy the sign n folds

they didn't like my cutesie tag 

"make no mistake,

have a happy valentines day"

attached to a bag w/ mini erasers from the $1 spot

oh well

i bettcha they'll love the 

heart shaped rice krispie treats dipped in white chocolate 

in their lunch box!

not to mention the red crush soda to go with dinner tonight.

enough on that

there are lots of things i love

inspired by this lovely lady

i feel like i could just copy & paste much of hers

instead i'll try to add my own

but i totally indentify with her love of 

target, chipotle, 

~

having our windows open on a february day

an afternoon nap

my soft polka dot jammers

do i need to mention chikfila

my family

(the one born into

and the one i married into)

flip flop tan lines

phone calls from girl friends

crafternoons with my girls

hearing birds chirp a little the last week

rice krispie treats

sweat shirts & blue jeans

monday night = dinner from Maria's  = $4.17 family pizza

what about you?

what do you love?

Five Friday Favs . . . on a Saturday

sitting on the couch 

with my little loves

devouring

a gifted heart box of chocolates

it was a buffet of sorts

take a bite and sample each one

then return to the box

we all got to taste them all

then we returned to the bitten chocolates

the next day

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a newly acquired love of wawa coffee

english toffee to be exact

it's way cheap

its surely convenient when getting gas

and 

it's on the way to preschool

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coldeeze

coldcalm

yogi teas

(maybe i shouldn't have shared bitten chocolates;)

i don't feel sick though

just NO voice & scratchy throat

boys are surely taking advantage of the no voice

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report cards

an honor roll kiddo

and a

good citizenship kiddo
2 trying their best kiddos

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10 of the most darlin preschoolers on the planet

their faces were precious 

as they passed out their valentines on thursday

randomness

~  my friend is in africa.

~  i found this sweet pic of the boys . . . & girl.  i'm pretty sure i took it w/ intentions for Christmas cards.  but then i decided against Christmas cards this year.  i love this pic though!

~  our jacob slept for 15 hours straight!  i think he is finally feeling better.  it's been a week.  i'll probably sleep better tonight too.

~  i've recently been introduced to  UNsweet tea w LOTSA lemon . . . i mean lots.  who knew it could taste almost as good as *split* tea?!  let's just say i bought a big ole bag of lemons from the grocery yesterday.

~ had the best time today giving cricut tutorials.  the evening one even brought dinner to us.

~ i am so excited to read this ~ i keep hearing more & more wonderful things about this book!  my copy came today.

(i liked the message's wording as well)

hearing this made me smile

five friday favs

one of our teacher aides

at prek calling her son

to pick us up drinks & chicken minis

to get us through the morning

(we were in need of our dt. cokes & split teas)

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ELES

Echo Lake Elementary just received top honors 

as a recipient of the 2011 

Governor's Award for Educational Excellence.

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this blog post
http://www.girltalkhome.com/blog/learning-to-trust

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REESE PB cup hearts
is it just me  :
or do these things taste even better in shapes?!

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NRPreK enrollment picking up for 2011-2012
lots of new families checking out the pre k

longing for summer

but while i wait
i'll think about the few things i do like about
freezing, cold, january

chili & baked potatoes
flannel sheets
snow
fire in the fireplace
leg warmers
peppermint coffee
baking
crock pot dinners
snow cream
roasting marshmallows
scarves
snowmen
jacobs new love for football
fixing the boys hot cocoa


i think that's about it ;)


bring on the warmer days, flip flops, & sun block!