Weekend RePlay

 

Friday night we gorged ourselves at Cici's Pizza Buffet.  Rented movies one for the kids & one for us.  We even went to bed fairly early.

Saturday morning we got up & going first thing knowing that a friend was coming over to give us a hand putting in our new over the range microwave.  After almost 5 years we have a microwave not on the counter!  And it matches the appliances!  Amazing.  We had to have a friend with electrical background come in being that we needed an outlet put in.  About an hour and a half later we had it done.  Thanks Young & Mr. L.  I am a super happy Momma now.

Check out all that extra counter space.  I can even have my kitchen aid mixer out & not stuffed away in the cabinet.  Perhaps I'll actually use it more.  Yeah.  Maybe not. 

 After the morning project was done {By the way I whipped up a few card wallets & a camera strap while the men were working! You can find the wallets in the shop!} we had shopping to do & lots of it.  Mr. L is gone for the week & I had to make sure we had all the essentials of food in the house!  Then the littles had some money to burn.  Good ole Birthday money!   I ended up finding some cute goodies for my favorite nephew {oh my only!} Ezra.  He <3 Rubber Duckies.  Or so his mommy tells me.  He is 4 months old in a few days!  

 Sunday we went out to lunch at McCormick&Schmicks before Mr. L had to go out of town for the week.  Everyone was well behaved & we all had some yummy lunches.  Oh!  And we had a $25 gift card to use there so that made it even better. 

It was a fast weekend.  Could blame it on the Spring ahead time change.  But honestly aren't they all fast?  And the whole time change thing didn't actually catch me till this morning.  I did not want to get out of bed.  It was dark.  It is not right.  Now its already 3 o'clock in the afternoon.  I am not feeling it.  Where did the day go? 

Time to go fold laundry & make homemade mac & cheese for myself & the little tonight!  Here starts our 4 days without Mr. L.  Hope it goes as fast as today did.  {Probably not!}

What I Wore Wednesday

 Top:  Tank from Target Layered with a dress from Old Navy & Cardigan from Old Navy also.  
Bottom:  Dark Denim Jeans from Khols with a pair of flats from Target.


{Outfit look Familiar?}  Well that's cause I wore it all but the jeans last Wednesday.  Seems like I have a pattern going here.  Better switch it up next week!

Its so nice out today.  I spent the afternoon outside blowing bubbles & making wishes on dead dandelions with Miss Emma.

As always - linking up to The Pleated Poppy.

Bubbles

Geeze. I feel old.

 My oldest is eight now & baby is 5!  I'd like to say "Where did the time go?"  That's what they all say.  But honestly - I cannot.  It feels like at-least 8 years that I have had kids.  Actually feels like my entire life I have had them.  Hard to remember a time before kids!  {Slowly my childhood years are slipping away!}  Blame this on "Mommy Brain" too!

Baking With The Birthday Girl

 Little Miss Emma & I spent some time in the kitchen this afternoon. We made delicious thumbprint cookies. 

Heres how we did it:
Preheat oven to 350* F.
Mix 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar {packed}, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp salt & 1 tsp. vanilla in the mixer till "creamy" add 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour & 2 tbsps milk. 
Form into balls - our mixtures was rather "crumbly".  Press thumb {that's the fun part!} And add your favorite jelly.  We used orange marmalade & black-raspberry.  Bake for 10 minutes.

Yields: 20 cookies. 

Allow to cool - and dig in.  I dare you to eat just one.