wahoo! it's the weekend!

Hi five for Friday!

Typical September, the weeks have been crazy.  Between Isaac's after school activities, the onslaught of beginning of the year paperwork, meetings, parent concerns, and the exhaustion of hauling around a body that is roughly the size of a Buick, it has been a looooong week.  I am excited to spend some time with my parents tonight (high five for all you can eat Amish Smorgasboards!) and relax tomorrow.

1. I had an IEP meeting this week and so I decided to make a little more of an effort with my outfit.  It's the same old black maternity skirt but a super stretchy mint top my mom had gotten me a while ago.  Scarves and boots feel so fall!

2. Speaking of fall, we have been soccer, soccer and more soccer here.  Isaac had two games of his own last weekend (one nearly an hour away almost in Maryland!) and then he was the ball boy for the JV and Varsity High School soccer teams on Monday.  There were some cute little girls in the stands watching their older brothers play soccer and I suddenly realized that will be baby H and Isaac.  She will be about 7 or 8 when he is playing in high school. 

3. The weather has been perfect for soccer too.  Upper 60's and blue skies. This was our view for one of Isaac's games last weekend. 

Yesterday he said to me "Mom, imagine Adam and Eve playing soccer in the Garden of Eden.  Like, being all naked and kicking around a coconut."  Sometimes the things he says just make me laugh.

4.  Ryan and I ended up with a Friday night to ourselves last week and decided to try Joe's Crab Shack.  I hate all things Seafood but Ryan almost always lets me choose the restaurant without complaint, so I decided this time I could go somewhere "out of my comfort zone".   Plus, it is located right next to a Babies R Us, so that helped sway me.  Ryan ordered this huge pot of random animals and body parts and ate every bite! 

5.  Isaac has finally got his hands on the coveted toy the Rainbow Loom.  My mom went three places looking for one for him.  We did make one bracelet (emphasis on "we") and we are watching youtube videos to do more complicated patterns. 

Have a happy day!


Linking up with Lauren and Jeanette.

TGIF!!

It's freakin' weekend baby Imma about to have me some fun...

Or actually.... I'm about the celebrate my 31st birthday, go to a weekend soccer tournament and blog about my love of the crockpot.  I am the queen of the dorks.  The early 30's dorks....

The crockpot is my best friend lately.  I have owned it for years and never used it and now I am using it at least once a week. Walmart (Ryan's new employer) makes a great crockpot kit with fresh vegetables and roasts.  You just open it up and dump it in and six hours later you have dinner.  LOVE it.

 

 

Things at work have been crazy busy lately.  This is how I have been eating dinner most night this week-- doing progress reporting or entering grades.  I am pretty much the most boring person in the world. 

Isaac and I are loving this song.  In the song Florence Welch says "You're giving me such sweet nothing".  I was convinced she said "You're giving me sexy elephant".  Isaac and I laughed and laughed about it (to Ryan's great annoyance).

However, I was put in my place abruptly when Isaac came home with his autobiography.  This was the picture he drew of himself.  On the reverse he put traits about himself.  One of the qualities he listed was "sexy".  I am sure I will be hearing about THAT at his conference next week.

 

Have a great weekend!

Insta-Friday

 

A few randoms from this week:

 

These were in five dollar bin at Target.  These were two of my favorite movies when I was a kid.  We have rewatched them both this week.  "Did he just say funky butt-loving?"

 

So I made a few new recipes this week successfully.  I'm on a domestic roll. These strawberry muffins were to DIE FOR.  Ryan doesn't like chocolate OR peanut butter (*gasp*), so I am always on the lookout for desserts that don't have either of those.  This oatmeal spice cake with brown butter frosting was a winner with all three of us.

 

 

Ryan has a new job which means he officially quit 7-11 [insert Hallelujah chorus here].  The tiny old Walmart in town is finally getting the facelift into a huge nice Super Walmart and Ryan is in charge of all of the new departments (meat, bakery, frozen, produce, dairy and the deli).  His new job comes with a much shorter commute, an employee discount, and no overnight shifts!  They gave him a few days off before he begins training and we have been loving having him home.  

 

 

We tried to squeeze in a Labor Day trip to Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom but the weather didn't cooperate...

 

 

 

I had a quick trip to Lancaster.  This is always a familiar sight when I am at my mom's.

 

 

 

When I was there my mom had picked me up this hot pink shirt from H and M.  You can't really see from the picture but the top part is sheer fabric.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE that it is neon and pink. (Ryan is coming to the realization that I will probably be one of those old ladies in gawdy polyester pantsuits). 

 



 

Lastly, I finally had to force myself to retire my favorite Zebra bag.  It has been such a good, faithful purse for many years.  I am on the lookout for a good replacement. 

 

 

How is your weekend shaping up?  We have soccer, I am doing a wedding workshop at the Paper Source that will hopefully result in getting my wedding invitations out.