1st grade celebration

Good morning!  Yesterday we celebrated big in 1st grade.  It was a fun morning until the rain started and ruined the outside fun. His teacher made the sweetest memory slide show and kept all their prized artwork.  After looking through the huge portfolio of artwork, Xander was presented the Hershey Bar Award for always being so kind and caring.  It represents him pretty well!

Because of the rain, we had our "picnic" lunch in the classroom.  Xander ate a lot!  I think someones growing again.  He's been going through phases for a few months now of eating a lot and then not so much.

His very best friend.  He's going to miss him when we move, but he's still really excited to move.  They've been best buddies since Kindergarten.

Here they are at the end of Kindergarten

After the celebration you're allowed to bring your child home, if you'd like.  Xander debated and debated, but he decided to come home.  I let him play his game since it was "his" day.  He hasn't played it for almost a month now.  So he was excited!

I worked on some packing and then 45 minutes before going back to the school to get Sterling, I played against him and I won.  Three times!  Ha!  Sad thing is I have no clue what I'm doing.  Just pushing buttons spending time with my boy 😂

And that was our fun day of celebrating surviving 1st grade.

Today is Sterling's day and it's going to be a good one!  Come back tomorrow to hear about her day.

Have a great day!

Weekend fun

Good morning!  We had a busy weekend in our house.  It started with my birthday and pulling the kids out of school to have a family day.  With Nick leaving for a year, we need to spend as much time together as we can.  Since he was off on Friday, we decided to make my birthday a family fun day.  And that it was!  It was my best birthday yet!  I didn't make my day all about me, it included everyone.  I also unplugged from social media all day.  It was a nice, and much needed break.

The morning started with homemade waffles, scrambled eggs and sausage.  This was Sterling's request.

The next stop in our morning was to the mall.  I didn't tell the kids where we were going, but I wanted to take them to the Disney store.  They could pick me out a gift there, plus pick themselves out something.  We have a lot of Disney gift cards 🙂

Sterling picked me out a coffee mug and herself a backpack and lunchbox.

Xander picked me out a travel coffee mug and a wizard Mickey.  He was so cute.  He said, I thought this was your birthday mommy.  Why do we get to pick out something.  That's so nice.  😂

After our quick trip to the mall, we headed to Subway so we could have a picnic lunch on the trampoline.  I did this with Sterling over a year ago, and it's something she still talks about.  So, I thought it'd be fun to have everyone.  And it was!

Me and my boy

My girl and I

We enjoyed our lunch and conversation about what the rest of the day would look like

We jumped on the trampoline for 30 minutes, then went in and watched Bridge to Terabithia.  After the movie, we went back out to jump for 30 more minutes.  I came in to get dinner started and the kids stayed out to play for another hour.

After dinner we enjoyed a mini cake.  Xander picked it out and it was perfect.

On Saturday, we headed to NC and the kids swam at the hotel pool.  We found our appliances for the new house and called it an early night.

Sunday morning we headed over to the new house so I could get measurements to get the appliances ordered.  We also went over the inspection report to ensure the items that needed fixed were complete.  All but two small things looked great.  We're (all except Sterling) very excited to get moved in!

On the way home, we stopped at Dunkin Donuts and I tried their Frozen Strawberry Lemonade.  It was so-so-so good!

After getting home, the kids were busy building a city.  They also played outside for a couple hours to burn off some energy from sitting in the car all morning.

Yesterday, we headed to the horse stable for our last riding lessons in VA.  Sterling has made so much progression and is excited to get started in NC.

Xander's also excited to continue riding.  He fell off his horse today.  He didn't get hurt, but he was scared.  It was the best kind of fall off you could have.  If that's possible.  It was as if he was falling off in slow motion.  He slide down the horse holding the reigns the entire time.  So, at least he kept control of the fall and didn't fall hard or get injured.  All great riders fall.

Xander made a quiz for Sterling.  Who is Arthur Ashe?  Then there were three true/false questions she had to answer.  She got them all right (they're all true).  Then he gave her a spelling test and she did great at that too!

Sterling helped me finish shredding this weekend.  We put the last piece in yesterday.

What a fun weekend we had.  Busy, but fun.  The kids have another fun week this week.  I'm so excited for them and can't wait to share!

Have a great day!

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Friday Favorites: Birthday Facts

It's Friday and it's my 🎉 birthday 🎉 and that means it's time to party.  Who am I kidding?   I'm a mom.  I don't get to party.  The only party I get will be a cleaning and packing party 😂.

Since I'm turning 38 today, I thought I'd share 3 + 8 fun facts about me.

1.  My favorite color is sky blue

2.  My favorite foods are Mexican and anything pasta

3.  I love to travel

4.  Of the 14 countries I've visited, Italy was my favorite

5.  I hate walking into a disorganized closet

6.  I don't love cooking, but I do enjoy baking

7.  I'm terrified of snakes and seagulls

8.  I use the F word more than I use the L word

9.  I love yoga pants, t-shirts, and hoodies

10.  Give me all the Sour Patch Kids, but keep the M & M's

11.  It took me way too long to come up with those 10 things 🤣

On to my favorites from the week.  I'm linking up with Andrea and her girls again.

Favorite #1...Getting the basement all packed and sorted

Favorite #2...the kids playing outside for hours each night.  Thank goodness the rain has stopped and the yard has dried up.  Fresh air is always good for the soul.

 Favorite #3...the kids and I made our summer bucket list and I can't wait to start tackling some fun things on it.

Favorite #4...I finished packing the office.  I have one bin left to shred and then it's completely done.  Woohoo!  I'm moving right along.

I'm really enjoying my time packing up our stuff.  I get to see everything that's going in a box going to our new home.  In our previous moves, I'd try to purge things out, but I never have done this awesome of a job clearing things out.  I'm amazed at how much stuff we've accumulated over the years.  So now when I come across things, I can quickly toss it in the trash pile or donate pile.  It's helping me set up the new house clutter free.

If you're traveling this weekend, be safe!

Have a great weekend!