A Day In The Life Of.... Thursday & Friday

Thursday

Can't get enough of these sweet faces!

Thursday is our other preschool day, so it means getting up early & out the door {5 minutes before 9}. You'd think it would have been easy to get out the door since it was Pajama Day.... but NO. Reagan got a BIG blue marker spot on her jammies at church last night so we had to put new ones on in the morning. She looked absolutely adorable going to school in her PJ's.

Eden & Reagan

 While Reagao was at preschool I decided to try out some more Pinterest recipes. My sweet in-laws were coming over for dinner & they are so great at being my guinea pigs. I made Better Than Twix Bars & Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Avalanche Bars. And let me tell you, BOTH were superb! We had stir fry for dinner. Keeping it healthy so we could pig out on dessert :)

Friday

Friday morning we met my girlfriend Emily & her daughter Hannah at 10am at the mall.

I finally broke down & picked up a Proactiv kit. I am sick & tired of my 15 year teenage skin. I used it while in high school, but never actually followed the process completely. This time I've vowed to use it EXACTLY as directed. I took before photos & will be taking some more one week into the process. Crossing my fingers that this does the trick.... Just look at the infomercials, haha!

Friday night I got to go out for GIRLS NIGHT at The Melting Pot to celebrate Mary getting her nursing degree, passing her boards, & her birthday {YOU GO GIRL!!}. This was my first experience there & it was fun & tasty. I had a great time with the ladies.

HoHoHo, we are constantly on the go.

I sure do love this time of year & December is JAM PACKED! Not only is every weekend booked with holiday fun, but our weekdays are filling up quickly.

Elf has been having lots of fun around our home. Look & see...

We had a playdate/craft get together with Emily & Hannah on Friday. Us Momma's made marshmellows & the girlie girls got to do a fun reindeer craft.

These two things happen to be my favorite traditions to do during the Christmas season. For the craft you make a little reindeer head out of a brown paper bag, trace their little hands & cut out construction paper for antlers, & fill the bag with oats/sparkles for reindeer food. On Christmas Eve you sprinkle the "food" on your lawn so that Santa's reindeer can find your house & bring LOTS of presents.

Saturday night we met up with some friends from church, my in-laws, & Emily & Hannah for a Christmas Parade.

 Seriously, Emily & I are soul sisters & fellow Gymboree-holics. We got the girls matching tutus & shirts. And, the two of them looked absolutely DARLING! What cuties!!

The kiddos were bundled up (just take a look at my sweet cuddle bear!) & I was huddled under mounts of blankets.

We had a blast chowing down on burgers & fries from the joint next store.

Everyone brought thermoses of hot coco (except me... I brought the homemade marshmellows).

I gave each family a bag

Reagan got such a kick out of the parade & enjoyed yelling, "Merry Christmas" as the floats/cars went by. Jax just took it ALL in.

 After nap time, the kids have been enjoying getting bundled up & playing outside with each other. They are too stinkin adorable!! They really love each other & I enjoy secretly watching them from the window. Sometimes they fight, but then just move right along to playing again. These ages are great!

And, of course... there has been BAKING :)

We had a big bag of M&M's in the freezer & I looked up a recipe online & here's what I cam up with....

These babies turned out MASSIVE. I really liked that the M&M's were on top. They turned out so beautiful & mighty tasty :)

I am pretty I will need to go on a diet after eating these!

It's Fall, what can I say!?

Today we headed over to {another} pumpkin patch with our Mommy Group. This time the kiddos got to dress up in their Halloween costumes. I LOVE this...gets lots of use out of those pricey costumes you buy ONCE a year. Thank goodness when your kids turn 2/3ish then they turn them into dress up clothes :)

We had so much fun & the kids looked ADORABLE!

True sibling love--Headlock