1. What we're eating this week: Gosh! This might just be the hardest thing to decide on every week. I'm constantly trying to think of new, healthy ideas for my family. This week, we've tried some Simple Asian Noodles, had the obligatory Taco Tuesday, and will put some ribs in the slow cooker later in the week. I also made a delicious pound cake last night.
2. What I'm reminiscing about: How last year at this time I was crying about Lily heading off to Kindergarten! Just yesterday, I received information about her Kinder graduation next month. It's hard to believe I will have a 1st grader. It's hard to believe how fast this year has gone by.
3. What I'm loving: I've been super tired lately, so I'm loving any kind of downtime I can get. I'm also loving the idea of summer and heading out of town for a few vacations!
4. What we've been up to: What have we not been up to? School, homework, work, etc. Our weekends have been very busy with birthday parties, First Communions, and Craig and I enjoyed a local Festival last Saturday, kid-free.
5. What I'm dreading: Luckily, nothing at the moment!
6. What I'm working on: I'm hoping to get back in the yard this week to clean it up, plant a few more flowers, and maybe even start a small vegetable garden. The weather has been very rainy lately. April brought more than enough showers!!
7. What I'm excited about: That's for another post...coming VERY soon. I'm also excited about this cool front that passed yesterday. It's a nice break from the heat!
8. What I'm watching/reading: I wish I could say I was reading. I LOVE to read, but just haven't found the time to do it since my children were born. I used to read 2-3 books/month, now I'm lucky if I average 2-3 books a year. I'm hoping to rectify that this summer. I'm watching Dancing with the Stars and American Idol consistently. I also DVR The Voice and play catch-up on the weekends. I'm also still working on Parenthood! After the series finale in January, I started from season 1 and watched episodes. It's not something I do every day so I'm slowly but surely making my way through the seasons.
9. What I'm listening to: I've heard Shake it Off, All About that Bass, and Uptown Funk so much, my ears hurt. When my kids are not requesting those songs, I'm usually listening to Christian music.
10. What I'm wearing: Listen, the last thing I am is a fashionista. Shopping for clothes is not my love language. I'm basically wearing business casual attire during the work day and something comfortable on the weeknights or weekends. Nothing fancy here.
11. What I'm doing the weekend: Refer back to #6 and we also have another First Communion on Sunday that we will be attending.
12. What I'm looking forward to next month: School's out for Summer! May is usually a busy month but filled with so much excitement. Looking forward to a break in the routine for a couple months and planning Lily's 6th birthday party!
13. What else is new: Besides #'s 1-12, not much else to report.
14. What I'm giving (or want to receive) for Mother's Day: I'm easy...I'd love a pedicure/facial/massage over jewelry any day. As far as the mother's in my life, I'm still working on some ideas.
Very important announcement coming soon! I can't wait. Until then...
