It’s been a little while since I’ve shared a new FAVORITE, so I thought it might be fun to throw one out there… (plus it’s been awhile for a GIVEAWAY! Be sure to scroll to the end!)

Now we are not starting preschool this fall, but do you really need to go to school to love a backpack???

I tend to obsess about things sometimes (who me?! what???).  So I kinda went nutty looking for just the right backpack for the girls.

I wanted it to be small…

I have 3 newly found websites, that I am IN LOVE with!!!

So Happy Friday Favorites to you all…..here goes…

“Hair Thursday“.  LOVE this site!  From beauty tricks, quick hair fixes, to the most darling little boy’s haircut (though super stiff competition with my nephews’) you absolutely must check out this site.  Most especially this post, 4.9 – Preschoolers Need Style Too!

(Photo: Hair Thursday)

And if you like this undeniably handsome little guy’s haircut, then you definitely need…

Wow, every week I think I will be closer to getting my act together, and every week seems like that light is further and further away…thank goodness for Readers.

Do you know what an RSS feed reader is??  I’m probably calling it by the wrong name it’s so new to me.   Sandy Heit first told me about them…and I think I replied with “Yeah, yeah, yeah…but I really like my daily blog subscription emails coming to my in-box so I don’t…

I’m slowly getting back up to full speed, well maybe half speed. It’s definitely taking longer than I planned. Not that I need to “recover”, it’s just the balance and finding the time.  Normally I have evenings to work after the kids are in bed, but right now I have lost the ability to keep my eyes open past 8:30.

That’s A LOT of lost work hours!!

Plus the days I have our Right Hand working with me, she only has Addie & Hay, Piper is still with me…

Happy Friday Everyone!!

So this Friday’s suggestions actually come from a reader that sent in a request for “Meatless Menus” for the next 5 Fridays in observance of Lent.  Now if you know me at all, then you know I’m not a seafood eater, so typically when we go in the seafood direction I’m heading to Bear Flag Fish Company for fish tacos because they are AMAZING!  Or to Gulfstream for their grilled Ono, YUM! Neither of these have any “fishy” taste to me and…

Happy Friday!  We made it one more week without Baby #3 arriving, whooohoooo!!

Saturday is the girls double birthday party. Hoping the rain doesn’t come….rain and an outdoor Sock Hop just don’t mix!  Think good thoughts for me!  Addie had fun practicing her dance moves and trying on her skirt…hoping she’ll still like the skirt on Saturday…

The meal plan and shopping list are up for next week, as a reminder, I post the EXACT menu that our family is eating.  The past few weeks I’ve had a lot of evening…

So it’s Valentines Day on Sunday AND it’s Chinese New Year.  Not that I’m a BIG celebrator of either Holiday, BUT

1. When you have Littles, you can’t ignore that it’s Valentine’s Day

2. Celebrating other holidays can be a fun learning experience and add a little spice to the dinner scene.

3. In our family, it also gives us a theme for our February birthday dinner.  February is the one month out of the year that my husband dreads.  A whole ton of birthdays fall in February for us….2 of my hubby’s brothers,…

It was a crazy busy week again (What weeks aren’t for moms??  Do any of you have a new found respect for your mom?? I sure do!) And I can’t believe it’s just over 4 weeks until the newest babe is here!  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t make a showing any earlier!!!  I love ya and can’t wait to meet ya, but you just go ahead and stay nice and cozy until March 9th, Pretty Please!

OK, onto the fun things from this week.  I actually had to edit this a bit because I saw…

These weeks keep flying by, HOW does that happen?!?!?  I must say, I LOVED my week off from cooking!!  Such a treat!  I can honestly say I have never done that before, but will definitely again.  It was obviously a little pricier than cooking every meal, but if you balance it between some lower priced places, it’s not too bad.  And fun for older kids too, you could have everyone pick a place for a night.

(And YES,  I Have posted

It’s been a busy, but slow week!  Anyone else in So Cal feeling a little HOUSED with the Littles this week???  We have been reduced to having all the chairs back on top of our kitchen table.  BOTH Hayden and Addie are having fun climbing on EVERYTHING!  Addie now thinks climbing the drawer handles to get into the upper kitchen cabinets is fun…OH JOY!  Our biggest saving grace outing was Frogg’s Bounce House. WOW, did we LOVE this place.

This was Addie about 30 seconds after we…

I kind of liked being able to share some favorite finds with you last Friday, so I’m going for the repeat show this week!

If you didn’t read last Friday’s post check it out to see more of Making it Lovely’s office redo and to learn how to get a free day pass to Disneyland by helping out a local charity!

This week Savvy Sassy Moms has a super fun, Eco friendly giveaway.

How cute is this bag!

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