Life Lately

Here's a random assortment of things! 

Emma found her love for playing in boxes and she thinks it's hilarious. She saw the box from her diapers and went and got the toilet roll holder (why I have no idea) and dragged that around to put in. 

She has an obsession with shoes and her slippers. She will bring them to you to put on her and then she will find a spot to read. She is now OBSESSED with books and she delays bedtime every night by trying to get me to read "more, more, more". 

For work I attended a two day conference for Number Talks with Sherry Parrish and it was just great! She was so easy to listen to all day. I was so excited to hear from her about her new book on fractions, decimals, and percents. It was such a great workshop. 

The weather (pre-hurricane) was just wonderful so one afternoon we took dinner out front to enjoy the weather. It was just perfect!

Last weekend we went to Lake Sinclair with our Auburn buddies and the weather was so nice and peaceful. We enjoyed the sun during the day and football that night. The babes were so cute all day! 

On Monday the trees at our house were making me nervous so we skipped over the Robinsons because they have a basement which immeidately put me at ease. Hurricane Emma was keeping us laughing all day!

Because of hurricane Irma I got 3 extra days with my girl. I really missed my sidekick going back to work yesterday. Her vocabulary the past week has just taken off. She is mimicking me a lot right now and really soaking in so much. It's so much fun to watch. She keeps us laughing with her animal noises too. Elephant is just the funniest of them all! You can thank Tommy for that. Also her "jumping" makes me laugh constantly. 

We were a bit stir crazy at times but we sure enjoyed each other!

Ready for the weekend with my people! 

Labor Day weekend: North Litchfield Beach

For the holiday weekend we went to the beach with my family (except the twins). We left Atlanta after work on Friday and got in around 10:30 that night. Worth the long day to be able to wake up at the beach! 

We enjoyed beautiful weather (only rained a little bit on Saturday), lots of play time, meals together, college football starting and relaxation. It's definitely our happy place being at the beach. Thanks to my parents for a great weekend! 

Emma and Collier are too funny at the beach now. Emma has NO fear of the water and will let waves crash into her. Needless to say it's not relaxing but it sure is fun. I kept her floaties on her most of the time because it gave me piece of mind. In the morning hours there were tidal pools for the kids to play in which were perfect. They could wade and play without waves coming at them every two seconds. We played and played on the beach and soaked up the last days of Summer! Bonnie and Brett left Sunday for a wedding in Atlanta and Tommy met his dad for a round of golf on Isle of Palms so it was my parents, nana, Collier, Emma and me on Sunday soaking up every waking hour on the beach. Hope you had a wonderful long weekend yourself.  Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Friday Favorites

Linking up with Andrea, Narci, and Erika this week. My Friday Favorites are a bit of a mix today! 

1. I am hosting my "Huntley Hills Moms Book Club" in September and we are reading Wonder and I finished it last night. It seriously is SO good and every middle schooler should be required to read it. I can't believe it took me so long to read it.

2. We drove to the beach last night and my sister told me that you can download movies/shows from netflix when you have wifi and then you can watch them without wifi for 48 hours after. HOW did I not know about this before? Anyway Emma watched "Secret Life of Pets" and some Barney episodes. Made the trip go by faster (especially since it took us FOREVER to get outside of Atlanta...grrr!)

3. I have a new obsession and I know I'm late to this as well but....Acai smoothie bowls. I try to atleast 2 mornings a week get ready early enough so I can make it before work. Thankfully yesterday I did because I had such a hectic day at work I didn't have a minute to breathe or eat my lunch. (palm in face emoji I know).

I've been using these packets, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup almond milk, a banana, a handful of greens, and then top with a banana and fresh strawberries (4 ww points for all this) and if I am feeling like spending a few more points and want the crunch of some granola (1/4 cup) it goes up to 8 points. It's SO filling and delicious. I did find some acai berry packets in the freezer section at Kroger as well. 

4. It's been a week at work. I work at a wonderful school with a super supportive principal but the district mandates are really getting me down lately (along with some of the district employees but that's a story for in person and not in writing). Anyway I am fortunate to work with some pretty amazing people that also just know when to lift you up. Yesterday I had just had. a. day. and went to check my box to find this note from one of my teachers. Just what I needed to remind me that my work is for/with the teachers at my school and our students. 

5. On Sunday I had our church picnic and it's pretty cool that my church is also a part of my work world. My church has a lot of volunteers who serve at my school. Worlds collide and thankful for the community in which I live and work. 

(My principal's youngest, Emma, my principal's oldest, and my friend's (ex-coworker too) daughter)

6. Our bathroom remodel is coming along thanks to my very handy husband. He's almost done with all the tiling in the shower. (I took this a few days ago and he's also done the wall on the right up to about a foot below the ceiling. SO close to done with the tile!) It's been taking awhile because he can only work at night once Emma is down and in bits and pieces on the weekend. It will be worth it when it's all done!

7. Thankful that my husband's family (Uncle, Aunt and cousins) have fared well during the hurricane in Houston. They fortunately haven't had any flooding in their house but many of their friends weren't so lucky. We have been praying for Houston all week and it's just terrible what we've seen on the news. We missed having Uncle Floyd in town on Tuesday night for dinner with us but enjoyed a family night with my in-laws and Aunt Marsha to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. 

8. This HAM hasn't let me put anything in her hair in MONTHS and she brought me this bow to put in her hair. It may have only lasted for 10 minutes but it was a win in my book. WHEN will she let me put bows in her hair again?! 

9. A favorite is looking back and seeing how much I've accomplished in the past 8 months. Blogged about my WeightWatchers journey here. 

10. And lastly I am SO happy to be in our happy place for the weekend with my family (minus the twins...they are in Athens with their friends #toocoolforus). There is no where I am more relaxed than in North Litchfield surrounded by my people. 

Hope everyone has a blessed weekend and enjoys an extra day off Monday for Labor Day!