Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!

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We had a wonderful Easter this year. I hope to post about it next week sometime. I'm a little behind on posts so hopefully I can get caught up next week.

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Thanks to my mom for recommending this amazing mascara. It's so amazing I thought I'd share it  with you guys. It's called Roller Lash Super Curling and Lifting Mascara by Benefit Cosmetics. You can find it here. Ulta occasionally runs a special on it for half price which made it even better. 

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Jackson and Avery were both on Spring Break a couple of weeks ago. We didn't travel or do anything super fun but the Monday of Spring Break I happened to be off work, so I took them to the Science Center. It was a cold and rainy day so the Science Center was perfect. Later that evening when I was getting Jackson ready for bed, he said (without me even asking) he had a great day, so I was happy to have been able to get them to do something fun at least for one of their days off.

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I had the most adorable cake-smash photo session the other day. It ended up being a cold day, so I found an adorable little cupcake shop near their home that agreed to let us come and take some photos. It ended up being such a cute session that I just have to share a few pictures.

Five
I just recently tried out audio-books from the library and I'm hooked. In just 2 short weeks I've read Chip and Joanna Gaines' book "The Magnolia Story" and "The Girl on the Train". Both were excellent. I'm hoping to get some time to rent the movie "The Girl on the Train" this weekend. I'm not much of a reader, but being able to listen to them driving to and from work and on my lunch hours has made a huge difference. I've moved on to "What She Knew" and it's really good so far as well.

Have a great weekend!!



Kindergarten Field Trips: Great Skate and Purina Farms

Jackson had two field trips in the month of March. The first was to Great Skate. Jake took him on this one because I couldn't get off work to go. They brought their lunch and ate at the skating rink. They had a lot of fun skating around! It was a very fun day!

The next field trip was to Purina Farms. It was for their Sptingtime Village. They had all kinds of baby animals for us to see and pet and the Easter Bunny was there too for pictures! I'm thankful I was able to take him on this one and we had such a fun day despite the pouring rain and cold temperatures. Thankfully most of it was inside. I had two of his classmates in my group along with Jackson and they were all so cute and had so much fun together!



And we also saw a little magic show and Jackson got picked to come up and help with a trick. It was super cute!

Jackson had a great time on both of his field trips. He has another one coming up in May that I'll be going on and we're going the zoo, which is always a fun time.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

An Irish Prayer...

May God give you...

For every storm, a rainbow,

For every tear, a smile,

For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh, a sweet song,

And an answer for each prayer.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I hope you all have a great weekend!



This and That

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A week ago Monday, while I was off work, I went to Avery's class in the morning and Jackson's class in the afternoon to read each class a story. Avery had "Family of the Month" in February so we had to make a poster for her and then the parent(s) can come into class and talk about their career, read a story or do a craft with the class. Some have even made special food with the class like pancakes, etc. I decided to bring my camera in and talk about being a photographer and then I read the kids, "My Mom Snaps." I also took a picture of the class and brought them all a "camera" color sheet. Avery was so excited for me to come to her class!!

Here's a picture of her poster that we made.

Then, that afternoon I went and read a story to Jackson's class. His teacher had sent out a sign-up sheet for parents to come read some books to the class. So since I was off last Monday and this coming Monday, I signed up for both. :-) Jackson loved that I was able to come and read to his class.

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I don't typically decorate for St. Patrick's Day, but just couldn't help myself this year. Ha. They are starting to have more and more cute decorations and I love a fun holiday to celebrate. I made the banner using green paper and my cricut. The rainbow garland is from World Market. The "hello" sign, "Happy St. Pats" sign and the green/gold shamrock are all from Target in the Dollar Spot. The gold candle holders are from The Dollar Tree. :-) I love having this buffet in my dining room to decorate for all the holidays. It's so much fun.

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I got the kids Easter outfits this past week and they are so cute. I got great deals from Old Navy. Now I just have to find something for Jake and I to wear. :-)

For Jackson
Shirt/Pants/Shoes

For Avery
Dress, (I decided to get Avery these cute booties, just in case it's still chilly here for Easter.)

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Jake took Jackson to Monster Jam this past Sunday afternoon and they had a great time. This was Jackson's first time to go and he loved it.

Five
While the boys were at Monster Jam, Avery and I rented the movie Leap. (You can watch the trailer here.) Some of the neighborhood kids were outside when we got home so Avery wanted to see if Ellie could come over and watch Leap with us. It was SUCH a cute movie. I think I loved it more than the girls did. I may have to even buy it, it was really cute!



Mother/Son Dance

Last Friday evening, Jackson and I went to the Mother/Son dance at his school. The school's "Dad's Club" puts it on and this was their 3rd year of sponsoring it. It was a lot of fun. They had dinner for us, a balloon drop, a photo booth, a smores station outside, cupcakes for dessert and dancing of course. Although, most of the evening consisted of the boys running around like crazy and us moms standing back and talking with one another. Ha. Nonetheless, it was a fun night out with Jackson. I LOVE any one-on-one time I get with either of my kiddos. It's priceless.

Jake is part of the Dad's club, so he was already up at school setting up, so I had my mom snap a picture of Jackson and I before we left.

Waiting for the balloons to drop!!



My Little Basketball All-Star!

Jackson had a basketball game this past Saturday morning, as he has for the last several weeks. It was his second to last game of the season and I was so proud that he got his very first basket!! He was SO excited!! We all were! I even got a little teary-eyed! Ha! I'm so proud of him! I got some great pictures of him getting the basket, but I do wish I would have gotten it on video. I would have loved to have captured his excitement afterwards!! It really boosted his confidence and love of the game. After he got the basket, he couldn't wait to get back in the game every-time he was out on the bench.

It's so fun watching these kindergarteners play their first season together. Jackson's never played basketball, as I'm sure most of his team-mates haven't either. They have come a long way in just the few weeks they've been playing. Way To Go "Wild Basketballs"!!



Five on Friday

Happy Friday!
Today I'm linking up with Christina, April and Natasha for Five on Friday!

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Both Kids had dentists appointments this past Monday and they both checked out great! Jackson is getting his 6 year molars in (which I didn't even realize was a thing) and all 4 of his front, top teeth are loose. He's lost all 4 front, bottom teeth, so I figured it was only a matter of time.



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Sunday evening we played with Snapchat and Facebook for a little while. The kids love it.

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We booked our hotel reservations this week at the Grand Californian for our Disneyland trip in September!! I'm so excited to be going back to Disneyland this time. If you were following along a few years back, Jake and I took Jackson to Disneyland for a day and a night. You can read about our trip here. I've always loved all things Disney and had been to Disney World a couple of times as a kid and teenager, but never to Disneyland. We loved it so much that we bought into the Disney Vacation Club. Our "home" is in Disney World at the Grand Floridian since we live closer to Disney World. We went to Disney World in 2016 for our first full family Disney Vacation and it was amazing. But, I have to admit I'm really excited to go back to Disneyland and explore it more. It will be fun to take Avery this time (she was just a baby last time so we left her back with my parents). We are staying 4 days and 4 nights at Disneyland and then staying a few nights in San Diego on the beach! It should be such a fun trip.

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I snapped this adorable picture of Avery and Max last night!

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Tonight Jackson and I are going to the Mother/Son dance at his school. It should be a fun night and I'm sure it will be really cute!