Weekend Tales || Superbowl Weekend

Well, I suspect the 4 lbs I've recently worked very hard to lose were gained back this weekend.  I kinda went crazy in the baking department & reverted back to my Christmas baking ways...donuts, rice crispy treats, pancakes.  I went w a y overboard on the sugary sweets this weekend.  Now that the Super Bowl is over & my Mr's Panthers got "pounded," it's back to the real world & life without football annnnnndddd all that sugar.  Is it weird to say I even miss Cade watching football reruns until the next season starts?  
Yes, I miss e v e n that.

CAPTION THIS;)

Besides the sugar & football, we had a great weekend.  Cam has been on point in the Camism department.  Y'all, I truly don't know what I 'm going to do with this child in the future.  He is something else.   I dread the teacher parent conferences the most...I don't like confrontation.

Panther Rice Krispys: Melt butter & marshmallows on low heat.  Take off heat & mix in rice krispy cereal.  Squirt enough blue food coloring in mixure to make cereal & marshmallows look carolina blue.  I chilled my mixture for about 20 minutes & then starting shaping & molding the panthers--it just makes it easier to work with!  When done I used m&m's & skittles for the eyes & nose & cut up air heads for the whiskers.  White icing would be cute for that & the eyes too though;)  And twizzlers could definitely be an easier route for whiskers...Walah!  There you have it if you're interested!

Weekend Cam-ism's 

>>He had coffee <chocolate milk in a mug> this weekend.  "Hey C, I'm drinking chocolate coffee.  It's really cool but you can have some." 

>>I made at least a milllllllllion appointments this week over the phone & e v e r y t i m e I was on the phone Cam came by and said, "hey daddy!"  I quickly gave him the shush face & he scream whispered "OH KAY!  SOWY MOMMY!  I BE QUIET!"  as he then proceeded to "crash" every toy in sight straight into the wall beside the phone.

>>Cam begs me to get in the bathtub with him every night.  (I know one day he will want to burn his eyes out before admitting this--but it's true).  Me:  Laughing... "You know I don't like cold water Cam!"  Cam: "But it's not cold mom, it's soft."

>>Me:  You think it's gonna snow? Cam: "Well maybe so, like 45." 
(I secretly hoped he means inches & is spot on;)

Super easy a n d yummy...recipe found here. 

  #maybeitwasallthatsugar

Speaking of snow...Can I also mention that I can't help but feel giddy that snow is in our forecast again (or at least a winter storm warning) until Thursday!  We already have an optional teachers workday tomorrow & our skylight windows are being sprinkled with snow as I type:-)  Please don't disappoint like Jonas, snow...

Happy Monday:-)

H54F || Happy February!

Hellllllllo, February.  Can you guys b e l i e v e we are already into the second month of 2016?  Guess we better gear up for loads of pink, red, & heart shaped things.  It's link-up time again with high five for friday, oh hey friday, & friday favorites with some highlights of this week:

1.  Happy Birthday Jim...we mean Daddy! <inside joke>  My husband reminded me that this is the first birthday (of his) that we've been apart in four years.  That's a pretty good record for us since he has worked off for the majority of our marriage.  We missed him so much on his special day, but celebrated him by sending him a little postal love<3  The Jim thing?  He went out to eat in ND for his birthday at a Japenese restaurant & told them his name was Jim...can't you hear it now?  hai birday toooouuu yim

2.  Grease is the word.  I have loved this movie since before I started Kindergarten <yes I said before Kindergarten>.  In fact, I was devastated when I finished my first day of Kindergarten & we hadn't sang "summer lovin" in the lunch room or danced to "awapbopalubob a wapbamboo" in the gym.  I kid you not when I say one of my life long friends was made when she was the only other girl at my kindergarten sleepover who loved & had watched Grease before.  (And she just happened to star as Frenchie in our adult life during a local variety show to raise money for the Relay for Life, ;D)

My favorite movie performed live on t.v.?  Sold:)  I have to say- it beat my high expectations!  Though I was concerned when Frenchie sang a song I wasn't familiar with when I was expecting Beauty School Dropout.  Beauty School Dropout is one of my favorites!  But they delivered...& with Boyz to Men:) #yougoglenncoco

3.  Warm Days in February.  It was nice for a day or two, but we're only a month into winter!  I still want some more snow, y'all!
4.  I finished a great devotion book this week.  "You're Already Amazing."  I recommend it to all (I really like Holly Gerth's writing style... so down to earth & real) n o w I just need a new one!  Any suggestions?

5.  I'm so proud of my budgeting skills this year.  It's been a little discouraging lately d/t things out of our control but I've stuck to it.  I even made an envelope for Cam's 3rd birthday party this week...I'm holding to the plan Mr. Dave Ramsey!

Have a wonderful weekend:)

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.  Isaiah 41:10

oh, hey monday

This Monday came at me like a ton of bricks.  It was a "if somethings going to happen, it's gonna happen today" kinda day!  But I survived:)  May or may not be thanks to a pit stop to grab some Valentine peanut M&M's, but nonetheless.  I made it!

I walked into a bit of a mess, after spending all month organizing my things-we had to move offices as of Friday.  It seems this is a common occurrence for the history of the person with my job title.  No complaints here though!  Just glad to have an office & workspace...hopefully one day soon we will have a steady workspace.

This was a f t e r I cleaned for about 30 minutes

There might have also been a few other mishaps- like showing up to an IEP meeting in the middle of nowhere with empty folders vacant of paperwork to be filled out.  Forgetting every essential part of my pump & having to sneak back home not one, but two times to get the thing working.  Might have added 45 minutes on to my day.  But, hey.  Tomorrow's Tuesday-another day;)

Lets switch gears a bit--How was your weekend?  Ours was f u l l of excitement as we attempted t h r e e birthday parties in a row.  Cam had a blast & Conley, well, he's too little to care...but Sunday was all about the afternoon nap to recover from all the crazy party hopping.  We embraced the day of rest.

Cam stories these days are so frequent it's hard to keep up.  Last Wednesday night at church, Conley wasn't having the whole sitting still thing during our service.  I got up & decided to try nursing him in the back.  Cam decided he wanted to tag along, oh--maybe a minute after we left.  I thought I seen a little shadow hover at the door when I sat down in the rocking chair but didn't think anything about it.  A few minutes later I heard his little voice & my mom.  I went to the door & he about knocked me over running inside.  "Lala" informed me he had came back into the church & said "Mommy locked the door, mon' Lala," practically from the pulpit.  

After Conley finished nursing, we had a spit up incident so our little trio headed to the kitchen to grab some paper towels.  The kitchen has a speaker that streams the message & singing for those who may be preparing food for a dinner or whatnot.  <Cam hadn't ever experienced this before> He looked up at it the second we entered the kitchen & I'm pretty sure he thought our preacher was God speaking to him.  His little eyebrows furrowed as he tried to figure things out.  About two minutes into his trance he started talking back to the speaker.  "I not God, I Cam!  I not bow down, I Cam!  I not person, I Cam!"  He was repeating "I not --the last word of the preachers sentences" & adding "I Cam!"  

"Who do you think is speaking to you, Cam?  I asked.  "He not like me!" he replied.  This kid.  #southernbaptistkidprobs

Other Cam-isms:  He has quickly figured out saying "I love you, Mom," is equivalent to the pardon of a death sentence, "I won't do it again" will buy him another opportunity to make potty training right, though he says "No thank you" every time you tell him it's time to go to the bathroom (& yes, we are s t i l l on the timer system).  When will it ever end!?  Lol.  Oh, & he called me Cassidy today.  Yes.  As if the whole "Mom" not mommy thing wasn't enough.  Ain't gonna happen little man.  Ain't gonna happen.

Happy Monday, y'all.