H54F + friday favorites || Springtime Fun

after an entire week off of work, i have determined that there aren't enough hours in the day to do all one needs to do!

e v e n with time off, everyday has been a mad rush to attempt to conquer my never ending to do's.  
in all my hustle, from the piles of never ending laundry, the messes in the kitchen, things to be organized, & applications to be filled out, i found this reminder:

"and the world passeth away , and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of GOd abideth for ever."
1 John 2:17

a little nugget of wisdom + sweet verse for us all to live by!

per cam's request, our little entryway is all ready for spring now!
& so is my belly for some chick-fil-a...

one. first trip to dollywood 

2018

my sweet nana & papa always get cam + i, season passes to dollywood.  
before i was even married with kids... they did it then, too.  

we headed out for the first trip of the season yesterday, & friends...

i haven't laughed so hard in a long, long time.

conley scout (he's the tiny one).

he wouldn't think of riding the ducks, because i couldn't ride with him.

but buddy, he hopped on the scrambler in a hot minute.

let me just set the stage.  
we've been watching andy griffith where 
the closest things to profanity are "shazaam" & golly." 
 well, i'm pretty sure conley attempted to express his emotions of the scrambler with that wordage, but that little guy... 

just as the ride started, as we started swarping through the air,
 in all his seriousness, quietly said, "go-lly damn."

Cam chimed in-in super sonic loudness to make sure all the guests at the tram stop could hear, (annnnnd as if i hadn't heard)
"MOM!  Conley said GO-LLY DAMN!"

i  lost it.  but it quickly became con's favorite ride of the day.

we rode twice.

😂😳

they know conley will feed them or die trying.

he requested to ride by himself "like a big boy" most of the day...

😯 (best attempt at puppy dog eyes)

then after getting an ice cream, & routinely dropping it in the floor.

he said, "i hate that."

we wiped it off for him & he went on to hopping off of ledges & causing pedestrians in the street (i say this jokingly) to veer from preferred dollywood traffic patterns.

a few minutes later after the ice cream had practically melted in my hands, 

he said, "it fell, i better get another one."

sure con, that ice cream has way more germs on it than that train post you licked thirty minutes ago or the toilet seat you petted earlier this morning.🤨

two. a post about toast

is this a dork mom post or what?  

cade + I just stare at it sometimes in admiration.🤷🏻‍♀️  

if you're thinking about buying a reasonably priced, large toaster.  pick me!

it makes a mean peanut butter & banana toast.

also, please stay...
i can't promise i won't always give you photo dumps & stories about my kids, 
but i promise i don't always post about lame things like toasters.😬

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three.  superhero live here

twenty four hours.

iron man + batman on the job.

but these guys take lunch + supper breaks. 
 they ain't skipping that to rid the world of bad guys.  
and their mom may or may not make them still have naptime.

conley slept with his costume in his arms & cam wore his to the playground.

iron man would have worn his to the playground as well, had he ate his supper.

he had to stay behind.

as cam marched proudly to the playground in full costume, in his best batman voice:

"Mom, what if those people think i'm really batman??  then they'll run up and want to hug me like in those disney commercials.
(disney cruise commercials? anyone?)

over & over, i tell myself: these are the days.

never forget these moments.💙

four. 50 ways to take a break

it being spring break, i thought this was appropriate...

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five. spring time closet

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anybody else in a bit of confusion in how to dress for this springy weather?  
it's hot. then cold. then chilly. then hot.  then cold!

this gave me a little pinspiration of how to layer & stay warm/cool but still not look like it's the dead of winter.

happy friday, friends!

linking up today with the girls of friday favorites and H54F!