Thursday Thoughts

I am still plugging away at our "Curb Appeal Project" and would say I'm about 75% there.  We have done the landscaping, changed out the wrought iron column, and lime-washed our stone.  But the biggest impact has been changing out the furniture.  These saucer chairs (Facebook Marketplace find) bring such a modern look and it's amazing what a difference they've made.  Still to come:  New porch light, 2 large planters for either side of the chairs, and a fun garden stool for in between. 

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We had a family brunch gathering last weekend and I made monkey bread for the first time in years.  I forget just how delicious and easy it is!

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The girls had a fun week at VBS, which was cut short due to a positive COVID test...but at least we got a few days of fun out of it.

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Today I am getting ready for a much anticipated "getaway" to Folly with my 2 best friends!

Gotta run!

xLaura

Catchin' Up

 Summer with kids....Phew!

We had our besties over for a tiedye party a couple of weeks ago.   Check out our new blow up water slide...Backyard fun!

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Last week EB went to Ballet Camp and she had so much fun:

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I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese for pizza and games last week.  They had a really good time.  It was MB's first trip and her mind was blown:

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EB spent her life savings aka 350 tickets on this wind up toy.

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At church, this picture captures the essence of MB. 

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On any given day you can find us:

At the pool...

At the Library...

At the Playground...

Or the beach!

Not a bad way to spend our days.

xLaura

Earth Cookies!

 EB had a friend over a couple weeks back and I remembered I had a frozen roll of sugar cookie dough.  We made "Earth Cookies" which were so easy and fun.  I think they would be great for a bake sale or  to bring to school for Earth Day or, like for us, just because!

Obviously I used store bought dough but you could easily use from scratch.  

I divided the dough in half and used food coloring to do one half green and one half blue. 

I let the kids combine and form their own cookies and then baked according to the package. 

So cute! 

xLaura