Five on Friday

Hey-o Friday!  My house is a mess and I can’t see the floor in the laundry room…but both of my kids are napping and I think I’d rather blog (and catch up on RHOC, of course).   So let’s get this Five on Friday thing going!

ONE.

Did you know Gap Factory is now online?  So great, right?!  They’re having their Friends & Family sale right now and I scored Nash a ton of new things for $5 or less (with the code FFSALE).  Let’s just say, I hope he likes stripes…

The sizes are definitely hit or miss on the Factory site, but I’m okay with that for these kinds of prices!

TWO.

Last Saturday was such a treat…we actually went to a concert!  Even better, my parents watched the kids (and my sister’s kids) overnight!  I’m not sure they’ll ever sign up for that job again, but at least we fooled them into it once 😉  Just kidding…I think everyone behaved themselves!

As always, Jason Alden and Kenny did not disappoint.  And even though it was a million degrees in KC that day, we were in the shade for the entire concert and it was actually quite comfortable.  All in all, it was great night (see bottom right picture of Chris and Jimmy for proof)…

Thanks Gigi and Papa for watching the five hooligans so we could pretend to be young again!

THREE.

Speaking of hooligans.  This dude is EVERYWHERE.  I just hope he doesn’t start moving so fast that he loses all that chunk!

FOUR.

I can hardly believe it…only two more weeks until my best girl will be three years old.  THREE! 

She is so into creating right now and I’d be lying if I said that didn’t make me totally giddy.  I hope we’ll be crafting together for many years to come…

(In case you’re wondering…I was involved in the coloring of this picture too–ha!)

As I’m working on her birthday ideas, I’d love to hear what your kids’ favorite arts & craft products are.  I’ve got my eye on Do-A-Dots and some jewelry making kits right now, but need some more ideas! Thanks in advance!

FIVE.

My house is slowly being taken over by antlers…and I kind of love it.  My in-laws find single antlers on their land from time to time and always set them aside for me, and my father-in-law actually scored two great sets for me at an auction a few months back.  How nice is that?!?  Chris painted these white and mounted them, and I attached the flowers for a girly touch.  I love the way they complete this side of the room!  Also, if you’d like your child to stop jumping on the bed just hang some antlers above it. Nap/quiet time has been much tamer since these babies went up 😉

SIX.

When you don’t do a Five on Friday for months, it’s kind of hard to narrow it down to five things! 😉  I just realized that I haven’t shared some pretty big news on here yet.  Last month I became a contributor for Kansas City Moms Blog!  I’m so honored to be able to join this fantastic network of women and I’m already loving the new challenge.  A special thanks to my friend Lauren for encouraging me to apply…I’m definitely having to step out of my “blogging comfort zone” a little, but I think it’s going to be really really great!

That being said, my first post went up on Wednesday!  If you were hoping to learn a life-changing lesson or to be moved by beautiful words…well sorry…you get to read about fun diaper bag games for toddlers.  Because that’s how I roll 😉 You can check it out here.  Enjoy!