Five on Friday – Favorites

This week was a short one since I was off, but it was seemingly long so I’m glad to see you, Friday. 

Some favorites from this week…

O N E – Jacob’s School Easter Egg Hunt

Jacob was out for several days for Easter break, so his school always does their Easter egg hunt when they return.  This year, each child had to bring 12 stuffed eggs, and then all were hidden and scattered in a woodsy area to the side of one of the buildings on campus.  The kids were turned loose with baskets in hand to retrieve eggs and they were each allowed to pick up 12.  That way each of them were able to go home with the same number of eggs.  At Jacob’s school each of the kindergartners are assigned to a fifth grader, or a “kinder-keeper” as they call them.  The kinder-keepers are there to guide the kindergartners throughout their first “real” year of school… they sit with them at church each week to make sure they behave, they hang out with them during many school activities throughout the year, and they basically help them adjust to the school atmosphere. 

The kinder-keepers were there at the hunt to help the kindergartners find and keep track of how many eggs they were finding.  The entire hunt took all of five minutes – those kids don’t mess around! – and then it was time for lunch.  The school allowed the parents to bring fast food for lunch as a special treat, so I picked up Chick-Fil-A on the way to the school for us to eat together.  We all spread blankets out in the grass in the shade of a few trees and picnicked together.  Afterward, the kids had treats that a few of the parents had brought in, and then it was time for the parents to head back to work so the kindergartenrs could go… practice for kindergarten graduation.  <INSERT ALL THE SOBBING EMOJIS HERE>  I’m so not ready for this.

T W O – Olivia’s Spring Concert

Each year, Olivia’s school puts on a concert performed by the two year old classes.  Brian and I loved every second of Jacob’s concerts when he was there, so we were very excited to see Olivia at her first one this week.  Jacob has always been very shy, so when he gets on stage to sing in front of an audience, he pretty much always stands there, barely moving his lips, and hardly participating in any hand gestures.  Haha.  Totally takes after his mommy and his daddy.

Olivia, on the other hand?  Well, let’s just say that we may have an actress/singer on our hands.  She was such a little ham!  She sang her little heart out and very dramatically did all of the hand motions.  It was a hoot to watch and she certainly looked comfortable on stage.

They performed ten songs with hand motions (which is a ton for a two year old to remember) and they did such a fantastic job!  It was just darling!  You may have seen a couple of snippets in my Insta Stories.

T H R E E – Pro Mother Son Dance Pic

The weekend before last Jacob and I went to the mother/son dance at his school and the professional pictures are now in!  Just wanted to share them here.  You can read more about the dance here.

F O U R – Linktree

Several people have mentioned Linktree recently, so I had to look into it.  Basically, it’s a free online service that lets you compile multiple links into one single link that you can use in your Instagram profile.  Therefore, instead of just having one specific link in your profile, you can now have links to several different ones.  For example, my Linktree points to my blog, my Facebook page, my Pinterest page, my Twitter profile, and Bloglovin'.  Or you could have it point to several different blog posts if you wanted to go that route!  It was incredibly easy to set up and it was very user friendly.  It literally took five minutes from start to finish and now my followers on Instagram can find me across all social media platforms in the click of a button.

F I V E – Shoe Faves

Did you guys see my post about my favorite sandals for summer this past week?  I'm sharing nine of my favorite pairs and they are all under $33!  Well, all but one pair.  ;o)  Click here to see the whole post!

ONE // TWO // THREE

FOUR // FIVE // SIX

SEVEN // EIGHT // NINE 

And finally, I suppose this one isn’t really a favorite, but it could have been if it had happened to me! 

Did you guys see all of the coverage about the poop themed birthday party that went viral this week?  Dude, I was so bummed when I saw that because do you guys remember this post?  I totally did it first!!  And mine didn’t go viral.  :o( 

When we threw that party for Jacob there was nothing like it on the internet.  I Googled and Pinterested until I was blue in the face, and I couldn’t find anything out there where anybody had thrown a poop themed party.  Well, now someone else has done it and gone viral so ours is no longer the first one that comes up in the Google search.  Guess we missed the boat on that one!

But hey, if you’re trying to potty train your child and they’re just not getting it, check out our story here.  It was the one thing that finally worked when nothing else did. 

Or if you’re planning a poop themed party in general, feel free to click here as well… the decorations alone are well worth a look!

Happy weekend!

*Linking up with A Liz Adventures and Carolina Charm for Five on Friday, A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites,  September Farm and The Farmer's Wife for Oh Hey, Friday, Meet @ the Barre for Friday Favorites, and Cup of Tea for High Five for Friday.

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