Happy Tuesday, y’all! So how many of you shopped on Amazon Prime Day yesterday?! B and I loaded up on quite a few things we needed/have wanted while they were suuuuper on sale (probably more than we should have, eeks!), and I’m excited for Christmas in July later this week when all of my packages start arriving. Lol. I feel like this was the best Amazon Prime Day by far... I even bought a few things for Christmas gifts! :o)
Alright, time to recap last
week. Here we go!
Monday, July 8
Monday the kids and I ran
some errands – Target and Publix – and then we spent the afternoon working on
summer homework. Sigh. We’re on the homestretch with Jacob’s online
math work and then we’ll have to move on to his writing assignments.
We took a brief break from
summer homework to meet my uncle at the bank and then we headed straight back
home for the kids’ afternoon movie and I did some blog catch-up while it
stormed outside.
When B got home I headed
straight for the gym and then we had a late dinner followed by some playtime
and then bedtime. Pretty boring Monday!
Tuesday, July 9
Tuesday was Chick-Fil-A Cow
Appreciation Day so the kids and I dressed up in our same cow costumes from
last year and headed out. I had to get
my allergy shot and make a stop at UPS first (we definitely got some weird
looks at the allergist!), and then we headed to CFA to meet B for lunch. As always, it was a madhouse, but we got our
free food and the kids enjoyed playing on the playground for an extended period
of time.
Jacob’s soccer coach and her
two daughters (whom Jacob and Olivia are friends with) stopped by as well, and
they were so excited to get to hang out with them on the playground for a bit.
The rest of the afternoon and
evening were spent cooling off with bomb pops, watching a little bit of TV, randomly laying down in weird places (Olivia), and
playing.
Wednesday, July 10
Wednesday morning was spent
doing lots and lots of laundry.
Ugh. It had piled up pretty good
this time, so there was a lot to be done!
After lunch, I had to take
some pictures for a sponsored Instagram post, so I set up my tripod in the back
yard. Olivia saw me taking the pictures
and then she wanted to do some, too.
Lol. Look at her little pose… it’s
just like mine! She even brought her
purse out so she could have one like I did.
They are always watching, y’all!
Afterward, the kids and I went
to see my hair stylist to get fresh hair cuts for the kids. Jacob’s was getting a little bit shaggy and
Olivia’s was ridiculously long, so it was overdue. They both look so fresh and so clean now with
their cuts, and I was the worst blogger ever last week because I didn’t even
take pictures.
After dinner we all piled on
the couch as a family to catch up on the previous night’s episode of America
Thursday, July 11
Thursday morning, bright and
early, Jacob and Olivia were roughhousing like always, and Jacob came into my
room crying because Olivia had kicked him in the mouth. Well, a tooth that wasn’t already very loose
had become verrrry loose, but it wasn’t quite ready to pull and Jacob seemed to
recover quickly.
During breakfast, he kept
complaining that his mouth was hurting and that it was hard to chew, so he got
up and went into the bathroom and the next thing I knew he was excitedly
yelling, “Mommy, I pulled my tooth!”
Hahahaha. That kid pulled yet
another of his own teeth. I never once
pulled one of mine so he’s definitely doing better than I was at that age.
I had another checkup on my
bite guard/TMJ situation after breakfast, so we headed over there next. The view there is always so amusing with all
of those ducks and geese crowded all around the window.
After the dentist, we headed
to one of our favorite playgrounds in the shade and the kids played for a bit
before we headed back home. We practiced
more multiplication tables, played a few games of the Pete and His Groovy Buttons
game (Olivia’s choice), and then had lunch.
After lunch it was summer
homework time followed by our afternoon movie, and then dinner.
After dinner, I left B with
the kids for a ladies night out with my Momma, my grandmother, two of my aunts,
and my cousin. We went to see Yesterday
and I really enjoyed it! Love all of
these ladies so much!
Friday, July 12
Friday we had nowhere to be
and the weather was finally nice enough to get in the pool, so we went outside
bright and early. Olivia had been
begging to get in the pool for a couple of weeks, but we’ve had so much rain
and so much going on we haven’t been able to make it happen.
Well, Friday was finally her
chance and… she wasn’t interested after being out there for five minutes. Sigh.
That girl always only wants what she can’t have! Since the kids weren’t interested in the pool
(I mean, it’s just not the same as a real pool, so I guess I can’t blame them),
they lay down on their towels and read books and played with their outdoor toys
while I read.
We finally went in around lunchtime
and then got ready after lunch. The ice
cream man stopped by late in the afternoon, so we let the kids grab ice creams
to save for dessert after dinner, and then when B got off of work we headed
downtown to meet my parents and my brother at one of our favorite new
restaurants in town. I had my beloved
hot dog with aioli, goat cheese, and cilantro and it didn’t disappoint.
The rest of the evening was
spent on the couch watching Stranger Things.
Saturday, July 13
Saturday morning we grabbed
some donuts from Krispy Kreme (and they completely messed up our order on top
of the fact that their donut machine was broken) and then we went to my
mother-in-law’s and step father-in-law’s house to fish. They have a large lake right behind their
house and B grew up fishing in it, so it was the perfect spot. Olivia has been begging us to take her
fishing for weeks, so she was ecstatic that the day had finally come. Unfortunately we caught nothing, but the kids
had fun learning how to use their new fishing poles!
Since we had caught nothing
there, we decided to swing by my parents’ neighborhood to try to catch
something in the lake that I grew up fishing in. We did finally have one catch, but the fish
fell off of the hook just as B was pulling it up to take it off. The kids were at least able to see it out of
the water first, though! Not a good day
for fishing, though!
B and I spent the rest of
the day working on his office some more.
The cleaning out is coming along and we have also started hanging a lot
of his wall hangings. He wants the walls
to be museum style with lots and lots of stuff on each of the walls, and it’s
looking pretty awesome so far.
We headed to mass at 5:30
and then met up with my brother, SIL, niece, and nephew who were in town for
the weekend. All of us, along with my
parents, uncle, and grandmother had Mex at our favorite place, and I got all
the baby snuggles. Again, worst blogger
ever as I didn’t take a single picture.
Sunday, July 14
Sunday morning I started on
B’s main collage wall in his office while he went off to Lowe’s in search of
some materials to hang his massive TV in his office. Beer cap map? Check! Poker chip collection? Check! Old license plates, beer signs, concert memorabilia, and an old copper plate made by B's grandfather? Check, check, check, and check!
We headed to my MIL and
step-FIL’s for Sunday lunch, but before, Olivia wanted to do a mini photo shoot
in her new rainbow dress. She ADORES it,
y’all! It is just precious and so
twirly! And only $13.99!
After lunch the kids all
played baseball and then Olivia helped Poppie refill the bird feeder.
The rest of the afternoon
was spent working in B’s office (he got the TV hung!), gearing up for Amazon
Prime Day on the blog, eating breakfast for dinner at Cracker Barrel since my
Momma and Daddy were out of town, and then hanging out at home as it majorly
stormed all evening... even though we never actually got a drop of rain at our
house… only a lot of wind and thunder and lightning.
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
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