Back Tomorrow ;)

 Enjoying our long weekend a little too much and so I'll be back in this space tomorrow! 

;) Andrea

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

One full week down and I'm SO GLAD it's Friday!  You know who else is glad it's Friday? This guy ;)

House Game - Pencil Balance Race

 I’m in charge of student activities for our Middle School which includes being over our House program and weekly House games. I share little snippets on Instagram and get asked often for game details and I’ve started/stopped a big “House System” post at least 7 times but always get overwhelmed and stop.  I’ve decided to simplify things and just share House Game as we play them and as they work well and then I’ll just continue to link those posts at the end of the games posts so that they’re l kind of in one place.  

This week’s game was one of my FAVORITES because it was virtually no prep, was easy to explain, and involved a good number of kids. I hae 150+ kids and so games that only involve 4 kids (one from each house) can be hard because it’s hard to keep the other 146 engaged.  

Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi Soup

I'm resharing this Chicken Gnocchi soup recipe because 

1) It's getting chillier around here and you HAVE to add it to your meal plan this week and

2) I made this for our girls recipe exchange back in December and it WON so I figured it was worth a reshare ;) and

3) I have to bring a soup to school next week for a teacher lunch thing and I'm bringing this and wanted to reshare in case you're in the same boat

This is super delicious and kind of unique in a world of tortellini soups and chilis and would be the perfect soup for a winter day. 

Amazon Lately

 

Griffin convinced me to order this lip stain so "we could share" and, honestly, I really like it! It does last for a long time and I like that I don't have to worry about it during the day.  I can never get it to "peel" but I just use a damp cotton round to wipe it off after about 10 minutes

Weekend Happies

I was SO READY for the weekend and it did not disappoint! After re-entry into real life I was exhausted and ready for a couple of days of nothing!

Things that made me happy this weekend included a slowwwwww Saturday with lots of tea refills...

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

I am SO HAPPY it's almost the weekend because I am WIPED OUT! Re-entry into the real world has gone fairly well but I think we're all exhausted!

This random collection of items on this tray in my kitchen was a FAVORITE little view last week ;) #MasonWasHere

Reading Recap

Part of Your World, Abby Jiminez

I enjoyed this so much more than I thought I would! It was deeper than I thought it would be also so fun and cute and light. I loved Alexis and Daniel but the side characters were also awesome and added so much! Bree was a RIOT and I adored her character most of all.

New Year's Eve and New Years Tree ;)

Y'all know I can't let a holiday go by without a few special little touches and NYE is no exception.  I switched out my mantel decor for some black velvet bows mixed with party hats, disco balls and clear iridescent ornaments and then blew up a set of number balloons and called it a day. 

DITL - 12/3/2025

I took pics a couple of weeks ago to do a DITL post and then, honestly, just forgot. hahaha. So today is the day despite it being a month overdue ;) 

  I was up around 6:15....

Christmas 2025

Well - it wasn't my intention to just up and abandon my blog last week but then I got hit with some sort of virus that took me down HARD and then it was NYE and then I just decided to give myself a few days ;) 

That said - I'm not sure anyone cares about Christmas content at this point but I love looking back on these posts so I wanted to document it anyway ;) 

Friday Favorites

Happy Friday, friends! Erika and I are so excited that lots of y'all are linking up with us every week.  Make sure that you're grabbing our graphic, linking back to us and sharing your own Friday Favorites post ;)

I debated posting today but it's been such a fun and festive week and I wanted to a few FAVES before I forget ;) 

First up - y'all know a Santa photo is my FAVORITE! Our usual photographer/Santa situation was on a day we couldn't make it this year and I really thought I was find without having a Santa pic this year but then at the last minute I panicked and booked a quick session with a local "mall Santa" and I love the pics so much.