Teen/Tween Girl Gift Guide

There are a limited number of things tthat I feel like I can speak confidently about - and teen/tween girl shopping is on my short list ;) Credit it to YEARS of spending my 9-5 with girls this age coupled with living with one and, dare I say, I would consider myself an expert on this topic!

Rather than break things down into "under $20" or "stocking stuffer" or whatever.... I'm going to put everything in one giant post.

First up - midliner markers.  TRUST.  They're using them for everything at school and they last for a LONG time.  They're taking notes with them, writing notes with them, and doing everything in between.

Thanksgiving Touches

 

I'm just as excited as everyone else do break out the Christmas lights BUT I do love me some Thanksgiving decor so I like to give it it's moment... even if it's brief ;) 

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 ;)

Pretty sure I forgot to share about this in the craziness of the last few weeks but Dave and I got to attend a wedding for the son of some of my FAVORITE people ever (who's also a former student)...

... and we had the best time!

Lasagna Shells

I was going back through my archives for recipes I'd forgotten about and came across this absolute GEM that had somehow fallen off of our rotation. It's officially back in and SO DELISH and perfect for upcoming cooler weather...

What We Wore Wednesday

Hey! I thought it would be fun to share a few of the things that G and I have been wearing and loving lately! First up is this cute outfit she wore on Sunday

Sweater / Top / Jeans / Shoes

House Game: Pizza Box Knockout

This house game was one of my very favorite things - FREE!  Dave stopped by Domino's on his way home from work and asked them for 24 pizza boxes.  They were happy to oblige and that was really the only prep I needed to do.  Once I got the stack of boxes to school I assembled the boxes (took hardly any time at all!) and we were ready to go. 

Weekend Recap - Halloween Edition

 Halloween looked a teeny bit different this year as all of our kids were off doing their own thing with friends - WHICH I LOVE!!! But when G asked if a few of her friends could come over before the official party at another friends I was more than happy to oblige ;) 

G and AJ decided back in the summem that they wanted to be hot dogs and that's exactly what they did ;) G's was a bit fancier thanks to HUNDREDS of mirrored gems and about 4 tubes of E6000 glue and they couldn't have looked cuter!

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 ;)

Frank's FAVORITE spot...

  

Amazon Lately

 

Someone sent me a picture of these sparkly clogs on instagram and I immediately added them to my cart! HOW GOOD ARE THESE?!?!?! They aren't in yet but as soon as they get here I'll be sharing IRL life pics!

What's Up Wedesday

      Today I'm linking up with  Shay and  Sheaffer to talk a little bit about what's been going on around here! I started this post Tuesday afternoon and then was IN BED AND ASLEEP by 8:30 Tuesday night and never finished! So here we are ;)

Not me but Luke took on the "zipper ripper' challenge at some burger restaurant they always eat at after cross country state on Monday. I AM UNWELL!!! It's a 5-patty burger and one pound of fries and you have 12 minutes to eat the whole thing.

He did not complete the challenge but came close. He said the mayo on the bottom bun held him back ;) hahaha

Five Follows

Back today with another edition of Five Follows - where I share Five accounts that brighten my scroll ;) 

First up is Alycia - she shares recipes that all look delish and simple but I could listen to her talk all day - hahaha I love that her recipes are more "methods" and less exact and she makes a really wide variety of foods as well which has given me some much needed inspo.

Spooky Recipe Ideas

 Can y'all believe HAlloween is this weekend?!?!? I thought I'd reshare a few spooky recipe ideas in case you're startign to think about your plans for next week like I am!

You can check out our pre-trick-or-treating dinner from a few years ago  HERE...