Mother's Day Weekend

We had a fabulous Mother's Day weekend!

Friday afternoon, we got the water table back out because it was SO hot outside!

Ella thought the water was a little cold, haha!

Trav came home from work early and had Ella give me these pretty flowers!

Saturday morning, I had to work at the Y. After work, I quickly ran home, grabbed Ella and then the 2 of us went back to the Y to see her best friends' dance recital!

Mackenzie and Ellie are 2 of Ella's most favorite people ever, so when they were in the same dance class, we just had to go to their recital! 

I think it also got Ella excited for her own dance recital in a few weeks!

While we were doing that, Travis and my father-in-law were working hard pressure washing our swing set! I can't believe how clean it looked when they were done!

Almost new, right?! We just need to stain it and get a canopy for up on top!

To thank my in-laws for helping us all day, Travis grilled some BBQ for dinner! Lucas ate every bite, and especially liked the baked beans!

Ella wan't into the food as much (surprise, surprise). 

But she was excited for s'mores!!

We kicked off Mother's Day with the sweetest cards and Trav telling me I can get a new car! Woohoo! I mean, I obviously need one since I can't fit 3 car seats in my current car, but still. We were going to start the whole car shopping experience yesterday, but Lucas ended up taking a crazy long nap, so we didn't go. But send me your recs for SUVs with 3 rows!!! No vans!

We had to continue our Mother's Day tradition of matching Lilly outfits! Lucas didn't have a match this year, but luckily, had a coordinating Polo shirt hanging in his closet! :) 

Ella and I went to get fro-yo since it was free for moms!

During nap time, I finally finished painting the other 3 walls gray in the baby's room! 

After Ella's nap, Lucas was still asleep so I took Ella to the pool while Trav stayed home to make dinner and watch Lucas!

I am so happy our neighborhood pool is open, especially on hot days like yesterday!!! I think we will be spending a lot of time up here this summer!

We ended the day with a delicious meal, made by Chef Travis! Even though we have tons of leftover barbecue, he knows that's not my favorite, and made some gnocchi and homemade tomato sauce (with grilled chicken) instead! It was delicious!

I hope all of the moms out there had a great Mother's Day weekend too!

5 on Friday!

Happy Friday!!!

1. Of course we went to the strawberry patch yet again this week! I just can't stay away. The strawberries from there taste so. much. better. than the ones from the store, and Baby #3 is loving some strawberries. 

Ella managed to squeeze into my favorite little strawberry dress that she's worn for the past 3 years!

We met up with Ella's friend from preschool and the girls had a blast picking strawberries, drinking slushees and playing!

Lucas was mostly entertained by this bucket of (thankfully, clean) pig water. Even though it looked clean, I was still grossed out, which made him love it even more.

He also had no issue reaching through the chicken wire to touch the pig...on his snout! This boy. Never a dull moment, I tell you. 

2. So because Lucas loves splashing around in the gross but clean pig water, I thought it might be a good time to bust out our water table. Yesterday, it made its 2018 debut. 

As predicted, Lucas loved it and started screaming with glee as soon as I began to fill it up. He also managed to get himself totally drenched before the table was even full of water. Note to self: next time, put him in a swimsuit for this activity! 

3. Ella got her dance recital costume on Wednesday and it is just about the cutest thing ever.

(She won't have the pink leotard underneath for the recital.) Her class also performed their recital dance for the parents and I almost started crying because it was just so sweet, and hello...pregnancy hormone central over here. 

4. It's teacher appreciation week, so Ella is taking in these sweet treats to her teachers today!

This was definitely beyond easy. I found the printable on Pinterest {here} and the mitts and cookie mixes are from Target! 

5. Happy Mother's Day weekend to all of the moms, especially mine!!!

We watched this video at my Bible study this past spring (it's not religious) and oh my goodness, it makes me cry every time. But I encourage you to watch it, especially if you are a mom! It's a great perspective on how great of a job we are all doing, even if it doesn't feel like it to us sometimes. 

Have a great weekend!!

Our Weekend: Birthday Party & Golf

We had a very busy weekend! So busy that I'm still recovering from it!

Saturday, we had Audrina's first birthday party! Trav was golfing so I took both kids...oh my. Ella was great (Audrina's big sister is one of her best friends) but Lucas?! I love him dearly, but I definitely needed a nap after that party!

Lucas kept sneaking outside to see the balloons. 

(He may or may not have also tipped backwards in one of those chairs--into the bushes--more than once.)

They had a music teacher come in and do a little class with everyone, which I thought was so fun!

Lucas sat still for about 3 minutes, and I was legitimately excited! 

Then he decided he was more interested in the bucket that the instruments came in than the actual instruments themselves.

Oh this boy!!! He sure does keep me on my toes, but at least he's cute and still loves to snuggle!

Ella was super excited about the sunglasses party favors!

On Sunday we went to the golf tournament that comes to Charlotte every year. Lucas's favorite part was, hands down, riding on the bus to the tournament (yes we live like 3 miles from the golf course, but there's no parking, so we had to drive 10 minutes away to take a 15 minute bus ride to something that's right down the road from our house!). 

Ella loved watching all of the golfers! Here she is with Rory McIlroy in the background...

...and Tiger Woods...

...and her personal favorite, Ricky Fowler (she calls him Ricky Flowers)!

Lucas enjoyed taking Trav's hat off and making as much noise as possible (he doesn't understand the whole "golf is a quiet sport" thing)!

Both kids also had way too much fun with this big Connect 4 game they had by the food trucks. 

{You can find Ella and Lucas's outfits here, and my dress here!}

We ended our day with some ice cream!

I didn't get any for Lucas, because I have in the past and he won't eat it. He thinks its too cold or something? Anyway, he apparently wanted some on Sunday. He kept grabbing sprinkles out of Ella's and ate them. Then he went in for a whole handful of ice cream and ended up spilling a bunch on the ground! Oh, Lucas...

So between those 2 activities, I am spent!! I came home Sunday from that golf tournament and was so tired!!! I'm glad we don't have any big plans this week or weekend!!! I need a rest! 

Five on Friday

Happy Friday! 

1. We made our third trip of the year to the strawberry patch this past week! 

We picked another 5.35 pounds of strawberries and got some strawberry slushies...

It was all fun and games until someone decided to climb up this huge ramp to go down the enormous slide that is really meant for school-aged kids. 

No. fear. This boy has NO FEAR. Anyway, of course he went down the slide, and wouldn't you know, it shot him out like a cannon at like 40 mph, he flipped onto his belly and totally bit it on the ground when the slide ended. Bless. He was not happy. But don't worry, 3 minutes later, he was trying to walk up that darn ramp to go down the slide again (this time I pulled him off)! 

Here's what his face looked like afterwards:

He clearly was not even phased. 

2. Lucas continued his week of fun times yesterday but standing up not once, not twice, but oh probably 18 times in the cart at Target. The fact that he was buckled in made absolutely no difference to him. 

Anyone have a Mom Hack for getting your kid to stay in the cart?! I pulled the buckle as tight as I could. I'd have him just walk, but he grabs everything off the shelves. 

3. We had Bunco again this week! We celebrated Beth and Michelle's May babies! And I won some money, woohoo! 

4. I got Ella's spring pictures back and I'm kind of tempted to order some! I usually only order the fall ones, but I just love these! 

5. We have SO many things going on this weekend! Birthday party for a friend tomorrow, golf tournament Sunday, plus I have got to finish painting the nursery (still just that lone navy wall is the only thing that's been done!), tutor 10 kids (1 at my house, 9 on the computer!), clean the bathrooms, and start making a few decorations and things for Lucas's birthday party! 

Hopefully I can get lots of things done! Have a great weekend!