{this weeks library favorites . aug 1}

This week we had so much fun at storytime! There were quite a few people we knew & we stayed quite a while playing and chatting with the other moms afterward. 

I pulled some of the books they put on display to take home with us. 

This one is our favorite!

Landon has asked me to read it every night. It's a pretty long book, for a 3 year old I guess, but it kept his attention pretty well & got him asking questions. Anything that gets his mind working is a good one in my book! 

Here are a few of our favs from this past weeks trip! 

Top of the world is a story about a pig that wonders off and his other piggy friend looks for him and they go on an adventure together! It's cute, I mean, it's piggies, how can it not be?

Disappearing Desmond was cute too. It is a book about a boy that likes to hide/is shy. Another animal comes around and he comes out of his shell a bit. 

Tap the Magic Tree is a cute interactive little book about a tree and all of the changes it undergoes with different actions you take. For example, you tap the tree and leaves appear on the next page, then more leaves, then flowers. It's very cute! I had been wanting to check this one out for a while & with the handy dandy hold feature, I just look online & put a hold on it. Sing that to the tune of "Put a ring on it". Yes, do that.

Also, while we're on the topic of books. Landon got this book for his birthday from one of my best friends, Kasey. 

She is known for buying books for kiddos, because she's a kindergarten teacher & I love it! Books are like the gifts that keep on giving! 

The Napping House! You should definetly check it out! It has become an instant classic in our house. He asks to read it all the time!! And he laughs so hard!

I swear we do check out books for Harper Kate, just not that many.  She's not that patient with books.  Our goal is 1 a night with her!

Now go read to your babies!!!

{landon was here}

It's a fun new series! It's called Landon was here. Funny things around the house that Landon does that I think will be hysterical to look back on. 

Here's the first edition:

Apparently diggers need to eat and drink too...

Mickey should wear Spider-Man undies & I should wear Mickey's undies...with both legs in one short leg - thoughts from Landon

To elaborate a little more on this, he obviously hasn't fully mastered dressing himself, which is apparently a milestone that he is bypassing entirely.

Yes, that's a t-shirt, as....shorts? I guess that's what he was going for there? 

The pediatrician asked me the other day, is he dressing himself. I told her, "Oh he's dressing himself...correctly? Is that what you're asking?"

Landon was also here. This gigantic dollop of hair paste. He had the right idea. I guess....

And lastly, this was just this morning! He typically eats his cereal out of a bowl that has a straw attached. Mini-meltdown if he can't drink the leftover cereal-milk. So he improvised. Which actually makes me want to dry heave. It grosses me out when people do that. 

And that concludes the first edition of Landon Was Here. Hope you enjoyed reading :)

{our weekend}

Ok it was HOT and steamy in KC this weekend. I always am on a countdown for the weekend for friend and family time although we typically do something mid-week with our friends/family to break up the work week a bit for my husband. I just finished telling my friends last night that my Tuesday/Wesnesday/Thursdays always run together.

But, I KNOW when it's a Monday or a Friday :)

Friday, we just chilled as a family. Right when Mike got home from work we set out for Margarita's with the kids. Puffy tacos, for the freaking win! Then, we watched our beloved Royals, obviously and went to bed early. Wild and cray!

Sidenote: We were on TV when we went last Tuesday. We are gigantic Royals fans up in here. Once our phones started absolutely going bonkers at the game, we knew that we were on TV. Everyone said they were on us for at least a minute, which is a long time to focus for the sports cameras ;)

Anyway, here are some of the snapshots we got on our phones that people sent to us! 

Funny & totally oblivious....

Saturday, my father-in-law came over and Mike and I went to my best friends 30th birthday celebration! Happy Birthday, Court! Love you!! 

We were out until about 1 or so, which felt SUPER late for us old folks, but we went to eat at one of our favorite places in all the land: La Bodega. Delicious Spanish tapas and sangrias and if I'm really being honest, yes, I had a Spanish coffee after dinner. Sue me. We then went to Up/Down a cool arcade/bar, and then another fav Green Lady Lounge for some Moscow mules!

Sunday, we skipped church and headed out to the Royals game. The day started out not so hot, then right as the game started, it got HOT! Like really hot. The kids were troopers for the first 4 innings and then, BOOM. Meltdown. Figuratively and literally. 

We left and they were asleep before we even hit the highway. Fist bump!

Guess who also got a nap today? 

That's right... Tonight we plan to take it easy with some pasta dish for dinner and a family movie. Have a great night!

{when the travel bug bites}

I have been to many many places in my almost 30 years, and I am so excited to add another big one to my list.

So far I've been to New Zealand, Paris, Spain & Morocco, St. Thomas, Jamaica, Ireland & Scotland not in the US & have been to pretty much {or at least through} every state in to US, with the exception of Alaska. 

Some pictures from my travels really bring back some awesome memories! These are pictures from Hawaii and the rest are outside of the US. Missing pictures from Paris. That's was 2005 before Facebook!  

 St. Thomas

 

Ireland 

Hawaii

Jamaica

New Zealand

Morocco

Marbella, Spain

Scotland

I have my mom and her love of travel and her majorly long bucket list to thank for my love of travel! I can't wait to take this trip to London with her!

You don't have to travel far to experience this same thrill though.  It can come from exploring something or some place new that you haven't been. 

The kids and I took a trip to visit my late grandma & grandpa Dennis who are both buried at a military cemetary in Leavenworth, KS. It was a blast! We stopped sonewhere we had never been for lunch & discovered a few towns that we never go to!

Travel is also thrilling when it's spontaneous! Mike was chatting with our neighbors the other day as they were packing up their car. He asked them where they were headed & the husband replied "We are just getting into the car and driving, man!". Mike came home and told me and the travel bug struck. I said "I want to do that!!" with just a tinge of jealousy! How fun!

I can not wait to take another huge trip.  I will miss my hubs and kids, and am so excited to go somewhere I have always wanted to go! London!! Notting Hill, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey.  I can't wait to soak up all the tea and crumpets!