Life Lately

I was excited to write these "Life Lately" posts, but they were taking FOREVER to do it all and link everything up!

Maybe if I try to keep it a little briefer...? Brevity is not my strong suit...

Here is life lately...

I made this sweet corn chili the other night-- and I've made it before, but the kids did not love it. Boo.  I thought it was good... but it wasn't great.  I must have messed something up with it.  Oh well. 

What we are wearing... well, don't judge it by Andy.  He was BEYOND excited to wear his jammies to school last week.  Cue a huge giggle fit that never stopped.  He couldn't believe he was wearing these.  

And also, he insists on wearing these UNC shorts that my parents got him that graze the ground.  He loves them.  And who am I to stand in the way of his love of UNC?

I taught Cal the great game of WAR this week.  He had some nachos and we chatted while playing.  And it made my day.  And he can NOT sit still.  He is the epitome of a wiggle worm!

My alarm goes off at 5:58 on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I can shower and get dressed and ready to go to work before anyone gets up.  But they always wake up...and they always come on the floor of the bathroom and curl up in balls on the bath mats and do not move or speak for like 15 minutes.  And I love it.  In the below picture, Andy was just getting out of his ball-- I missed my picture opportunity...but you get the gist.  

In my timehop on Tuesday, a facebook post from three years popped up:

 ....and then Tuesday after school, Cal said "mom, do you think we could just sit together for a little bit and like, snuggle up, or something...."

 I found it crazy that we had the same conversation three years prior...! Cal doesn't ever want to just snuggle with me any more-- so I will take it any chance I can!

 And, Andy has some alphabet flash cards that he used to use all the time.  Well he wanted to play with them tonight and when he called me in, this is what I saw:

C-A-R-O-L-I-N-M (there is only one A in the stack, so he used a M because they look "sorta close."

That's pretty much life lately!

OH! I meant to mention-- Cal has been reading these Marley books (books based on the dog in the book Marley and Me).  They are SUCH cute books! I just checked out three from the library and he anxiously read through all of them.  If you are looking for a good kids book, check it out!

Have a great week!