A Happy Monday, Indeed.

Today is a good day.
A sweet little baby girl was born to one of my most favorite people in the world today.
With a pretty much full week ahead of me, I am trying to figure out a way to get there(about an hour away) this week and I'm thinking it may call for a "sick day"....
Ahhh, time for some little baby girl shopping. Sigh. 

I drove by this house today and I think it's one of my very favorite houses.
It's not my usual kind of favorite houses.... But the yellow shutters get me every time.
They are just so  h  a  p  p  y.
And I think I might love it even more in the snow, maybe.

This is what we woke up to Saturday morning.
Over the weekend we got about 8 inches of snow... It was so pretty and so WHITE.
Really everything looks pretty when it's covered in snow, it was so thick on all of the tree branches.
We haven't had a lot of snow this Winter so the snow we have had I have actually enjoyed.
I would also be totally okay with it if that was our last big snow of the Winter.
But seriously, look how pretty it is.
I don't love Winter, it's most definitely my least favorite season, but I would be really sad if I didn't ever get to see snow or experience Winter.

Tonight I will be baking sourdough bread while listening to one of my favorite podcasts in the kitchen...
And then later maybe I'll have a glass of wine while I'm watching The Bachelor(hides her face in shame) after the kids go to bed...
I think I kinda love Mondays today.
Yep, it's a happy Monday indeed.


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How was your day?
Your weekend?
Hope your week and month are off to a good start.

Ten On Ten /// March

Yesterday was a pretty busy day for a Sunday, for us anyway.

We went shopping with my mom and sister for easter clothes and tennis shoes, out to lunch, 

and then birthday present shopping for a party the kids went to last night.

Home for a little rest then on to the three hour birthday party on a Sunday... 

on the night of the time change and school the next day.

Let me just tell you that this party was something else- it was in a Gym and there was

 a bounce house, face painting, a magician, balloon animals, pizza and cake.

By the time we got home(late) and got the kids to bed this mama was ready for a glass of wine-- or two.

There's just a bit of our day.

I am super excited about Springing forward, even thought the kids and I overslept this morning

and they were walking to school still eating their bagels. Oops.

Hopefully tomorrow goes smoother for us but I am so thankful for that extra hour of daylight, so

 I am definitely not complaining.

Hooray!!!

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Hope your week is off to a good start!

Linking up with Rebekah today, go check it out.

{A Good Day For...}

A parade.

Saturday was a great day for a parade.

Sunny and nice. A little bit windy but very nice.

Like in the 50's. Can I get a Hallelujah on that one.

Yours truly was the official photographer for the Pug Club so we had to get to the parade extra early

so I could take lots of pictures of the dogs before it started. Okay, so I should probably mention that my

friend recently started the local Pug Club...so it wasn't that official. But it was fun. And funny.

Everyone had their dogs dressed up and buggies and wagons totally decked out. The kids got more candy than they did at Halloween I think, that might have been their favorite part, besides the pugs.

Mine was all the cool old cars and the bagpipes. Usually I feel like crying, or do cry, when I 

hear the bagpipes but not today. Hmmm...wonder why that is, anyway?

Oh well, check out that beautiful blue sky.....

And don't you love the little boy's sign? 

It is in reference to the local women's roller derby team,

I thought it was funny. Which reminds me that I really want to go watch the roller derby sometime.

Eric is gone all weekend so it has just been the kids and I. We have been watching movies, making forts and popping popcorn and eating parade candy. Yesterday we took a walk and played at the playground. It is actually starting to feel like Spring really will be here soon. The sun was out all day today. 

All day! Unbelievable.

And just so ya know, I am totally going to have one of those old cars one day...one day.

Maybe when I hit my mid-life crisis, maybe sooner...

I was drooling over that second one, a baby blue Thunderbird. Swoon.
{Seriously, click on that photo to view it larger}

Happy Sunday everyone!

Hope you all have a great day.

Ten On Ten:: March

I was so happy that this month Ten on Ten finally fell on a day we were actually out doing something, outside of the house. I bet you guys were starting to think we never leave the house anymore. And yeah, we haven't been much lately...but today...today we were out and about. The sun peeked out for a couple of hours and Eric was working from home so I actually drove to school to pick up Wyatt alone, which means turning up the music really loud. Alone in the car = bliss. And it means old school U2, Achtung Baby, and this dreamy song.
Oh, but back to Ten on Ten.....

* Yes, I did cheat by adding this last one. I did a u-turn to go back and get a picture of this cool old truck. So see, I had to. Check out more of the Ten on Ten fun here.
Happy Thursday to you! Tomorrow is Friday and that means the weekend is here. Wahooo!