greatest hits

well, it's official.  i am 33.  and apparently, 33 is going to be bad-ass according to this study.  we shall see.  but so far, so good.  i have felt especially loved this week.  here's why:

1) first ever deep ellum food truck rally.  since we are old, we got there early, therefore did not have to wait in too long of a line.  the winner of the favorite thing we ate is: sliders from easy slider food truck.  delish.

after some serious head-banging to a local band, ben declared that when he grows up, he wants to be a musician/artist/zookeeper/fisherman.

2) running a personal record of 3.5 miles.  chris surprised me with some hypnotic donuts to celebrate.  yes, that is bacon on a donut.  and yes, apparently i have an eating problem.

(for the record, i only ate one.)

 3) visiting the white rock local market where i bought myself some cute earrings and a small succulent in the sweetest handmade pot. (both were destroyed by my angelic children within 48 hrs. of purchasing them.  whatevs.)

 4) sushi for lunch. crosby appreciated the chopsticks but not the edamame.

 5) a candy-themed birthday party with my big boy.

 6) girls night out.  kelly smuggled pickle-shots in her purse so i could have a birthday shot!  that's my girl.

 jenn had her first big night out since having baby nolan.  we had a lot to celebrate!

 7) the funniest moment of the weekend was when crosby snatched and inhaled a handful of peppered bacon off of grandpa's plate, while he was busy preparing the baby a plate of nutritious, bit-sized fruit.  that kid is a piece of work.

 8) an afternoon spent at the dallas museum of art, where we saw the fantastic exhibit youth and beauty: art of the american twenties.  i did not expect to see any georgia o'keeffe or edward hopper, so that was a sweet little birthday surprise.

               l to r: the shelton with sunspots by georgia o'keeffe and night windows by edward hopper

followed by time spent as a family in the amazing center for creative connections, where crosby and ben were able to play and create.

 9) and since you only turn 33 once, i finished the day with one of those fancy margaritas with a beer in it (ha!) and cake.  perfection.

looking forward to the dallas flea and celebrating (more) birthdays with family.

how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time,

xoxoxo

greatest hits

what a week.  i have somehow managed to survive unscathed from the stomach bug extravaganza that resided in my house for the majority of the week.  please knock on wood, cross your fingers, and say a little prayer to sweet baby jesus.  thanks.  but there were some good times to be had before and after pukefest 2012.

1) a trip to our favorite vietnamese restaurant, where our big boy did some work on a bowl of noodles.  this is huge considering ben is a picky eater and they have no real kids menu.  what this means is that we can drag our kids out for pho anytime we get a hankering for it.  holla.

 2) white rock local market is back! this time we ended up with texas olive oil and honey.  see the bee man?

 3) a walk by the lake.

 4) this pic is not really a greatest hit but i just had to share.  each time ben shall i say, bowed to the porcelain god on monday, dark blood blisters spread up his face.  has anyone had any experience with that?  it is the craziest thing.  when my husband shall i say, tosses his cookies, the blood-vessels in his eyes burst and his eyes remain bloodshot long after he is sick.  weirdos (j/k).  the dr. said it will heal like a bruise.

 5) since the boys are feeling much better, we ventured out of the house today to meet daddy and grandpa downtown (where they had a meeting).  we hit up the food trucks and i finally got my hands on these (here).

this is ben in daddy's gear.

this is where they are working (museum tower).

then we ditched them and went to appreciate some art.  good times.  beats hanging out in the sick house any day.

 looking forward to celebrating the third anniversary of my husband's thirtieth birthday.  i love him so.

how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time,

xoxoxo

greatest hits

get ready for perhaps the wordiest greatest hits in this blog's history.  and here we go.

1) my group of girls does a bang-up job of making a point to carve out some time for each other in our busy lives.  it doesn't happen as often as we would like, but we can usually throw together a last minute happy hour, piece of cake.  well it just so happens that two of my best girls are pregs with sweet baby boys, named nolan and finn (boys number 5 & 6 for this group).  we surprised them with a little shower  at our last "happy hour".  they drank water out of wine glasses and we drank bud light in their honor.  yay for babies!

2) rewind to monday night before valentine's day; my baby has a double ear infection, our sitter and dinner plans are cancelled, and i am having a pity party for one (no one else was invited).  cue chris.  he makes surprise plans for the next saturday and managed to keep the plans a secret ALL week.  this is a big deal for my sweet husband (i think he asked me once a day if i wanted to know the surprise :)

fast forward to saturday.  we drop the babes off at my parents, check in to the hotel belmont, partake in a celebratory bloody mary, enjoy dinner at the common table (delish), finish the night with beers at the foundry, sleep soundly in a bed that isn't ours, eat a delicious brunch at smoke, and take the long twenty minute drive home.  perfection.

kudos, chris.  thanks for the hot date :)

(the patio at the foundry.  reminded us of austin.  good work, dallas!)

3) the rest of the week was spent keeping the baby out of trashcans and spending time outside with the boys.  you know, the usual.

* i do realize that reading this post could lead you to believe that this week has been all unicorns and rainbows.  in an effort to keep it real, i just want to let you know that this week has also included a nasty eye infection (me), poo that escaped the diaper and landed directly on my foot, and the ingestion of some sort of insect by the littlest one.  and there you have it.  never a dull moment.

looking forward to an easy weekend.  how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time,

xoxoxo

greatest hits

i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.  i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.  i will not let this crick in my neck ruin my day.

this week has been a good one, half of which is not documented considering i kept forgetting to charge the camera battery.  oops.

1)  a date with my husband that extended from friday afternoon to saturday afternoon.  we had dinner at la duni, saw the descendants, went to bed early (because we are old), slept in until 7:30 (say what???), worked out (who are we???), went to breakfast, and grocery shopped all without our kids.  bliss.

2) a superbowl party with some of our best friends.  it was a ben and maggie reunion that has been a long time coming.  and no, i don't have any pictures.  dang.

3) ben and i were valentine-making-machines!  we made these crayons for his classmates.

3) at gymnastics, ben worked on the trampoline and crosby worked on his floor routine.

 4) this scenario: my smart husband had a meeting downtown today.  so he planned for the kids and me to meet him downtown for lunch (yum, foodtrucks!).  after lunch, he took our big boy to work with him so that i could take little boy to the jean-paul gaultier exhibit at the dallas museum of art.  i have been wanting to go since it opened and this weekend is it's last, so it was now or never.  totally worth it, y'all.  the dma has extended it's hours this weekend specifically for this exhibit, so it's not too late if you want to go.  warning: do not take your children.  (that is unless he is a baby in a stroller and you won't get to see the exhibit otherwise if you don't take him.)  the exhibit is very....shall i say....grown-up.

 5) these puppies came in the mail today.

just in case you need a visual at what we have to look forward to in april, here you go.

you are welcome.

Source: google.com via Cortney on Pinterest

looking forward to: quality time with my guys and a baby shower for a dear friend.

how was your week?  what are you looking forward to?

until next time, 

xoxoxo