Happy Friday and happy spring break to my Charlotte public school readers! 1. Leader of the Month! It’s been an exciting week over here — Caroline was awarded Leader of the Month at school! She was SO proud to bring home this award — and were too! To celebrate, she got to attend a special …
Five on Friday
Happy Friday and happy April Fools Day! Before we get down to the 5, I wanted to share the top 10 reader favorite items for March! Boho Spaghetti Strap Dress Striped Boho Spaghetti Strap Dress Seeds of Change Quinoa & Brown Rice for the Jennifer Aniston Salad Floral Mini Dress Supergoop! Glow Stick IT Cosmetics …
Happy Friday! We have a really fun weekend ahead! Tonight we are watching Marvel movie #21: Ant-Man and The Wasp and I cannot wait to make a Lemongrass Ginger Margarita! And since we don’t have school on Monday (Teacher work day), we are headed to the mountains for a fun long weekend thanks to an …
Happy Friday! Before we get down to the 5, I wanted to share some pretty big news… I resigned from my corporate job. I’ve written and rewritten this announcement a million times but it’s truly too much to unpack in just a few paragraphs. There were a million factors, discussions, therapy sessions, sleepless nights, overthinking …
Happy Friday! 1. Sudoku I am a longtime Sudoku lover and recently I taught Caroline this fun puzzle game and now we love to lay in bed at night working on puzzles together. The other night I left a homemade Sudoku puzzle in her little hug journal that we pass back and forth and she …
Happy Friday! I am counting down until Family Movie Night (we’re watching Doctor Strange) and we’ve got some fun daddy-daughter and mother-son plans this weekend that I’m really looking forward to! 1. Branch Basics Dishwasher Tablets Back in January I asked y’all for tips on reducing toxic chemicals in our home and received some really …
Happy Friday! We have an awesome weekend ahead. Tonight we’ll knock out another Marvel movie and then tomorrow the kids are off to mimi & grandad’s house for the night! Matt made some really fun plans for us while the kids are away and I couldn’t be more excited. Alright, let’s get down to the …
Happy Friday! School is closed on Monday for Teacher work day so we’ve got an extra long weekend ahead. 1. Valentine’s Day It was so fun to kick off our week with a little Valentine’s Day celebration. The kids came barreling down the stairs Monday morning to a fun surprise — donuts! We also had …
Happy Friday! I am so pumped for the weekend because…we are taking the kids snow tubing!!!! We originally had booked our tubing trip a few weeks ago but it was canceled due to snow (I know, the irony). But on the bright side, having a few extra weeks to plan gave me time to order …
Happy Friday! What a week! Both kids woke up sick last Saturday (thankfully, both of them received several negative COVID tests) but we kept them home from school earlier this week just to be extra safe. I am unbelievably grateful they are both feeling better now (and sleeping in their own beds again!). I’m also …
Happy Friday! First, thank you SO much for your kind feedback on my Day In The Life post! I always get so nervous to publish those posts because they really peel back the curtain on how our family operates and ya just never know how others will respond to the way you do things. Another …
Oh Friday, I am SO happy to see you… 1. School Closures & Work Y’all, I’m not gonna lie — this week has absolutely crushed me. We are in the middle of business planning and budget season at work which is one of my favorite times of year (I love strategic planning), but by the …












