Friday Favorites

I thought yesterday was the last day of August. Imagine my surprise when I woke up and it’s still August. Just building that anticipation for September, I guess.

I hit up the local bakery and snagged the last unicorn cookie. Thankfully we didn’t have a world war amongst the girls and the other two were happy with roses. I feel like these cookies are too pretty to eat, even though that is clearly what they were made for. Kids don’t care. haha! I want to learn this skill.
My favorite of all favorites– Scott FINALLY has a Saturday off. Plus, he is taking Labor Day off instead of working it. I am so stinking excited. The only Saturdays that he isn’t working, we always have jam packed plans. There are no plans. I asked him if we could just rent tons of movies and lay around watching them all weekend. I wouldn’t turn down a date either. We are so tired.
We have made a couple of recipes from Magnolia Table this week, and they are all so tasty. I love comfort food, and these all fit the bill. I can’t wait to make all of the cozy foods with Fall coming up.
My sister has a black cat (yes, he is named Thackary Binx) and I think she would love this doormat. I’m not a fan of cats, but do love black cat things.
Tuesday, my sister text me telling me she was stopping by with something. I opened the door and she was holding a delicious coffee drink from the local coffee shop. She said she heard that I was having a hard week and wanted to brighten it. Almost immediately after, my mom asked if I had made lunch yet. I said no, and she told me not to. She was bringing lunch. She showed up with food for the kiddos and told me to get out by myself for a bit and she’d finish school with the kids. (She also showed up with a container of iced coffee. They know me well.) I had to fight tears the whole time. I ended up running to the grocery store to pick up some things I needed for our dinner. I ran into my sister and had lunch with her. It was so nice.
I’m not sure what has caused this week to be so rough. Every day it has been a struggle. Harper has gotten really destructive and was making huge messes every day while I would do school with the big girls. We rearranged half of the rooms in the house to make it so that I can easily keep my eyes on all of them at once. It has helped some, and I am going to just pray that it gets better with time. It’s all a balancing act.
Next week will be better!!
Happy Labor Day weekend, friends!!