Friday Things
1. I have had so much fun with Joseph and Dominic recently… they are really starting to become more playmates, and it’s so much fun. Joseph wakes up from naps asking for his brother, and now that Dominic is on his way to a two-nap schedule, he’s awake more and I can take them to run errands together, which has been so much fun. They can make each other giggle and laugh like no one else!
2. A member of the BEB FB group shared this video of a mama Golden Retriever and her pups (she knows me so well!), and the mama reminds me so much of Einstein!
3. The boys are obviously a little young for this, but this Circle device/app from Disney that allows you to totally control every electronic device in your house with restrictions and time limits sounds AMAZING.
4. These super easy cream horns are totally calling my name.
5. Speaking of food, last Sunday my mother-in-law didn’t have a request for dinner for her birthday, so I tried a recipe for slow cooker chicken marsala that… was just awful. Ugh, no one liked it and I felt so bad because it was her birthday! My husband refers to these mishaps as “brown-eyed blunders” HA!
6. So, I keep seeing “fidget spinners” on social media… I have no idea what they are!
7. I am so emotionally invested in these hockey playoffs; I’m sure Sunday night will take a few more years off of my life.
8. We started House of Cards this week, but found it to be rather boring to start. Bleh, tell me it gets better!
9. On another TV note, I saw a Ron Swanson meme somewhere recently, and was reminded of how much I absolutely loved his character on Parks & Recreation… one of my top 5 favorite TV characters of all time!
10. TGIF! Have a fantastic weekend!
I just finished House of Cards last night and it does get better! Kind of boring to start but once you get to episode seven it gets good.  Look out from there! 😄😯
Fidget spinners are a school nightmare. Â They are pretty disruptive and annoying at any age. Â I was falling asleep during the first episode of House of Cards this season, so I also hope it gets better. Your boys are so adorable.Â
I make those “blunders” sometimes too haha. My most recent one was when I was making some baked fries and accidentally grabbed the cayenne pepper instead of the paprika. Oh. My. Goodness. That was bad.
Love seeing pictures of your boys. They seem to look more grown up each week!!
I have been making Rachael Ray’s pork tenderloin recipe for years. It’s not a slow cooker recipe, but it’s easy to make. I often substitute thinly sliced chicken breast for the pork. https://www.rachaelrayshow.com/recipe/14781_Pork_Tenderloin_Medallions_with_Marsala_Sauce_and_Pasta/
I love your blog. I enjoy seeing pictures of your dog(s) and your growing family.
GLAD TO SEE YOU’RE PENGUIN’S FANS!!!!
Fidget spinners are a thing that every child on Planet Earth except mine has and it’s NOT FAIR!!!
p.s. I also love Ron Swanson ; )
The boys are just too cute! It’s great they are getting along so well and playing together…it will help both of them. I love Chicken Marsala but have yet to find a recipe that is as good as the one at Macaroni Grill…..sigh…I’m rooting for the Penguins since our team is out of it….and our baseball team seems to be subpar this year…can’t really complain too much because they are usually very good ….lol…Those fidget spinners are for people who need to do things with their fingers – I’ve never had any of the “attention” issues or fidget issues so they really don’t interest me. Haven’t started House of Cards yet….so far behind on things I want to wach…lol
Your boys are so adorable and remind me of my sons who are less than a year apart in age. Even before they could talk, it was almost like they communicated by some kind of sibling ESP. They’d just look at each other and simultaneously bust out with the same song, or some weird phrase they came up with, or just plain laughter.
Enjoy those moments. Nothing more precious than brothers who are also friends!
I use the recipe for slow cooker chicken tikka marsala from the kitchn.com website. Love your blog. I look forward to reading your friday posts.
Those spinners are definitely a problem and not being used as intended.
If you sat in a classroom you would see that. Before they were using a squishy ball they could hold in there hand and still be able to follow along and write when necessary and this seemed to work and not disrupt the class.
I love hearing how close your boys are. Brotherhood is such a strong bond.
So, the fidget spinners are an Israeli invention to try and deter Palestinian children to not to throw “rocks” (if you’ve ever seen what these “rocks” are you’d call them small boulders), the cause of many terrible injuries and fatalities to both Jews and Arabs alike. It became so popular as a toy and some even use it as a stress reliever! Â
Those cream horns look amazing. I’m already thinking of ways to change up the filling, like colored sprinkles/almond extract and toasted almonds/nutella! I’d probably dust the outside with 10x sugar too.
Last night’s game. If they were all like that my blood pressure would be so much better. Let’s Go Pens!
Oh yes, House of Cards gets amazingly great. We could not stop until it was over and then wanted more…..
You will love this video. Â This is the stuff of which dreams are made :))
 https://www.facebook.com/viralthread/videos/804988419673843/
Those cream horns look fantastic and with puff pastry so easy to put together for a quick dessert.
Fidget spinners are a classroom nightmare. Â They are touted to be good for ADHD students and to relieve stress, but they are pretty disruptive. Â Just one more gadget . . . . .
And, THAT game last night!! Â I loved every minute of it. Â But how did the catfish make it once again on to the ice? Â Bleh . . . . Â I suspect that Game 6 Sunday night will be pretty chippy down in Nashville, and it seems that big wins are taking place on home ice for each of the teams, so while I’d love to see us take it all there Sunday and bring home the Cup, I won’t be surprised if we end up needing Game 7 – which would not be a bad deal to win the Cup at home. Â And I think they got the game stars right on . . . Â Hainsey, Kessel, and Crosby. Â I am loving it that Kessel and Hainsey got goals. Â I’d like to see Cullen get one and also Guentzel who makes it look so easy when he scores. Â We want the Cup! Â GO PENS!
Just ask a teacher about fidget spinners. UGH!!!