Some of my favorite mommy bloggers host this “What’s Up Wednesday” blog linking party on the last Wednesday of every month and I’ve always thought it would be so fun to join. And since I’m determined to be more consistent with blogging, I thought … why not join now? So, here goes!

WHAT WE’RE EATING THIS WEEK

I just got back from a girls’ trip to Napa with some moms I know from E’s school. Whenever I take a trip to Napa, I try and make a stop at Bouchon bakery for some sweet treats to bring back home! This time, I brought some cookies, macaroons (which aren’t pictured), croissants, and a coffee cake.. this box was open on my kitchen counter and all of us – kids & Hubby – have been picking at it throughout the day. Yum!

WHAT I’M REMINISCING ABOUT

Ermagerrrrddd, this popped up in my iPhone Photos app through one of those time hop type things and LOOK HOW WITTLE AND CHUBBY D IS!! I forgot how cute he was as a toddler … and you can see, his love of wearing baseball caps started very early 😉

WHAT I’M LOVING

Listen. I know that screen time is a hot button topic for parenting and I’m all about encouraging imaginative play/getting kids outside and off the iPads/TVs/phone screens. BUT! My Hubby works a lot of long hours which means most days I’m doing the whole morning-to-evening with kids shebang alone and once in awhile, it’s nice to throw on the TV so that I can cook dinner or check email or just sit on the couch for a second without having little hands grabbing at me. Baby A is finally at the age where she’s interested in movies and TV and will actually be occupied by the TV if I turn it on (versus losing interest after 5 minutes and coming to hunt me down). And I’m not ashamed to admit that I. AM. LOVING. IT.

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO

Nothing much, just normal life 🙂 These three have been playing together more and more these days which makes this mama so happy. It’s hilarious to throw the three of them together in a room (usually big sister’s room) and hear them play/converse with each other. It usually sounds like D trying to engage his biggest sister in a conversation while baby A pretends like she understands and mimics everything he says.

WHAT I’M DREADING

Yea … so our home office is going through a little shuffle right now and organizing this closet is a BIG to-do on my list. I’ve been putting it off and putting it off but really, I just need to dive-in head first and tackle it.

WHAT I’M WORKING ON

Like I said, our home office is going under a little makeover right now. There’s a different desk already in there that was supposed to be mine but Hubby kept “borrowing” it and leaving his messes on it whenever he works from home – which is pretty frequently. I didn’t like that every time I went to sit and work, things would be moved around or added so we decided to add a second desk to the other wall in the office space and this is what we landed on! I’m currently working on organizing everything and filling up the shelves (hence that crazy office closet that I’m dreading) … this is a very VERY rough edit of what I want it look like but I’m working on it!

WHAT I’M EXCITED ABOUT

SPRING BREAK! We’ve got some fun plans with friends happening and I’m super excited to be making new memories with family and friends that are like family.

WHAT I’M WATCHING/READING*

This book has been on my “to-read” list for a long while and I’m finally getting the chance to check it out. I’ve just barely started but I have a feeling it’s going to be a good read!

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO

I don’t ever listen to the radio but the other day I was tired of listening to my kids’ music in the car so I turned the radio on to a local “throwbacks” station that I know Hubby likes a lot. The music is mainly stuff that was popular when I was in high school/early college and it was BRINGING ME BACK! I came home and made a Spotify playlist of some of my favorites (think: old school Usher, Britney, Christina, NYSYNC, etc) and I have been listening to it whenever I’m working from home.

WHAT I’M WEARING

Hats, hats, HAAAATS! I got my hair CHOPPED OFF last week … the verdict is still out on how I feel about it. On the one hand, it’s the haircut that I asked for. On the other hand, it doesn’t look like how I pictured in my head it would look. I like how refreshing and easy it is, I just wish it were a few inches longer. So since I don’t really know what to do with it right now, I’ve just been throwing on hats every day hahahaha.

WHAT I’M DOING THIS WEEKEND

This weekend, I’m headed to the airport and to our spring break destination .. I’ll try and blog about it next week, but if you want more “in the minute” updates, you should go follow me on Instagram! I update on my Stories a lot 🙂 @mannaformommy

WHAT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH

April is SO busy for our family. Both my daughters have birthdays in April, and there’s Easter thrown in usually (some years Easter falls in March) so our weekends are pretty much all spoken for already. I’m looking forward to celebrating some special little girls turning a whole year older, though!

WHAT ELSE IS NEW

Nothing much! I can’t believe the first three months of 2019 are pretty much gone, can you?

 

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