A Lady and Three Men : January 2019

Sunday, January 27, 2019

New Year, New Challenge --- January 21 - January 27

A recap of our week - enjoy!

52-Week Blog Challenge --- Week 4 - Top Five Places I'd Like To Visit

More US National Parks, especially the ones out west --- Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Glacier, Redwood, Sequoia, Yosemite, Arches, Mesa Verde, etc. --- you get the drift.
England, Scotland, Ireland...the UK in general. I love British history and am a huge Downton Abbey fan, so a trip to Great Britain is a total dream of mine...
NYC - I've been a few times, but the trips were super fast. I'd love to spend more time exploring the city and all of its historic sites.
Waco, TX - Chip and JoJo - I'm kind of obsessed with them...
The Amalfi Coast of Italy - the views are simply breathtaking...absolutely breathtaking...

Photos of Our Week

Monday, January 21 -All The Books...

Checking out some of daddy's super special books in his office...

Tuesday, January 22 - Snugglers

They can't not get into our bed at night. They are getting big and kick the heck out of us in the middle of the night, but I know that one day they won't come get in our bed, so for now we will snuggle.

Wednesday, January 23 - Artwork

His latest drawing from school. We love you too buddy. We love you too.

Thursday, January 24 - Four Year Old Temper Tantrum

I told him to start working on his afternoon chore list and he threw the mother of all temper tantrums on the floor of the kitchen. Ugh - four year old emotions are all over the dang place.

Friday, January 25 - Space Day

He was SUPER excited about Space Day!

Saturday, January 26 - Pinewood Derby Time!

He's car #49 and is all sorts of excited to get to work designing and creating his Pinewood Derby car.

Sunday, January 27 - All The Magnets

Does anyone else's refrigerator look like this? Artwork, notes, invitations, and tons of magnets. It's a little chaotic, but has lots of memories and lots of things that make me smile.

Happy last week of January, folks! Thanks for checking in on our little family. :-)

Sunday, January 20, 2019

New Year, New Challenge --- January 14 - January 20

A pretty normal week for us as we continue to get back into the swing of things school/work-wise after the Christmas holidays.

52-Week blog challenge is below + photos from our week. Cheers!

52-Week Blog Challenge --- Week 3 - Meet My Family

Well...there's me.

And RA...

And RF...

And E...

And Gracie...

And Gus...

And Daisy...

And we're the Hawks!

Photos of Our Week...

Monday, January 14 - Motivational Monday

Truth.

Tuesday, January 15 - Patriotism

We love flags in the Hawk house, so when the Cub Scout lesson was all about the American flag, RF was super excited!

Wednesday, January 16 - Dog or Human?

I don't think he knows he is a dog. He sees the boys climb all over me when I'm sitting in the chair so he thinks he can do the same.

Thursday, January 17 - Homework

Pretty sure my afternoon view will look like this for the next thirteen-ish years...

Friday, January 18 - Hibernation Day!

Pajamas - CHECK!

Flashlight - CHECK!

Stuffed Animal - CHECK!

He's ready to go enjoy Hibernation Day at school! :-)

Saturday, January 19 - Tupperware

The constant on-the-go whirlwind that is life leads our Tupperware cabinet to be a never-ending abyss of plastic containers, so on a cold and rainy Saturday I gave the boys the task of organizing it and they did a great job! RF said it was his new hobby....to keep the Tupperware containers organized...whatever floats your boat, son...

Sunday, January 20 - 4.5

Today this little (big) guy is 4 1/2! He's 6-months from being a FIVE YEAR OLD, folks.

Where does the time go???

Hope everyone has an incredible week!

Sunday, January 13, 2019

New Year, New Challenge --- January 7 - January 13

52-Week Blog Challenge --- Week 2 - My Favorite Things

Just a few of my favorite things...I could go on and on and on and on...

Reese Peanut Butter Cups
The Hearth and Hand Tobacco and Leather scented candle
Flair Pens
Pinterest
Quiet moments without the noise of life where I can breathe and think
A good book on a rainy Sunday afternoon
Naps
A hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning
Photographs that spark immediate memories
Fuzzy socks on a cold day
Chinese food
NCIS, Jeopardy, The Great British Baking Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and Friends
A quote packed with truth
Traveling - anytime, anywhere
Hydrangeas, camellias, and lillies
Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
Flannel pajamas and sheets
Houseplants
Vintage postcards
Puppy snuggles
Freshly painted fingernails
A cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day
An "I love you" from the three fellas in my life

Photos of Our Week...
Monday, January 7 - Early Bloomers

A few warm days = some early bloomers in the flower beds...

Tuesday, January 8 - Car Rider Sillies

A teacher work day allowed me to take E to school - silly faces while we wait in line.

Wednesday, January 9 - Spin Class

It's kicking my behind, but I feel so good after class...

Thursday, January 10 - Dinner

A crazy day at work + busy afternoon of errands meant that bruschetta and cheese was my dinner - fine by me, though. It was yummy!

Friday, January 11 - Snuggler

He loves to snuggle...

Saturday, January 12 - Providence Canyon

Located in Lumpkin, GA Providence Canyon State Park has amazing sights to see! It's nicknamed the "Little Grand Canyon". We wandered the canyon floor for a few hours and the boys had a blast!

Sunday, January 13 - Chore Time

He actually enjoys vacuuming. I hope I can keep him doing it this well (he got under all the furniture and vacuumed every room with wood floors in the house) for a long, long, long time!

Have a great week, friends!

Wrapping Up The Year - December 2018

December was SUPER busy, but we rounded out the year with tons of fun! :-)

I started the month off in Chicago for a teacher conference --- full post about NCSS and the amazingness that is Chicago HERE.

Such a cool city!

A SUPER SWEET note RF wrote/drew for me when I came home from Chicago.

The boys spent hours building miles of railroad tracks...

The beagles got Chippy the Chipmunk - luckily, Nana can fix anything!

There is no point in trying to make up our bed. Gus does this every time.

Cookie Swap at work!

The beagles LOVE him...

Pajama day!

RF's Cub Scout group was in the local Christmas parade!

Laying in mama's lap staying warm...

Working on his Christmas cards for his teachers...

Silly sock day!

Homemade wrapping paper on one of my gifts RF made at school.

All smiles because it's the LAST day of school before Christmas break!

Sweet, sweet crafts from Ellis...

Funny holiday shirt that he LOVED...

Christmas PJ day!

Playing games at his holiday party...

SWEET crafts that RF made at school...

Pin the nose on Rudolph!

Daddy snuggles on the couch while watching Christmas movies...

Daddy snuggles with E, too...

His first official handwritten letter to Santa...

He loves Santa!

E loves Santa, too!

Such cute little boys!

Christmas Break begins for us!

We spent our first Saturday on the road to some fun times in South Carolina!

Picking off the chocolate and sprinkles from his donut...

Canon at Historic Camden...

RF seeing what the stocks were like!

He loves swinging...

Inside one of the historic houses in Camden...

Yummy?

Wandering the location of the original powder magazine...

Exploring a Revolutionary War battlefield!

Exploring the SC Railroad Museum...

Inside a Pullman car...

Showing E a model train...

Exploring all over the museum property...

Taking a look at the engine...

We love trains!

On to another museum!

More trains!

Exploring the different geographic zones of SC...

And digging for dinosaur bones...

Checking out a musket...

E liked the musket, too!

And a replica of the Hunley - RF thought it was super cool!

Time for school!

Telescopes everywhere!

More trains!

And a giant tire!

Stopping to make a phone call...

Mailing our postcard from SC...

And a stop for a yummy dinner at...you guessed...Cracker Barrel!

Cartoons while lounging on Gus - he doesn't seem to mind!

Working on Christmas gifts for Nana and Meme...

It's time for CHRISTMAS - full post about our Christmas fun is HERE.

All spify for our Christmas Eve candlelight service...

My boys!

All my boys!

Christmas Eve fire, hot chocolate, and It's A Wonderful Life...

Note and cookies for Santa!

Santa's response!

Christmas morning sunrise in GA...

The day after Christmas the boys and I packed up the car to head to the beach for a few days and had the best time - a full post about our fun is HERE.