life with the lieutenant

• It snowed here a tiny bit on Tuesday and we couldn't get our coats on fast enough so that Sam could get down there and shovel it all up and "help the gate guards." (They weren't shoveling this dust, but laughed and waved as Sam diligently worked on plowing the playground.) We are more than a little jealous of all the snow the east coast is getting, but took a walk with only jackets on on Friday, so it's not all bad, I guess.

• That afternoon we visited a kids' cafe and had lunch and it was awesome the end.

• After putting the kids down for naps at 1pm that afternoon and then sleeping through until 7pm, Steve and I just decided to go on to bed (you know, as opposed to the couch) and see how long the kids would sleep. It would be suicide to wake them after sleeping six hours. I charged the ipads just in case they woke up an hour later, but to our surprise, they slept until about 230am. That next day we only allowed the kids to take car naps to and from Seoul and we were back on track that night! Everyone slept between 11-14 hours respectively!! Cue the choirs of angels singing!!!

3am movie time

Wearing her main man Aidan's shirt after barfing all over hers (and Aidan's rug). Sorry, Aggie. Pretzels and bed-jumping just do this girl in every time.

• After hanging out with Aggie and fam in Seoul, we headed back to our town and decided that going home would be mutiny, so we stopped at our favorite park and played outside. It was glorious and made me forget why we wanted snow just a day prior.

Wearing my gloves because she is full of delicate Southern blood and 45 can be chilly sometimes, y'all.

Sam literally just ran in crazy circles the entire time because OMG GRASS! (dead though it may be)

•  Friday we hit up our favorite kids' cafe and Steve might have reverted back a decade or two.

#letthembelittle

• Saturday was spent purging and cleaning and watching YouTube videos on tiling a bathroom floor.

Molly prefers books instead

• We also ended up at the kids' cafe again because it was raining and we were all going a little batty being cooped up inside with each other.

• We came home and made this pasta and salad and if you haven't made this pasta, you need to run, not walk, to the store and get the ingredients and make it tonight. (I subbed heavy whipping cream for the milk, because taste.) Even my kids (appropriately dubbed "pickiest eaters on the planet") ate it and proclaimed its goodness. KID APPROVED AND DELICIOUS why are you still here and not at the grocery store yet???
• This seems like a good time to segue into telling you that I completed (past tense, because ^pasta^) the 28 Day Jumpstart that was in my 15 in 15 to-do list. It was surprisingly delicious and I still keep to the breakfast and lunch parts of it. Dinner seems a bit trickier around here because not everyone wants to eat sweet potato tacos with me every night. Something about variety and meat. Idk.

• I also cut out sugar (including fake sugar! #11!) AND milk (bonus points!) during this time. I also came to realize that we have been drinking some really nasty coffee and we needed to upgrade. Another 28 Day Jumpstart realization was that I love sriracha sauce. LOVE. What else can I slather it on???
• And even though I "haven't had time" to read anything longer than a Berenstein Bears book in years, I have somehow found the time to read six books in two months. This, for me, is.... insane.

• Love & Respect was an interesting book, although when I tested the book's theory on Steve, he responded with the "wrong" answer.
• Bossypants was funny, but a lot of the references she made were "before my time" and I sorta thought we were close to the same age, but apparently a lot of things happened in pop culture when I was but a wee thing. Overall, a good read though.
• Dad is Fat is a book I got Steve for his birthday because Jim Gaffigan is hilarious. His book did not disappoint and anyone with kids would enjoy this immensely.
• Yes Please was a dud for me. The whole book felt like she was whining or talking about doing drugs or whining or complaining about being tired. Was not a fan, even though I find Amy Poehler hilarious usually.
• Bread and Wine was gifted to me far too long ago for me to JUST NOW be reading it (sorry, Lauren!), but I finally did and loved it. Now I am waiting to see if I can get an interlibrary loan for some of her other books.
• Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? was so funny and quick to read and I actually cried I laughed so hard. Highly recommend.
• You can gather by the above books that I like memoir-style books and bonus points if they're funny. I need more recommendations for books like these, so if you know of any, please comment below so I can get started on the interlibrary loan because the book selection here is pretty limited.
• Church today was... interesting. The kids were way more interested in crawling all over the pews and reciting the alphabet than sitting and behaving like storybook children.

• Judging by the heavy whining and snack demands, naptime/quiet time is over and it's time to find something to do to finish off Sunday. Happy last full week of February! Where did this month go??