Five on Friday

1. This past week I hit the mark of 35lbs lost. :) 

I love the feeling of my clothes being loose instead of tight. 

Not the best after pic (no make up, early morning, before i washed the mirror) but you get the idea. I will update with a better one tonight or tomorrow when I have time  and someone to help me take a better one.

2. My watermelon plants are growing!

It is my first time growing watermelons. 

I planted them from seed indoors and then transplanted them outside to the garden. I hear watermelon is hard to grow, so I celebrate every little step and take pride that we (as in me and that cute little green plant) have made it this far.

3. I found a dress that my little sister left in the basement. I never wear dressed like this but I just had to try it on. 

I just love the contrast and the detail.

The front has a classic and more modest cut, with preppy pleats at the waist and then the back is open.

And the fabric of the dress is soft and feminine with a sheer overlay but than you have a leather waistband and back.

P.S. these pics were taken ridiculously early in the morning. Don't look too close at me or my bed head. 

Oh and meet Ben. This little guy is never more than 3 feet away from me and often shows up in the corners of my pictures. 

4. I may or may not have left some food out for my boys yesterday morning. 

I am sorry, but it is hard being bombarded at 5:30 am every morning by two hungry wild children. I figure if someone calls CPS on me at least there is some fruit on there to help me plead my case that I am a good mom and that I do love my kids. ;)

Oh and look at how I wrote their names on the paper towels. See, more loving details. 

Oh and it totally worked. They got up and played pirates while snacking on an apple and the graham crackers. And I was able to make them their real breakfast at a reasonable 7:00 am.

5. I love when restaurants make my regular diet coke feel fancy and special. 

Can I do a bonus #6 without getting booed or kicked out of the 5 on Friday Club?

6. I have some homemade and fun Fathers Day gifts in the works. I am crossing my fingers that they turn out. I'm actually really excited and will share them after they are done. :D

Monday Randomness

Today is looking like a typical summer Monday. 

Lots of playing, reading, coloring, talking about all the amazing things that each specific transformer can do. 

Along with some...

Cleaning

Referee-ing

Meal making

More cleaning 

More referee-ing

& more meal making.

Repeat. Then repeat again. 

This morning we had SJ's summer tutoring. Poor kid isn't even in kindergarten yet and there is already so much pressure on him to be able to do a long and advanced checklist of things. 

I'm also thinking that since today is going to be sweltering hot. I think like high 90s. That we may have to break out the slip n slide and Popsicles. We would usually be headed to the pool on a day this hot but I like to be there right when it opens to get my spot by the kiddie pool. As you can imagine that area fills up fast. But with tutoring smack dab in the middle of the day we will probably have to skip the pool on Monday's.

Another exciting thing on my to do list is to go to the beauty supply store to buy some hair product that some of my stylist friends are raving about. I feel like a kid on Christmas! Nothing gets me more excited than trying new skin care, hair care, make up and other beauty products.  

Oh and I cant forget this exciting information. After a week and a half of the scale being at a complete standstill, it finally budged. And in the right direction! Yay. Insert ((Happy Dance)) here. That puts me down 34 lbs exactly.

Hmmmm. I don't think I have anything else to add. 

I was taking "before" pics of my hair and thought I'd share a pic of the shirt I'm wearing today. Cute right?