Melody graduated from her preschool a few weeks ago. It was super emotional leading up to it, but the night of I didn’t cry as much as I expected. I absolutely loved her preschool, and I am most sad to be leaving it versus her simply going to kindergarten. I am excited to see her grow and continue on at her new school, but I will really miss her teachers and small school for sure!
So two weeks ago, we celebrated Melody’s THIRD dance recital. The stress around recitals never gets easier. Every year there is new circumstances that make it even more chaotic than the previous year. I am also bias in that I thought our recital last year was the best. It was NOT a full recital due to COVID, but for kids this age, I think it was perfect! But we had a traditional recital, but with less people due to social distancing.
Our little baby who I felt like just came home from the hospital last week turned 5 on Tuesday. It really got here quick. People always tell you time flies with kids. And I do agree, and I always have. But it still blows me away. We had a fun day celebrating all things Melody!
For dance teacher gifts this year, I decided to go simple and cute. I saw this idea on Pinterest, and I recreated it. I made cute gift tags. I found a cute clipart online, then I added the phrase “Dancing Makes Life Sweeter” followed by “Thanks for a great year - Melody”. Then I attached it to a bag full of Starburst!
By much surprise, we finished our dance year without any COVID related issues or delays. We even had a little sense of normalcy by the end of the semester. We would get to go inside and watch the girls the last 10 minutes of class. We only got to do this maybe a handful of times, but it was still something that made it feel a little more normal. I am hoping next year will provide us a greater sense of normalcy as well. Here are some photos I took throughout the semester!
So Melody just graduation from her preschool last week. I debated whether we did a gift or not, but we ultimately decided to get her a book.
This year we decided to go low key for our anniversary. We have multiple family vacations coming up, so we didn’t to spent a whole lot of unnecessary money. It was still special and sweet though!
I wanted to do a fun craft for our mothers for this Mother’s Day. So I decided to have her fill out a questionnaire. I left a blank copy at the bottom for your use if you would like!
I wanted to do something special for all of the kids in Melody’s preschool class since it is her very last year. After some research, I decided to give each of the kids some chalk. Check it out below.
Something we have struggled with in both of our homes is our lack of attic space. More specifically our lack of storage space. And while we actually have tons of attic space in our current house, it is not super or easily accessible. One space that was extremely accessible was a space off of Brad’s office. There was a lot of space, but it just wasn’t utilized very well. There were no floors, and it would get really, really hot in there. So after some talk with my dad, we decided to convert that space into a storage closet that has heating and cooling. It took us almost four months, but we now have a great space to store those things we do not want to get too cold or too hot.
I found this recipe on the Noom app. It was spicy (obviously), but it was really good. I am happy to add another shrimp recipe to our arsenal.
So the famous Tik Tok wraps were not used making eggs, but I decided to try it that way. You can use whatever ingredients you really like, but I will list what I used.
Projects are never ending in our house. We literally finish one thing to start another. Most of the time we are planning our next project while working on the current one. Well our most recent completed project was Melody’s bathroom. It was actually our quickest and easiest project. It didn’t require a whole lot of work, so that helped. And we let Melody get super involved which she loved. It also ended up being the most Melody bathroom there is, ha.
I found this recipe on the Home Chef website, and I tweaked it to work with our diet and preference. See my version below.
Last year we were unable to attend the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo due to COVID. They still held it, but we were not comfortable going. Thankfully they let us use our weekend passes from last year this year. I didn't get a huge amount of pictures. But I did want to share what I did take below.
As Brad likes to sometimes say, “I was influenced”, ha. I have seen much talk about the Billie razors all over social media. I have contemplated them for a while. I love the idea of having blades arrive every so often as a reminder to change my blade. I also hate shaving, and finding a place for my razor away from my 4 year old, and shaving. Like really hate shaving, ha. Anyways, I finally decided to give it a try. It is only $9 with free shipping. So my thought was I could cancel my future blades if I hated it.
I was hoping this was the year Melody decided to smile in her dance pictures. I mean she finally smiled in her school picture. Well she tried. I just don’t think she is as comfortable with the dance photographer as the school one. But she tried. And the pictures did turn out cute.
I found this recipe on Noom, and we really enjoyed it. If you want to find a healthier fry, this is definitely it. And it is green on Noom!
