Our weekend

Oh the wonders of what a lazy weekend will do for you. I always start Mondays with a little more energy! 

We have finally reached the ponytail stage (yippee)! This is by far the cutest thing ever. Ponytail & sleepy baby...this mama almost had a tear fall.

 My Amazon subscription came in on Friday & I think Berk was more excited than I was. Seriously mamas, if you haven't checked out Amazon Mom & Amazon Prime...do yourself a favor! Our subscriptions change each month. This month we got Mum Mums, paper towels, B-12 vitamins, diapers & wipes. 5 total items and it's an additional 20% off!

        


My friend and I try to have weekly play dates with our girls. This week we wanted to do Thanksgiving craft. We  She is a teacher and we both LOVE crafts with our little ladies. The girls are so used to getting their tootsies painted that they can't wait to hop into our laps for the painting! It's so much fun!


 

I couldn't help but burst out laughing while taking this picture....she is truly a clown!

And a little Sunday afternoon stroll down the dirt road before Bible drill. 

We hope you had a fabulous weekend too!

our WEEKEND

Our weekend was jam packed with fall decorating, fall shopping, mud, glow run, a birthday party and church! On our way to drop the car off to have the oil changed Berkley thought it would be fun to watch her phonics video on daddy's phone. She normally watches it on the iPad during breakfast & snack time, but she was a little fussy in the car so we knew it would make her happy! Happy baby equals happy mommy & daddy right???

Saturday morning we were up with the chickens...literally at 5am. We drove an hour and a half to Youngsville for our first mud run! This wasn't just any mud run it was a zombie mud run. We completed the mud run with some friends and it was fantastic! Running through mud, sliding down muddy tarp, slippery monkey bars, running from zombies, crawling under ropes, walking across logs, running from zombies....and the list goes on! This will definitely be one of our annual races!

 
             

Here we are doing our weekly chores! Berkley is in the imitation stage so we took our our vacuums and got to work!

After our race Saturday we came home to finish up our fall decorations...minus the outside decor.  I LOVE pumpkins! I not a matchy matchy person when it comes to decorating I like different textures, patterns, etc.. Here are a couple pictures of our entrance table.

And we can't leave without a closing picture of Berk Berk! This is what she does when we ask her how old she is! Such a smart baby! 

Weekend Recap

This weekend was pretty low key, since last weekend we were on the go! Our nightly routine is reading at least 4 books to Berkley. At around 6 months, Berkley was too mobile for books. She couldn't sit still long enough to enjoy them. Around 12 months, her love for books exploded ( my heart did too)! As a teacher, my one wish was that she would love to read and yippee it is happening!

She LOVES climbing into baskets, containers, etc...I get a total kick out of it and have to take a ton of pictures!

After a long week I decided to clear my mind and go on a run while Berkley napped and daddy completed his "Honey Do List." We have no running trails in our area so when it comes to long runs it is a road run :( I left while it was drizzling a small amount and it definitely picked up throughout my run,but I will tell you it was probably the best solo run I've had since our Chapel Hill days 2 years ago! There is nothing that beats specks of rain falling on your face, prayer, thankfulness and the amazement of all my blessings! My pace was a lot slower than I anticipated. I wanted to keep an under 9 minute mile, but like I said this was a relaxing, clear my mind, and give thanks kind of run. 

Saturday night we went to supper, just the 3 of us, just my little family. The rain didn't stop so Berk & I decided to celebrate and bring out our rainboots. Let me tell you, she loves shoes! Especially new ones, she gets that from her mama! 

                 
After dinner, Ben needed to pick up a couple things at Dick's Sporting Goods. As daddy shopped, Berk & I made an attempt to work on her putting skills.