What’s this girl’s favorite thing to do during lunch time at school? Walk around the playground collecting rocks and sticks. She always comes home with quite the collection.

p.s. make sure you check out misha lulu’s new site. it always gets better and better. 

One home cooked meal this week and that’s because we are pretty much quarantined upstairs. All the carpet is gone downstairs and it is quite dusty, so the kitchen is only in use for quick things.

I did get to make some baked salmon…

I merged this recipe with the olive tapenade in this post and this is what came up. It was good, but I don’t think it fit our taste palate. We like salmon with spice and though the flavors were good, they were just too mild for us. It did give me a chance to try baking salmon in foil, but for me this came out dryer than when we grill it. I prefer salmon grilled. 

For veggies we had roasted brussels sprouts…

Ben made it with a little bit of lemon juice, zest, garlic, salt, and pepper. This combo always wins with us. Here’s a recipe you might want to try. Brussels sprouts are really good! Really!!!

I have a feeling there won’t be much cooking again next week, but I will still plan, just in case. 

Monday: Seafood Medley Pasta

Tuesday: Spaghetti and Meatballs

Wednesday: Oven Baked Taquitos

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Pizza

What’s your family’s favorite vegetable?

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Six months.

Seven months.

My littlest love. She is so good. I almost feel bad because she rarely cries, so she rarely gets carried. This littlest one is also kind of a string bean. She is really thinning out a lot and stretching. I think she will be the tallest one yet! She’s got the army crawl down and it sounds like she says “mama”, though I really think it is just murmurs that sound like it. At this rate, she will be speaking full sentences before Soul! And lately, for some reason, every time I put her in her pink chair, she cries. Maybe pink’s just not her color.

See the rest of the series here.

*inspired by nicole from making it lovely. 

I really like having a house full of girls. I think Ben likes it too. Though, the girls are far from puberty, but maybe when we’re all PMS-ing at the same time in the future, it won’t be so fun for him. My guess is he will declare a need for a man-cation and take off for a bit. Maybe. But then again, he needs us, so maybe he’ll just stick out the mood swings and will serve us up some chocolate. Yes, chocolate is always good during those times. At least I think so. 

Funny thing is that people often ask Ben, “How is Ruby when she’s on PMS?” and he will say he doesn’t know because ever since we got married, I have either been pregnant or breastfeeding so Aunt Flo has pretty much been non-existant. We are settled on only four kids and Aunt Flo did make her appearance last month for the first time in a long while, so from here on out, Ben will probably have an answer to how I am during PMS-ing. By the way, an ex-boyfriend of mine always thought that stood for pissed off mood swings, which I think sums it up nicely. And based on last month’s experience, Ben now knows that I get cranky. Bah-humbug! Ben has a long while until he’s got a house full of scrooges, so for now we keep enjoying them in their joyful, kid-like state, except on the occasion they all start fighting, which is more often than not. 

Anyhow, I like to call Brave and True “The Bobbsey Twins” not sure what that means, but I remember the school custodian calling me and my best friend that when we were in grade school, so it seems appropriate now. I must mention that the straw bowler hat True and Brave are wearing is my fave. You’ll never guessed where I picked those up… the 99 cents store! Best 99 cent store find ever. Hands down. Unless you have something better to share!

We’ve been busy over here with flooring finally coming in. We still have a long way to go until it’s done, but it will be so pretty. Not only are we doing home renovating, but there will be some blog renovating as well. Please don’t mind the little changes going on. It is all exciting stuff for us and we hope that you get excited too. I love being able to share in this space and I hope you love coming to visit too! We appreciate you friends! 

on me: dress, vintage. shoes, c/o blowfish shoes. 

on true: bowler hat, 99 cents store. dress, misha lulu. shoes, salt-waters.

on brave: bowler hat, 99 cents store. dress, vintage. shoes, salt-waters.

on soul: dress, vintage. jeggings, target. shoes, salt-waters. 

on glow: onesie, vintage. 

Party in a suitcase is just what we needed for this little 6 year who requested to spend her birthday at a hotel. The vintage suitcase was found on etsy and in it came snacks all packaged in her favorite color pink, utensils, cups, plates, tablecloth, crepe paper streamers, blow horns, pink lemonade, sunglasses, new pajamas, new bathing suit, birthday dress, and her favorite of all… a my little pony. The rainbow colored contents also were done purposely to match where the celebration took place, The Saguaro. 

The contents were simple and practical things and mostly from the 99 cents store, but she loved every bit. We gave her the suitcase once we arrived at the hotel and all together, it helped make the perfect celebration. Birthday celebration post coming up soon…

p.s. on an unrelated note, i officially signed up for the 5k foam fest on may 26th in temecula and the zombie run in october. there are teams put together for both, pretty much with the same peeps i ran the color run with, so if you care to join our team, i think that would be so fun, just send me an email! i must admit, i am pee in my pants nervous about both races, especially that zombie one. yikes!