Friday Favorites and Happenings

I feel like this week was a blur. Between the girls birthday on Saturday, NYE on Monday and then getting really sick on Tuesday, I just haven't been myself all week. I am still battling whatever sickness I picked up and I am just sad this is the way that I started the new year. But I guess it can only go up from here, right?

Onto Friday favorites and happenings.

ONE. Let's start with the girls birthday. We had Friday off (the day before the girls birthday) because we had the internet guy coming out and the chimney sweep guy coming out. So after dropping the girls off at school, I came home to bake and decorate cupcakes for their class. I did funfetti with purple vanilla frosting.

The girls happily enjoyed their cupcakes and being sang to at school!

We decided not to throw a huge party for the girls this year since we have the previous three years. We decided just to focus on them. So we had an Avery and Sutton Day!

The day started off with breakfast at their favorite restaurant followed by some time at a new-to-us trampoline park. I didn't get any photos while we were there as we did the jumping and adventures with them. The girls had a blast, but we were all tired once the jump time was over. Plus we were sooo sore for days after that.

Next, we headed to pick up their birthday cake for later on in the day. Then we went home and had some lunch and naps for the girls. I got them up a bit early since we had to get ready to go have manis and pedis together. The girls love getting their nails done, so I set up an appointment for them to professionally get them done. They had the scrubs, lotions, painting, sparkles and the whole amazing treatment done. They even had amazing hot chocolates that I kept "feeding" them to while their nails dried. I just got a shelac manicure, so I would dry faster and could watch them more.

 Sutton and her pink color she chose.

 Avery and her bright pink color that she chose.

 Avery enjoying her pedi.

 Sutton enjoying her pedi.

 All done and just letting everything dry.

Once their nails were dry enough, I carried them to the car and we headed home. We picked up Rory and headed off to pizza with my parents, my in-laws and my sister and brother-in-law. We had pizza and garlic knots and then headed home for cake and presents.

The girls tore through their presents in record time, but got some awesome things.

After everything was done, we played with some of the girls new toys and then everyone headed home and the girls went to bed. I can't believe I have 4 year olds! Time really does go by so quickly.

TWO. Sunday was spent taking down all the Christmas decorations other than the Christmas tree. I just can't seem to part with it. Along with the Christmas decorations, I went through all of the girls clothing. I made two piles. One for donation and one for stuff to sell. I then went through my closet and did the same thing. I didn't go through my dresser yet though. By that time, I was exhausted. But I put everything up online to sell (on my poshmark) and then took everything to a donation location.

It feels so good to purge so much stuff for the new year!

Just some of the girls stuff that we donated.

THREE. The rest of the day was spent outside since it was in the low 50s. We have been having some crazy weather around here where we get one day that is 50 and then many days of barely 30 degrees. So we had to take advantage and go outside. The girls rode their bikes a bit, but then Sutton stayed on her bike and Avery changed to her scooter. 

FOUR. Monday was New Year's Eve and we had to work, but the girls school was closed, so my in-laws watched the girls. The girls had a blast going sledding (up in the mountains), riding scooters and playing with a bunch of new toys from Christmas and their birthday. We worked, but got off early. We headed home, watched some Dirty John (soooo good) and then went out to dinner at sushi. It seems like everyone had the same idea, so we had a 40 minute wait. But it was worth it because the sushi was sooooo good. Then we headed home, showered and went to a NYE party. We almost stayed home since we were both exhausted, but rallied on and went over to our friends house.

We had a great time. We had champagne, snacks and tons of water. We went home just after midnight and had a great time. But I woke up feeling awful. I thought I might have had a hangover from champagne, but it wasn't a hangover. It was some sort of sickness. I feel lightheaded, have a fever, get dizzy when I sit up or stand, have an overall feeling of blah, have a headache and sinus pressure. My nose and eyes were sooo swollen on New Year's Day.

So let's hope that this new year only gets better!!!

FIVE. We had the girls 4 year old appointment on Wednesday and they have grown so much. They are perfectly healthy (praise the lord) and the pediatrician was very happy with their progress. Sutton now weighs 36 1/2 pounds and is 42 inches tall. She has gained 5 pounds in one year and 3 inches. She is in the 80th percentile for her height and in the 25th percentile for her BMI. Avery now weighs 36 pounds and is 41 1/2 inches tall. She gained 3 pounds and 3 inches in one year. She is in the 75th percentile for her height and is in the 25th percentile for her BMI as well. The girls rocked their appointments, but HATED the shots. They told me they didn't want to go back to the doctor for awhile. Ha. No one does girls.

I am linking up with April, A Little Bit of Everything, Meet @ the Barre and Cup of Tea.

Have a great weekend!