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Liz Rotz

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Archives for May 2015

Weekend Fun

Happy Tuesday friends! I’m doing my weekend recap today because yesterday was technically still the weekend! :)

And I’m starting with Friday, because that’s when our crazy/fun weekend started! Brandon had a field trip to the Botanical Gardens, so we decided to drive over and tag along! I haven’t been in a few years and I forgot how beautiful everything is!

We also went to the children’s garden and it was so much fun! There are lots of slides and a big splash pad. Under three is free so I definitely think we will be visiting again very soon!

Late Friday afternoon we headed over to our favorite brewery for a special beer release. We hung out with some friends on the patio and it was so relaxing and fun to catch up with them!

Sidenote: We got home Friday evening and started unpacking the car and I realized I couldn’t find the diaper bag. We figured out it was most likely still in the parking lot because we were both in a hurry getting Jude into his new carseat and packing the stroller up. So we got back into the car and drove back to STL and there it was. In the middle of a parking lot.

Not sure if this is a fail because I almost lost the diaper bag, or a win because it was still there.

We woke up Saturday morning and finished a few projects and then headed over to STL again, this time to a different brewery! 4 Hands Brewery was having a food truck festival and I invited a bunch of my MOPS moms and their families to join us! I had this amazing bowl called the Flying Pig from Guerrilla Street Food and BTR had a Crab Cake Po’Boy from Completely Sauced. Both meals were delicious! And I was super excited because 4 Hands was pouring Passion Fruit Prussia, which is one of my favorite beers and BTR was excited for Super Flare, one of his favorite beers. #winning

And Jude ran around like a crazy man with his bat. He loves carrying it, so we just let him take it everywhere these days. Happy baby = happy mama. Also, we remembered to bring the diaper bag home this time. #morewinning

Sunday we woke up and went to mass and then our church had its annual Pentecost Festival. We went for the first time last year and loved it. Different parishioners cook food from their native countries for everyone to eat. There were about seven or eight different stands with food samples and then a giant tent to eat under. They also had games and a bounce house for the kids. This is such a fun event our church hosts and we love attending it!

Monday we did more work around the house and then headed over to STL (for what seemed like the millionth time this weekend) to visit Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Brandon’s Grandpa Dale is buried there and we visited last year on Memorial Day and thought it would be a nice thing to try and do every year.

Here is a photo of Jude last year (2014).

And here is Jude this year (2015).

We headed home for a family BBQ at Brandon’s aunt’s house and then came home and put Jude to bed and sat on our back deck for the rest of the night. It was such a wonderful long weekend!

And as of 3:00 pm today BTR is done with school for the summer! We are celebrating by grilling pork steaks and sitting on the deck all night! And tomorrow we are going to visit the Magic House to check the first thing off my summer bucket list! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

 

And I’m linking up with the Magnolia Mamas for their Share Your Summer Link Party! I can’t wait to join up every Monday this summer!

Currently…

So many things and so little time! This week has been CRAZY busy and I never got a weekend recap post up, so I’m combining it in today’s post!

Eating – all the brussels sprouts. On Saturday we went to a new BBQ place in town called BEAST. I had a pulled pork sandwich and then the brussels sprouts as my side. They are roasted with pork belly. I could seriously eat these every day all day if it was an option, they were amazing.

Loving – our hometown. After our bbq lunch we headed to the square to walk around Art on the Square. It’s the number 2 art show in the nation and it’s so fun to see all of the artists and different exhibits. We went last year with an infant Jude, and I love these side by side photos! It’s seriously insane that these photos are only one year apart!

Swinging – all the time. Jude only likes being in his infant swing on the playset for short periods of time. But sitting on BTR and swinging? He could do that all day every day. He loves it!

Loving – on our best friend’s new baby girl. We got to meet her this week when we took dinner to their house. I completely forgot how tiny and squishy newborns are. She was just the sweetest thing EVER! And Jude brought along this cute purple hippo to give to her (with a tag I cut on my Cricut).

Brewing – way too much beer. And having way too much fun doing it. On Sunday BTR had friends over for a big brew day! And now I have lots of spent grain to make puppy treats this week!

Sneaking – food for Jude. He didn’t want to eat the cottage cheese this evening. So BTR “disguised” it by putting one cheerio on the spoon. And the little man inhaled it. I mean it wasn’t really even hidden, but if there was a cheerio on the spoon he was all about it. #reallife

Reading – Sparkly Green Earrings by Melanie Shankle. I have not read a book in forever, but I just finished this one and cannot wait to read her other two books! I’ve never read her blog, but am definitely adding it to my feedly asap! It was a fun easy read and think pretty much all mamas could relate! I would definitely recommend it!

And linking up with Narci at Grace and Love Blog for the Carpool Book Club!

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Sad – that we had our last MOPS meeting of the year this week. It has been so much fun getting to know other moms and make friends. We have lots of playdates planned this summer already, so I know we won’t be missing them too much!

Playing – with this truck non-stop. Jude has been stacking blocks and dumping them over and over and over. It’s so adorable to watch and I love seeing him learn and play with his toys.

 

That’s all I’ve got for today friends. Thanks for sticking around even though I’ve been a little MIA! With the end of the school year for BTR and lots of work projects for both of us, we’ve been crazy busy!

Friday Favorites

Well nothing like waiting till the last minute for a blog post, right? Seems to be the theme this week! Here we go!

One.
I mentioned that we went strawberry picking at Eckert’s on Wednesday. Well Sara wrote a post and it has all the BEST photos. I’m officially hiring her to go everywhere with us and take photos because she seriously rocks. Go check out her post to see all of them, but this shot is definitely my favorite. Jude does not like strawberries apparently. And I’m the worst for making him try them. :)

Two.
I also mentioned that I ordered a Mother’s Day gift for our moms (and me) and it was going to arrive late. Well it came this week and it was sooooo worth the wait! These mugs from Evelyn Henson are the bomb.com. Seriously obsessed.

Three.
My friend Meg mentioned “vaguebooking” the other day and I almost fell out of my chair laughing because I had never heard that term before. And then I found this photo and fell out of my chair again.

I don't know the original source for this photo, if you do let me know!
I don’t know the original source for this photo, if you do let me know!

Four.
I received my box for the Healthy Baby Home Party from Seventh Generation and I can’t wait to go through it all and share with some mommy friends!

Five.
I’m seriously lacking in the blog department lately. I’m so sorry if I haven’t read and commented on any friend’s blogs and even more sorry I haven’t replied to all the comments you have left me! I have them all saved in my inbox and I swear I will get to them soon!

Happy Friday friends! And as always, I’m linking up with all the lovely ladies listed on my linkup page! And don’t forget to like Ellie And Addie on Facebook or follow me on Instagram!

Currently…

Sorry for the lack of posts this week, we’ve been super busy! Lots of projects and work going on around here! Here’s what we’ve been doing…

Dreaming – of lazy Sundays. We had a wonderful Mother’s Day and here’s a quick picture we snapped during lunch. I love my little family!

Crafting – all the paper. I’ve been having a lot of fun with my Cricut Explore lately! We attended Jude’s friend’s first birthday party last Saturday and I made this banner and love how it turned out!

Jude had lots of fun playing with cars and eating cake! I also made the little tag to go on the books.

Dying – to hold a baby girl! Our best friend’s had their baby girl today and she is just perfection! I cannot wait to snuggle her!

Eating – all the strawberries. We went to Eckert’s today and picked strawberries and had lunch with some friends. Oh my goodness it was so much fun! And we now have enough strawberries to last a lifetime.

Reading – a note from a friend. I really love snail mail and sometimes getting a little note in the mailbox is exactly what you need after a long day with a crazy baby. Love you J! ;)

Loving – that BTR’s last day of school is coming! I cannot wait for summer!

Not loving – the little man attitude. I’ve heard of the terrible twos and threenagers, but what do you call a wild one year old? He is just getting more and more personality by the day and while it is seriously adorable and I love seeing him become his own little person, I’m also absolutely exhausted by bed time.

Drinking – all the slushies in all the land. BTR did awesome for Mother’s Day and got me my most wanted item, which was on my Mother’s Day wish list. It’s called a Slush and Shake Maker and it’s made by Zoku. I tested it out Sunday evening with a lime-a-rita and it was perfection. I will be drinking frozen slushies (non-alcoholic and alcoholic) all summer long!

I hope you’re all having a great week!

Friday Favorites

One.
I said on Tuesday it was one of “those days” but it’s actually been one of those weeks. I’m so glad it’s Friday and the weekend is here! Edit: I started writing this Thursday night, but Jude slept in this morning and is a great mood! Hallelujah!

Two.
I think I’m still on a high from last night! It was our last Junior Service Club meeting till the fall, and it’s the one where we give away all the money we’ve raised over the past year. It’s so exciting and fulfilling to see how much money we are giving to our services. The best part is that all of the services and charities we support are actually in our community. As a club we had over 5300 service hours and gave away over $53,000!

Three.
I ordered a Mother’s Day gift for me, my mom, and Brandon’s mom last week but they won’t be here till next week. #fail And yes I did just say I ordered a gift for myself, it’s not anything huge and I really wanted it, thanks BTR! ;) BUT I did send (and receive) a Mother’s Day box! Check my post yesterday to see what I sent and what I received in my first box swap!!

Four.
I’m counting down the days till summer. I’m so excited for BTR to be home everyday! We have a lot of work projects for the summer (joys of owning a business), but are trying to plan lots of fun things to do as well!

Five.
I’m super behind on responding to blog comments and a few other maintenance things around here! I might have gotten a little burnt out from posting everyday in April, but I’ve got a whole list of topics and things I want to write about going forward! I’m also trying not to get caught up in the numbers game of page views, followers, comments, likes, etc. I just want this to be a fun space for me, not a cause is stress! And so far it has been exactly that, which is awesome! And I totally appreciate all of you that are following along and linking, commenting, and sharing! :)

Happy Friday friends! And as always, I’m linking up with all the lovely ladies listed on my linkup page! And don’t forget to like Ellie And Addie on Facebook or follow me on Instagram!

Mother’s Day Box Swap

I’m so excited to be linking up with Liz from Chasin’ Mason, Courtney from Sweet Turtle Soup, and Jenny from The Chronicles of We today with the Mother’s Day Box Swap!

This was my very first box exchange, and it was so much fun! I had a blast getting to know some new bloggers (and non-bloggers) and can’t wait to read everyone’s recaps! Make sure to check out the host’s blogs, because they have lists of everyone who participated!

Since the lovely mama that I sent my box to doesn’t have a blog, I wanted to share what I sent because I had so much fun picking it out!

I picked out a bright infinity scarf (from Target!) and then included nail polish, a Lilly for Target nail file, my favorite hand cream from Mary Kay, an EOS lip balm, and a Starbucks card. My favorite is how I decorated the EOS, I cut a flower on my Cricut Explore and then twisted the parts onto it! I also cut the little notecard on my Cricut.

Now onto what I received!

My box was sent by the lovely Courtney from Sweet Turtle Soup (also one of the hosts!), and she sent an amazing box!

My  box included these awesome face masks (I can’t wait to try them!), pretty paper straws, washi tape (which is pretty much one of my favorite things EVER), donut notecards, chocolate (that I’m not sharing), pale pink nail polish (perfect for my fingers!), and a fun tinted vaseline lip balm (I tried it and it’s awesome). I also love the little fabric pouch that she sent the nail polish and lip balm in, it will be perfect to put my stuff in and then throw in the diaper bag!

 

Thanks again to the ladies for hosting and organizing this swap, it was so much fun! I can’t wait to participate in another one!

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