It’s Friday!

And it’s oddly cold in SC – but I am not complaining because it gives me an excuse to pull out the flannel shirt for another day.

This weekend promises to be as pleasant and as full as this week has been and that’s worth a high five or two.

 

 

funny

 

Piper came home from theatre camp last month or so singing a new version of the “My Little Pony” theme song.

It’s ridiculous and loaded with potty humor and of course, the occupants of my home found it endlessly amusing.  (They taught it to their friends.  It’s possible that their friends’ mother thought it less amusing.  Great – now I have those kids.)

For Bergen Hawkeye’s birthday present, London put her artistic skills to the test and drew a rendering of the altered theme song.  (Please sing it in your mind as you read it.)

 

 

Of course I have already framed it and hung it on the wall.

I guess if my kids are going to be those kids, I might as well be that mom.

 

fashionable

 

Leon’s shirt was really cool.  It said —  “It’s okay to not be okay.”

Jane found it online for me.

 

 

Turns out it’s FORTY dollars and the neck is extra …. open.

So I’m pretty sure I won’t be purchasing one from that website.

Also – there’s just something off about the entire cut of this shirt AND the ad for this shirt.  Or maybe that’s just me.

 

flavorful

 

Have I shared the dutch baby recipe before?

And why is any food called a “dutch baby”?

 

 

I don’t know but it’s SO delicious and cute and sort of like performance art, for food.

It’s simple to make but it looks impressive as it fills and puffs up in the oven and then crashes down in cool wrinkles when you take it out of the oven.  (You can flavor it differently too and experiment a little.)

Then you top it with homemade whipped cream and strawberries and a drizzle of the real deal maple syrup and — oh my word –it’s a treat.

 

 

 

faithful

 

This song about kids growing up and all of that feels like my anthem for my girls right now …..

 

 

All the cliches about how fast kids grow are true
I woke up this morning eye to eye with you
The love songs and adages couldn’t explain the whole
Of all you’re becoming, body and soul

Your heart goes out I can hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong
There’s no cliche when I hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong

Many cliches about living this life are true
The path is worn but for us it’s new
There’s no way to know it without discovery
Marking our missteps with mercy

Your heart goes out I can hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong
There’s no cliche when I hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong

Yeah its all been said
But don’t be afraid
To throw back your head
And sing anyway

Your heart goes out I can hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong
There’s no cliche when I hear your song
Your signal is getting stronger, your signal is getting strong

All the cliches about how much I love you are true
As big as the sky and up to the moon
A million a zillion, infinity plus one

 

feels

 

What is my problem?

When someone says “Hey, this kitten needs a home – we found it abandoned on the side of the road” it seems as if I think there is only one response.

Something like this — “Okay, I’ll take it home.”

 

 

 

 

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