Happy Friday!: Links For Your Weekend

Helllllloooooo Friday!

What are you lovelies getting up to this weekend?

Parties? Pajamas? A bit of both?

Here's a public service announcement for you:

This Saturday is Halloween! 

Are you dressing up and going out?

Please save the revealing costumes

and actually dress up like some clever and cool.

Be creative sisters.

How about Rosy the Riveter?

Wonder Woman or Holly Golightly?

Anyone of those is a better choice than

a sexy nurse/pirate/french maid.

Stay away from the misogynistic stereotypes 

that women have tried to overcome for decades.

Tonight is girls night.

My dear friend has been in Haiti the last three weeks,

and really, do we need an excuse to get together?

There will be wine and girl talk, its going to be a great night.

This weekend Claire and I are going to the movie theatre

for a date.

Then we are going trick-or-treating! 

Claire will be Princess Anna 

(from Disney's Frozen, in case you've been hiding under a rock)

and Jane will be a pumpkin.

At Harvest Festival on Tuesday. Claire was Queen Elsa and Jane was Minnie Mouse.

Sunday we are going to relax and most likely watch a sport of some kind.

Football or baseball.

Have you been keeping up with the World Series?

Whatever you get up to, here are some fun links to kick off your weekend!

1. Hotline Bean, it had me in stitches! 

2. Phil Collins is coming out of retirement!

3. Royals' pitcher Edinson Volquez pitched game after his father's death. So sad. 

4. Red meat causes cancer. The internet is all abuzz about it. Have you read this? A different perspective.

5. I absolutely love this new commercial, Imagine the Possibilities, by Barbie Mattel. 

6. Two new things that I got today that I think you should buy too! Victoria Secret bralette and the Smashbox contouring kit! 

7. Unrealistic Stock Photos of Parenting With Hilarious, More Relatable Captions 

8. Have you seen Brian Gordon's hilarious comics? He takes true-to-life scenarios living with kids and makes them hilarious. 

9. Last week I wrote about the hilarity of Honest Toddler. This week I bring you Halloween With A Toddler Fact vs. Fiction, but the Honest Toddler

10. And finally - the time change happens this weekend. Which means nothing to me.

Have a great weekend!

Sleep When Baby Sleeps/Currently

This morning I should be following this advise,

considering Claire (and I) were up at 5 a.m.

Instead I am sitting here reading blogs,

going on Pinterest and listening to my tummy growl.

Inspired (challenged?) by Tanis' blog Currently,

I am going to do my own!

Here goes...

Obsessing over: 

Trader Joe's Ginger Molasses Cookies. They are so gingery and go perfect with a cup of tea. I am still trying to eat clean, but twice so far I have made an exception for these and not once regretted it. 

photo via traderjoes.com

Working on:

unloading the dishwasher. Sounds exciting doesn't it? Lately, it feels like every time I tidy up it takes about 15 minutes for my little monster to come along and untidy it all in about 5 seconds. So unloading and loading the dishwasher is something I can do that contributes to a clean up that she can't undo (yet).

Thinking about:

moving home. The logistics of it. Where will we live? Will I have a baby bump? When will it be? How do I live as a wife of a career man? (He's been a student the entire time we've been together.) It's still a long ways off, but the end is in sight. Crazy.

Anticipating:

Christmas! I LOVE this time of year. September 1st to January 1st. Coloured leaves, pumpkin-everything, peppermint-everything, festivities, warm scarves and coats, yummy smells (I love candles too Tanis, especially cinnamon-y, spicey, pumpkin-y ones!) This year Claire is old enough to participate in Christmas activities. I am excited to take her to Zoolights, bake cookies, use her advent calendar. I have all kinds of things up my sleeve! 

Listening to:

Some Nights - Fun

It is such a FUN song. Claire and I dance to it often. She rocks back and forth, spins around and laughs and laughs and laughs. 

Eating:

Clean. (Except for those cookies!) It is a difficult adjustment. There are times we fall off the wagon and cave to cravings, or convenience. But we aren't hardcore into it. We are just stepping back, and taking a real look at what we are putting into our bodies. Even if we think its healthy, we are just trying to eat things that come in its original form as much as possible. 

Wishing:

That I could take my little family and we could escape to a secret place for a few days. Where its just us, nothing school related and just enjoy being together. Have dance parties, watch movies, play games, cuddle under blankets and listen to music. 

Dissing:

The rain! I want to take Claire trick or treating. Normally I really don't mind the rain. It doesn't bother me too badly, but I just want it to hold off for a couple of hours this evening. 

Laughing at:

This picture.

Photo credit thanks to Michelle Cervo Photography

Michelle and I took the babes outside so she could take a couple photos of them in their costumes. Of course my babe just couldn't sit there and smile at the camera. She loves the rain, so she ran in the rain while Michelle snapped a coupe photos. She got wet, and looked a little disheveled, but she had a bit of fun. 

There you have it...my currently. 

Happy Halloween!