Mom Life with Adrienne

Friday morning I had to pick up Ella. A few weeks ago when we dropped off Ella we went to my parents a different way and realized my cousins new Bakery was close by. Brian decided they would all go with to pick up Ella and get donuts from Expresso Bakery. 

We each got two donuts, one extra one to split and a muffin. As you can see they are big. 

They all were so delicious and so filling. We ended up only having one donut each on Friday and saving the second one until Saturday. They were still fresh too. 

Audrianna had her 2 year check up. Our only concern, which is a big one is her weight. She only weigh's 21 pounds and is in the 2% for her age. We are getting blood test done to check her thyroid and a few other things. The doctor also wants us to push more full fat dairy, and proteins. The other big thing is the doctor doesn't encourage I stop breastfeeding at this time as she doesn't drink much milk as it is we don't want her losing any more weight. 

Brian had a little at home work to do in the morning. He made the mistake of leaving his computer open and a little girl started pressing buttons. 

To distract her I pulled out her new coloring book she got for her birthday and crayons. 

Austin kept pointing out the "pond" in his mud pit of the backyard from all the rain. 

We ended up postponing the kids birthday party until Sunday due to the rain. Austin wasn't very happy. To cheer him up he got to have a sleep over at Grandma's. Ella had already planned a sleepover with my niece. 

The fridge was full of food for the party and not much else. We ordered chipotle for dinner. Audrianna enjoyed eating the guacamole. We will fatten her up little by little. 

I will miss when Austin and Audrianna don't hold hands while we are driving. They also sit and yell "cheese" and want their picture taken. 

Sunday morning ordered breakfast from a local spot, again had no food in the fridge. Audrianna decided to eat my breakfast instead of her own.

Brian and Audrianna cutting the grass getting ready for the birthday party. It was still swampy back there, but they got it done. It dried mostly before the party. 

Birthday party for Austin and Audrianna. You can read all about the party HERE

Austin must have had a busy day for his birthday party. He slept in on Monday. When I went to check on him he was also looked like he was an AT AT. 

Audrianna has been getting lots of hours playing with her doctors kit she got for her birthday.

Back to the normal shake on the way to Summer Camp drop off. 

Our weekly grocery pick up at Aldi's. 

I have the cutest workout partner/cheerleader. 

Workout done.

Austin had his last tball game of the year. Just when he was really started to like it and playing attention. 

The first time Audrianna was in a forward facing car seat, and Austin was in a booster seat. We needed to drop my van off at the shop to get the air conditioning fixed. Our van is the only vehicle we have that comfortably fits all three kids in the backseat. Ella was happy the drive was less than 10 minutes she was a little squished. 

Audrianna always wakes up in such a happy mood. She is loving her big wheel that she got for her birthday. It is a house bike for now. She still needs to learn how to petal. 

The morning was a little chilly but that kids and I watched to the school to play on the playground. 

Austin is excited to start school, Ella not so much.

It is a little over a 1/2 a mile to walk to school. Getting Austin's little legs trained for the walk every day. I am excited for the added 2 miles I get to walk everyday. 

Audrianna enjoying her ride in the stroller. 

Another morning, another indoor bike ride. 

We ventured out of the house and to the library for the first time in forever. Austin and Ella got a few books each. Audrianna just enjoyed looking at books then putting them back. She however was very loud and kept screaming for her brother or sister if they were not in her sight, even though I was with her. 

We came home had lunch, baby went down for a nap and I pressed play on my workout. 

What's this a rare day of me getting dressed, hair done, and make-up. We took Ella out for her reward dinner for her good grades last year. Austin and Audrianna stayed home with Grandma (and she did good)

The restaurant that Ella picked was an hour drive with traffic. She choose Pickle Bills.

As an appetizer we got calamari. Last time Ella liked it but she didn't know what it was. This time she wanted nothing to do with it. She took one bite and said ewww. 

I think part of it was also she saw the legs of the octopus without breading. 

All the crab legs. Everything was so good. 

The restaurant is right on the river. We ate outside. Weather was gorgeous. 

We asked another family to take our picture while they were waiting. 

This is how Audrianna wakes up Ella. By attacking her. Sometimes she is nice and gives her kisses, sometimes she pulls her hair, and a few times she has hit her in the face with a remote.

After the kids ate breakfast and got dressed we headed to Marshalls and Target to get all their back to school supplies. We did very good with finding most things on their lists. A few things I did order off Amazon. Since we are going on vacation right before back to school, we wanted all the school stuff done in July so we didn't have to worry about it at the last minute. 

After school shopping we stopped and got Wendy's and checked out a new to us park. The kids were more distracted and wanted to play with eating. We spent a good hour there before we headed home for nap time. 

Austin riding his T-Rex

I bought Audrianna her own 8 pack of jumbo crayons to color with. No more throwing our crayon bucket all over the house. 

Coffee in my new mug that I made for the first time as an XL coffee with our coffee pot. Brian had a breakfast meeting so it was just me and the kids. I decided to try making an XL coffee for the first time with our coffee pot. Normally I would just make extra coffee and either drink it, or most recently it would go to waste. This worked out as the perfect size.

It rained on and off all morning. We hit up the farmers market between rain drops. The one we always go to moved locations. Instead of being inside our local outdoor shopping mall, it is at a main corner. There are not sidewalks the entire way from the parking lot to the market. It is buy a very busy intersection. There use to be places to sit and relax, enjoy the music, and have breakfast, this is also no longer an option. I am very disappointed in the change. It isn't family friendly anymore. 

Sunday I spent getting ready for the week ahead. I cleaned out the fridge, freezer, and deep freezer. I then wrote down all our meats, and frozen produce. I also made our menu for the week and prepped to do instacart the next day. 

That evening Brian's brother and sister in law came over for dinner. They were out of town for the kids birthday party and wanted to give them their gifts. Audrianna got a sit and spin and loves it. 

Audrianna thinks she is ready for school. Except she is wearing Austin's bookbag. 

Its a gorgeous week, The pools are up for lots of outside fun. They went in even with the water cold and came out with blue lips. 

Merry Christmas in July

Breakfast at her own table.