Father's Day

Hey all!
Just wanted to pop in real fast and do a quick bloggy blog of how our Father's Day weekend was.

We actually celebrated on Saturday, because Brian was headed back to work on Father's Day, after being out for a week.


We went to Uno Chicago Grill for lunch with the girls. It's not often we get to go out and eat, at a real restaraunt, that isn't a buffet. And Brian mentioned a few times when we have driven by, when we can go there again, so we went.

The girls got to make their own pizza, which they really enjoyed doing.

We also tried some new pizzas, that were on the "healthier" side. I fell in love with mine. it was a Prosciutto Arugula pizza with balsamic vinaigrette - VERY tasty.

And I only got a picture of Ava with her daddy....I suck. But its a cute pic!

We then headed to the mall to do a bit of walking around, just to be out and about a little bit. Saw this pretty bush and couldn't resist the photo op.

On Sunday we went over to my parents, for a BBQ there, for my dad. Was a nice afternoon. The girls got to play in the little pool we set up for them. Yes they are a little too big for a kidding pool, but they enjoy it, keeps them occupied, and it helps us stay cool too.

Note, we did some of my S'mores pockets on the gas grill. The key amount of time for those on the grill is about 3 minutes. Ha Ha  We did a test one first, it came out perfect at 4 mins, bu then half the rest of them got cracker burn. Oh well live and learn. We should have just done it in the oven- ha ha. (*link for the S'more blog post below)

Afterwards, we hit another relatives house for some calming chit chat while kids played. They got to jump on the trampoline and get in the hot tub.

The girls just had a good day all around. Hope you all had a great weekend as well!



*S'mores blog post:  http://bit.ly/T0Y2zU

Budget friendly Father's Day idea, for the working dad

As moms, we all want to help our kids, show their Daddy's just how much they love them. But sometimes, we don't always have the money to do it up the way we really want. Or, we may have husbands who always seem to be working on Father's Day.

This made me recall a time about 5 years ago, when we were in that situation. My husband worked on weekends and was not around on Father's Day. We also did not have a lot of money. So, i got a little creative.

I took the girls out the day before, while he was at work, and we picked up some plain white t shirts, in the girls sizes. We also grabbed a box a fabric markers. That was it -- about $10- $12 total was spent.

When we got home, I asked the girls what they wanted to tell people about their Daddy, and I wrote those quotes on the t-shirt.

My dad's a cool dude!
My Dad rocks!
My Dad is awesome!
 Etc Etc Etc

Then I just let them draw and color around the phrase. I think we may have even traced their hand prints onto the shirts.

On Father's Day, we made a packed lunch for daddy. We put it inside a paper bag that we colored with more notes like 'I love you Dad!". 
I got the girls all dressed in their t-shirts, and did their hair up really cute.
We then went to Daddy's work, un-announced, and brought him lunch while sporting our t-shirts.

Not only was he surprised that we popped in, but he got to show off his adorable daughters, and they got to show off how much they love Daddy!