old time friends

Pin It Now! there is just something about friends that you've known for a long time.
friends who you can interrupt and go off on a tangent with and talk about a million things and nothing all at once.
i am so lucky to have so many great good "gold" friends in my life.
friends who've known me since i was a girl and vice versa.
sometimes i find this whole adult world a bit lonely - don't get me wrong...i'm happily married and love the kids, loved my job when i was there....but there is just something i miss about being younger.  i think it's the constant socialization. my girlfriends were my total lifeline.  we were just always together.  skipping classes, going shopping, talking on the phone the entire evening, watching shows together while talking on the phone.  today's world is so "connected" and for that i'm thankful (i love that i can stay up to date with so many of my girlfriends that live abroade becuase of social media but there really is something to be said for a good old fashioned visit)
i am lucky enough to be one of those people that loved high school.  every single minute.  looking back i think we were exactly the crowd that you'd want your own kids to be in...."good girls" who got into a little bit of trouble but just the right amount, not the girls that were too popular that they did things that left them stuck because of bad decisions but just popular enough to be able to enjoy every minute.
i already worry about peer groups for my own kids...that cruel maze of social ranks that ends up making so many kids just hate their high school experience.  i hope my kids have the same type of experience i had growing up - and i think really all i can do is work with them to be kind and then when the time comes let them find their own way with some gentle help from the sidelines.
i had a visit with one  of my oldest and truest friends today.  she really is a keeper - such a sweet soul and goodness knows we've been through it all together....i just love her for it.
i still cannot believe we have kiddos of our own (and multiple at that), was so great to see meag and hazel today.....i mean look at these two?  melts my heart how adorbs they are.  seeing meag is a reminder of those "good old days" when life was really so much simpler.  we had no responsibilities so could spend the whole day together just being young and silly.

The cutest little couple! 

so thankful for a great visit today
xoxo

Currently

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I decided to mix things up a bit for this month and capture things in a slightly different format: 

Currently

Jonah's version (@26 months): 

Watching: Lorax, Buzz and Woody, Dora. He also kind of likes Finding Nemo but I had no idea that it was sort of scary.

Loving: Building things.  Stacking blocks, legos, starting to get into imaginative play - it is really cute.  Chooses a different stuffy almost every morning to bring downstairs to come and have breakfast with us.  

Going: "Dee-ice" (downstairs) - always wants to go "dee-ice" and "play hockey", also always wants to go skating and sledding (MORE!) Truthfully he's going everywhere all the time.  Has started asking me "Doing Mommy?" when he wants to know what I'm doing.  

Making him happy: Helping out around the house (he helps make the beds by passing me the pillows), putting back food into the pantry after meals, mopping the floor.  

Liam's Version (@9 months):

Watching: Jonah and Ben.  

Loving: His newfound freedom of crawling! 

Going: To daycare!  Just one day a week so I can focus on school but I think he's ready for it and he seems to like it so far.  

Making him happy:  Food!  Finally.  

Currently

My version: 

Watching: The Bachelor and Parenthood and that's pretty much  it.  Parenthood is seriously the best show ever.  If you haven't seen it you need to start watching it, it's like funny and serious and realistic all in one.  I just love how relatable all of the characters are.   

Loving: Stella & Dot.  When I started it was because I wasn't ready to go back to work full time but wanted something in the meantime to keep me connected with people.  I just love how surprised I've been with how much I've enjoyed it so far.  I've met some great people and I'm seriously in love with all of the jewelry.  

Going: On a date night once a week.  This is seriously the best decision we've made in a while.  It's been totally worth paying a sitter once a week to just have some time with Kirk and I just the two of us.  We're so lucky that we have so many great people in our lives but combine that with the kids and we just never really got time the two of us to hang out.  We're both liking our weekly pizza nights as just a casual and fun way to stay connected.  

Making me happy:  All of the exciting adventures coming up for me this year.  I cannot WAIT for all of the trips planned.  

Making me sad: I heard sad news that my mom's dog died last night - hurts my heart for my parents because they are such dog lovers and he was such a young dog.  So sad for them.