5 on Friday!!

Friday is here! YAY! We have a busy, fun day ahead of us!  My daughter's school is having a Walk-A-Thon all morning long, so my 3 younger kiddos and I will be joining my oldest daughter at school for the morning!  This evening is my girls' school's Butterfly Ball AKA Daddy/Daughter Dance...so there is a lot of excitement surrounding who will wear what princess dress and if we should curl their hair or not :)

Hope you have had a great week!! 

Here are my 5 FAVORITES from this past week!

ONE

In the past 6 weeks, I have realized that dairy products do not make my tummy feel very good.  This is a VERY recent discovery for me...but I attribute it to my body changing after having my 4th baby and just getting older (MEH!). This is especially sad for me as ice cream is one of my MOST favorite foods.  The good news is- I have come up with a concoction that tastes SO good and that totally satisfies my ice cream craving.  It is healthy and dairy free!! :)  The main ingredient is Silk Dark Chocolate Almond Milk.  I started using chocolate almond milk in place of my typical International Delight coffee creamer a couple months ago...so now it is something I always have in my refrigerator.  I was needing something (you know what I mean?!?) the other day- so I put some chocolate almond milk, 1/2 frozen banana, a tiny scoop of Better N Peanut butter, a stevia packet and 3 ice cubes all together. I blended it up in our Ninja Blender- and the results were DELICIOUS!! A new FAVORITE for sure! Like a chocolate peanut butter milk shake!! For Weight Watcher gals..it is only 3 points! :)

Here is the exact recipe:

1/2 cup Dark Chocolate Silk Almond Milk

1/2 tablespoon Better N Peanut Butter - I get mine at Trader Joes- (you could totally use regular peanut butter or almond butter...it just adds some more calories and fat)

1 stevia packet (or not if you don't like things super sweet)

1/2 FROZEN banana

3 ice cubes

Blend and be happy with your healthy, chocolate, dairy free shake! :)

TWO

My brother-in-law and his family came to visit us late last week/weekend and we took all of our kids to an indoor bounce house gym.  Admission for the parents was free...but we got to play!  We had a BLAST! There was a super high slide that I had so much fun going down!! Definitely a FAVORITE moment :)

THREE

Old Navy's pajama pants are a HUGE FAVORITE of mine.  During the cold weather months, I wear their flannel pajama pants.  Now that the weather is warming up, I have started wearing my cotton pajama pants from there.  They are so lightweight, majorly comfy and one of my favorite articles of clothing :)  I am loving this floral pattern they currently have...thinking these would be a great Mother's Day gift?!

FOUR

When my brother-in-law and sister-in-law were visiting last week, we were all talking about how much we LOVE the show, Parenthood.  Then, my sister-in-law said one of my FAVORITE things ever- she said that my husband and I are JUST LIKE Adam and Christina.  Um. BEST COMPLIMENT EVER!! And seriously- it is so true- HA! And can I just say, again, how sad I am that Parenthood is over?!? UGH. I think I will just have to start at season 1 and watch it all over again :)

FIVE

Snuggles with my baby boy....hands down are one of the best and most FAVORITE parts of my the day.  James is crawling, eating EVERYTHING (edible and non-edible- HA!), trying to act like Houdini during diaper changes and is basically growing up at lightening speed! I savor and cherish every precious, quiet minute I get with my sweet boy.  I smell him, feel his chest rise and fall and thank God he chose me to be this boy's momma. 

Hope you have had a wonderful week...and that your weekend is spent doing exactly what you want to be doing!  Maybe some gardening, going for a long run, or just spending some time doing "nothing" with your precious family...whatever it is - I hope it is GREAT! :)

 I am linking up with Darci, April, Natasha and Christina for Five on Friday!

 I am also linking up with Andrea and Erika for their Friday Favorites Link Up!

 Also, joining Karli for her, Oh Hey Friday Link Up!