Friday Favorites!

Hi!! Happy Friday!!

It is going to be a fun day at our house...it's the last day of school for my oldest daughter!!

It is also "Fly Up Day" at my girls' school...which is where all of kids get to "Fly Up" to the next grade and see where their classroom is going to be and meet the teachers in that grade. Since Cora is starting kindergarten next year, we have a special little meeting to go to and then she will get to "fly up" to kindergarten! She is SO excited!!

After "Fly Up Day" is over everyone is going to Mass together one last time. I LOVE going to all school Mass- so that is what I am looking forward to the most!! :)

It's Friday...so time for me to share some FAVORITES from this past week!!

ONE
Marshall's nursery is currently my FAVORITE room in the house :) It is SO cheerful, bright and just full of sunshine! A couple of months ago, I shared some pictures of artwork the kids created for Marshall's room...here's a little more up close of Cora's canvas (top) and Charlotte's (bottom)! The other big piece of "art" we have in his nursery is a poster I created on Zazzle. Aaron made the frames for all of the pictures. I just LOVE how it all turned out!!

And this is my other little FAVORITE nook of Marshall's room! We have had the glider since we had Cora...we just washed all the cushions and it looks good as new! The new edition is that cute pillow...which I got at Walmart!! 

TWO
Minus my oldest daughter, all of my kids have been home with me this past week...so I have made sure we've had some structured activities and a nice little routine in place. My kids are so much happier when there is structure and predictability in their lives....ahem...I have no idea where they might have inherited that trait from?!? HA!
Two of our most FAVORITE activities this week were playing with play doh and doing our Water Wow books! The kids have LOVED getting out our big tub of play doh and cookie cutters and making trays of "food." The water wow books are a big hit as well...and all you need is water!! There is virtually no mess associated with this activity (BEST IDEA EVER)!!!

THREE
Speaking of playing with play doh....this has become one of James absolute FAVORITE activities!! We have been doing some sort of a craft/art project after the kids have had their breakfast and every morning after he has finished his toast or waffle- he looks at me and says, "Play Doh?"  SO CUTE! And I can't tell you how huge it is for James to sit still for longer than 2 minutes and do an activity. This little guy has happily played with play doh for OVER 30 minutes!! It's been life changing- HA! Seriously though- he is buckled in his chair, happily playing, which means I can either feed Marshall without him coming and jumping on top of us (totally a frequent occurrence- HA!) or if Marshall is sleeping- I can race around the house getting a few things done. Play Doh for the Win at my house!!
And FYI- we have several sets of these fun tools- I got them off of Amazon and my kids LOVE them!! James has a ball with them!

FOUR
These two sweet girls have been my BIG helpers this week!! 
All of the kids have done amazing with the transition of bringing Marshall home...but because my girls are older- they have not only LOVED having a new baby in the house but they are super helpful with him!! None of the girls are phased when Marshall is screaming like a baby dinosaur :) and they are always willing to hold him, grab me a diaper or get him a new outfit. 
And there are times when Marshall has been sitting in his bouncy seat crying and one of the girls, unprompted, as gone up and given him his paci and just started talking to him and rubbing his head and he has totally calmed down!! 
They are wonderful little mommies! Love them so much!

FIVE
And the biggest FAVORITE of all this week....as of 2 pm today...SCHOOL IS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!!!
We have our first annual donuts and park playdate scheduled for tomorrow morning!
And as long as the rain holds off we will definitely be going to the outdoor pool at our YMCA!
And I can't even begin to tell you how much I am looking forward to having a break from rushing my crew out the door at 7:05 am every morning for school. 
High fives, fist bumps and any other other celebratory move one can do for slower mornings spent in our jammies!! :)

I sure hope it's been a great week for you!  Here's to a fun, 3- day weekend spent with family and friends!!

And if you are so inclined, please remember to keep the families of service members of our Armed Forces, who have been killed while serving our country, in your thoughts and prayers, this Memorial Day Weekend. 

Hope you have the BEST day!!

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

 I am also linking up with April for Five on Friday!

 Joining Karli for her, Oh Hey Friday Link Up! too!

And lastly, linking up with Katie, Tif, Della & Caitlin for High Five for Friday!