Our Weekend - The One With the First Football Game

Happy Monday, y’all!  We had a great weekend and I definitely can’t complain on this Monday morning!  Our school had their first varsity home football game Friday evening along with a back-to-school social, so that’s how we started our weekend.  They had an ice cream truck for the kids to start and then the kids played on the playground for a bit before we finally made our way to the football field for the game.  The weather was a glorious 73 degrees due to the rain that had passed through earlier in the afternoon, and we had a fun evening watching football and hanging with friends.  Right around halftime the rain started up again, so we decided to call it a night since it was already getting late anyway.  Then B and I finished the evening with a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad and then we hit the hay.

Saturdays are usually our lazy days and this weekend was no exception.  As a matter of fact, this Saturday was a rainy one, so we were doubly as lazy.  I turned on all of the lamps and twinkle lights first thing that morning, made some homemade waffles, and we let the kids watch too much TV.  Mid-morning I was itching to do something productive, so I grabbed my paint brush and my new paint that I had picked up at Lowe’s on Friday, and I got to painting my little table that’s in my closet. 

I had polled everyone on Instagram Stories a couple of months ago about whether or not to paint it, and the overwhelming majority said to leave it pink, but after mulling it over for a few weeks, I decided that I was over the hot pink, but definitely not over pink altogether.  That would never happen.  Pink has been, without a doubt, my favorite color since I was itty bitty, so I decided to tone down the hot pink and paint it a light pink instead.  I had dozens of questions about the paint color, and it is “Little Piggy” by Benjamin Moore.  I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.  It’s not too peachy and it’s not too purpley… it’s not too dark and it’s not too light.  It’s just perfect.   As a matter of fact, I love it so much, I’m now thinking of painting my hot pink office walls that color.  <insert monkey-covering-its-face emoji here>  Just what I need… another thing to add to the to do list!  Ha!

Anyhoo, the table took two coats of paint plus a third touch-up coat, followed by two coats of clear protective coat and I got it all done! 

Here it is before:

During:

And after:  Aaaallll the heart eyes!

I polled everyone about the vases on IG Stories and out of hundreds of votes, it came out pretty even.  I think I like the glass vase better, but y'all know I'm a sucker for stripes, too.  Which one do y'all like better?

Meanwhile, B was introducing the kiddos to the land of video games… specifically Super Mario Galaxy on our old Nintendo Wii.  The verdict is in, and I think it’s safe to say that they are obsessed. 

Saturday evening we went out with my in-laws to celebrate my father-in-law for his birthday that was last weekend.  We went to Longhorn for dinner and had cookie cake back at his house, and then B and I had another quiet evening of Breaking Bad back home after the kiddos went to bed.

Sunday we went to my mother-in-law and step father-in-law’s house for lunch and then we had some time to spend in the back yard afterward.  Olivia was ecstatic because she was able to get a butterfly to land on her finger! 

Sunday evening was dinner at my parents’ house.  It was a pasta and wine kind of night!  My favorite!  While we were over there, we had my Mama Cass look at Jacob's front tooth because it's been really loose (and I do NOT pull teeth), and she told him, "I just need to take a look at it..." and YANK!  It was out!  Haha.  She pulled a bunch of my teeth when I was little so it was really special that she pulled one of Jacob's.  <3  He's now missing three (two bottom front teeth and one top one)!

Today I’m off for a lunch date with an old coworker and then I have to figure out what to do about Maui… she’s been hobbling around on three legs for a week now and we’re not sure exactly why or what happened, so I’m calling her vet this morning.  We’re praying it’s not anything serious!

Make it a good Monday, y’all!

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