I just LOVE Junie B. Jones!!!

It's Read-Aloud Friday at our house and one of our favorite read-aloud friends is Junie B. Jones. We all LOVE her stories! She is absolutely hilarious and we can all instantly relate to her (and her dear caregivers!). Today we are being invited to her new little monkey...oh I mean brother. She's not so happy about the new family addition right now, but maybe that will change by the end of the story. Back to my very animated, enthusiastic reader (who secretly reminds me so much of Junie B. herself!) :)

It was a Kool-Aid Day!

Yes, it was a Kool-Aid day at our house today! Kool-Aid is a rarity reserved for special occassions around here. Today, being the first day back to work, school & the early rise routine, I felt it called for a little extra inspiration of the pink lemonade form....everyone agreed! :) And while we had all refused to admit that the end of our holiday was coming, up until the very last minute yesterday evening, it turned out to be a wonderful day! Most everything went smoothly and the things that didn't, just didn't seem like such a bid deal anyway. The girls and I had one of those rare, uninterrupted heart to hearts to start the morning, my big boy that turned FIVE over the holiday officially started his first math lesson (which he was so adorably excited about and was so much fun!) and the evening came to a close with a box full of some of the most lovely fabrics waiting for me when we arrived home. It was a good day! It was a Kool-Aid day!