Moderately Humming Along

The weather began changing last week. It's a lot cooler and we've had some cloudy skies ... and because of this change our grass is no longer dead looking. It's back to green again, lol.

Nathan will start school next week so I've been trying, and sometimes succeeding in waking up before 8:00 am {for starters}. I go to sleep pretty late, usually around 12:30 and sometimes as late as 1:00 am. I've always been a night owl but I hope to brake out of this habit. I want Riley to also begin to wake up at least by 7:00 am just in case we do place him in a daycare a couple days a week. Since he has a late birthday he'll be starting kindergarten next year. I hope that in a couple of weeks from now I will be waking up at 6:30. The key is to go to sleep by 10:00 pm. For me, that's always hard to do.

We like to visit the library. I enjoy picking out books for Riley. I've been getting him less dinosaur books and more of everything else. He has enjoyed all the books I've been getting him so far. He loves to check the books back in when we first arrive and this last visit I let him check them out. He still needs a bit of help holding the book steady to be scanned. Without my assistance I'm sure we would have been here for fifteen minutes at least.

The most recent Pinterest recipe we've tried making {or should I say, Jacob made} was this cucumber avocado and feta salad. I paired it with my breaded chicken strips and oven baked fries. I have mixed feelings about the cucumber salad. The dill flavor didn't really bother me what bothered me was the feta cheese. I think the recipe calls for too much of it. I do like feta but for some reason I wasn't really liking its flavor in this salad. I told Jacob that next time he makes it that he shouldn't add feta cheese to the entire bowl when he's mixing it all together, just only to his portion.

Have I mentioned that Riley makes friends fast? Well, he does. Every time we go to a park he quickly finds some kid to play with. I love that about him. In some things he could be shy but he's definitely not shy when it comes to talking to other kids. The look on his face had me laughing. He was having a great time.

Of course, a ninja move is constantly being practiced no matter where he's at, lol.

Nathan had a scrimmage game last week. Since I knew this wasn't a "real" game I wasn't nervous or worried for his safety at all. It was nice seeing him out in the field. Riley, however was a different story. He wanted to run around on the side of the field ... obviously I didn't let him so he kept going up and down the bleachers for like half an hour.
Nathan is number 18.

And my sweet from last weekend was this yummy looking donut. This looks similar to the donut I got at Voodoo Donuts in Portland. We like to get our donuts from Legendary Donuts and unfortunately they didn't have a donut exactly like the one from Voodoo but Jacob had them make me one exactly like it. I thought that was awesome. It's a glazed donut with vanilla frosting and crumbled oreo cookie on top. It is SO tasty. I don't crave donuts often but when I do I'm sure I will be ordering one of these ... or a glazed froissant {a croissant-doughnut pastry} from Frost.