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Friday Favorites 8-18-2023

 


Happy Friday, friends! It's been a LOVELY week weather-wise in Iowa. Temperatures have been in the 70s, the mornings have been cooler, and I'm itching to light a pumpkin spice candle. Haha! I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika to share some Friday Favorites. 

This week, Sammy and I baked up some yummy Butterscotch Snickerdoodle bars. They're flavored with maple extract, have a layer of cinnamon sugar, and dotted with butterscotch chips. We were BIG fans at my house! Find the recipe here.


My FAVORITE funny from the week was sourced by Sammy. We spent lots of time outdoors which meant that his face was slathered in sunscreen often throughout the week. He is pretty sensitive to sunscreen and sometimes gets a small pimple when we have to apply it frequently. The poor guy got one on his nose this week last week but instead of calling it a pimple, he mistakenly called it a "nipple." Haha! Every time we saw a family member he made sure to tell them about the "nipple" on his nose.  



My not-so-favorite from the week was a battle against mastitis. Ouch! I woke up on Tuesday and felt super achy and had a nasty headache. I progressively felt worse throughout the day, so I went to the doctor and was prescribed antibiotics. GOD BLESS antibiotics! I woke up on Wednesday feeling so much better. Unfortunately on Tuesday evening Sammy had a RPI (Random Puke Incident) which resulted in about 57394 loads of laundry. 10/10 don't recommend cleaning up vomit and recovering from mastitis simultaneously, but thankfully that's behind us! I ordered this sunflower lecithin from Amazon that's supposed to help prevent clogged ducts. Here's hoping it works! 


Have you heard of Little Sleepies pajamas?! They are the softest bamboo pajamas and they offer lots of matching prints for siblings in extended sizes. This week they launched a Halloween collection and I purchased a matching set for the boys. These aren't my boys in the photo, but this is the print I ordered for them. Sammy is always requesting to match his brother in pajamas, and I feel like I have a very brief window in which matching with his brother will be fun. Obviously I have to take advantage. :) 



We're trying to enjoy fresh produce with our meals as often as possible. Iowans know that there is nothing quite like sweet corn and tomatoes late July and into August. Look at these tomatoes! One of my favorite meals is a piece of toasted bread, mayonnaise and tomato topped with salt and pepper. We enjoyed these on homemade bread for BLTs. SO GOOD!

We're off to enjoy the weekend. Dustin works this weekend, so it will just be the boys and I at home. I'm hoping to inventory the boys' closets to see what new clothes they'll need as we welcome in September in a few weeks. Enjoy your weekend! 







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  1. Joanne August 18, 2023 at 2:47 PM

    Those bars looks and sound fabulous! I just enjoyed a sliced tomato for my afternoon snack.

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    1. Emilee BriselAugust 19, 2023 at 8:09 AM

      Sounds like a perfect snack to me! Have a wonderful weekend!

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