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Friday Favorites [3-22-2024]


It's Friday again! This week went by pretty fast, and I can't believe that we're about to see the end of April. Crazy! As usual, I'm linking up with Andrea and Erika to share some Friday Favorites. 




My first favorites have to be from St. Patrick's Day. 😊 Sammy had been looking forward to this day for weeks, and we pulled out all the stops. I recapped it here if you want to read more about the fun. Toilet water was green, pancakes were green...it was just a fun little morning at our home. 💚

Now that it's officially spring, I've changed out menu accordingly. We've been enjoying all the lighter meals that come along with spring and summer. 

This week we had my Spaghetti Salad along some grilled burgers. 


And then we had Honey Mustard Chicken Salads later on in the week. These were extra delicious! 


This week I switched up my workout routine. Typically I do a 20 minute Peloton ride, followed by a 20 minute strength class. This week I did Rebecca Kennedy's 5 day split, and I don't think I've been quite this sore since college dance team. Hahaha. The more research I've done on fitness, the more I'm finding that the emphasis should be on weight training. I loathe "leg" and "butt" days, but I'm trying to push myself. I finish the program tomorrow. I think I'll go back to my normal workout routine next week, but then repeat the program the following week. 


A hot tub party at Grammy and Papa's house is ALWAYS a favorite in Sammy's book. 😉

Another favorite is....this loaf of bread. It took me 9 whole entire days to "revive" my dehydrated sourdough starter, and last weekend it was finally ready, so I made my first loaf. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. It was SO GOOD toasted with some butter and honey on it. I'm going to try again this weekend, and I'm excited! I think my summer will be filled with all sorts of sourdough bread making. Haha. 

This was a big week for Jack, as we had a very long-awaited appointment with the allergist. Jack had been struggling with some recurrent vomiting following his consumption of products with rice and oats. He was officially diagnosed with FPIES (Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome) on Wednesday. I share a little about his story here. We're happy to have a diagnosis and a plan for our little guy moving forward. 



Have you ever heard of the Nugget Couch? We got it for Sammy for his third birthday, and it's easily one of our most used toys. We brought it upstairs (it typically lives in the basement) last weekend and the boys loved climbing over it and using it as a slide. I love these pictures of Jack climbing it!

That's all for this week! I hope everybody has a great week leading into Holy Week. I can't believe it's almost Easter!

Catch up on this week's blog posts here:

St. Patrick's Day Fun

Spaghetti Salad

Our FPIES Journey

Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

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  1. Kim CarberryMarch 22, 2024 at 10:48 AM

    This month has flown over!
    It sounds like a really fun St Patrick's Day! The green toilet water is brilliant and well done with the bread!

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    1. Emilee BriselMarch 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM

      Thanks, Kim! It is so hard to believe that it's almost April! Hope you had a wonderful weekend :)

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