Oh What a Beautiful Morning

Except for the brief standoff this morning with Trevan (John told him if he didn't eat his dinner last night, he'd have to eat it for breakfast. Then, this morning when he wasn't eating it, I told him if he didn't eat it for breakfast then he would eat it for lunch, and so on. We are so mean! We don't play along with the, "I'm full," but will eat junk five minutes later routine, or the "I don't like it" routine, because you can tell when he doesn't like something and when he just won't eat it in hopes for something better - I mean sweeter). Anyway, he finished eating his broccoli casserole in the car on the way to the gym.

This morning has been great! Mallary's mess to clean up after breakfast was very minimal, and I went to spin class in all my pregnant glory (I'm 16 weeks in case you are wondering).

We went to the grocery store and the kids were angels! Can you believe it? Mallary was an angel! Mallary even pushed the little kiddie cart until she found the Goldfish and carried those instead. I didn't even get a big cart. I even did self checkout and the kids had fun helping me do that too! I got way more stuff than expected, and the nice man at Harris Teeter went and got me a bigger buggy (cart, whatever).

A few of my favorite things I got at the store that really added a bounce to my step:

Different flavored Martinelli's and EGG NOG!!

I even found an expensive spice I use in the clearance basket on sale. I guess no one else uses Beau Monde - I bought three of them!

Mallary likes to help put away the groceries (and put the clothes in the dryer, but only after smelling them all first).

I love Southern Comfort Egg Nog - The Vanilla Spice flavor tastes really similar to my Grandma's custard! MMMMMmmmmm so good! Trevan calls Egg Nog, "Egg Milk." Doesn't that sound delish???

My big helpers

This is one of my favorite times of year because these products are now available!!!!!

Yes. I drink my calories, thank you very much.

And, that is why I go to spin class...