My mom hated it. I loved it. I want to see it again. I spent this week reading both books. Well, I spent Monday reading Me Before You (making the bad life choice to stay up way too late) and Tuesday/Wednesday reading After You. It makes me love the movie even more.
two. I have one of my book clubs this weekend. We read The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. I really enjoyed this book. It had a lot of good stuff going on but was a quick read.
It should be a small little group at the dinner so hopefully a good discussion!
three. In the life is not always peachy keen side of things, my FIL has completely forgotten C's birthday. He hasn't acknowledged it at all. Not by phone, text, a card, nothing. At first I was giving him the benefit of the doubt. For whatever reason, his family isn't big on the postal service and just likes to give things when they see you. But then Husband saw him. (And got the gift from his brother at the same time.) And nothing. Not even a question about how his party was. There's really nothing I can do about this, because reminding him will make it seem like we're just after presents and I honestly don't want whatever they'd pick out to live in my basement for the next year or so. But that's weird right? To just completely ignore one of your grandchildren's birthdays?
four. It is going to be HOT this weekend, so the inflatable swimming pool I ordered will arrive just in time. Our old one sprung a leak. I have great fears that this new one is actually going to be too big but we'll see. I also got some sidewalk chalk. I actually detest chalk. Just the feel of it in my hands gives me goosebumps and makes my teeth hurt. But I have every intention of forcing my kids to play outside everyday if it's not raining and giving them some options of stuff to do seems pretty reasonable.
five. In Scentsy news, the scent of the month for June, Blue Raspberry Ice is amazing. It's light and sweet. Usually the sweet scents are overpowering to me but this one hits the nail on the head.
There's also a new shark buddy just in time for shark week. That's pretty cool.
six. M has hit the dreaded Why? stage. I don't think C ever got that. And I don't even know if she actually is asking Why? for an answer or if it's just her go to response. But all day long that is her response to anything said to her.
seven. How do you get your kids to eat meat? I am totally serious. Any and all advice is welcome at this point!
Linking with Kelly and her band of people who write quick takes. Happy weekend!
My kids still don't eat a lot of meat at 12 and 13. They like it but for some reason they can't/won't eat a lot of it at once. However, they eat tons of yogurt and cheese and peanut/soy butter so I've never worried too much about it. Throw in some beans and eggs and your kids will be fine without it. Just last week, we grilled hamburgers and the kids asked to SPLIT one. How crazy is that???
ReplyDeleteThis is the third time in the last few weeks someone has mentioned liking the A.J. Fikry book. I think I need to read it!
ReplyDeleteMost of my kids didn't eat much meat when they were small. They just got their protein from cheese, peanut butter, yogurt, etc. My current toddler confuses me because he actually does eat meat and throws his pasta. I forget to even offer him meat because I think of toddlers as being mostly vegetarian! ;)
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