7QT: Happy April Takes

1. I have been flying solo since before dawn on Wednesday morning. Husband is off in Las Vegas for his annual conference. In years past (like for as long has he's had to go to this event) I have either tagged along and left kid(s) with my parents, or I just went to my parent's house to not be completely alone for an extended period of time. But this year, Husband is able to come back earlier and doesn't immediately head to a big retreat for work, so we stayed home and life continued as normal.

2. I have been up to some projects for Husband's birthday and I would LOVE to tell you about them, but he reads this blog and therefore writing about them would ruin the surprise. Kind of handy to have several days to pull off a surprise! But just know that I have been keeping busy while he's been gone and I am totally excited about it!

3. Do you ever fall victim to the trap of buying presents that you would like for your spouse? We are pretty bad about this, so I really hope he likes his gift! Because I really do and when I invented this idea it really was for him! In defense of myself just a minute: I did ask him like 50 times if there was anything specific he wanted.

4. Today was M's very last art class of the year. We have so enjoyed going to art class, even when I haven't been particularly excited about going in the morning. Today's crafts were butterfly themed and since I have been very lax at sharing art pictures here I will go ahead and do that.

5. I don't know if I have ever written about my love for pineapples before, but I love them. They are a sign of southern hospitality and apparently I should just move to the south. I have a pineapple in every room on my main floor and one in my flower bed too. It all started with a pineapple cookie jar I got at the church garage sale in 2008. There were two matching jars and I have one and so does my brother. Then I slowly started accumulating them. I love that they are on trend! My Scentsy warmer pineapple is my current favorite because it's adorable and also makes my house smell like pineapple! We are ordering pizza tonight because I am way not a martyr, and I am totally going to get my pineapple pizza. If I was really nuts I would tell you that I am wearing pineapple pajama pants... I may have a pineapple problem.

6. M has been super duper into listening to music lately and her top contenders are "Shake It Off" and anything from Moana. So there's a lot of that in my life lately. I dreamt Taylor Swift last night. But the radio killed it this morning and played the Backstreet Boys. Which, speaking of, they're in residence in Vegas right now and Husband refused to go and Skype me in. Lame. He went to see Cirque instead which I suppose is still awesome. 

7. The *grand-parental* Easter Bunny sent the kids the game Zoo on the Loose. I am really surprised how much they love playing it and the learning that is happening. It's for ages 4+ and M can't really focus for the whole game but she does a great job at the beginning. C can read most of the words on the cards and is getting pretty good at an educated guess of what the words he doesn't know are. I have not been pushing reading on him but this summer if we work at it a bit, he will be a reader! He is SO close. 

Have an awesome weekend! Hope you get to do something fun.