ten on ten [8.10.14]

today I spent the tenth of August the only way I know how

in my classroom

and sure it was Sunday

but hey, that's what a busy teaching mama has to do sometimes

here's a look of my day

1. post "getting dressed" tantrum, seriously, this kid never wants to wear clothes.  please let this be a phase, and a quick one.  2. we all have our collections.  3. new pocket charts for our classroom libraries, time consuming, but loving them.  4. stock pile of comp books.  5.  touch of sugar.  touch of pyrex.  6. supplies, still needing some attention.  7. mommy's best helper, and she officially calls me mommy, no longer just mom.  we're past the formal stage of our relationship.  8. one of my proudest succulents, it started out as just one.  9. we live vintage pretty completely.  10. someone snagged this bottle her grammie found with Auntie Meg's name on it, now she just carries it around.

See other ten on ten sets here.

See last August 10th here.

And the one before that here.

just trying to keep cool

this weekend I have class and with temperatures over 100 degrees

and the classroom air only getting so cool

let's just say I was pretty miserable all day

it is pretty bad when you realize that not only are your neighbors

sweetly fanning you

but your professor is too

so tonight the family and I spent some time swimming

and baking cupcakes for tomorrow

because in just two weeks from today

one of our great friends, and classmates

is getting married in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA

so tomorrow

 in the afternoon stretch, when you think you just can't handle any more curriculum talk

we will be taking a little sugar celebration break!

a good reason to get together

in my family we love celebrating birthdays

as I've gotten older I realize that not everyone still celebrates "grown-up" birthdays

but now I just think that is silly

because no matter how many times you have gotten to celebrate another year

bottom line, you deserve a special day

and a birthday in my family is just a good reason to get together

1. meg is 23  2. flowers in mason jars, always  3. just another reason why I love target  4. the balcony, their new favorite place  5. unicorns & cat donuts  6. I think the cupcakes were a hit  7. good end to the day

meg is 23!

today my little sister turns 23

yesterday we celebrated with friends and family

but for now, I'm off to the city to take meg back home

so I'll just leave you with this

and yes, she is that fabulous.

stars & stripes and everything in between

yesterday the husband & I celebrated our independence day

and for the first time in a while

we didn't host a b.b.q at our house

but instead, upgraded to a yard with a pool and joined in with my family

and brought our friends too

I guess you could say we had our cake & ate it too

if you are stateside I hope you also enjoyed our wednesday celebration!

oh, and the cookie cake recipe was a hit - try it out for yourself here

may showers bring wedding bells

I do enjoy spring showers

especially when they are bridal showers

yesterday I got to spend the day relaxing and eating

two of my favorite Saturday activities

and most importantly, we celebrated the upcoming wedding of our friend Erin

a fellow teacher who I met in our undergraduate program

continued on and got our credential together

and now, we are even getting our masters together

apparently we really like being in study groups together!

perfect saturday afternoon

It's been a while since I've had a day all to myself.  So, after some school work, house work, a trip to target, and an amazing discovery on pinterest, I rounded out the afternoon with some fall baking.  The husband has been asking for some pumpkin treats, so when I came upon a recipe too easy to resist - I just had to try it, and I will make a man very happy when he gets home from work.

All you need is a 15 oz. can of pumpkin & yellow cake mix (apparently spice cake mix can also be used for a little extra kick - it will be my next venture).  I did also add a little pumpkin pie spice to mine, but you don't need anything else, which makes these awesome!  Bake at 350 for 20 minutes and you are done.  I tried mine, pretty yummy.  Can't wait till they are all the way cool because pumpkin baked goods always taste even better completely chilled.

oh - and did you spy my newest pyrex find?  Yes, that is a 3qt. Designs bowl I picked up while thrifting after work this week.  I am SO in love with it, now I have the pair, and they rock.

So, a big thank you sweet verbena for this recipe - and to pinterest for allowing us to share all these wonderful little things.