five on friday

It’s that time again, Five on Friday, and I’m linking up with Darci and friends to bring you another edition of this weekly roundup of random. Say that 5 times fast.

 

1. We spontaneously decided to go to the beach again at the end of this month. We had some friends over for dinner, and we were reminiscing on our past beach trips, by the end of the night we had our calendars our and were coordinating dates. By the end of the week, we had one planned. We’re looking forward to a few relaxing days at the beach. BK wakes up and asks if we’re going to the beach every day. In other water-related news, BK starts swim lessons today. She isn’t afraid of the water, so I’m expecting a drama-free experience. I’ll be sure to give you the scoop once its all said and done. 
2. I don’t know about where you live, but it has done nothing but rain for the past week and a half. I mean rain every single day, then the sun will come out, and then it will rain again. I like rain, don’t get me wrong, but my three-year-old would rather be outside. So we sneak out for snow-cones when the rain stops, and try to pretend the humidity isn’t at 100%.
   
   
3. Yesterday, I drove over to Atlanta for the day to celebrate with Courtney and friends. I’ll give you the whole scoop next week, but it was such a fun and encouraging time. Plus, I was able to meet a fantastic group of women. A huge thanks to Courtney for the fabulous brunch. 
4. After brunch, I went over to market with Ashley. I had a ton of fun looking at all of the upcoming lines and really seeing how market works. Ashley was so sweet to let me tag along and ask a million questions. We stopped by temporaries on our way out and found a little gem. Clean Couture has a line of natural products, cleaning product for the home and bath products for adults and children. Their products are packaged adorably and smell wonderful. I love the idea of a clean, simple and natural line of products that I can trust in my home. 
5. You know that play set? Well, I had Allen cut shapes out of wood on one side of the play set for a bean bag toss. I ordered bean bags from Etsy and made sure I ordered the most durable (based on the description) ones I could find. You know how I said it has been raining? Well, the bags were outside, not directly in the rain, but I guess the moisture in the air was enough to make them damp. Then one of them literally started growing this weird mold. I couldn’t figure it out. Naturally, I put the other bean bags in the washing machine to prevent any other bean bag causalities. Let’s just stop right here for a minute and think (this thinking part was the step I forgot when I actually put them in the washing machine). Hello, there are dried beans inside the BEAN bags, naturally the bean bags swelled in the washing machine. Such a fiasco. I threw them all away. And the weird mold isn’t so weird now that I remember that the bean bags had BEANS in them.