ONE.
My book club is meeting next week and our book for the month is Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. It was actually my pick, but I have to confess… my book club is BAD about reading our books. We made attempts the first few months, but now a lot of us don’t finish the books or even bother to start. We just chat, gossip, and eat usually. I have zero problems with this, but I really, really want to read this one, and I keep promising I’m going to be better about book club! Who has read this one? Word on the street is… buy tissues!
TWO.
I’m really not all that skilled in the kitchen… yet. Combine that fact with my wicked sweet tooth and you have me, declaring to Jerry, that I’m going to learn to bake AND that I’m going to bake one new thing every weekend. Yikes! I started last weekend with these delicious from-scratch brownie cupcakes (my first EVER that weren’t from a box). They remind me a bit of Texas sheet cake and came out SO good and now I’m a little bit over-confident. Yeah, just ask Jerry… I’ve been gloating about it all week. Let’s hope that the cinnamon dessert Jerry picked out for me to bake on Sunday for Father’s Day comes out just as good! If you have any good “beginner’s” recipes, please send them my way! I even went and bought some cooling racks and cupcake pans the other day. I need supplies, am I right?!
THREE.
Sunday is Jerry’s first Father’s Day so I’m hoping to make it special! I’ll be baking, as mentioned above, and he decided on pizza for dinner. I also picked him out some nice gifts that I’m excited to give him. Do you have any plans for Father’s Day?
FOUR.
Within the first couple months of Caleb’s life, I had printed probably over a thousand photos of Caleb and most of them are still sitting around unsorted in their Shutterfly packages. Eventually, I’ll get them sorted and into albums, but I didn’t want to keep adding to the chaos. I’ve decided that from now on, I’ll be making and ordering the hardcover photo books from Shutterfly every few months instead of ordering thousands of individual prints. My first one arrived and I love it! It took me a couple of weeks to make and contains all of my Caleb photos from May. I made it scrapbook style and included quotes, songs, and milestones about Caleb’s developments. They’re kind of costly and time-consuming (but fun!), so I’ll probably make a new one every few months or so. I’m thinking the next one will be June - August.
FIVE.
Caleb is going to be five months old on Monday (!!!), and is now eating solids and sitting in a high chair! So far, he’s tried green beans and carrots (the Gerber baby food jars) and is doing well. I’m trying him on something new every 3-4 days, and starting with veggies, both per his doctor’s recommendation. Where is the time going?
That’s five for now — see you in the next chapter.
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