5 on a Friday: The The-theme-this-week-is-clearly-trickle-of-consciousness-so-let’s-keep-that-going Edition

 1. Panic at the kitchen over here because YOU GUYS by the time I write my next Friday post, THANKSGIVING WILL BE OVER. And I have done NOTHING to prep (besides order a bird and buy a tablecloth and some napkins and some fun color-on place mats). WHAT IN THE HECK—this is very not like me. I am sure it will all be fine, but I wonder when will it all be fine, you know?

2. I decided that this year, I want to add to my Christmas decor for the bedrooms. I started accumulating holiday throw pillows from Costco for my room and probably all of the couches, and the other day, I scored the most amazing holiday comforters at Macy’s for $20/each. 5 beds for $100– are you even kidding me??? 

I got these for Ben and me

And these for all 3 boys

3. Minnie is studying pizza shops in her class right now (and it’s so creative and awesome— this week, they made a pizza delivery map and included special landmarks, and it was a delight to hear about), so we had to make it at home. And she really wanted me to send pics to her teacher, so I did even though I am sure her teacher didn’t care, but she’s so darn nice, you’d never know it

That Target brand organic pasta sauce pictured above was surprisingly excellent, and I will get it again. We also used THIS super easy bread machine dough recipe and then made it into 5 little balls and let the kids go to town (Ben and I gorged on sushi later). Minnie used maybe half a bag of cheese (the boys shredded a block of moz from our fave cheese store, and it was so creamy and delightful, but Minnie really enjoys scooping handfuls from a bag, so **shrug**), and this technique turned out to be delicious. The cheese on top formed a crispy mound, and the cheese underneath melted, and it was like a mozzarella stick on crust.

4. Bringing a whole plate of muffins somewhere in your purse is a normal thing that normal people do, right? (Also, they were all to keep Minnie happy at hockey because she only eats the very top, so she goes through them fast).

Also it didn’t work because I forgot her unicorn water bottle and offered her Ice Mountain like she is an animal, and she was piiiiiiiiiiiiissed.

5. Speaking of my purse! It’s not even close to my largest purse, and it holds WAY TOO MUCH. I dumped it out at diving practice the day after hockey, and YOU GUYS. WHY WOULD I CARRY ALL THAT STUFF????