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July 7, 2023 · Leave a Comment

Friday Favorites: Volume XXXV

Favorite Things

Look at us! Getting out another volume of Friday Favorites! Hopefully I can keep up this momentum for a while but not holding myself to getting it out EVERY Friday, may help 🙂 If there is something that y’all want to see more of, feel free to comment or send me a DM on Instagram!

Stylus for iPad

I got this iPad stylus pencil for my iPad recently and its been so great! I’ve just been doing little things on Canva (hopefully I’ll finish up some fun projects I have in the works very soon). It’s under $30 as opposed to the $80-$90 for the Apple Pencil. The stylus just makes it a little bit easier for things like Canva.

HIMYM

I’ve been watching How I Met Your Father on Hulu and it’s…..OK. Garrett and I LOVED watching How I Met Your Mother when we were in college. We were watching How I Met Your Father the other day and we started questioning whether or not How I Met Your Mother is still funny and if it holds up. So we started re-watching it, and YES, it is still funny and so good. I forgot how much I enjoyed it. It’s such a great show!

HEMPZ Lotion

My sister has been telling me about how much she loves this lotion for YEARS. A few months ago, I saw Megan Stokes posting about it on Instagram but specifically mentioning that this scent, Floral and Banana, deters bugs. Now that sold me. It’s been so humid and buggy here in Charlotte, so I went and got the tiny travel bottle at Ulta to see if it works. I have yet to have a bug bite this year!

Levi’s 501 Shorts

Amazon has like 30+ different color options for these shorts and some of them (depending on the color) are under $30 right now! They are normally $60. I have these two-toned ones and I love them!

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Finding denim shorts that fit just right are hard to find and these fit the bill!

Zucchini Bread

We grow zucchini in our garden every year and always end up with a crazy abundance. When we came back from Duck a couple weeks ago I had one zucchini that was so huge it was comical. I wasn’t certain if it was even going to be tasty  as I’ve heard that when they get really big, that they become a bit bitter. I tasted some of it though, and it did not seem weird to me, plus I figured if I put it in something like zucchini bread, the nutmeg and cinnamon would cover it anyway.

I used this recipe from Sally’s Baking Recipes, and it was SO good. I clearly didn’t take any good photos of it though lol

The ONE zucchini (and I didn’t even use the entire thing– it was more like 2/3 of the zucchini) was enough for me to QUADRUPLE THE RECIPE!!! It was so much zucchini bread that I was giving it away to friends haha

Currently reading: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

I’m currently reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah for neighborhood book club and really enjoying it! Book club meets tomorrow though, so I need to pull it together and finish it 😉 I’m thinking about writing a post on this one for our Regular Folks book club.

I’m also listening to an audio-book called No-Drama discipline. I’m really enjoying it so far. It’s basically a gentle parenting book but not a permissive parenting book. The main idea so far is to connect with your child before you lecture, try to compromise with them, or do anything else. The reasoning behind this is that if your kid is acting out, they probably are struggling with something, and you connecting with them will make them more receptive to anything you do after. Theo isn’t even 1 year old, so its a bit early for discipline, I’m just taking in a lot of these different parenting books right now to prepare myself haha

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Every month, my toddler and I shop for our local c Every month, my toddler and I shop for our local community blessing box. I use it as an opportunity to teach him about taking care of others in our community in big and little ways. This is everything we got this month! #blessingbox #foodpantry #toddlermom
🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩 All you need is a can o 🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩
All you need is a can of biscuit dough and oil to make the favorite breakfast of my childhood!
Once you pop open your can of biscuit dough and separate the individual biscuits, you can cut a hole in the center and GENTLY add them to oil heated to 350-375 degrees. CAREFULLY flip over once brown on one side and once both sides are perfectly golden, transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain excess oil. 
Of course you can’t go without toppings! Our favorites are cinnamon sugar, powdered, and strawberry glazed, but you could make chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting, or even jelly filled! The possibilities are endless when the doughnuts are this easy to make 😊
My toddler absolutely loved this first day of summer treat, let me know if you try it! #toddlermom #funbreakfast #whimsy #whimsicalchildhood #recipe
🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩 All you need is a can o 🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩
All you need is a can of biscuit dough and oil to make the favorite breakfast of my childhood!
Once you pop open your can of biscuit dough and separate the individual biscuits, you can cut a hole in the center and GENTLY add them to oil heated to 350-375 degrees. CAREFULLY flip over once brown on one side and once both sides are perfectly golden, transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain excess oil. 
Of course you can’t go without toppings! Our favorites are cinnamon sugar, powdered, and strawberry glazed, but you could make chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting, or even jelly filled! The possibilities are endless when the doughnuts are this easy to make 😊
My toddler absolutely loved this first day of summer treat, let me know if you try it! #toddlermom #funbreakfast #whimsy #whimsicalchildhood #recipe
🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩 All you need is a can o 🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩
All you need is a can of biscuit dough and oil to make the favorite breakfast of my childhood!
Once you pop open your can of biscuit dough and separate the individual biscuits, you can cut a hole in the center and GENTLY add them to oil heated to 350-375 degrees. CAREFULLY flip over once brown on one side and once both sides are perfectly golden, transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain excess oil. 
Of course you can’t go without toppings! Our favorites are cinnamon sugar, powdered, and strawberry glazed, but you could make chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting, or even jelly filled! The possibilities are endless when the doughnuts are this easy to make 😊
My toddler absolutely loved this first day of summer treat, let me know if you try it! #toddlermom #funbreakfast #whimsy #whimsicalchildhood #recipe
🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩 All you need is a can o 🍩 2-INGREDIENT DOUGHNUTS 🍩
All you need is a can of biscuit dough and oil to make the favorite breakfast of my childhood!
Once you pop open your can of biscuit dough and separate the individual biscuits, you can cut a hole in the center and GENTLY add them to oil heated to 350-375 degrees. CAREFULLY flip over once brown on one side and once both sides are perfectly golden, transfer to a paper towel lined plate to drain excess oil. 
Of course you can’t go without toppings! Our favorites are cinnamon sugar, powdered, and strawberry glazed, but you could make chocolate frosting, vanilla frosting, or even jelly filled! The possibilities are endless when the doughnuts are this easy to make 😊
My toddler absolutely loved this first day of summer treat, let me know if you try it! #toddlermom #funbreakfast #whimsy #whimsicalchildhood #recipe
Did a really simple makeover to a sad, gray bathro Did a really simple makeover to a sad, gray bathroom to make it a little more fun and colorful for my toddler! So happy with how it turned out, and it ended up being such an inexpensive facelift! Inexpensive flexible moulding for the mirror, paint, an IKEA shower curtain, and some Etsy wall art made all the difference! #toddlermom #whimsy #roommakeover #whimsicalhome #colorfulhome
Letting go of my own aesthetic to make my toddler’ Letting go of my own aesthetic to make my toddler’s bathroom more colorful and fun. This was a super simple makeover and was very inexpensive, just to make getting ready in here a little more enjoyable. Let kid spaces look like actual kid’s play there!!!! #toddlermom #whimsy #whimsicalhome
Wanted to make my toddler’s bathroom a little more Wanted to make my toddler’s bathroom a little more colorful and fun without painting the walls a crazy color and making it feel even darker and more cave like 🫥🫥🫥 
Raising the shower curtain rod and sewing 2 inexpensive ikea shower curtains together definitely brought some color and funkiness into the space. And changing out the light fixture and framing off the builder grade mirror were such inexpensive upgrades that made a big difference! 
Also so happy with the fun wall art and affirmations to make getting ready in here a bit more fun! It’s a kid’s bathroom! Let it be colorful 🥰 #toddlermom #whimsy #kidsbathroom
Wanted to make my toddler’s bathroom a little more Wanted to make my toddler’s bathroom a little more colorful and fun without painting the walls a crazy color and making it feel even darker and more cave like 🫥🫥🫥 
Raising the shower curtain rod and sewing 2 inexpensive ikea shower curtains together definitely brought some color and funkiness into the space. And changing out the light fixture and framing off the builder grade mirror were such inexpensive upgrades that made a big difference! 
Also so happy with the fun wall art and affirmations to make getting ready in here a bit more fun! It’s a kid’s bathroom! Let it be colorful 🥰 #toddlermom #whimsy #kidsbathroom
We moved my toddler’s fairy garden from a garden b We moved my toddler’s fairy garden from a garden bed into a flower pot to make it a little easier for him to get to (and hopefully now it won’t be overtaken by weeds 😵‍💫) so obsessed with how this little fairy garden turned out!
#fairygarden #toddleractivitiesً  #toddlermom #whimsy #whimsicalchildhood
I just knew this skill would come in handy again o I just knew this skill would come in handy again one day #diy #crafty #whimsy
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