Friday Favorites | Chris who?

After a jam packed weekend, we have had a pretty low key work week.

But we are ready to slide into a fun filled weekend :)

#seewhatididthere

On Tuesday I showed what a day in my life looks like.

It may or may not have involved one of my new favorite crock pot recipes :)

On Wednesday evening X and I headed to Target to pick up a birthday gift for a friend of his.
Of course he picked out his favorite items as well ;)

Perfect timing with his birthday and Christmas just a month away.

Once we got back home it was time to watch my favorite award show -  The CMA's.

Oh my goodness where there some great performances!

While I loved all of these, hands down JT and Chris Stapleton stole the night with their performance.

WOW!

#favoriteofthenight
Honestly, I didn't know who Chris was until watching this performance.
I won't forget his name now!

Make sure you watch both!

On my way to work Thursday morning I heard an oldie, but goodie :)

Boy did it bring back a lot of favorite memories!

And you will get 0 complaints from me when we are seeing highs like this in Ohio...in November!

Favorite day of the week!

We are ready to get back to another fun filled weekend with my annual scarf exchange tonight, a birthday party for X's little friend, and continuing to organize the "new" house.
But first we have a football game to watch on Thursday night!

(Writing this post Thursday afternoon, so all I can say is Please show up tonight Browns! Thanks!)

My favorite team is playing Erin's 7-0 Bengals :/

#takeiteasyonus

Go Browns!

And that is it for this first week of November.
Did you watch the CMA's this week?
What was your favorite performance (besides JT & Chris)?
Any big weekend plans?

Linking up today with the ladies below :)
Happy Friday!

Amy/Karli

Erika/Narci/Andrea

Boy Birthday Party Ideas

Someone I know is going to turn 4 years old in exactly a month from today!

Eek & YEH!

Listen, I am one of those people that love the preschool age.

The baby stage not so much.

So I have been waiting for this time to get here.

Now time can officially stop for a bit ;)

Anyway, back to my little guy turning 4 soon.

For X's first birthday we took advantage of his birthday falling in December and went with the
Winter "One"derland theme.

It was perfect!

At two he was obsessed with cars, trucks, etc. so we decided on a transportation theme.

I had the box lunches, stop light treat bags, etc. all ready to go and then he got sick :(

Which then turned into an ear infection :(
Meaning we had to cancel the party :(

Last year I thought about using all the items I had picked up the year before, because you better believe I kept all that stuff!

I put a lot of time into the labels and such!

Well, while he loved cars still, he also loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

A turtle party was a piece of cake!

So we changed it up, threw on our TMNT shirts, ordered cake, and served pizza.

Because, Duh! The turtles eat pizza :)

It was simple, easy, and everyone had a great time!

Especially the birthday boy :)

This year he is all about dinosaurs!

For a moment he was loving dragons too, and I had high hopes of having a How to train your dragon party.

Of course, that fizzled fast.

I have asked him a few times what kind of party he would like and every single time he responds quickly with Dinosaurs Mommy!

So a dinosaur theme it is!

I don't know his friends that well at school yet, so I think we are just going to keep it to family again this year.

Next year for 5, I might have to go a little crazy and have a few kiddos added to the mix of things.

So here are some of the ideas I have come up with so far...Thank you Pinterest :)

I found these white chocolate pretzels and immediately added them to the list.
How easy and perfect!

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And these labels for the food are genius!

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These ham & cheese sliders would be perfect for carnivores of all ages!

No party is complete without cake!
In a dream world I would get the cake below for X.
Look at how cool that is!

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I think this one is pretty neat too, and a lot more reasonable :)
Throw in some Dino cookies for take home and we are set.

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Last year I decided to order X a shirt on Etsy and he has loved wearing for the last year.

#moneywellspent
So it goes without saying he is getting another birthday themed shirt this year.
Now to decide which one!
There are so many on Etsy to choose from.
Any suggestions?

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And that is all today my friends!
Looking forward to getting things together to celebrate my little guy next month :)
Any other suggestions or ideas you can think of for a Dino party?

Link your #ThinkingOutLoudThursday post below.

And don't forget to link back to X-tremely V & Penny's Passion!

Happy Thursday Friends!