It seems like I’ve been slacking completely on blog posts these days. Life’s been a bit busy, so I thought I’d toss together a quick TGIF post for you today!

The high of my week was seeing Isla progress in her swimming lessons! She’s really loving her lessons and is doing well so far!

The low of my week was Norah being a cruddy sleeper Sunday and Monday night. I don’t know what was ailing her, but she was up a LOT both nights and I’m surprised I was able to function on Tuesday.

An internet find I loved was this “10 Little Monkeys” parody. It’s pretty spot-on and hilarious, and if you’re too lazy don’t have time to click through, here’s what started the viral post:

The best money I spent was on nothing. I didn’t really buy anything that could be considered money well spent this week, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing!

My favourite Isla and/or Norah moment was finding this awesome “super tall dragon wall” that Isla had built all on her own. She got a huge bucket of Lincoln Logs for Christmas and she loves going into her room and building things all on her own.

The song that has been stuck in my head is  “WTF” by Missy Elliott.

My meals of the week were:

Sunday: Night off! (We went to Kyle’s moms for dinner.)
Monday: Jambalaya
Tuesday: Meatloaf
Wednesday: Swiss steak
Thursday: Chicken fajitas using this homemade fajita seasoning recipe.

My plans for the weekend are an appointment with our financial advisor this morning, dance lessons for Isla on Saturday, and visiting my mom on Sunday. Pretty low-key!

The high of my week was having an amazing husband and wonderful mom help me out on Monday when I had dental surgery. I really could not have done it without them!

The low of my week was having said dental surgery. My face feels like I got hit with a 2×4 and the special mouthwash I have to use makes all my food taste like garbage.

Also: Norah fell off the couch because I’m an awful parent and left her there for 2 MINUTES while she was sleeping so I could help Isla in the bathroom. The stinker decided to wake up and roll over and she bailed. She cried for maybe a minute and was back to her normal self. And to retaliate for my negligence, she barfed all over my shirt. Touché, kiddo. Touché.

An internet find I loved was this post by Melissa at So About What I Said. Click through and read it, please, and then high-five Melissa for sticking it to them.

The best money I spent was on a little outfit for Norah for her photo with Santa. While she has a ton of cute hand-me-downs from Isla, I try to put her in new outfits for special occasions, like her monthly update photos. That way, when she looks back on her photos when she’s older she doesn’t develop a complex ;)

My favourite Isla and/or Norah moment was getting Isla’s hair trimmed up. It’s long, wild and crazy and it just needed to have a couple of inches taken off.

The song that has been stuck in my head is the theme song for Toopy & Binoo. I hate myself a little for introducing Isla to Treehouse, but PBS Kids was getting boring for her. Oh well.

My meals of the week were:

• Sunday – Meatloaf
• Monday – Campbell’s Butternut Squash Soup from a box! (Kyle and Isla had meatballs)
• Tuesday – Jambalaya {via Looney Spoons}
• Wednesday – Spaghetti
• Thursday – Oven baked honey garlic chicken

My plans for the weekend are to relax! Actually, I have no idea what our plans are for the weekend. Isla’s dance class tomorrow has been cancelled because of the Santa Parade, but I don’t think we’ll actually attend. Maybe I’ll try and get some Christmas shopping done instead, without a certain toddler …