i heart our saturdays

the weekends are sometimes a little...awkward.  most friday nights the boys spend the night with grandparents.  we never know when they're coming home on saturdays.  and every time, they come home exhausted.

don't get me wrong:  i ain't complainin'.  we chose to live near family for this very experience.

but {remember i'm not a planner!!!} it sometimes makes our family time on the weekends get off to a slow start.  but i feel like we're finally starting to get in a groove.

and i'm loving saturdays.

and what's a saturday in the kitchen without a snazzy apron?

i don't profess to make pizza as good as my dad's, but i'm getting better.  so saturdays have become top your own pizza nights.

{you might remember my ever-so-famous PYP nights...Pick Your Poison....that's when i haven't made dinner and you get to pick your own.  we do a lot of those.} 

my lil fellas aren't as adventurous.  they're pizza purists:  cheese.  pepperoni.

my other fella has more mature tastebuds.

find my meatball recipe here.  and thank me later.

this particular night we also tried a Pinterest recipe.  yummy.  not necessarily one to go in the rotation, but a quick & easy occasional recipe.

cinnamon roll cake.  oh yes.  that's right.  sorry i don't have an after picture. i was too busy stuffing my face.

and what do you do while momma's busy in the kitchen?

build a fort in the laundry room, of course!

love that face.  love that scar under his nose after getting slammed in the face with a swing.

yes that's a doggy door.  no we don't have a dog.  a new door is definitely on my to do list. {sigh}

anything you can do i can do better.  sing it with me!

my oh my goodness those are sweet faces.  i love saturdays.  what do you do on saturday nights?