Five on Friday

Mini#1 is finally better after 4 days of fever! Thank goodness. Last night was my first night of uninterrupted sleep in 4 nights! So nice! Our neighborhood's first book club meeting was last night. It was fun and we actually talked about the book for a while. We all agreed to read something less complicated for May. Atonement by Ian McEwan was our first, but I really enjoyed it once I got into it. We all agreed it was so wordy. Well mini#2 and I are off to the park on a play date in a few minutes so I'll end with a few of my spring favorites at the moment:

1- McCormick's Grill Mates marinade in: Garlic, herb and wine. We grilled kabobs a couple weekends ago and I tried this with chicken. So yummy. You add olive oil and balsamic vinegar to the marinade. I also reserved some of the marinade for the mushrooms, onions and asparagus. Added lots of flavor. Try it!





2- Cooking out. I love spring. You can finally break out of the kitchen and let hubby grill outside. The kids also love eating outside.

3- Seeing all the pink dogwoods in bloom. I have always loved this tree and we finally planted one when we moved here. It hasn't bloomed yet, but I'm sure enjoying all of the others I see.

4- Ok, this has nothing to do with spring, but it does have something to do with "cleaning" if you know what I mean. My kids have some occasional digestion problems so our doc suggested we use Benefiber. I sprinkle this in just about everything I make for them. It really helps!

5- Spring, or any other season, makes me want to shop. I'm going to order this cute wastebasket from The Pink Giraffe (link to right). I love it!

Happy Friday!