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Friday Letters – March 29, 2013

Dear Older Kids,
Today is the first day of Spring Break!! I’m so happy you guys will be out of school for the next 10 days! I know there’s some moms out there that love getting that break from their kids and sending them off to school, but I live for the days and weeks when it’s Christmas Break, Spring Break, and Summer Break. I love having my whole family with me, and doing projects around the house, making treats for all my babies, and getting to do fun things both in and out of the house. Of course the younger boys love having their older siblings with us too, so yayy for Spring Break!!

Dear Writers, Actors, Producers, and all involved in the making of the show, Scandal,
How I love thee! This is show is my new obsession! Big G recently discovered this show one night while browsing on our netflix. We got through all of season one, and looked at our OnDemand for cable and it only goes back to the middle of season 2. So we are obsessed with watching Season 2 from the beginning before we catch up to the end. We have literally sat and watched 5 episodes back to back in order to catch up! Last night I found the first half of season 2 online, and I watched 3 episodes in a row! I have to catch up because I see Season 2 is actually almost over in real life time! LOL! How many of you love this show? And why didn’t anyone tell me how GOOD it was?!

Dear Easter,
You’re sneaky this year, you snuck up on me fast! To be honest, we aren’t too prepared for you, but I will be making some yummy spiral ham and a few sides and we have some crafts to do with the kids and I plan on telling them the true meaning of Easter.
(Readers, if you’re looking for any recipe inspiration, check out yesterday’s post. I not only posted my deviled eggs recipe, but made a nice list of other recipes of mine that you can make for Easter dinner. You’re welcome!)

Dear Month of April,
You are always a busy one for me! RoRo and RiRi’s birthdays, our wedding anniversary, my father’s birthday and quite a few of my friends as well! Fun times!

Dear Readers,
In addition to my Easter post I directed you to, you can also check out my recipe for Tyson® Grilled & Ready® and read more about their “Countdown to a Better You” Program. For my blogger buddies, you can still link up with us for our “Think Outside the Blog” Blog Hop. It’s going on for the whole weekend!.
Last but not least, check out my post about recycling and what Arrowhead is doing to contribute to recycling efforts. You can also watch this video for a behind the scenes look at how Arrowhead got creative with recycling!

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  1. Sabz says

    March 29, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    LOVE. have a great time with your whole family 🙂

    • Mama Harris says

      April 6, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      Thank you Sabz!

  2. Ruby says

    March 30, 2013 at 2:39 am

    I am so not prepared for Easter it really did creep up on us. I hope you have a great Easter weekend with your family!

    • Mama Harris says

      April 6, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      It totally did!!

  3. Eloquent Obi says

    April 2, 2013 at 2:09 pm

    Hope your Easter was a good one and yes, Scandal is a good show! I found you via a blog hop! I nominated you for the Liebster Award! Congrats! http://myeloquentrambles.blogspot.com/2013/04/liebster-award-2wahoo.html

    • Mama Harris says

      April 6, 2013 at 4:44 pm

      Thank you so much!

  4. Melissa Libertad says

    April 3, 2013 at 6:36 am

    I LOVE Scandal!!! Shonda Rhimes is my home gurl. She keeps knocking them out of the park. I have been raving about Scandal since it started. the hubs knows that Thursday is my night and he has to go to bed early so I can watch Scandal. lol

    • Mama Harris says

      April 6, 2013 at 4:45 pm

      I am so obsessed with this show!! LOL!

  5. Xenia G. says

    April 3, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    I love Scandal and I only found out about it from Netflix too (though I did see everyone talk about it on Twitter) – you can go directly to the network’s site and watch from there 😀

    • Mama Harris says

      April 6, 2013 at 4:45 pm

      The network only goes back so far, I was looking for the first episode’s for season 2, since Netflix only had the first season. I did find them online though, so I’m slowly catching up! 😀

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