The Potluck: April 2020

This YA novel was our Feminist Book Club April book, and I read it in three sittings because it was SO GOOD and well done! This well-written novel took us to Salem and into the lives of teenage witches and was NOT like any other YA book I've read before in the sense that it was really well done, the teenagers were fully formed and that the whole thing didn't come across as... trite. The sequel comes out in June, and I, for one, cannot wait to read it next!

I have loved Abita beer since college. (Their Strawberry Lager is the absolute BEST.) So when my husband asked, "Do you want to order an Abita shirt to support them?", my answer was a definite YES. This t-shirt is the most comfortable, too, super soft and comfortable, so if you happen to see me, I will probably be wearing it.

We started adding a spoonful of these collagen peptides to our daily coffee a while back, and I really enjoy how my nails and hair have been growing ever since we began. Is there a connection? Maybe!

I purchased this nighttime face cream in February in an attempt to start having a nighttime beauty routine. I didn't know that our world would flip upside down in the following month, nor did I know if I would stick with it. Well, I have, and I've gotten compliments on my skin recently from friends and family members over video chat. (Including a sweet compliment from a dear friend during an Instagram live!) Not only does this cream smell really fantastic, but my skin feels incredibly moisturized when I put it on and still in the mornings, too!

This is an Easter bunny goodie that arrived at our house in early April, and it's a great addition to our library. Our girls LOVE the Little Blue Truck books, and we've read this one daily since it arrived. Our little one especially adores the Little Blue Truck and will rummage through her bookshelf to find this one and others, then joyfully point out the different items each animal wears and what they say, too.

So... we binged this over the span of a few nights because we really enjoyed the first season. Once again, this season had all sorts of twists, turns and thrilled, but I will say it got increasingly unbelievable (and Jack became increasingly unlikeable, though this really isn't any surprise to me at this point.) However, we still watched to the end because we wanted to see how it was resolved.

Will we watch next season? Probably not. Was this season entertaining? Absolutely.

The Easter bunny kindly brought us this GIANT box of sidewalk chalk! The girls have been LOVING it, too. We've spent a lot of time making rainbows and writing our names on our driveway and the sidewalk outside of our house.