Weekending

January 27, 2014 by Summer

Not the most productive or fun weekend we’ve had. In fact, on Saturday I came down with a full-blown migraine that left me upstairs recovering in a dark room for the rest of the night. I hadn’t had a migraine in years so this really knocked my socks off. Sunday we bought new baskets at the farmers market that I had been hoping to gather for organizing Ellie’s toys with. And we got some of this years seeds planted too, which was exciting. My parents were with us for part of Sunday and Ellie enjoyed watching Gramma fix my sewing machine before bath time. Now off to an early bed time for me. How was your weekend?

-joining Amanda for weekending.

Weekending!

January 20, 2014 by Summer

Lots of playtime happening around here. I finished some more Taro Gomi critters for Ellie’s felt board. Ellie did lots (and lots) of sensory bin play. Her new favorite thing. Mama got up early this weekend (usually Daddy gets up with Ellie most mornings) and made these pancakes. We had a visit from Gramma and Grandpa and so we took them to Ellie’s new favorite beach to watch the sunset. And Sunday was filled with football, pulled pork sandwiches (and favorite veggie snacks- peas and cauliflower) , more sensory bin fun for Ellie, lots of music and some light cleaning around the house to wrap things up.

How was your weekend? Joining Amanda over at The Habit!

Weekending!

January 13, 2014 by Summer

Oh January… I love you so, for letting me get excited about goals and gardens and new recipes of the year and projects I want to accomplish and books I want to start and lists I continually make throughout the month….

It was another slow weekend, so I tried to take advantage and get some crafting done and some planning done, as well as some organizing and cleaning. Saturday I went to a lovely baby sprinkle for a lovely Mama friend having her second baby. It was so much fun sipping pink champagne and talking about babies and birth and all that goodness with some lovely, beautiful friends (I made the baby a Lambie softie and I’m excited to share it with you in more detail this week). Sunday Jeff worked on bottling some home-brew and fermenting Mead. It’s his first time making Mead and he’s very excited about it. My kitchen has certainly seen cleaner days however. We have been picking so many oranges and lemons off our tree lately. I’ve been giving them away by the bushel. Jeff made PHO for dinner and we took a lovely little walk around the block in the late afternoon, looking at flowers and spotting the moon in the early evening sky. Ellie insisted on holding her Daddy’s hand the whole way. How was your weekend?

-joining the lovely Amanda for Weekending!

Weekending

January 6, 2014 by Summer

Another lazy weekend…

Dinosaurs showing up in unexpected corners.

Helping to cook and clean in the kitchen.

Lunch and a walk downtown with the Grandparents.

And a short stint checking out rocks down by the beach.

A quick, lazy, windy and warmish January weekend. (Oh and I finally finished this and I got to start this today. Already enjoying it)!

Happy Weekend to you friends!

-joining in with Amanda over at The Habit.

Weekending!

December 30, 2013 by Summer

We stayed close to home this weekend, cleaning house, playing with new toys, catching up on laundry (where does all this laundry come from?!), the dogs were given much-needed baths and I worked on a New Years project (I will talk about in more detail this week). I also opened those seed catalogs and started dreaming up our garden plans! I tend to get carried away every year with grandiose plans for my “homesteading garden”. I made my new favorite lentil/feta salad for snacking on Saturday and Jeff made an apple pie and chicken with ground bacon stuffing for Sunday’s dinner! It was a quiet, somewhat busy, after holidays weekend. Looking forward to the New Year and what’s to come.

Hope you had an equally lovely weekend! Joining Amanda over at The Habit!

Weekending!

December 23, 2013 by Summer

We had a very nice weekend, making Christmas candies at my parents house, doing a little more decorating around our house, checking out the Christmas lights around the neighborhood, wrapping presents and taking beach walks in the late afternoon. Relaxing and enjoying family. This is what the season is made of.

-joining in with Amanda for weekending!

Weekending!

December 16, 2013 by Summer

Another weekend closer to Christmas. Eek. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. Our tree is drying out quickly and for the first time, I’m not sure it’s going to make it for Christmas. I still haven’t finished my advent calendar and our Christmas cards have not gotten here for me to send out to all of you. We are behind folks. But, I did manage to squeeze in a bit of baking, reading (singing) 12 Days of Christmas about 200 times, a pre nap time walk downtown and a lovely Mom’s Night (late afternoon) Out. How was your weekend?

-joining Amanda over at The Habit!

Weekending!

December 9, 2013 by Summer

It’s amazing how quick some weekends just fly by. This weekend, I found myself scrambling for time and still unable to get everything I wanted done. Saturday it rained, so we were inside for much of the day. We did get out for a chilly afternoon walk (and found pinecones). On saturday we took a drive down PCH to visit with some of my best girl friends and their families. We ate brunch, we played with blocks, we caught up on gossip. It was a nice morning. The chill has set in around these parts though and the rest of the weekend was spent in doors (or bundled up for walks in the wagon), battling ants that have made their way inside and a Christmas tree that I just can’t keep watered enough (notice the sad display of needles all over the ground in that last photo). Hoping next weekend doesn’t go as quickly. How was your weekend?

-joining Amanda over at The Habit.

Weekending!

December 2, 2013 by Summer

It was a nice, long weekend. Lots of cleaning up after a successful Thanksgiving. Lots of decorating for Christmas and searching for the perfect Christmas tree. Lots of coffee and tea. A Saturday late afternoon first family photo shoot for some good friends (it was great practice for this novice-wanna-be photographer). Some Cinnamon popovers for sunday morning breakfast. And lots of dancing to Christmas music and Daddy’s banjo playing. So much to be thankful for on this very first day of December.

-joining Amanda over at The Habit.

Weekending!

November 25, 2013 by Summer

We spent the weekend preparing for Turkey Day; cleaning house, running errands and working on autumn crafty things. Sunday morning we thought we’d meet friends for a morning hike by a beautiful lake. The weather was perfect and both little one’s did a pretty good job hanging in the carriers for a few miles. On the way back, Ellie got antsy, so Mama, Dada and Auntie Lindsey took turns holding her (the trail was a little too rocky for this new walker). We had lunch together overlooking the lake. It was a nice morning with friends. We spent dinner at my parents house ending the evening in a great way with family. A really nice weekend, heading into what I’m hoping is going to be a lovely Thanksgiving week. ( And excuse Ellie’s colorful, strange attire and hair… I didn’t get all the laundry done and so it seemed Ellie ended up looking a little like a Fraggle today with what we pieced together). How was your weekend?

-joining Amanda over at The Habit!