It's funny...I thought this summer was going to be nice and relaxing, you know, laid back like summers used to be...it's not happening around here though. Guess that's the way things go when you have two busy three year old boys. What our summer has lacked in down time, it's more than made up for in adventure. Last week was no exception.
After a few trips to the chiropractor, lots of PiYo and stretching, and listening to my body, I'm back to my regular, regular for summer that is, running routine. Woohoo! That makes me one happy mama! We always seem to find something exciting on our stroller adventures...
...this was the highlight of one of our very hot afternoon runs last week. Fun stuff! I welcomed the break to stop and watch it in action :-)
We've been knee deep in delicious summer fruit this season thanks to Annie's Organic Buying Club...
...oh pluots, how I've missed you. We can't wait for more sweet cherries tomorrow too. Yum!!!
On produce day, I usually play around in the kitchen too since I'm stuck there all afternoon. Last week's experiment turned out to be the best gluten free cookies I've made so far...
...this recipe is a winner! I subbed coconut oil for the butter and added maple syrup instead of molassas since that's what I had on hand. I'm trying it with chocolate chips next time. They are three year old approved too which is a definite plus in my book.
Despite the heat, we made time for some outdoor fun, making sure to do it earlier in the day. Last week we had fun at the bouncy bridge park. It had been a while since we'd been there...
When we got too hot there, we cooled off with some dollar bowling...
...we were a little distracted by the cartoons at the end of the lane...
...oh well. $2 well spent in my opinion :-)
Our air-conditioned indoor fun has included lots of blocks lately...
...and multiple trips to the library as well. Check out the new computer game we found that taught us about the human body...
...gotta love the loud 3 year old comments coming from learning about organs...haha!
Of course we always stock up on books when we're there too...
...you better believe we read this entire stack over lunch as soon as we got home. Love that they love books as much as I do.
Of course no summer week is complete without a trip to the water park. Last week's discovery...
...learning how to splash the person that's trying to squirt you by putting your hand on the squirter :-) Funny stuff!
On Saturday, we had some fun building a taco truck at Lowes...
...they were pretty proud of their work and figured their fish bob would enjoy looking at their handiwork too...
...obviously, we was impressed but wanted to make sure there were no fish tacos being made on that truck ;-)
Sunday was the perfect mellow ending to our weekend. We took a ride to the Green Market and got some honey sticks and a dragonfruit...
...spent lots of time outside, climbing trees...
...jumping on the trampoline...
...feeding the ducks...
...getting work done...
...swimming, and relaxing...
There were no complaints about our evening entertainment...
...what's not to love about a sunset like that and entertaining music like this...
...it was the perfect ending to a perfect family day. Hope your week was fantastic as well.
