Summer Bliss

The first half of my weekend left much to be desired. The Hubs was working, after being out of town most of the week, and while he estimated that he would be home just after lunch time on Saturday, he ended up getting home around 4 p.m.

Despite being bone tired from a hectic and stressful week at work, mornings and evenings solo with the boys, and a Saturday that reflected much of the same, we forced ourselves out of the house for some quality family time. We ended up strolling around Prairie Farms where we watched the animals much on their dinner, watched The O slide down the tractor slide with delight, and encouraged The O to trudge up a big hill with his daddy, and then experience the childhood glee of running down while trying to avoid falling over with momentum.

After our Farm adventures we tried out a new local Vietnamese place, stuffing our bellies with chilled fresh summer rolls, Pho, and a banana smoothie . We drove home through the country as the sun was setting. The boys happily drifted off to sleep as quickly as we slipped them into their jammies and into bed. The Hubs and I were able to catch up over a nice glass of chilled wine. And we were all fast asleep by 9:30 p.m. . . . bliss I tell you.

Today the boys slept in until 7:30 a.m. (a total treat for us). We then made whole wheat blueberry pancakes with fresh local blueberries, and a fritata stuffed full of fresh local spinach, yellow squash and zucchini. We sang a quick Happy Birthday to Baby E upon The O's insistence because it is his 3-month birthday today. Then we set out into the back yard to construct The O's new play gym. My dad came by to help out, and later to instruct The O on how to slide down his new slide on his belly. Despite the rough start, the weekend turned out to be epitome of a perfect summer family weekend. A few pictures of the good times . . .