Weekend Recap

 

This was a busy weekend, but in the best possible way. We did just enough to feel busy, but not so much that it felt overwhelming. Friday I purchased this book that I've been seeing on social media, called 'The Killer isn't Alice'. It's SO fun!! Highly recommend. It's time consuming though, so I have it in my bag to pull out during times when I'd want to scroll social media. This feels like a more fun use of my time instead. The other interesting thing is that you can't cheat - each book is a little different, so if you try to cheat online or with AI, it'll give you the wrong information! 

Saturday we went to the town fair. There were tons of vendors, some delicious New England apple crisp, and I love that Alec still loves a bouncy house ;) We had some food, some sweets and walked around enjoying the beautiful fall day! 

Later that night we took a drive to Bass Pro Shops. I don't know what it is about Bass Pro Shops and boys, but Alec could spend hours in there (and he did!!). We left with a new fishing rod & reel and some fishing accessories.  

Sunday morning was spent organizing his tackle box, but then it started to rain so he was bummed not to be able to meet some friends fishing. He convinced his dad to go out anyway and sit in the rain so he could try his new reel, so off they went. I think he gets some dad of the year points for this one! It was cold and raining and they stayed for hours! 

I used my time to bake some gluten free cookies (I just used the Sweet Loren's chocolate chip cookie dough) and added some extra chocolate chips. 

I also got a large chunk of needlepointing done. Always so relaxing! 

Not sure which needlepoint I'll do next when this is done. I think I want a break from the large Ehrman tapestries, but I don't love super tiny hole needlepoint either. I need something in the middle. Any needlepointers out there with tips?

Hope everyone has a great monday!!

Weekend Recap

I hope you’re having a great Monday so far! It’s Sunday right now as I type this, but I feel like this weekend flew by! Friday night our town hosted a food truck festival, and Alec wanted to go with some of the neighborhood boys, but it was getting dark and he’s still not old enough (in my opinion) to go 100% with friends in the dark, so we drove the few miles to downtown and he met his friends and we walked around. There were SO many cute food trucks!

How adorable is this lemonaid truck? He got a mango lemonade and it was huge! 

I got a chocolate covered strawberry stick. Delicious too! 

We walked around a while longer then headed home before it got too late.

Alec had gymnastics on Saturday morning, so after practice we drove over to Meadowbrook Orchards in Sterling MA to pick up a frozen apple pie and some of their apple cider donuts. If you find yourself in MA, you have to take a trip to Sterling for these donuts. They’re the best around. And if you go, stop next door at Rota Spring Farms for ice cream. Both are delicious! I’ve lived in New England my entire life and these are for sure the best of both! 

Cider donuts are usually a cake-style donut. These are so soft and delicious and covered in cinnamon & sugar. 

My son especially loves these with a bowl of ice cream and caramel sauce! I’m no food blogger and desperately need a manicure, but you get the idea. The donuts are incredible! 

Saturday afternoon Alec needed his bike fixed, so we packed it up and headed over to get it fixed. The local guy that fixes bikes is so nice…he let him pick out some decorations for it while we were there.

Sunday has been loads of laundry and lots of hanging pommel pants (boy gymnastics moms will understand….you can’t put these in the dryer). I also have to do something with this huge stack of beach towels. I feel like the list is never-ending. Sunday dinner is Andrea’s chicken pot pies (happy it makes 2 servings so I can save one for next week) and the apple pie I bought at the farmstand.

That’s all I have for today. This week will be tricky because Alec’s dad is having eye surgery so we’ll have to coordinate all of that. Hoping it goes as smoothly as possible! 

Have a great week! 

 

Weekend Recap

 

Happy Monday! 

Not a lot to recap this weekend! We went to Central Rock Gym with some gymnastics friends. My son loves it here and has been climbing since he was small. I took the belay class (to save money on hiring someone to belay him) and it's a really nice mother-son activity! He loves it and it keeps us both active. Highly recommend it if you have an active tween/teen and want to do something together. 

The remainder of the weekend was spent going through closets and seeing what still fits (my son grew a lot this year!) so I had a lot to donate or pass along to friends with younger kids. We changed how we use a few of the rooms in the house, so I needed to organize quite a bit too. My son asked to use one of the guest rooms as a hang out room for his friends (think video games, playing guitar, that sort of thing) so I said yes and I've been working on that. We do have a finished basement (it's an older house, and it's not nicely finished) so that's used for workout equipment. He wanted a space to hang out in that wasn't his room, and I was happy to say yes. The space isn't done yet, but I chipped away at some organizing and donating to help get it there. Is it just me, or is it hard to start the new school year without feeling organized? I know some people feel that way at New Years, but the "new year" to me is the start of the new school year! Share any tips/tricks you have :) 

 

This is the last week before school starts at most schools in my area (Massachusetts). 

We are slowly easing back into a schedule and some normalcy. My son's gymnastics fall schedule starts back up this week, and then school the following week. I like that it gives us a little bit of a slow start back into our schedule. I work full time so I'm using whatever free time I can find to get us back into an organized schedule. 

Have a great day! Tomorrow I'm going to share my favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookie recipe that makes a ton and is fantastic for back to school.