Hello buddies! It has been a busy few weeks over right here as Riese wrapped up the varsity 12 months and began camp!
It’s a very new routine – a few 15/20 minute drive vs. a 5 minute stroll to drop her off – however thus far it’s understanding nice, and it’s short-term!
Her camp is close to considered one of my favourite espresso outlets, so on my workdays when we’ve childcare for Wes too I’ve been posting up there till it’s time to select her up once more.
I’ve all the time favored working from espresso outlets – a lot much less distracting than being at residence, for my part – so this has been a enjoyable solution to combine it up!
Plus, I all the time respect latte artwork. 🙂
Anyway!
Now that the climate is scorching, I’ve been having fun with loads of salads – something cool and refreshing is hitting the mark.
This creation had lettuce, cucumber, feta, pink pepper, rooster, and an unpictured homemade lemon balsamic dressing. I had some crackers on the facet, too!
We’ve additionally been having fun with some grilled meals (try my Healthy Grilling Dinner Recipes spherical up submit for some concepts)! Preserving it easy with grilled rooster, burgers, corn, and so on.
This plate was from a BBQ pool get together Riese (and we) had been invited to with a college buddy of hers – all the time love scorching canines in summer time, particularly with sauerkraut! The pear and walnut salad and the road corn salad had been actually good, too.
I additionally had a scrumptious good lobster roll the opposite week at a lady’s night time out – we had been at Hank’s Oyster Bar in Previous City. Don’t fear I had some oysters, too!
Matt and I’ve been doing a weekly date night time and now that it’s mild out so late and likewise so heat, we’ve began mixing up our dates – final week we went and performed mini golf earlier than grabbing dinner which was one thing enjoyable and completely different!
He beat me, however solely by 2 factors. 😉
On the health entrance, I’m nonetheless getting in a pair runs every week which is feeling good!
One of many enormous advantages of Matt working from house is that on our days with out childcare for Wes, I can exit for a run whereas he’s napping and depart Matt with the monitor.
That’s one thing I undoubtedly couldn’t do when Riese was this age (not solely as a result of Matt was not working from residence, but in addition as a result of Riese was a brilliant quick napper – Wes takes good lengthy ones which is big, though he’s much less dependable with the in a single day sleep, which Riese was superior at, so…)
I’m additionally nonetheless doing loads of yoga – I goal for two to three lessons every week as a result of it feels so good, and I generally add in some quick Peloton yoga lessons, too.
I haven’t been utilizing the Peloton bike itself just lately – I simply favor to get my cardio in outdoor both through walks/stroller walks or runs, or hikes. I’m positive I’ll use it extra once more within the winter.
Talking of hikes, Riese and I went on a enjoyable one final week simply the 2 of us – she has these cute child binoculars we introduced alongside and we noticed all kinds of turtles, frogs, fish, and birds!
We additionally had a packed lunch with us, which we stopped to eat roughly 5 minutes into the hike. 😉
Turkey, cheese, hummus, and spinach (nicely, the spinach was solely on my sandwich), plus some sliced bell peppers and cucumbers and an orange.
Since Wes is not nursing anymore and I’ve extra logistical flexibility, it has been enjoyable to get extra one-on-one time with Riese once more. (I get loads of one-on-one time with Wes in the course of the week whereas she’s at camp!)
Talking of Wes, he’s a VERY busy man today! He loves hiding within the curtains to play peekaboo, and his different favourite issues are to get into all the cupboards…
And to throw toys (and no matter else he can discover) down the steps. Each time we go right down to the basement we discover variations of this:
By no means a uninteresting second!
I hope you’ve got an excellent week, my buddies! I’ve obtained some 4th of July recipe inspiration coming to you Friday, after which simply to let you already know I’ll be taking subsequent week off of posting as we might be on our annual Outer Banks seashore journey with Matt’s household.
I’ll be again the week of July 11 – see you then!
Anybody have any enjoyable plans for 4th of July?
Earlier than youngsters Matt and I used to rent kayaks and see the DC fireworks from the water, which was tremendous cool. However just lately we’ve been down within the Outer Banks over the 4th which is enjoyable, too!
