Shaz by the Sea

We had some fantastic weather this weekend and the boys played outside pretty much the entire time. It was great. They loved playing on the scooters, blowing bubbles with their BRAND NEW "bubble guns", and just running around with the kids next door. We had a little BBQ and made a few healthy dips, and enjoyed being home/playing outside throughout the weekend. It was one of my favorite weekends. The kids were healthy, they all slept great, ate great, and played great. We started out by making some banana chocolate chip pancakes for dinner Friday night, which we then of course had on Saturday morning, as well. They loved watching them cook in the pan and make little bubbles as they were ready to flip. Then we all lounged around, watched TV, enjoyed some coffee and headed outside to play when the kids started to get restless. Cal's absolute favorite activity these days is throwing the balls around the house and yard, and pretty much playing fetch with hi

My friend Suz and I just got back from the most relaxing weekend of all time! For some reason, it took me almost four years to book/plan a girls getaway and I am sure glad I did. Lately, as some of you can tell from recent blog posts, it's been hectic around here. I am toying with the idea of switching Conor and Caden's preschool (in addition to their recent classroom separation), I am thinking about next school phase for Cal, I work full time, Jim and I are finishing our basement, and we are in the preliminary stages of adding on to our Cape house. Needless to say, it is non-stop. It is all great - and we are super fortunate, it just adds up and stresses me out to constantly be thinking about everyday things all day, every single day....am I right? Suz and I searched high and low for the perfect getaway. We even contemplated one of those "Groupon Getaways" to escape this crap weather and head to the DR for an all-inclusive mayhem weekend. Ha. Then we decid