Favorites From the Weekend

Judah has this new thing. Every night while we’re cuddling before bed he puts his head on my shoulder and says “Today was my favorite day.” It’s usually followed by “Was today your favorite day too Mom?”

My answer is always the same.

“Yes Judah. Today was my favorite day.”

So, in true Judah fashion, I’ll share some favorites from this past weekend (which just happen to fly right on by way too fast).

First off, not to play favorites, but random.org picked the winner of The Better Chip Giveaway.

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Friday Favorites:

We whipped up just a few of our Gourmet Green Pancakes for breakfast. Here’s a picture of just the leftovers. (They’re now individually frozen for quick breakfasts this week.)

Oh and by the way, this is my favorite plate of all time.

I went with my breakfast STUFTwich (shocker), but mixed two different Smucker’s sugar free preserve flavors.

I also had a few minutes to skim through the Trader Joe’s Fearless Flyer

and spotted this wine I want to try.

A $5 bottle of wine? Yes please.

Later in the day I wanted to tackle a longer run with the stroller. I had to see if I could still push two hefty toddlers more than 5 miles. That was not happening on any big hills or without any fun stuff to look at for the boys.

So we decided to make a trip out of it.

I ate some pumpkin protein cookie dough in the car (not the easiest thing to eat on the go)

while the boys ate some SunButter and jelly sandwiches. (Also not the best on the go snack. I now have some seriously dirty car seats.)

We had so much fun last Friday in downtown San Diego so we went back.

And since we’re talking favorites, have I mentioned how much I love my Mizuno shoes?

Love them. And I just got a new pair for a special project Mizuno’s got going on. More of that to come later this week.

Anyway….

I scoped out a new flat path to run. It took us here.

here

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and ended up here (again).

Oh Joaquin.

After about 9 stroller miles, some pretty amazing ships to look at

and a little playground time, I’d call it one of my favorite days.

It didn’t even end there.

The party kept going once we got home and spend time with our favorite man.

Doesn’t he look excited?

We built a very safe fire (on a wood patio under a big tree)

and opened up a new bottle of wine to try that was pretty darn tasty.

We went for a nice big salad (romaine, artichokes hearts, fresh basil, tomatoes and peperocinis)

and some gourmet take out.

We are so cool, aren’t we?

Then the boys had their very first experience with s’mores.

Joaquin loved them.

They were a little too sticky for Judah so he stuck with milk.

I’m not sure why or how this happened right before bedtime, but it did.

Saturday favorites:

Well, boot camp is my favorite way to start the day, but I didn’t take any pictures. I figure I torture my ladies enough that I won’t subject them to my picture taking and blog talk. Ha ha.

After seeing this on Pinterest the other day.

Naturally we had to go to one of our favorite stores and do this.

Here’s our before picture with some shoes we were supposed to return.

Here’s our after with not only the shoes we couldn’t return, but over $200 of diapers, cat food, etc.

Awesome.

Sunday favorites:

I’ll just show you my favorite snack because it pretty much rocked my Sunday afternoon after we hit up the gym for a little run.

Oh yes.

While I’m saddened that my beloved PB Crave Razzle Dazzle is done, I made sure to finish it off the right way with some of these.

Cookies and Cream Protein Oats in a Jar

1/2 cup oats (40 grams)

1 scoop Spiru-tein Cookies and Cream protein powder

3/4-1 cup nondairy milk (I used unsweetened almond milk)

2 teaspoon chia

splash of vanilla

1 sweetener packet

Um yeah. Good stuff. This protein powder rocks. It has a little more sugar than others, but the taste is worth it.

STUFT Daddy had to work on Father’s Day so we treated him to a surprise dinner after his long day.

And since it was his special party and he’s not exactly the biggest blog fan, I promised to not take any pictures. I got to make an exception for my cool mojito

and to show you how Judah eats lettuce wraps.

Yeah, he polished those things off.

The four of us did some serious damage at PF Chang’s. Thank goodness we had a gift card.

Okay, gotta go. I’ve got just a couple classes to teach today. Have a great Monday!

What was your “favorite” from the weekend?