Today we went to the pumpkin patch:
I am so happy to not be so pregnant like I was last year:
Immediately on entering the pumpkin patch the kids started crying and fighting over a wheelbarrow. Both kids were tired. I didn't want to buy pumpkins here (they are so expensive!) so we said each kid could pick out the best small pumpkin (£2 each). Even that was tricky. There were meltdowns and chaos. I wondered if it was even worth it.But then this evening I already forgot the meltdowns and remember this:
Perfect Pumpkin Hunting |
Pumpkin Catapult. £2 for 3 pumpkins |
We made it to the corn maze for the first time ever! |
On Saturday morning (Isaac's birthday!) both kids had swim lessons. When they got home our friends came over for tea and cupcakes and a short play date. They left at 12 as more friends came over for lunch, and then those friends and other friends went to the climbing wall with Isaac for a birthday climbing adventure.
I stayed at home with babies and a friend who also had a baby. When climbing was over some other friends came back to our house for more tea, and eventually Isaac had one friend who stayed for a sleepover while Lilah went over to Grandma's. Luckily the parent of the friend that stayed for a sleepover is a great friend of our as well, so we hung out until late in the evening chatting. The boys even stayed up until 8:30pm. Unfortunately on Sunday they woke up at 5am... which means we woke up at 5am... which means we are tired.
But there is no time for tired on an adventure weekend! At 10am we said goodbye to friends and drove to the pumpkin patch. Fun fact, pumpkin patch pricing is £9 per car. This is a bargain when we bring 7 people. We did a quick circuit and were home by 1pm. Everyone was tired so we did film Sunday and watched Tangled.
In the mid afternoon the other grandparents came over for more tea and cake (are you sensing a theme??) and then when they went home it was dinner and bed. And now blog. And soon adult bed (not in a *wink wink* way. In a OMG that was exhausting way).
Reading
I finished Ghosts by Dolly Alderton. Now I'm reading The Plan by Kendra Adachi and You Only Die Once which I am reading super slowly. I also have a kindle copy of The Stand In by Lily Chu which I haven't started. I'm trying to get a little more high brow than women fiction... but also I like women's fiction.
Sports
Sports are getting better.
Monday: 35 minutes swimming (swimming is awesome and I slept so well after)
Tuesday: Gym with gym buddy
Wednesday: 15 Minute Peloton Yoga
I haven't yet figured out how to incorporate exercise into my kid days (Fri/Sat/Sun) but I am sure it will come. Next week I might try to do a gym session during the kids saturday swim lessons, which would give me 25 minutes of exercise on a Saturday.
Also, I signed up for the Cardiff half Marathon next year. It sold out in 24 hours. It's in October. I am excited.
Sleep
I slept through the night every night last week, so even with my 6 hour Saturday sleep my average is still 7.42 hours. Yay. I know that literally every aspect of my life only functions because I get sleep.
Meal Plan:
Monday: Risotto
Tuesday: Salmon Burgers / Fish Fingers & rice & veg
Wednesday: Chicken Gyros (the ones I meant to make last week but didn't)
Thursday: Toad in the hole (sausages in yorkshire pudding)
Friday: Jacket Potatoes & Tuna or beans or freezer chili.
Saturday: Chicken Pot Pie (the one I meant to make last week bu didn't
Sunday: Slow Cooker lentil spag bol.
How was your weekend? Have you eaten anything pumpkin-y yet this year? I made a sweet potato and bean stew last week. It was very autumnal.
Such cute pictures from the pumpkin patch. I’ve made two pumpkin soups, one loaf of pumpkin bread, and had a PSL. Oh, and pumpkin pie yesterday and today for our Canadian Thanksgiving celebrations. I love pumpkin!!
ReplyDeleteLook at your beautiful family of six! Sounds like it was a great choice to go (MINI wheelbarrows?!?!) and the photos are precious.
ReplyDeleteI have made/eaten pumpkin bread and a pumpkin curry.