Sadly this morning’s actions didn’t contain coloring or magnetic blocks however reasonably a vet go to for Pepper (simply routine) and an pressing care go to for Ryan (not routine). He’s okay and asleep on the sofa proper now as I work on this weblog submit however this has positively been a really Monday-ish sort of Monday thus far. Our complete household has managed to remain wholesome throughout chilly and flu season this yr so I suppose one in every of us was all the way down to exit finally. (I really went down final week however not as laborious. Seems what I believed have been simply allergic reactions have been, in actual fact, not simply allergic reactions.) I’m simply actually hoping Ryan feels higher quick as a result of continuous puking is depressing.
However let’s again up a bit to extra nice occasions 15 hours earlier… the weekend! Our weekend was a great one with a stable mixture of household, associates, sports activities and outdoors time.
The weekend started with a household journey out to the soccer fields on Friday evening to cheer for Chase. Ryan is the pinnacle coach for Chase’s rec league soccer staff this yr so it’s additional enjoyable to cheer them on as a result of I really feel like I do know extra about all the children on the staff.
Ryan is so invested on this group of youngsters and admittedly stressin’ just a little bit about ensuring they’re all having enjoyable, getting largely equal taking part in time on recreation days, growing as gamers, and so forth. I’m happy with the time and thought he’s pouring into this group of youngsters, particularly since it’s simply rec sports activities which is one of the best match for our household proper now for a myriad of causes.
Saturday
On Saturday morning, we started our day on the Carolina Raptor Heart for his or her annual STEAM Day!
(Tee: Previous Navy / Overalls: Free Individuals / Sneakers: Adidas)
We’ve been members of the Carolina Raptor Heart for years and joined quickly after we started to see Chase’s love for birds of prey start to skyrocket. Honestly, our complete household has Chase to thank for turning all of us into fowl lovers. (I really say it was by way of nursing Chase on the sofa that I got interested within the birds in our yard when he was an toddler as a result of breastfeeding pressured me to decelerate, look out the window and spot a number of the stunning creatures round me in methods I didn’t earlier than. An surprising perk!)
STEAM Day on the Carolina Raptor Heart featured a whole lot of interactive reveals the place the boys may take part in actions like creating enrichment for the birds or matching footage of birds to their appropriate species. In brief: It was heaven for our nature-loving youngsters.
By the point we made it residence, we didn’t have an excessive amount of of our afternoon left. The boys largely performed exterior whereas Ryan and I spent a few hours constructing new furnishings for our dock. We’ve had one of the best luck with Polywood eating furnishings on our again patio however I’ll be the primary to confess the knock-off variations of Polywood adirondack chairs and the lounge chairs we discovered on Amazon have held up simply as properly. We ordered a few rocking chairs and a bench for the dock so now we’ll be capable of chill out on the market a bit, too!
Then it was time to bathe and prepare as a result of Ryan and I had dinner plans with associates.
(Prime: Goal however previous / Skirt: Goal however previous / Footwear: Amazon / Purse: Road Degree by way of Sew Repair / Layered necklaces and bracelets: Gorjana + Madewell)
After our babysitter arrived and we stated goodbye to the boys, we made our means as much as Mooresville and met up with six of our associates at Savannah Oyster Firm to rejoice my buddy Carrie’s birthday!
The six of us all met quickly after we had our first infants (practically 10 years in the past!) and so they’re a few of our very favourite individuals. 4 hours felt like 4 minutes collectively and we had one of the best time consuming, ingesting and laughing collectively.
Sunday
The massive spotlight of our Sunday was the Charlotte Hornets vs. Chicago Bulls basketball recreation on the Spectrum Heart in Charlotte. Ryder and Chase’s faculty had a fundraiser that concerned tickets to a Hornets recreation and after we noticed the Bulls have been taking part in, we scooped up 5 for our household.
I used to be raised within the Chicagoland space (Palatine, Illinois) and after I let you know the Bulls mayhem of the ’90s was completely insane, I imply it. Watching Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Luc Longley, Steve Kerr, BJ Armstrong, Horace Grant and extra play and dominate was probably the most wonderful feeling of collective pleasure in our space. I’ll by no means, ever neglect the effervescent anticipation I felt when my mother and father took me and my sister to a recreation on the United Heart and all of the lights when down earlier than the beginning lineup. (No lie, the Bulls beginning lineup music is what Ryan and I walked out to at our wedding ceremony reception as a result of he’s been a Bulls superfan for many years, too!)
(Bulls recreation day outfit all linked right here!)
Clearly our household was reppin’ the Bulls at Sunday’s recreation however we weren’t the one ones. It truthfully felt like half the stadium was Bulls followers due, largely I’m certain, to the truth that Chicago is a large market however they’re additionally doing properly now whereas Charlotte received’t be making the playoffs. The sport was tremendous high-scoring (each groups had over 100 factors) which made it additional enjoyable for the boys to look at. They bought actually into it and had no drawback lasting from the beginning of the sport to the very finish.
Nicely, Rhett did want just a little facet leisure within the type of random creativeness video games we performed and some stadium snacks however all in all, it was a blast and took me again to my childhood Bulls recreation reminiscences. You possibly can take the woman out of Chicago, however you’ll be able to’t take Chicago out of the woman.
We ended our weekend with film evening (we’re loving the Americas documentaries), Jonny Pops and jammies.
I hope you all have a beautiful week forward and keep wholesome!!
