Weekend Round Up

Good morning! This weekend was incredibly busy around here, with the holiday and the beautiful weather. The last thing I wanted to do was sit at the computer. So I didn't! Sunday started with breakfast made for my husband followed by a couple gifts made by myself and my son. (Wink Wink). For years, I taught preschool at a few different child care centers and so I have many ideas for home made gifts in the back of the ole noggin. I really love the poem " Walk With Me Daddy" as a fathers day gift. I tear up reading it and it is not even for me! To make it I just painted my child's feet as he was sitting drinking his milk. Then I glued them to the paper and wrote out the poem. I had the frame lying around so I put it to use. My handwriting in the photo looks AWFUL because the paint was still a bit wet as I was writing and I was trying not to get my wrists in it. Oh well, perhaps it looks more like a child wrote it haha. The hubs liked it and that is what matters. It would be a perfect gift for a birthday or holiday as well. Link to poem here.

For the grandparents, we found a fun idea on the Beechnut Facebook page. The new little jars that their foods come in are adorable. I have been stocking up on them because they have been on sale and my son loves the fruit mixed with his yogurt. Anyways, there was a very easy grill rub recipe they posted. So we made the rub, put it inside the jar and attached a cute little tag. The saying read " A Home made Rub For A Grandpa Who Really "Smokes" The Competition." We put it inside a little gift bag and gave it along with a few other little gifts. It was a great way to utilize those jars! Recipe for rub here.

After opening gifts and breakfast, the hubs went with my father and brother and spent the day golfing, They were lucky to get such a beautiful day. My son and I spent that time with my mother, sister in law and my nephew. We played in the blow up pool for about an hour. Both boys love the water. It is nice when we can all get together, it does not happen often because we live two towns away and they all work full time. Pretty soon I will have a niece joining in on all the fun so we will definitely have to try to get together more often.

Monday dad had an unexpected day off so we went for a nice hike in the next town over. They have this great dam area with tons of trails. We took the two dogs and put the boy in the backpack and enjoyed some time with nature. It was a great weekend. I hope everyone else enjoyed theirs as much as we did!

xo