School started (for P)!  It feels good. We went to Art Beast (his favorite place) on our last day of summer and really soaked up the time as a trio. Mr. P also had a special one on one day with Kyle over the weekend (because he and I had ours a few weeks ago).  V and I had a tea party, went swimming, and got ice cream together while the boys did their thing.  🙂 And decorated the wall paper for her cubby so that when her school starts next week she will feel… Read more >

When life gives you heaps of apples (leftover from a get together)…you make apple sauce.  No food waste when I’m around. I’ve made applesauce in the crock pot several times, but the instant pot was (you guessed it) even easier.  Mainly because it was so fast. I had dessert every night this week.  I didn’t realize it until I uploaded the photos.  Oops.  It wasn’t necessarily a harder than normal week, but it did feel disjointed or fractured or something…I think it’s because I had a bunch of other stuff going on and Kyle and… Read more >

Ok, I don’t know why but it seemed like Sunday night came way too quickly.  Did Saturday even happen? We went to Sausalito for a quick overnight.  After finishing all the Boxcar Children books, P is now well into The Magic Tree House series.  Once he learns to read, I may never see his face again…but for now, it’s allll about the library’s books on cd section.  Makes quiet time and road trips easy that’s for sure. We went to fish for dinner, which we’ve been to before, since it’s a few blocks from my sister’s place. … Read more >

Sorry I left you high and dry there for a few days.  The end of summer is getting a little crazy and I’m jut trying to prioritize the right stuff. Kyle was gone for a few days last week – I think I already mentioned that and blogged about the first couple solo nights – so now I’m picking up on the end of that stretch. I made nothing into something with fridge leftovers and it turned into an amazing dinner!  I’ll get to it in a sec. First, breakfast. I started out wanting to… Read more >

So far this week I’ve made two repeat dinners and continued the same lunch rotation that began last week(ish). Here’s my lil snacky kinda lunch. And then here I am right back to my kale salad lunch. I’ve been having blended juices and coconut clusters for breakfasts because I got another massive bag of them at Costco last time we were there and I will probably eat the entire bag myself just like I did last time.  It’s a one pound bag for the record.  It’s sweeter than I’d usually go for but sometimes I… Read more >