You Wanna Go to Ohio?

It was Friday afternoon around 1pm.. It was dreary.. cold, and we were just sittin around the house.

I suggested half joking.. "You wanna drive to Ohio?"

We talked back and forth ... and finally after about 20 minutes decided.. lets do it.

We never ever do this kind of thing.. I mean, you usually cant with a toddler and 1 year old, right?

 

Turns out the kids were angels in the car.. BOTH ways..

We timed it just right with naps/exhaustion.. ha..



It felt good to pack and get out of town.. and have no plans once we got their either. 

 

We arrived shortly before 7:30pm.

The kids were in bed late.. but who cares..

And you know what? Andrew slept through the night until 7:30am the next day.. it was amazing...

It just made us so releived that we decided to do something so last minute.

 

I had exactly 1 hour to pack everything for Andrew, Samantha, and Myself.. and you know what? Between the ipad, phone chargers, diapers, food, creams, favorite blankies, and all my stuff .. We didnt forget ONE thing... I think its those trips we prepare for and overthink everything that I always forget a lot of things...

 

My mother and father in law's back yard looked so pretty the next morning.. even if it was a frozen tundra all weekend long...

 

We had some cozy fires.. 



 

Andrew was a pretty good little traveler.

Slept good (ok only the first night)... 



Samantha even had a playdate with her cousins on Saturday ... she stayed over there for about 4 hours and had the best time, eating pizza, and ice cream and dressing up in princess dresses, hide and seek, barbies... she was in heaven..

 

The next day we ate dinner with them again.. and the whole family had so much fun

Dance parties to Taylor Swift are a must anytime we get the girls all together.

We headed home Monday (Presidents Day) around 11am..

We had some yummy oatmeal with Baka and headed back home.

It was the best spur of the moment trip to Ohio.

We had a very nice weekend.

Begin & End with Cookies... {Our Weekend}

Our Weekend in Pics.

It started off with cookies .. and ended with cookies...(read on...)

 

Friday I nearly forgot I signed up to add something to Samantha's school's Fall Festival and craft/bake sale. I was supposed to participate in the craft fair.. but.. no time.. I tried.. but maybe next year.

 

Saturday I took SJ to the festival

She had a ball..esp in the bounce house...

Donut bobbing was also fun for her.

It was getting cold and cloudy around 11 though.. so we left.

 

Daddy and I were feeling spontaneous..

and we decided since it had started raining...to go for a little road trip.

We packed up the car with two tired kids and snacks/gear.

We drove about 1 hour away to Rochester.

They just got a Trader Joe's .. and we decided to check it out.

I LOOOOVE trader joes... I used to live within walking distance of one in Ohio.. why didnt I ever walk there?? And in NC we'd make a stop every time we drove to Raleigh. But now Wilmington has one!

It was pretty nice though when we got there.. no rain!

The fall foliage was very pretty although you cant really tell from my pics to much

 

We had fun..a few trying episodes.

Daddy ended up waiting outside while SJ and I finished up shopping

 We left with 4 bags full of goodies!

 

Some new stuff I tried was their Cookie Butter (below)

I made pumpkin pancakes and spread the cookie butter over it.. mm heaven...so so delish!

 The kids both passed out about 1/2 way home until we pulled into the driveway greeted by huge sopping raindrops.. It was a really rainy Saturday here.

Sunday was bright and sunny and upper 60s!

The kids played outside in the morning while I started baking/cooking ALL DAY..

I loved nothing more..

Sunday Sauce...

I add a bunch of green peppers.. then once theyre cooked, I blend them along with some sauce in a blender, and return to the mixture.

The house smelled so good all day.

 I made Homemade Oreos and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies too..

We had Grammy over for dinner, and she helped us with baths after.

I ended the evening with a huge glass of milk and two enormous homemade oreos.

So I ended our weekend as it began, with cookies.

Trip to the Lake

Little Lake Trip

This Saturday we hit the road for a little adventure on Lake Ontario

We visited friends who have a house right on the lake, and I tell you.. it was gorgeous!

I'd trade my house right now for a lakefront location, I wouldnt mind waking up to the water every day.. it was so serene..

Little Miss loved the water.. she was so brave..

here she is eating her goldfish crackers, and pretzies..(pretzels)

After a few minutes, she walked all the way out to that boat in the pic below.. because she had to "touch it".. The water was maybe 2ft high.. but she would have probably gone deeper, but I convinced her to turn around..

She could have stayed in the water all day.. and Im so glad she loved it.

Here I am bearing all at 13 weeks..

I feel like I look more like 20!

I am loving my new maternity bathing suit though.. very comfy

We had Blue Cheese Burgers, Hot Dogs, Fruit Salad, Macaroni Salad, and Tomatoes with Onions/Basil and Olive oil.. so yummy.

And for dessert we had Cannoli's and Cream Puffs!

We watched the gorgeous sunset, and had a bonfire with roasted marshmallows.

We stayed until almost 10pm!

SJ fell asleep in the car and we just transfered her when we got home..

It was such a great trip, I hope we can go back one more time to swim!