Hi friends! We are slated to have some yucky winter weather ’round here, but I have the false sense of spring because I bought a pair of rocking chairs for our front porch over the weekend. Fake it until you make it, right?!
On Friday night I was Mazen’s date to his first school dance!
Before we left I had a “clean out the fridge” salad dinner. (And he had a spinach + cheese quesadilla!)
Birch ate pretend kale. And milk.
He and Thomas stayed home to snuggle. And keep it simple.
Mazey seemed a bit nervous for the dance, and I had to break out all the embarrassing parent moves to try to get him to smile.
Eventually a cupcake brightened his spirits.
The DJ was great – I was pleasantly surprised that he played a lot of “cool” songs (like from when I was in college!) and not just kid tunes. Each grade did a little performance to a special song led by their PE teacher, and the kindergartners were the chicken dance!
On Saturday morning I was up with the sun to go to my favorite gym class of the week – my own little dance party!
Brother snuggles before I left. B looks huge, but I think it’s mostly perspective!
I had my usual half banana and peanut butter plus coffee before class. And then more coffee and French toast after!
Thomas’s mom took Mazen out to see the new Lego movie and we relaxed at home for a while. Since I had such a late breakfast, I made Three Bears smoothies for lunch – baby, mama, papa. The small two I put in the fridge for later, and I drank the big one.
When Mazen was home, Matt picked him up and Eileen stayed with Birch so Thomas and I could run over to the UVA game!
It was my first (and maybe only) game of the season! It was a close one but the Hoos pulled it off.
Halftime snack!! I was starving from not having a “proper” lunch.
We got home to this snuggle boy rising from a long nap. We changed him out of his Saturday jammies and into a nice outfit to go out to dinner!
We met up with some friends at Maya for dinner. It seemed like everyone in Cville was out on the town!
Thomas couldn’t wait to dig in to our pimento cheese fritters!!
They are SO GOOD! With red pepper jelly.
For dinner I had crab cakes, collard greens, and cornbread with butter and honey.
Our sweet little baby decided to fill up his diaper right in the middle of dinner, and we had a total outfit blow-out up the back. There was no changing table in the bathroom, and I could only laugh my way through one of the most difficult diaper + whole outfit changes I’ve ever done! Needless to say we both needed a bath when we got home – eek!
After a good night’s sleep, Thomas put on his weekend hat and made this delicious breakfast.
We are obsessed with these biscuits from JM Stock. They come frozen, and 17 minutes at 375 degrees in the toaster oven have them perfectly crispy on the outside and soft and buttery on the inside. I love that you can keep them frozen until you want to have them too – so convenient!
Does Birchie Boo look thrilled with his Kyte sleep sack? We have made some attempts to get from the Merlin suit to sack, and while he falls asleep just fine in the sack, he has yet to make it through more than one sleep cycle. It could just be coincidence because sometimes he wakes up after 34-45 minutes in the Merlin, so we need to keep trying. Sleep sacks are the end goal, and with 4 months on the horizon I’d love for him to be in them soon. I think he is close though!
Mazen and I went swimming at ACAC in the afternoon, and I fit in a workout beforehand.
Hope you guys enjoyed your F + S + SUN!
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
School dances are such fun activities! Looks like Mazen really enjoyed it. 🙂
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Tonya says
OMG I am cracking up at my desk! Now THAT is real life. Beautiful baby in fresh new outfit. Night on the town. Delicious crab cake dinner followed by MASSIVE BLOW OUT UP THE BACK IN A PUBLIC RESTROOM!
hahaha!
I’m so sorry! I know you handled it like a pro!
KathEats says
I literally was laughing during it because it was just so horrible!
Carla says
Naturally the long nap is when you’re away and can’t savor it, and the caretaker just wants them to be awake to interact with, haha! Sorry to hear about the dinner blowout. It is rough when there’s no changing table!
Elizabeth says
Love the quilt
KathEats says
So do we 🙂 🙂
Laura Roberts says
You should try the zipadee-zip sleepsack. They come in all sizes! We used it right after the Merlin, and didn’t even notice a difference with sleep (our son didn’t like the halo at all). https://www.sleepingbaby.com/collections/boys
KathEats says
I have heard great things about that one I’m just trying not to buy anything new since I own a ton of sleep sacks already!
Liz says
We tried the zipadee zip but didn’t have luck with that. What worked really well for us when transitioning from the Merlin suit was to use the sleep sack but keep his arms inside. I even had a few fleece ones from the hospital that I just stitched up the armholes on. Then he got used to being able to move his arms around but couldn’t whack himself in the face. After a week of that we did arms out and it went fine. Good luck! The transitions seem so hard at the time, but as you know in a little while you’ll barely remember them!
KathEats says
Great tip!
Stacey says
I remember thinking Mazen was the CUTEST baby boy ever and now Birch is stealing his thunder 🙂 Since you’re the common denominator, it must be your genes 😉 Either way though, they are both adorable and seem to be the sweetest! I love your updates and blog posts and it seems when you (or any blogger) is writing about what is of most interest to them in the moment makes for the best content!
From a mom of the 2 most beautiful girls — haha!
KathEats says
Haha! Thank you!
Marissa says
In regards to your restaurant diaper disaster, it’s taken me 2 kids, but I realize I don’t even use changing tables in bathrooms anymore. It’s usually just easier for me to take the baby out & change her in the very back of my Suburban. Just wanted to pass this info along in case it could be helpful to you. I also think it’s cleaner than the public bathroom diaper stations that I’ve used before!
KathEats says
I totally agree, but it was cold, dark, and our car was parked quite a bit away. But in sunny, warm weather, much less germs than a bathroom!