It’s solar eclipse Monday!!! Are you armed and ready with your glasses? Is any other mom panicked that their kids will stare at the sun without the glasses? I am! I’ve heard warning after warning and it has gotten through loud and clear. So be sure you have yours special glasses to view the eclipse. In other news, we were all over the place this weekend. Here is a bit of our Monday Morning Wrap-Up.
BY THE OCEAN
We spent some time down at the water taking in the beautiful temperatures. School begins tomorrow so we wanted to soak in as much outdoor time before the kiddos are in their seats for hours every day. Both are excited, but I think they have grown accustomed to the summer life.
GATHERING TOGETHER
My nieces have been in town so my sister hosted a really fun family dinner with the whole crew. Always so fun to all be together. And dinner was delicious.
THE HILLTOP
We also spent some time in a local neighborhood touring this Hilltop. Such a pretty gathering spot for families. I love the architecture and the views are so pretty.
FAMILY TIME
This happened all weekend, too. Each night before bed we put in one more hour of this game. The game goes ON AND ON AND ON. But to be honest we are just thrilled that our junior high daughter begs us to play board games withe her. We will take it!
HEALTHY LUNCH IDEA
I posted this on my stories because this has been one of my favorite lunches lately. I know I need to post a sample menu. With summer wrapping up I haven’t had a ton of free time but will get to that very soon now that the kids will be in school. This sauce is soooooo delicious. I bought mine at Whole Foods. A super easy and healthy lunch that takes two minutes to throw together! It’s rotisserie chicken from Costco on a bed of fresh spinach, bell peppers, cilantro, Wholly guacamole and buffalo sauce. So good!!!
TIME TO LOUNGE
Ok, so it’s not really time to lounge, but with the onset of school, I know we will be home in the evenings trying to get the bedtime in check. So yes, I will be in my loungewear. No doubt about it. I LOVE putting these on after we are back from sports and activities. Actually, I have been in the black ones all weekend. I may or may not own them in three colors and just wanted to let you know they now come in six color and are a great price. Worth it, my friends. Did anyone scoop up the $12 sunglasses? They are so good and still on sale today. You can see more of my weekend picks here.
DREAMY
Lastly, this stunning home is one we pass on our morning hikes and it’s nothing short of spectacular. Even better, I’ve been told that the family that lives here is wonderful. Knowing a home as beautiful as this is also filled with kindness and loves makes it all the more gorgeous, don’t you think?!
IT’S TRADITION
So wish us luck over here. My children chose the last few days to finally sleep in so tomorrow will be interesting. If you need us today, we will be baking our traditional rainbow cake to celebrate school commencing!
Enjoy your day and I’ll see you back here tomorrow.
Your rainbow cake idea is so sweet! What a special way to start the year. I usually do a “smiling toast”breakfast for the first day with M&M smiles. Have a great start to the school year!
Love the lounge pants. I just started wearing the Make and Model ones I picked up at the Nordstrom’s sale and they are so comfortable. Those look great too. Can never have too many comfy pants.
Would love to read a post on your healthy eating! I have used the past few weeks to recalibrate over here as well 🙂
I love the idea of a tradition to start the school year off on a high note. With my eldest starting kindergarten in TWO weeks I need to think up an excellent tradition to start the school year! GAH I am in tears just thinking about sending my tiny baby on to elementary school! That house is gorgeous and oh the ocean. We spent a whole day seaside as well and it is just the best thing ever!
Today was the first day of school, but I didn’t plan anything fun to celebrate. We are on a “no sugar” kick for a while (did the rainbow cake last year and loved it!) and despite waking up two hours before we left the house, we just did “Muffin Monday” with some homemade peach oatmeal muffins that I made on Saturday. I did manage to build a little breakfast schedule so it’s not always the same thing every day: Muffin Monday, Tuesday Smoo-esday (smoothies), Wing It Wednesday (eggs), Stuff It Thursday (tacos, wraps, breakfast burritos, etc.), and Fun Bowl Friday (yogurt, overnight oats, cereal, oatmeal, etc.). I’m pretty proud of that!
So cute! Love the ideas and the fact that you always know what to give the kids when. Unlike me who is like, what do you want and it takes (what feels like) forever for the kiddos to decide 🙂
Love, love, love your rainbow cake tradition! So much so, that I started it last year in our home (and tagged you). Fun to have a tradition for my Littles to look forward to each school year! Also helps to keep this Mama preoccupied from the fact that my babies are growing up too quickly. 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration! xoxoxo
You sister set another beautiful table. Ended up looking cloudy here, not total darkness. LOL Love the rainbow cake idea. So sweet. Hope they had a great first day.
Love your lounge wear! Can you put a link to the top and bra you’re wearing? So cute! Thanks!
Love the lunch idea! Gotta run to Costco for their rotisserie chicken. Hope the kiddos have a great first day! Summer is now over…:-(
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I know summer is almost over – but do you have suggestions for where to get cute (adult) swimsuits? Love your style!!
Love the rainbow cake idea. Can you post the recipe?