Our Fun Weekend

We had a fun, relaxing weekend. On Saturday we had lunch at Ephesus Mediterranean Grill, it is quickly becoming our favorite place to go as a family. Zoe tried a cucumber and tomato salad and the chicken kabob, Nick had a salad and the beef kabob sandwich, and I had lentil soup and a chicken kabob. We all shared baklava for dessert- seriously the best stuff ever! Zoe's afternoon nap was so long I had to go wake her up. Nick and I played with her until she went to bed and then we watched three episodes of The Newsroom (and we are currently watching one now). 

Today, after we all slept in and had lunch, Zoe and I went to the splash pad. Well, we started off at the splash pad and Zoe walked over to the pool. She walked right into the kiddie pool and loved it. She mostly just walked around in the water, splashed the water, and lined her Bubble Guppies up. Of course, she made lots of friends. We left after she face planted into the water and started coughing a bit. One little girl was kind enough to come over and ask if she was ok. For some reason Zoe did not want to take her afternoon nap so we had dinner early as well as homemade chocolate chip cookies. So we had a great weekend at home! 

Rainy Monday

Today was rainy and dreary. I could hear the rain early this morning before I woke up and it sprinkled throughout the day. I decided the weather called for potato soup so I made some from scratch while Zoe was eating her lunch.

My husband took the day off from work so he watched Zoe while I went to pick up a few things from Kroger. I am so glad I went on my own because it was super crowded. There was even a long line at Starbucks. The barista made my drink and when she called out the name I thought I heard her say light mocha frappuccino but I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I tasted it and it was disgusting. It had a really runny consistency, it was chalky and tasted like it was loaded with artificial sweeteners. Normally if my drink is wrong I drink it anyways but there was no way I could have finished this drink. So I asked her to make me a regular one. She told me I could have both the light and a new one since she messed it up but I told her I didn't want the light. That's how bad it was! I did a bit of research and the light version will only save you 90 calories. Totally not worth it in my opinion. TLDR: the light drinks are gross!

Nick and I played with Zoe when I got back. She must have been really hyped up because she never went down for her second nap. I took that opportunity to sit on the couch with her and watch cartoons. After I made dinner I decided to make chocolate chip cookies. The last time I made them they didn't turn out well and I vowed to only make my vegan version from then on. But I wanted to try the regular version on the chocolate chip bag. I made the dough balls really, really small and that did the trick. The dough was cooked all the way through and they didn't burn around the edges. I also lined the baking sheet with foil and used a new sheet for each batch. I ended up freezing half of the dough because I would have had about 100 cookies if I hadn't. 

This is a signature Jessica move that I learned from my dad. Same leg and everything! I usually have my foot higher though- around my left knee. I don't think Zoe has seen me do it so it must be in our blood. :)

I forgot to add these to my last post. I left the Boppy out after Walker's visit and caught Zoe lounging on it on Sunday. I'm glad to see it's being used!

Ready to go- with her Lamby and purse.

Cuddling instead of taking her second nap.

Going through all her toys on the shelf.