Monday, April 27, 2009

Our weekend :)

After an emotionally draining and spiritually challenging week, we thankfully had a much needed sun drenched, gorgeous, relaxing weekend!

I somehow managed to get some of my girlfriends together in one place at one time for a mommy's night out at Alladin's. As much as I love my boys and would be lost without them, every once in awhile you just need some girl time! It was so much fun just hanging out talking and laughing together. :) Aren't we adorable??




The next morning I started my day off with my new favorite breakfast.. Kashi whole wheat puffs with strawberry slices, drizzled with agave nectar.



Then we dug into the awesome surprise package we received from our friends in Australia. More about that soon!



We watched sweaty shirtless skaters scrape up their knees and elbows. E said he wants knee pads and a Star Wars skateboard. A said getting hurt doesn't look like fun and that he would rather learn how to play tennis.



I love that Caribou coffee has a kids corner with toys, books, a blackboard to draw on, and of course yummy muffins and Odwalla. After a few sips of that iced latte I was hyped up and had to walk it off. So...



We climbed on giant bronzed dancing hares..



Rolled down hills in a haphazard manner..



And studied and stood on interesting rock formations.



After that we went home sun-kissed and thirsty for more. :)
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15 comments:

  1. Molly Betsy @ Star CottageApril 27, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    So happy for you. Glad you had fabulous evening with the ladies. You definately deserved a good break. BTW Love your friends pink hair. I had "hot hot pink" and "atomic turquoise" hair in highschool and was a total sucker for skater boys. My boyfriend @ the time was sponsered. lol Oh man, memories. How things change.
    Sounds like a great day. Starting with the Kashi and strawberries w/ Agave nectar yumm. One of my favorites. My friend Jen introduced me to it. Great pictures of the boy enjoying themselves that must have made you happy!

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  2. anna kissApril 27, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    I know that weird chick with the pink hair!

    Where are those rabbits? My favorite sculpture at the Chicago Art Institute was the same dude. When I was 16!

    And the rocks? Must see those. We just ever went to the Cezanne topiary garden when we lived in the area...

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  3. LisaApril 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    I love the lion on the rock! I'm so glad you got away for a bit to have some girl time....yes, we all need it! I need to know where those hares and rocks are as well! My girls would love it!

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  4. AnonymousApril 27, 2009 at 11:35 PM

    Hahaha...(he would rather learn how to play tennis....), i would think the same.
    Beautiful bronzed dancing hares and rock formation. It really sounds like a perfect day!!!

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  5. slim pickinsApril 28, 2009 at 5:04 AM

    Yes, I want to know where that beautiful park is as well! I think you're in the Columbus area, and I should have asked you where to go while we were spending a day waiting for Papa to come in at the airport. We chose the zoo...would have MUCH MUCH rather been at that park!!!
    debbie

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  6. dongdongApril 28, 2009 at 5:25 AM

    LOL! A is my kind of kid. I don't think getting hurt is much fun either and rather pass on the thrill and tennis would be more of my thing. Wonderful pictures!

    It's wonderful you got some girlie time. So no stealing wine and frilly dresses and banging trash cans? ;)

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  7. ErinApril 28, 2009 at 6:09 AM

    Lol.. you all are cracking me up with your comments. :)

    I forgot to mention who my friends in the pic are..

    The one with pink hair is the lovely Alana (Molly, mine was all sorts of shades of manic panic in H.S. too and my hubby used to be a skater when I first met him :) www.findingthewayhome.blogspot.com

    Kacy is the cute blondie, she is new to blogspot, so please give her a warm welcome at www.sunshineonthismommy.blogspot.com

    The darling brunette in the front is my H.S. friend Lori who hopefully we can convince to join us in blog world soon!

    And that's me in the back left corner, of course! :)

    The gorgeous park we went to is just 5-10 minutes from our house. You can find out more here.. http://www.ballantrae-dublin.com/DancingHares.aspx

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  8. MadelineApril 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    So glad you had such a great weekend! Y'all have some awesome places to hang out and play. I'm envious!

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  9. Shona LeahApril 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM

    What Fun!! looks like a great day! The dancing Hares haha! did you ever see the one at Cheekwood?

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  10. JennyApril 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    looks fun!...btw, haven't tried coconut milk icecream yet - i don't think we have it here yet. have been trying to replace the kiddos' soy yogurt with coconut, though! (which i mentioned on my blog today)

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  11. Ciara BrehonyApril 28, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    What a beautiful, life-affirming post, Erin. Cx

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  12. AnonymousApril 28, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    LOL@AnnaKiss! So...THAT is the fabled Bunny Park...I always hear about, but have never been...or had any idea WHAT I was hearing about. We should seriously meet up there sometime! Had great fun that night, and it was wonderful meeting everyone! Thanks for planning that!

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  13. AnonymousApril 28, 2009 at 6:46 PM

    BTW...I actually did used to skateboard...and got hurt ALL the time. I think I was a walking bruise/road rash. A asked me to teach him...all I could picture was me falling and breaking a hip and saying "Ive fallen and cant get up" Sad, eh?

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  14. STEPHANIE.April 29, 2009 at 10:17 AM

    look like a super fun weekenf..im glad it was relaxing for you guys. :)

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  15. AnonymousApril 30, 2009 at 9:39 AM

    fun times! I love the looks of the parks that you visited.

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