Weekend Recap

This weekend recap is short and sweet.  It was our first weekend of the summer without a baseball game or practice and we all sort of felt like this:

We did go over to our neighbours' house for drinks that evening, our first opportunity to get together with them. Q came over for a little bit to jump on their trampoline.

Dave golfed the next morning. I did a little cleaning, made an apricot tart, and then got the boys going for a walk. 

First stop was the baseball card store.

Then we got Booster Juice, picked up a library hold, and continued onto High Park. 

We took the stairs down to the forest path.

From there we watched a bit of a tournament happening, and then went swimming. Followed by an ice cream cone and then home on subway in time to watch the Blue Jays game. We made some smash burger sliders for dinner. E went for a bike ride with friends, and Q had a friend over for the evening while their parents were out. A busy day but not many photos!

On Sunday Dave went to golfing again. I got up to do a workout, then got groceries, and did some yard work. My dad arrived for a few days, and we watched the Blue Jays game again.

That night we made pizzas in the pizza oven. they all turned out really well.

Friday Favourites

Happy Friday. We had a fun week. 

On Monday I took the boys over to the golf club to do some practicing while I worked in the ladies' lounge. They did some stuff at the practice area and then on the putting green. 

On Monday evening our neighbours had a little get together down by the river. 

The four of us golfed on Tuesday evening. I had my best round of the year with 45 :)

And we enjoyed a nice meal on the patio afterwards. 

Speaking of achievements, I did my 500th Peloton ride this week. It was an NSync themed ride with Cody, perfection!

I didn't get a picture, but I did make this delicious salad. I feel like you could put the cilantro lime dressing on anything, so that is what made the meal, but the roasted corn, grilled chicken, and corn chips made it even better. 

Hope you have a great weekend! Summer is not over, don't let the school supply stores tell you otherwise!

Linking up with Andrea and Erika.

 

Sharing Our Lives - Current Favourite Music

 

This month's topic is our Favourite Current Music. I'm a little late in linking up for this, but I couldn't miss it completely since I listen to music all day long (unless I'm listening to a podcast). 

My current favourite songs fall into two categories - country and dance party/high energy. The ones that I tend to queue up first are as follows:

Country

You Look Like You Love Me, Choosin' Texas - Ella Langley

Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

When It Rains It Pours, Where the Wild Things Are, Guy For That - Luke Combs

 Tennessee Orange - Megan Maroney

Dance Party

 Free Bird - Moonlght

Love Tonight - Shouse/David Guetta 

Bring Em Out - TI

Where is my Husband - Raye

The Days NOTION Remix - Chrystal

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Linking up with  Adrienne, Dara, Jen, and Joanne.  

Let's Look - What We Miss

 

This is an interesting topic this month - things we miss.  I’m a little late linking up, and I read a few other posts on this so I was reminded of a few things that I added to my list. 

I mean, there are certain family members that have passed away that I miss, that goes without saying, but I'm going to keep this more on the light side. I should also preface this by saying although I miss these things, I am not upset about getting older or having things change as time goes by. 

Catching a song that I love out of the blue. Remember when you could only hear music that you owned on physical media or that you caught on TV or the radio? Now I can listen to whatever I want, which is great, but it loses the novelty of some of those songs. Ones that spring to mind are Independence Day by Martina McBride, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, Video Killed the Radio Star, and If I Had $1000000 by the Barenaked Ladies. 

Watching TV when everyone else was. Those shared cultural moments when everyone watched the season finale of a popular show, or the episode after a cliffhanger, etc. We would all be talking about the same thing and excited about it together. 

Seeing everything at the theatre. I went to the movies a lot and it was always so fun to go to the theatre. Now I will go and see a few things but mostly I wait until we can stream it. Part of that is a function of having kids, it wasn’t possible to go and see everything. 

Watching movies over and over. We owned a few movies on video tape but it wasn’t a huge collection so I ended up watching a lot of movies again and again so I could recite the dialogue. I will still rewatch movies now, but it’s not the same as the choice are unlimited. 

Drinking without feeling like garbage. Age is catching up with me, and while I certainly do drink alcohol, I have to follow certain “rules” to avoid feeling terrible the next day. I limit myself to much less, I don’t drink more than one or two beers at a time, I don’t drink sugary drinks, and I can’t have a Negroni after 7:00 pm. 

These little faces. Even though I love their faces now.

Linking up with Shay.

Weekend Recap

 Baseball post ahead, no other content today! Haha.

It was Q’s last rep tournament of the summer, this time Oakville so we didn’t need to stay at a hotel. It was nice to be able to go home, but the hotel is always fun for the kids and parents.

We left a bit early so we could watch a bit of another High Park team’s game and then have lots of time for warm up.

Q had a great game, and got a double!

(This wasn’t his double hit.)

Post game team chat. We didn’t have a planned team dinner but a few of the families went to a pub and had a great meal.

And this was Q on the way home. 

We had an early game on Saturday morning, a pizza lunch in the shade, and then a second game in the early afternoon.  Our team won that game too.

We were pretty tired so we went straight home after that game.

The weather was showing rain for Sunday but when we woke up the rain had cleared up and it was a beautiful day. We had the semi-finals at 1:30 which we won, and so we moved onto the finals at 6:00. It was against the 9/10 High Park team, our friends and house league teammates. 

Our 9s team played well and won handily. Our two teams together at the end.

Cuties.

Getting his first place medal.

What a great group of kids and coaches. This team worked so hard for their first year of baseball, learned pitching, hitting a live ball, and stealing, not to mention bunting, signs from the coaches, and most importantly staying cool under pressure. Emotions can run high for these little guys, but they dealt with strike outs, bad ump calls, and other disappointments but kept playing and it paid dividends. 

Yay!

E was a great fan, he helped the coaches out with warm ups, kept the little siblings entertained, and enjoyed hanging out at the ballfield all summer. 

Q and his buddy V have played together since instructional league. 

Rest assured, baseball is not over, just the rep season. There more regular season house league games and then playoffs as we move into September. 

Friday Favourites

 Happy Friday!

We had a short week with the holiday Monday, and we are taking off a bit early today for a baseball tournament in Oakville. 

On Tuesday afternoon E and I went for a run together. It was pretty successful although I usually run in the morning before it gets too hot and sunny so it was a different atmosphere for me!

With Dave at Men's Night on Wednesday at the golf club, I took the boys out for dinner at The Crooked Cue. I love how their roof opens up so it's like you're outside.

And I said we could play a round of pool. None of us was very good, haha.

I enjoyed some office time outside this week. It was really nice weather. 

On Thursday we went to see The Odyssey downtown and then stopped in at Bar Neon for dinner on the way home. We all thought the movie was excellent. Q said it was 'okay' but as a 9 year old, he may not be the target audience. He did really well watching the three hour movie though. 

We had to say goodbye to some beloved Blue Jays this week (and Hoffman) as they were traded away. I'll warm up to our new guys soon enough I'm sure.

Have a great weekend!

Linking up with Andrea.

Gratitude Journal Prompts

 

22. Write about a gift that made you happy.

Everything that comes to mind right now are things that I told Dave to buy for me, hahah. I don’t do a lot of shopping for myself so it is nice when I can give an idea to someone and get something special for myself. 

23. Write about an achievement that you are proud of.

Graduating from law school, and even winning a couple of prizes for top marks. I kind of take it for granted that I went to law school, graduated, got a good articling job, and then was hired after being called to the bar, but I should do a better job of being proud of myself for that. It’s not something that is accessible to everyone and going to law school is not for the faint of heart. I am fortunate to have this as my career.

24. What physical feature of yours are you most grateful for?

I am grateful that I have working limbs, heart and lungs that let me stay active, a digestive system that lets me eat pretty much whatever I want, and a reproductive system that, although has given me some troubles in the past, still allowed me to carry two healthy children.