Scenes from the weekend

It was a quiet weekend around here. A nice combination of relaxed and productive, with a few little treats thrown in.

Balloons at a little friend's birthday party

Window shopping downtown

Bagpipers on Fort Street

Tea and biscotti on the street outside Murchies

Our garden loves the rain

The boys brought some flowers in for the kitchen table

A van full of wet wood makes for an exciting drive {especially when the hatchback is tied down with many bungees!}

Alan's latest project in progress... raised boxes for an edible garden

Cutie pie

Watering flowers {in between downpours!}

Picking herbs for a salad

Workout during naptime

Splish splash

Lilacs beginning to bloom

Bags full of picture books

There was lots of rain this weekend. Like seriously crazy amounts of it. That didn't stop us from having a good time though. In between downpours we jumped on a friend's trampoline, attended a few birthday parties, planted veggies and hanging baskets full of flowers. I stole a few hours on Saturday afternoon, and spent the time downtown by myself, window shopping, buying books for the school library, and drinking tea outside on the sidewalk {I lucked out, and it didn't rain the entire time I was out}. Sunday I woke up to breakfast in bed... such a lovely surprise! I laid in bed, read my book, wrote a letter to a faraway friend and a postcard to another. We went grocery shopping, got some wood for building the new garden shed, splashed in puddles. I went to the gym for the first time in ages, and it felt so good. Ended the day reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory aloud to the boys {four chapters! they were loving it...}. Once they were tucked in, I spent a while soaking in the tub, then looking through all the books I bought. After that, Alan and I watched tv by the fire, and ate toast with Nutella. Yum!

I have much to be grateful for. So many simple joys. And relaxing weekends like this remind me of it.

Hope your weekend was wonderful, too.

xo