Saturday
Our Saturday morning began with a workout! After banana bread protein pancakes for breakfast, Ryan, Chase and I headed off to the gym. I initially planned on taking a yoga class with Ryan but my mind was going a mile a minute and I was craving a solid strength workout, so I opted out of yoga in favor of completing my Everything One Minute Upper Body Workout.
Since Ryan’s yoga class was 75 minutes long, I knew I would have more than enough time to complete my upper body workout, so I kicked things off with 20 minutes of cardio split between the elliptical and the treadmill. After my upper body strength workout, I rounded everything out with a 12-minute Nike Training Club arms and abs workout.
Aside from yoga, I cannot remember the last time I spent a solid hour at the gym for a workout. These days I’m all about 30-45 minute sweat sessions so it was kind of a nice change of pace to take my time during a longer workout. I still definitely prefer short, sweet and intense workouts, but Saturday’s sweat session was a great way to change it up!
When Ryan and I went to pick up Chase from childcare, we did what we always do and tried to sneak a peek at our little guy before he noticed us to see how he was doing. I don’t know why, but I always get a kick out of watching Chase play when Mom and Dad aren’t there which is something I can probably file under Creepy Mom Things I Do, along with 95 other things I do every day.
With the three of us reunited, we drove home and leashed Sadie up for her morning walk. I know we haven’t lived in Charlotte all that long, but this spring is shaping up to be the most beautiful spring I’ve experienced since our move. Temperatures hovered around 80-degrees and the sun was out all weekend long. Loved it!
After a quick walk, we ate lunch before Chase went down for a nap. While Chase slept, Ryan and I went into Easter prep mode, assembling Chase’s Easter basket, filling eggs and all that jazz. I also went into cleaning overdrive and tackled some organizational tasks I had on my to-so list in my home office.
By the time Chase was up, we were ready for our next adventure and picked up smoothies to fuel us through playtime at Discovery Place Kids and an evening Easter church service.
Since we arrived at Discovery Place Kids an hour before the place closed, we seemed to miss the weekend chaos which was a welcomed treat!
Chase had a ball running all over the place until we scooped him up to head off to church for the 5:30 p.m. service.
The music during the Easter service was so beautiful and the worship team did an amazing job! After we left, we swung by the grocery store to pick up a pizza and dessert before making our way home. The rest of our Saturday night was spent on the couch watching episodes of The Big Bang Theory before bed!
Sunday
On Easter (and Christmas!) morning when I was growing up, I remember my mom used to make our family Orange Julius drinks to enjoy with breakfast. Since I know Ryan is a huge fan of the sweet and creamy drink as well, I figured I’d blend up a batch for us to enjoy together as an Easter treat!
I blended 6-ounces of frozen orange juice concentrate with 1 cup of whole milk, a splash of vanilla extract, 1 tablespoon of sugar and two handfuls of ice. Yum!!
Ryan and I thought we lucked out with an unexpectedly low-key morning when Chase was still snoozing at 8:30 a.m. When it was 9:30 a.m. and he still wasn’t up, I started to worry that maybe it wasn’t just a full day of activities yesterday that tuckered our little man out and began to think he might be sick. I went into his nursery and scooped up a burning-hot toddler. Chase’s temperature read 103 and I stripped him out of his pajamas, changed his diaper and brought him downstairs where he refused to eat breakfast and would only sip on his milk.
Motrin seemed to help his fever a bit and his appetite returned enough for him to eat part of a muffin which we considered a small victory. Our Easter basket and egg hunt fun was postponed in favor of cuddles on the couch with our sick little man. Chase’s naps were all over the place on Easter, which meant we spent the day lounging around at home.
Chase had one little burst of energy when he seemed to be doing better in the late afternoon so we took advantage of his smiles and headed out to the backyard for a short and sweet egg hunt, no pants required (one of the perks of being sick).
I hate that we had to cancel our Easter plans with my friend Carrie and her family at the last minute but they were so kind and understanding.
The rest of our Easter looked like more couch cuddles, some swing time in the backyard and plenty of rest for Chase. My fingers are crossed that he will wake up feeling better this morning!
I hope everyone was feeling nice and healthy where you were this weekend and that you all are doing well so far today! Thanks for stopping by the blog and checking in with our little fam!
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Aww I so hope he wakes up feeling better today! So scary to get your burning hot babe from the crib in the morning!
Awe, hope he’s feeling better today! Not having to wear pants is enough of an easter celebration for anyone!
Haha! Definitely a small perk of being sick! 🙂
Awwww poor Chase!!! I hope he’s feeling better today. We went to Discovery Place Kids for the first time on Friday! It was super fun, but with three little ones I was very happy my husband was there with me, as I lost my older two quite a few times in there. Other than that our weekend was also pretty low-key. We had an awesome Easter egg hunt / party with the people in our cul de sac, and the rest of the time ran errands and played at home!
Hope you have a great Monday!! 🙂
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DPK can definitely be a mad house!
oh no, poor Chase. I hope he’s feeling better. I love how you had your Easter morning tradition. We were with my family I still did traditions from my youth which I love passing along to my son.
I’m sorry Chase was sick on Easter, that’s no fun! I’m glad you still got to do some celebrating this weekend and hope your little man is much better today!
Ugh I hate when my little man is sick. It gives me major mom anxiety. But I am glad Chase was able to perk up to enjoy some Easter festivities!
Oh no! Sorry the little man was sick… still see a nice easter basket there though! I havent done a workout for that lon in ages too. Im usually a 40 mins kind of gal!
Hope he feels better today. Happy Easter!
Thanks, Amber!! Hope you had a great weekend!
Oh no! What an awful day to get sick on! Poor Chase! Hope he feels better soon.
happy easter. hope chase makes a speedy recovery!!
If it makes you feel any better, when I drop Adeline off in the mornings, I creep outside the door to see what she does. And when I picked her up in the afternoon, I resume the creep position and spy on her for a minute 🙂 It’s just sweet to see them be independent and play when mom and dad aren’t hovering!
Poor Chase! 🙁 Hopefully he is better when he wakes up this morning. And good that you at least got in a little Easter fun with him. Your family is so cute, and I always love your outfits!
So sorry to hear that little Chase is sick! Hope he’s back to his spunky self soon!
That gray t-shirt dress looks SO cute and comfy! Would you mind sharing where you purchased it?
Thanks so much!
Thank you! It’s Uniqlo but I got it on thredUP for $15! 🙂
My son took a four hour nap on Easter and we felt the same way- we kept checking to make sure he was ok, even though it was glorious!
I’m the same way with workouts, I rarely workout for longer than 45 minutes. Do you have any suggestions on getting Chase used to the gym daycares? My son goes to daycare two days a week and is comfortable there, but when we go to new places he has a toddler meltdown.
I hope Chase is better today. Happy Easter. ?
I haven’t had an Orange Julius in years! I might have to make one this week now that I’ve been reminded how delicious they are.
I hope Chase is feeling better soon. Being sick is never fun.
Hope Chase feels better asap! And I just want to add – the photos in this post are so professional-looking! I mean, your photos are ALWAYS great, but wow, these ones seem EXTRA crisp and clear – like you’re a photo journalist! Especially and specifically that first pic with Chase bent over the eggs in the yard, and that pic of you holding Chase with the juice. What camera did you use?? Lovely!
Happy Easter! And I love Orange Julius! Yummm! Happy Monday!
I’m a mom creeper too. My kids go to day care at my next-door neighbor’s house (I’m soooooo lucky) and sometimes when I work from home I’ll sneak out on our deck to sneak a peak if I hear them playing outside.
Hope your little guy feels better soon.
Aw he looks like he loved hunting eggs. That’s great that Ryan is doing yoga! My husband would never 🙁
Poor Chase! I hope he is feeling better soon. On that creepy pet-mother note, we have a Nest cam and LOVE to peek in to see what our little doggie is up to when we aren’t around. He literally sleeps all day. But I LOVE looking at him when he doesn’t know we are looking. The Orange Julius drink sounds like quite the treat! Happy Monday! 🙂
Awww, poor thing! Well plenty of more Easters to come! He will be a pro egg hunger next year!
awe hope he is feeling better!
Hope Chase is better today. Our son would always run a high fever when he had an ear infection -and never did he classic tugging àt the ear. Just something to keep in mind if he is still sick. Took us a while to finally figure out the pattern when he was little and couldn’t tell us he was sick or what hurt.
Hope Chase is feeling better today!
Aw hope Chase is feeling better, but glad he had some energy for a few Easter activities! And yes even without kids and barely ever spend over an hour at the gym. All about those quick and effective workouts.
Haha that is not creepy! My daughter’s daycare has cameras in each room and we can watch her anytime through their smartphone app. I extended access to the grandparents and we group text about all her little experiences and playtime we catch on the camera! The funniest was one time they were doing nap time and my mom caught a little boy trying to climb onto my daughter’s cot…MeMe was not happy about that lol.
What a lovely Easter! Hope Chase feels better. You guys have such a sweet family!