Our Mother’s Day celebrations were so laid back and stress free which is exactly what I wanted.

Early Saturday morning we headed up to Rhode Island. Our drive was a breeze and we were there in no time. We spent the day hanging out at Marc’s parents house and we also got to see Marc’s sister, her husband and our niece Natalie.

Ava and Natalie played for hours and hung out. It’s so cute watching them follow each other and chase each other around.  Ava passed out and was asleep by 7:15pm.

She woke us up rather early Sunday morning with her new wake up time of 5:15am. (can’t say I am a fan of that early time on weekends!) I woke up to a lovely breakfast made by Marc.

A delicious Fritatta with spinach, mushrooms & tomato. He clearly knows I love breakfast, and it was a lovely surprise to wake up to.

Shortly after we headed back to Greenwich to spend the day BBQ’n and hanging out with my family.

We sat on the deck and ate some more delicious food.

I made a corn & bean salad, my mom made some eggplant dip and we also had some hummus and crackers.

I think I ate too much of the appetizers because I wasn’t hungry for the grilled food.

I had a small piece of BBQ Grilled Chicken and a scoop of potato salad.

We spent the rest of the afternoon/evening just hanging out. I took Ava for a long walk and we soaked up some sun on my parents deck! It was overall a lovely weekend.

This is a flashback picture from this time last year on Mother’s Day. Can you believe how small Ava was??

What did you do for Mother’s Day?

Do you use your grill a lot this time of year?

I figured today is a great day to share some of the things that I have been loving this week.

On Wednesday night Marc and I went to Harvest Wine Bar & Restaurant on Greenwich Avenue to celebrate our 4th Wedding Anniversary.

We decided to share a bunch of small plates and everything was amazing. Especially this Brussel Sprout salad

and the grilled calamari with jalapeños and guacamole!

Marc got me beautiful Red Roses for our anniversary and I love that Ava knows how to smell them with her nose. It’s too cute.

Speaking of Ava, her favorite animal right now is ducks and she loves to look at them swim in the brook behind our house. We have been feeding them and they keep coming back. So every day she wants to go out and see them.

The weather has been pretty amazing here lately, I have no complaints about high 70 temps and being able to hang out and play outside with Ava and Cooper.

I am a big popcorn girl, and on the weekends a glass of wine with some healthy homemade popcorn is right up my alley. I stumbled across a bag of this Fit Popcorn when I was shopping the other day so I figured I would give it a try because the ingredients were simple and it was made with Olive Oil. That was very intriguing to me so we tried them the other night and I loved the flavor. It was different but addicting

Now that the temperatures are warmer, I find myself digging into more fruit. We have been eating watermelon almost every day and I am also loving fresh cold apples!! They are so juicy.

I got in some awesome workouts this week and I have been sore in my upper back, glutes and inner thighs. I’d be lying if I said it feels great, because every time I go to squat I feel like I can’t get back up!! I have been loving my Boot Campers as always, but this week we had some fun and we sweat a ton together!

This weekend is Mother’s Day and I can’t wait to celebrate with my family. We will be heading to Rhode Island Saturday morning to spend the day and night with Marc’s Mom and driving home Sunday morning to spend the day BBQ’n and hanging out with my Mom.

I hope you all have a great weekend

What are you doing for Mother’s Day weekend?

What things have you been loving lately?