Fall Kick-Off Weekend

It seems it's becoming a bit of a habit, that every Monday I end up posting a little recap of what our weekend entailed. Lately our Saturdays and Sunday's have been heavily autumn themed, but this past weekend was a legit, official, fall kick-off. I am no longer "jumping the gun", the season of beautiful warm colored leaves, apple cider, and pumpkin everything is upon us!

Per usual, this past weekend didn't entail anything super exciting, but it was a good one.

As you already know from my previous post, Saturday morning started off with homemade "pop-tarts", a healthy satisfying breakfast to prepare us for some fall festival going.

The festival induced a full out craving for anything and everything apple, so we enjoyed some apple nachos and apple cider sangria.

Sunday was much more laid back and in all honesty, a complete waste of a day in terms of productivity... Just the way a Sunday should be! We lounged, we played, we ate, we read books and of course, we watched football. That about sums it up.

Cheers to the week ahead. Hope it's a good one!

-J

Swoon Worthy

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This week's Swoon Worthy post comes to you as I'm trying to cope with my mixed feelings... A combination of my longing to hold on to summer while also literally jumping for joy to welcome fall. I just love fall.  

Anyhow, most of these things are super fall themed, while others scream, "I will miss you suimmer!"... and some really have nothing to do with seasons at all.  These lists are always a little random.  Here's what I'm loving this week...

1.  I cannot find pumpkin flavored coffee creamer anywhere yet... and it's killing me.  I may have to attempt this DIY version.

2.  Our first stop on our family vacation was in Boston to spend a couple of nights with my cousin and her husband.  She made the most amazing Greek orzo salad while we were there... I couldn't stop thinking about it. When we returned home, I immediately visited her blog to get the recipe. It's the perfect BBQ side dish.

3.  I've been crocheting quite a bit lately, but knitting will always be my first love.  I am longing to make this wrap from Purl Bee.

4.  I recently discovered Quinn Popcorn, more specifically, the Vermont Maple & Sea Salt flavor. OH. MY. GOD... that stuff is good.

5.  I like sangria.  I like fall. I'm pretty sure I will like this fall themed sangria.

6.  Are these back to school themed cookies that kiddos can color themselves with edible ink not the cutest?

7.  I'm kind of obsessed with Foodie Babies.  I love making homemade baby food, and they have a ton of awesome recipes.

8.  I know its only September, but I'm already starting to think about Halloween.  I love these pj's for Ella.

9.  I kind of have a thing for elbow patches, so I kind of love this sweater for Max... it's on sale right now too!

10.  Being the good wife that I am, I pack a lunch for my husband almost every night... when I saw this super cute sandwich kit by Rubbermaid, I just had to order it!

Hope you all have a lovely, fall-like, weekend!

-J