Good morning from the Fagan household where Kleenexes were plentiful and pajamas were the clothing of choice this past weekend. Can you tell we were a little under the weather? And by “we” I mean me and Chase (Ryan has thankfully escaped our colds so far) and fortunately I seem to have it worse than Chase at the moment. On the bright side, neither of us have fevers and simply have runny noses at the moment and I’m crossing my fingers we’ll be feeling back to normal in no time!
Friday Night
On Friday night we all felt healthy and our colds had not kicked in yet, so we headed out to our friends Carrie and Nick’s house for a make-your-own-pizza night!
Carrie and Nick have a Green Egg (an awesome ceramic smoker) so we made our pizzas on the grill and they were absolutely fantastic. I am now tempted to buy a pizza stone and try pizza on the grill on our house very soon because they were so good. We just used Publix pizza dough and everyone took turns topping their pizzas with a myriad of delicious veggies, cheeses and meats before Nick put them on the Green Egg and we all dug in!
Earlier in the week, my friend Lauren and I had the idea to turn the pizza night into a mini ugly sweater party for the little ones and so we all broke out our glue guns and got to work!
I made Chase a ridiculous reindeer sweater out of a cheap sweater vest I found. Googley eyes, pipe cleaners and puffy sparkly red balls made it an easy sweater to put together and some mini wooden Christmas trees and stickers from the Target dollar spot rounded out the look! Stylin’!
Saturday
Our Saturday morning began with oatmeal and coffee and lots of Christmas book readin’ with Chase. Once Ryan made it home from the gym, the three of us headed out for muffins and smoothies before driving to Discovery Place Kids for an hour of playtime before Chase’s nap.
Once we made it home, we put Chase down for a nap and I quickly headed over to my friend Lauren’s for an hour for a mini holiday shopping party she was hosting at her house. I started to feel a little under the weather around lunchtime and by the time I made it home from Lauren’s, I was ready to relax on the couch for a bit. Ryan and I watched part of The Santa Clause until Chase woke up from his nap and apparently the same cold that came on quick for me hit Chase because he woke up with a runny nose. He seemed completely fine other than his runny nose (and no fever!) so we played at home for a bit before we drove to the pet store to pick something up for Sadie. Chase LOVES the pet store so much since people often bring their dogs inside so we were there for quite a while as he waved at the dogs and seemed to enjoy looking at the fish and the cats up for adoption.
Before heading home, we stopped at a local Greek restaurant for dinner and I ordered a Greek salad which hit the spot.
With the exception of the veggies on my Friday and Sunday night pizzas, I think that salad included the only vegetables I ate all weekend. Oops.
On our way home from dinner, we listened to Christmas music and took advantage of Chase’s good mood to drive around and look at Christmas lights! We hoped to do more holiday-related stuff as a family this year but somehow it has passed by in a flash and we haven’t done too many festive things other than last weekend’s Santa adventure. Maybe next year!?
Sunday
Sunday morning I woke up feeling pretty awful. Thankfully Chase was content to read books on the couch for most of the morning and play peek-a-boo with Sadie (who had no idea the game was going on around her).
Ryan ended up taking Chase out for some morning errands so I could rest on the couch while they were out and about which was so helpful. I parked myself on the couch with Kleenexes and Netflix and rested through the morning and Chase’s nap. I was hoping to feel better by the time Chase woke up from his nap, but that just wasn’t the case. Thank goodness for Ryan because I was able to rest in my pajamas on the couch and in our bed pretty much all day long while he and Chase made the most of the day. Since I spent Sunday sick, Sunday’s recap clearly isn’t going to be a fun one to read but at least it ended on a nigh note with pizza.
I hope you guys had a good weekend and that you’re all feeling nice and healthy right now! Thanks for stopping by the blog today!
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A pizza night with friends is such a good idea! And YES grilled pizzas are the best, almost like brick oven pizzas. Hoping you and Chase feel better before the holidays this weekend. I work in an elementary school and I am terrified of getting sick before going to my parents for break.
It’s the worst to have your kiddo under the weather, but even worse when you are as well. Hope you all feel better soon! And grilled pizza is seriously delicious! We make ours in the grill and it turns out amazing.
Feel better soon Julie! That pizza looks amazing 🙂
Hope you feel better soon!!
OMG that pic of Chase and Sadie is adorable! Sorry you felt sick, but it sounds like you had a good mix of fun and relaxation this weekend!
Hope you feel better before the weekend! We make pizza on the grill all the time. Just be sure to use a lot of cornmeal on your pizza stone so that it does not stick. We made the mistake before of not adding any and ended up having to eat the pizza with forks right off of the stone! Haha 😉
As a mother of 2 toddlers, I wish you didn’t take Chase to the discovery place and another party when Chase was sick this weekend (he definitely looks under the weather!)… Think of how quickly germs spread this time of year! no one wants to catch a cold right before the holidays!
Hi Eve! I expected this comment and totally understand what you are saying! I tried to convey this in my blog post, but Chase was honestly acting fine and didn’t have a runny nose at all until after his nap (later Saturday afternoon). We truly didn’t think anything was up at all and definitely would’ve kept him away from places with other kids if we thought he was sick. He seems totally fine today thankfully but I’m absolutely aware of keeping a sick kiddo away from others! I totally get what you are saying and hope your little ones stay healthy through the holidays!!
I hope you feel better! I’ve been dealing with the stuffies all week, and did not consume any fruits/veggies. The body just wants comfort carbs when it’s sick, right? 🙂
Yes! Definitely!
Glad Chase doesn’t have it as bad as you but hoping you kick the cold soon! It’s terrible being sick when you have to be with the babe too. Thank Goodness it was the weekend and Ryan could take Chase !
I hope you and Chase are feeling better soon! It always surprises me how quickly I get sick. One day I’m feeling fine and the next I’m coughing up a storm. That Greek salad looks delicious by the way!
Oh no!! I hope guys are feeling better soon – with the holidays here, ain’t nobody got time for that!
I love the idea of a holiday pizza party, especially with a mini-ugly sweater party. That’s absolutely hilarious!!
Thanks for sharing! Hope you get some tasty relaxation today. 🙂
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Oh no! Hope you feel better soon! And nice work on Chase’s sweater … could’ve been even uglier though hahaha! It’s actually quite cute!
Hope you feel better soon Julie! We are fighting some sniffles over here too and I’m crossing my fingers that we are completely healthy once Christmas comes!
I feel you on the Christmas activities. I felt like I had a huge list of things I wanted to do together as a family of three, but we have yet to do most of them. Oh well, maybe next year when the little man is older 😉
Aw man–so many people are sick! I hate when you dont even feel it coming and it hits you like a train! Hope you’re on the upward swing now! I love the little ugly sweater idea for the toddlers!
Oh no! Feel better soon! These colds that are going around are kicking everyone’s butts!
Chase’s christmas sweater is hilarious! Ugly christmas sweaters are always so great and so festive!!! I visited my grandmother in her ‘home’ last week and she was wearing one of the sweaters SHE MADE literally like 50 years ago, and I secretly wanted to borrow it haha
cute sweaters on the babes. hope you and chase feel better soon!
Oh man- our entire family has had colds the past two weeks, it’s rough! I hope you’re feeling better soon!
This cough bath soak has helped a ton- both for me and my son!
http://www.target.com/p/oilogic-stuffy-nose-cough-vapor-bath-9oz/-/A-51127980
Feel better soon!! Being sick is the worst, especially around the holidays, but the pizza, Netflix, and pj’s part of the deal sounds pretty good 🙂
I love making homemade pizzas! Sometimes I even get lazy and just do tortillas for the crust, or English muffins. So sorry that you are sick, it’s definitely that time of year! Chase probably has the greatest holiday sweater I have seen, kudos!
Feel better soon, Julie! It’s so hard to be sick when you have a toddler. Also that salad looked amazing!
no feta on your salad.. hope that means baby #2!
Hope you start feeling better before the weekend! Sounds like a good weekend even though you ended being sick.
Thank you, Janay! <3
Sick days are the worst! Get well soon! I will say, however, that it’s kind of a #SickPerk to be able to relax on the sofa with Netflix. 😉
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Awww, sorry to read you weren’t feeling well! Hope it’s already turned around for you. Emergen-C is amazing, so if you don’t have it already, grab a box (Target/anywhere). The Immune stuff is the best!
Love the pizza party, and I keep hearing that people are freaked out in love with the Egg, might have to look into that!
Favorite thing: the kids in the ugly Christmas party sweaters. LOL LOL Ahh…so cute!!