Saturday
I’m sure you can guess where we spent most of our weekend: Outside! As we were going to bed on Friday night, Ryan checked the weather and we decided that if the forecast rang true, we’d do our best to spend as much time as possible soaking up the sun. We figured Saturday’s weather would be ideal for a family day at the zoo and Ryder’s first zoo visit!
After breakfast on Saturday morning, we piled into the car and headed off to Asheboro to spend the day at the North Carolina Zoo. It’s about an hour and 40 minutes to the zoo from our house and we crossed our fingers that Ryder would take his morning nap in the car and thankfully everything went according to plan and the drive was a smooth one.
We arrived at the zoo around 11 a.m. and took off exploring! The North Carolina Zoo is huge — by square footage it’s actually the largest in the United States — and we had no trouble spending the entire day looking at the animals, playing on the various playgrounds and snacking on soft pretzels and popcorn.
The boys seemed to have a blast and Chase was way more into the KidZone play areas than he’s been in past visits which worked well for nursing breaks for Ryder.
We didn’t make it home until the early evening and both boys slept for a solid hour of the drive back. While that sounds ideal and dreamy, unfortunately Ryan and I decided to overrule our initial plan to stop for subs and ice cream 10 minutes after we left the zoo when Chase and Ryder fell asleep even though our food stop was supposed to double as a potty stop. Chase woke up from his car nap saying, “Mom! My pants are all wet!” Ah! When I tried to explain that I think he may have had an accident while he slept, he seemed very confused by the idea that it was possible for him to pee without knowing it. Let’s just say part of our Saturday night fun included taking apart his car seat and cleaning that bad boy. To be honest, it was probably overdue for a cleaning anyway (the amount of food that came out of that thing could’ve fed a small army) so at least there’s that.
Aside from car seat cleaning, our Saturday night included grilling burgers and brats outside, playing frisbee with Sadie and ending the evening with ice cream and a family movie night.
Since we were all about changing into our pajamas immediately after the boys’ baths, we decided to grill out on Saturday night and round out the evening with some ice cream and a family movie night! We watched The Incredibles 2 again and I’m not sure if it’s the phase of life we’re in or what but Ryan and I always laugh really hard at every part of the moving involving the baby Jack Jack. So funny!
Sunday
Sunday was another absolutely gorgeous spring day! We scrapped our initial plans to head to a trampoline park in favor of spending all morning outside. We packed up some snacks and leashed Sadie up before loading the boys in the double stroller and walking to a local park.
(Of course Chase had to capture the fun on his favorite Instax camera! Thank you again, Kim!!!)
Chase and I did about 10,000 round of “race slides” on the side-by-side slides and Ryder was all about the baby swing! We spent a solid hour at the park before walking two miles back home and putting both boys down for their naps.
(The above pic is one of my new favorites of those two!)
I spent nap time working while Ryan headed out to get the boat ready for boating season again! We’re still weeks away from being able to swim in the lake but I’m hoping that the warmer temps will let us begin to get out on the water until the lake warms up enough for swimming.
The boys slept for around 2 hours and then we all headed out on the boat for about 45 minutes until it was time to come home for bath time and dinner.
We also wanted to catch the UCF vs. Duke game and it was such a heartbreaker for our Knights. What a close game! Phew!
And now I’m off to get this Tuesday rolling. This week should be a good one but we’re really looking forward to the end of the week because my parents are coming to visit this weekend. Woohoo! I hope you all have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by PBF! I always love having you here!
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Looks like a beautiful weekend and I’ve heard so many great things about North Carolina! It’s definitely on my to-visit list someday!
You would love it!! <3
AH! Car seat cleaning. It’s amazing what you find when you clean them (long lost toys, crayons, stickers, and snacks on my!), but man what a time consuming task!! Love being outside, and I sure hope we get our spring in the northeast this year. Last year it went from cold…to hot. Spring weather is the best!
This makes me so excited for spring to reach New England in the coming weeks. Also I loved your outfit on Saturday’s zoo trip. Will you be sharing details?
thank you lindsey!! sure! i’ll break it all down for you tomorrow!! 🙂
Julie, I am a brand new mom and am so impressed by your ease and ability to go places all day with a baby and nurse on-the-go! I am really hoping to get there one day because right now I feel like nursing runs my life and I’m having such a hard time knowing the easiest was to nurse in public. Any tips? I’ve tried the nursing tops/bras to make it easier as well as nursing covers but always find it to be such a fuss to deal with those things!
I found the Aden and Anais blankets to be the best while nursing in public. They are large so it covers everything yet breathable for the baby!
hi remi!! first, you are doing amazing and honestly everything your feeling is soooo normal, especially as a new mom. nursing on the go used to stress me out a ton!!! i’ve slowly become more comfortable with it but it’s still not my favorite thing in the world, mainly because neither ryder nor chase liked to be covered so i usually just try to find some kind of a place where i can be as discreet as possible to nurse them. and for whatever reason i just haven’t purchased a lot of nursing-specific clothing & just wear a nursing bra and generally lift up my shirt. this is also prob why i feel most comfortable wearing high-waisted leggings ALL the time, so at least my belly is covered, too. i’ve also noticed that the more and more i nurse in public the more comfortable i become and the more i realize the VAST majority of the people out there are so absorbed in what they’re doing, they mostly don’t even notice me!
Thanks so much for the encouragement and the tips!
Fabulous pictures! Isn’t it so fun being surrounded by boys?! My boys are 8 and 3 so I just love seeing brothers together. 🙂 I can’t get over Ryder’s hair! SO cute!
yes!!! they’re interacting so much more these days which just makes it even more fun!!
This reminds me of the seasons in AR and TN. Now that we’re down in TX, it feels like we experience only summer, ha! So. Hot! Poor Chase! We’ve had accidents like that before too and it’s so confusing for them! But you hate to wake them up after they fall asleep because you neeeeeeed that nap time! The zoo looked like so much fun!! I can’t wait to take our little guy – I think he’ll love looking around!
Yes! When I moved to Florida from Illinois, I remember sweating on Thanksgiving and it was so strange! I eventually got used to it but I’m definitely loving the season changes here — especially this spring! And I’m sure your little man will love the zoo — the sea lions (aka fast-moving animals) are always a hit!
Adorable photos.
Thank you! <3
That last picture of Chase and Ryder is adorable. Ryder looks so proud sitting up.
I’m moving to North Carolina from freezing cold Pennsylvania this summer! I keep checking the weather there, and it’s usually about 10 degrees warmer. So excited for some much needed vitamin D!
Exciting! Where in NC are you moving?
Morganton. From what I’ve researched, it looks really beautiful!
Hi, Julie! Have you done a round-up before of your blogging friends or blogs that are similar to yours? I would love to find more to read with the same vibe! Thanks 🙂
I love your sunglasses from your zoo trip! Where are they from? 🙂
thank you! they’re from old navy!