So we made it to the playground.

We snacked. We were pensive.

And then we were off!

There was running. There was screaming.

There was colliding. There was falling.

Then we were off again.

Maxine asked me to “hold her money” while she ran around like a wild child.

I had an apple with almond cinnamon hummus today at the playground, and that was apparently “lunch” because I didn’t feel hungry again until the late afternoon, when I had a random 2% Fage/cereal/granola/chocolate chip/hemp milk snack in the afternoon while I checked email.

Zak called to say he was going to be late, so for a quick dinner I whipped up a homemade veggie burger, this time swapping out the black beans and using pinto beans. My mom made her own veggie burger with pinto beans and liked it, so I was up for something a little different.

I mashed up a whole can of pinto beans, stirred in some bbq sauce, a little cooked corn and some whole wheat flour. I made a patty with a small handful of bean mash, to cook up one burger for myself and leaving plenty for a few more burgers.

Veggie burger and a pile o’ steamed veggies, topped with a bit of parm. Loved the pinto bean burger, it was fab!

Hoping for an early bedtime since I’m solo tonight. Would love love love to crash on the couch and watch The Office and 30 Rock! We shall see…

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No work out for me this morning, not an official one anyway. Today is a rest day but I still couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take a short little leisurely ride on my bike to the corner grocery store. It’s such a perfectly sunny, cool morning! The banana hammock is empty and I need my bananas for breakfast.

I enjoyed coconut in my breakfast cookie so much yesterday I decided to add it in to today’s breakfast too.

Last night I put together 1/2 c+ rolled oats, 1/4 c Stonyfield Farm LF vanilla yogurt, 1/2 c unsweetened vanilla hemp milk and a tablespoon of coconut. I also took a couple chunks of organic mango from the freezer and put them in the fridge to thaw over night.

Home with my loot, I topped my overnight oats with a tablespoon of ground flax, diced up mango, 1/2 a banana and some crushed pecans. The mango, coconut and pecans made me feel like I was eating breakfast on a tropical island! Plus coffee with a generous splash of organic 1% milk.

Maxine is still snoozing, making up for yesterday’s early wake up call, no doubt. Ava is standing behind me in my chair brushing my hair! A grocery trip is definitely in order for today, bananas aren’t the only thing we are out of. Maybe a playground hop on the way before the rain comes in this afternoon.

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