On the weekends, I’m apt to be a bit less motivated to cook and a bit more motivated to goof around.
Instead of attempting to go out to eat and playing the Kids in a Restaurant game (wheeeeee!) – sometimes it’s a lot easier (and arguably more enjoyable) to hit up the grocery store and let everyone pick out a bunch of their favorite foods.
Vegetables optional. Manners too.
So this weekend we did exactly that. We loaded our grocery loot into a basket and hauled it to the backyard. An impromptu picnic was in order as we watched dad finish up some yard work for our meal time entertainment.
Bagels for kids.
Fresh rosemary rolls from the Wegmans bakery topped with Artichoke Asiago cheese spread for the grown ups.
Hey, wait! Artichoke is a vegetable!
And salsa! Salsa is all vegetables! Phew. My veggie conscious is clear.
P.S., Sabra? That’s a given. But this Roasted Garlic Green Mountain Gringo salsa is my new fav and has recently bumped Garden Fresh Gourmet from my #1 Salsa spot.
(move over Ryan Seacrest, a new Weekend Top 30 is in town.)
Some baked-not-fried healthy junk food favorites for all – Food Should Taste Good Blue Corn chips and White Cheddar Pirate’s Booty.
No, no – let me “make dinner”.
I insist!
Even Rapunzel joined us for our backyard soiree.
(her hair is not Tangled anymore. Hair cut courtesy of Maxine, free of charge!)
(grapefruit seltzer is a given too.)
And of course, no picnic would be complete without a little something sweet.
Newman’s Own Organic Chocolate Alphabet Cookies, where half the cookie tiles were pulled from the bag and cookie Scrabble was played.
(i’m totally putting this under Spelling on the homeschool quarterly report I submit to the school district.)
Plus one more “something sweet” – Purely Decedant coconut milk ice cream patiently waited for us in the freezer until our picnic basket was reloaded and we trekked the 25 yards back to the house.
Now this is how I spell “dessert”.
And that’s how I spell “cooking on the weekend” when goofing around just sounds way more appetizing.
I love this! Your girls are lucky to have you for a mom. =)
And there’s our mystery sheet!
I know you have my old sheet because I have never seen the same one ever, nor do I think another 70’s vintage striped sheet ever survived this long.
Can I have another hysterical session with you!
Can I laugh myself stupid again!
was it gross hot outside?
we saw 113 so no picnics this weekend but yours looked awesome!
xo
Yes, the favorite orange stripped sheet is still around! I hated that thing for so long, I’ve actually come to grow rather fond of our tacky picnic blanket over the years.
We’ve had a bunch of cool-ish, mild days in a row here – no heat wave in upstate NY! Perfect picnic weather.
That looks pretty similar to my cooking on the weekends. BTW, that coconut ice cream is the best!
Blast from the past…saw you on Holly’s site. Just had to come racing over and say hi. Your girls are so…big!! Wow. Hope life in your world is stellar
cutest. idea. ever.