around the weekend
Hi friends! How was the weekend? I hope you had an amazing one. This blog post is a way to bring it back old school and share some more real-life adventures. Quite a few of you let me know that you missed the style of blogging from the past (I do, too!) so I’m trying to do it in a way that’s low-key and still focused on my experience, instead of the kids’ experience if that makes sense? It can be tricky because the kids are obviously a huge part of my life (and by far the most exciting and such an enjoyable part of my life). I’m still trying to navigate blogging in a way that feels authentic to me without overdoing it on kid content, while continuing to create value-driven posts, too.
If you guys enjoy this and want more everyday-style posts, let me know!
This weekend was a wild one and packed with so many fun adventures. Friday night, we went to a local fall festival with the fam. My dad, stepmom, aunt, cousins, Kyle and Meg, and their kiddos were all there.
We also ran into so many familiar faces that evening! Tucson is a small world, but feels smaller the longer we stay here.
BEFORE fall festival, the Pilot took P to a birthday party while I took Liv to dance, so P had double fun times. The kids played in the obstacle courses, got their faces painted, did the cake walk and bingo thing, and it was a blast.
Saturday morning, P had a soccer game, I took care of some work stuff and chores, and then one of Liv’s best friends came over for a sleepover.
We took the crew to sushi at Ginza,
(dress is here! Heads up that it runs big, so if you’re in between sizes, I’d size down)
and then picked up one of P’s friends so she would have a buddy, too. We headed to the mall, where the younger kids hit up the giant arcade with the Pilot, the older girls and I went to Claire’s and got boba teas.
We made it back to the arcade for some motorcycle races, Dance Dance Revolution, and then grabbed ice cream before P’s friend went home.
(they’re 10 and way cooler than I’ll ever be)
Sleepover breakfast was crepes! I hadn’t made them in years, but used this recipe (added a little vanilla to it) and they came out really well! The kids loved building their own crepes with bananas, strawberries, Nutella, marshmallow fluff, and we served everything up with crispy bacon, hash browns, and orange juice.
Later that afternoon, we saw Lion King at Centennial Hall! TBH I tend to feel a little meh about Lion King (I think I just overdid it from watching the movie 1800 times in the 90s with my JTT obsession), but the live production is so different. The costumes are set design are truly breathtaking, and we all loved it.
Also worth noting that Broadway in Tucson has STEPPED UP their theatre snack and drinks game. They had charcuterie boxes, hummus and veggie boxes, chocolate gummy worm pudding for the kids, wine, beer, giant cookies — 10/10 recommend a snack stop if you’re seeing a show. 
(dress is here, Liv’s plaid outfit here, and yes, she’s almost as tall as me!)
Sunday night dinner was filet with asparagus, homemade sourdough, salad kit (we’re fans of the dill pickle salad kid from Whole Foods), and a little wine to cap off the weekend.
I ended up taking Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off from the gym, so I’m feeling refreshed and ready to get back into my workout mojo this week. If you want to join us for Fit Team, the link is here! New workouts go out on Wednesday and I’m filming a new mobility workout for the platform this afternoon.
I hope you have a happy Monday and I’ll see ya soon!
What was the highlight of your weekend? Any fun sleepover breakfast ideas? I usually do pancakes, but crepes were a good way to switch things up.
xoxo
Gina
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I love the old-school blogging content. Always happy to hear about real life adventures.
thank you, olwen! hope you had a great weekend 🙂
I also enjoy the old school blogging! I’m here for the weekend recaps and Friday Faves
thanks for letting me know, kristen!
love this style!
thanks, sam!
Love the old school style of blogging, and meal inspirations! Definitely think I’ll try my hand at some crepes soon. Also loving your leopard print dress that you wore to lion king.
yes, do it!
thank you so much!
Yes! Please do more everyday-style posts. The internet is full of too many preachy blogs with posts like “let me teach you how to do this,” or “here’s an informative article on this topic,” or “here are 10 ways you can do X.” Sometimes it’s nice just to sit back and read about someone else’s life like you’re talking to a friend (without feeling like that friend is trying to sell you on something) so I definitely prefer these everyday-style posts—please keep them coming!
i agree – i definitely miss the more conversational type posts! thank you for letting me know you enjoy them 🙂
Yes! Back to old-school content. Makes me more excited to read the blog.
awesome – thank you!
Here’s one more vote for old style blogging! Looks like a fun weekend. I agree with you on Lion King!
i’m glad i’m not alone 😉
Coming on to fully agree with everyone saying YAAAAAY to old school blogging. Too many blogs have become selling/info, and while I understand it’s part business and also you can write about whatever the heck you want (lol!), it begins to lose its personal touch. You’re so awesome Gina, we like to know about YOU! 🙂 sending love from a longtime fan
Love these kind of posts. What a fun weekend!
so happy to hear you enjoy them! hope you had a great weekend, too!
thank you so much for your feedback – i appreciate it!
Love these old school posts!! Kind of random, but I miss seeing Meg and Kyle on the blog. Been to Prep and Pastry a few times when visiting family in T-Town and obviously think of them
prep & pastry is always so good!
Love the old school blogging! It sounds like a super fun weekend. I think I over did it on the lion king movie back in the day but I still enjoyed the live show. Crepes sound so good! My kids are really into waffles these days. So easy to reheat those. We went on a hike this weekend and did some shopping.
These type of posts and your WIAW are my FAVORITE!!! So excited that you may do more of these 🙂