We capped off our weekend with a trip to Franklin Square in Center City.

Franklin Square is one of the Philadelphia’s five original squares, created when the city was planned out, that are dedicated to keeping green space in the city. Franklin Square has been converted into a family park, equipped with a carousel, Philadelphia-themed putt-putt course, a huge fountain and a giant playground.

Every time we drive by it, we say how we need to take Quinn. Since we sort of napped through some earlier plans we had made and had an open afternoon, we decided to drive down and give it a shot.

Quinn loved it. Of course, finding playgrounds every day is now her goal in life, so that’s no shock. She also loved the carousel and drinking almost my entire oreo milkshake.

Looks like we’ll be back.

Today, the weather was perfect.

We had a fun day outside - a six mile run with the jogging stroller this morning, a walk to the coffee shop for coffee and scones before heading to the playground, a trip to Whole Foods and then lots of playtime outside with the neighborhood kids.

We finished it off with a grilled dinner on the deck (salmon, steak and roasted broccoli). Quinn also had her first taste of corn on the cob.

Yes, summer is finally here.

So, yesterday was pretty amazing. 

I started out the day by getting ELEVEN hours of sleep.

That’s right…eleven. I slept until 11am! I haven’t slept past 9:30am (and that’s only happened twice, usually I’m up between 5:30-7am) since before Quinn was born.

I told Jeremy the only thing I wanted for Mother’s Day was to sleep in. So he woke up early, closed our bedroom door, locked the cat in the basement (she meows a lot in the morning) got Quinn up, took her to the gym, then out to breakfast and ran some errands.

I woke up once at 8:30 am to use the bathroom and they where gone. I thought, “Well, I guess I’ll try to go back to sleep.” Yeah. don’t even remember my head hitting the pillow. Next thing I knew, I was rolling out of bed at 11am, and they where still gone. 

When they finally got back, you couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. When you go from getting 5-6 hours of sleep a night to 11 in one night, it’s amazing how different the world looks. Of course, I couldn’t sleep until the 3am last night, but that’s another story.

Later in the afternoon, we grabbed some food and headed out to the arboretum for our annual Mother’s Day picnic. It was a gorgeous day (sunny-80 degrees). It was so nice to lay on a blanket in the shade while Quinn ran around in the field and played around us. It was perfect.

On the way home, we stopped at our favorite place for ice cream and then came home and hung out until bedtime.

Oh, and I got the most gorgeous, green, sea glass teardrop earrings. So, so pretty.

It was pretty much a perfect day. I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I feel like such a lucky girl.

It’s been another busy, but fun weekend.

Saturday, I spent the morning running errands, then later, we met our pals Mia, Lori and Emi at a local neighborhood festival. The girls got to run around together, share a water ice and bounce in their first bounce house together.

That night, I stayed up and watched the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and cried like a baby at the amazing Beasties tribute (I know, I am a total nerd, I can’t help it). LIKE. A. BABY…I’m even a little bit embarrassed at myself by how I am reacting to this whole thing.

Sunday morning, we woke up early and Jeremy and I ran the largest 10 mile race in the country, the Broad Street Run, with 40,000 other people. It was surprisingly well organized with that many runners and for not training, we ran a pretty decent time (1:26). Maybe next year, I’ll actually try training for this thing and see that I can do.

Then, after Quinn woke up from her nap, we met Mia, Lori and Emi again at another neighborhood festival which was a ton of fun. We sat by the band and the girls danced together and watched jugglers while we drank beer (a little too much for me after a 10 mile run) and caught up. We decided to go to Lori and Emi’s for dinner afterwards, which, as always, was a great time.

I love that spring brings out all the festivals and events in Philly. I truly love this city and all it has to offer. And it’s so much more fun to do it now that Quinn is older and can enjoy herself with her friends.