the mitchells: lazy summer weekend

we have had a lot of weekends on the road this summer and have many coming up so we enjoy the lazy weekends around home like this one.
saturday we hit the carmel farmers market. considering our 8 month human alarm clock now goes off at 6:30 regardless of weekday or weekend, we were up with PLENTY of time to spare before the opening of the farmers market at 8AM. for those of you who know me well, not a morning person. and having a baby didn't change my internal wiring to like my sleep in the mornings. on my days off i've found creative ways to get in a nap while declan takes his morning nap at 9AM, and tim helps a ton on the weekends (because he TOO appreciates that i am happier with a little extra sleep in the morning)... even rising at 6:10 this morning hurt, but that smiling little face just waiting for me to come in and get him makes it so worth it. he is so full of joy and exploration in the morning and he is so happy to see us. it is a fun two hours to spend time with him before he crashes for his morning nap. perhaps he'll stretch back out to sleeping until 7 or 8AM for us one of these months, but for now it is wrong to complain because i am lucky that he is mine.

the carmel farmers market. there are many markets across town but this one is the best and i love it. we used to be close enough to walk from our old apartment (which is also ashley's new one)! things we love to get: a few pints of blueberries, super fresh local sweet corn, fresh cut flowers, something for breakfast like a homemade cinnamon roll or waffle, gourmet cupcakes, a real strawberry slush, brown cage-free eggs sold by little amish ladies with cell phones in their aprons(!)

notice the new "green" canvas tote for toting my market merchandise and small trips to the grocery store. in many ways we are consciously trying to be more green, but don't worry, we're not quite to the oxymoronic sticker on our gas-guzzling Pathfinder.