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Double the Treats, Double the Fun

By Courtney 11 Comments

It’s easy to see that we’re very quickly transitioning into a fall-like routine around these parts, while simultaneously trying to grasp onto those last remaining pieces of summer.

With only a week to go before they close once again for the fall/winter season, we had to take one final (and sadly, only!) trip over to The Snowman for some ice cream on Sunday.

And since I had actually been chatting with my neighbor friend, Ashley, about it, we all decided to go down and meet up for an “ice cream for dinner” kinda night.

Of course, if it’s ice cream for dinner, that means go big or go home. So I closed out the season with a big caramel sundae, complete with some Salty Caramel and Oreo flavored ice cream.

So. much. ice. cream…but. so. worth. it.

And apparently, I had treats on the brain quite a bit this weekend, because I also wound up making some of these Deep Dish Cookies for 2, topped with more ice cream, on Saturday.

FYI: If you make that recipe linked above, definitely halve the amount of salt that’s listed. They were delicious, but a little too salty.

So the weekend wasn’t ALL about ice cream and treats – it also included plenty of time outside, too!

On Saturday, Jay started prepping our back deck to be stained; he wanted to wait about a year to stain it, and we’d been waiting for what felt like FOREVER for a stretch of 2-3 days where we were free with no guaranteed rain these past couple of months. So after seeing the weather upcoming for this past weekend, we quick picked out a stain color and made it happen.

In the midst of prepping, we also wound up having a couple of beers with our neighbors who stopped over to play.

Well, the kids played. The adults drank, obvi. Good excuse to take a break, right? ; )

Saturday also included an early morning soccer game for Lucas, which was actually rather chilly. The ladies’ man didn’t seem bothered by it whatsoever.

After his game, we stopped to pick up some mums and pumpkins to spruce up the front of the house.

And also made a quick trip to Michael’s to grab a couple more galvanized metal buckets to use as planters for the mums.

They’re always on sale, which is awesome, and I just had Jay drill a few holes in the bottom of them to allow for the water to escape.

We worked on things in the front through Saturday and Sunday, and I even had Lucas as my helper for a little bit.

By the end of the weekend, we were looking more than ready for fall! Although I will say, I think those little peeping faces are my favorite part of all. <3

And we had a stained deck, to boot.

Productive AND fun. Win win!

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September 24, 2018 Filed Under: weekend Tagged With: deck stained, mums, soccer, The Snowman

About Courtney

I'm a working mom of two beautiful little boys, Lucas and Alex, and I began writing Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life in April 2010. I enjoy chronicling my love of food (healthy and indulgent!), baking, motherhood, fitness, fashion, and everything in between!

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Comments

  1. Steph says

    September 24, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    Love the fall decs! I'm planning on doing ours this week/weekend! Time to break out the fall candles.
    Reply
  2. Jen says

    September 24, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    I love the fall decor!!!! Could Alex get any cuter?! Way too adorable.
    Reply
    • Courtney says

      September 24, 2018 at 7:56 pm

      Hahaha, thank you! <3
      Reply
  3. Shashaqueefa says

    September 24, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    Your pad looks amazing Courntey! We decorated the front of our shed with pumpkins and cobwebs (it be like that for months anyway - we had the pumpkins since 2014) we just had to swat the flies and real spiders away. Then the dang pet raccoons started eating the pumpkins and they started going crazy! I was so stressed i made my man get me a bowl of ice cream. He came back with it and i took a big ole bite of mayonaisse! He laughed and i threw it at his big old forehead! Blessed!
    Reply
  4. Allison says

    September 25, 2018 at 7:07 am

    What stain color is that? We are trying to pick one and are having the hardest time. Love that color!
    Reply
    • Courtney says

      September 25, 2018 at 8:25 am

      Thank you! We got it from Home Depot - PPG Timeless in Timberline (we did Semi-Transparent) - https://www.homedepot.com/p/PPG-TIMELESS-1-gal-TSN-13-Timberline-Satin-Semi-Transparent-Advanced-Oil-Exterior-Wood-Stain-TSN-13-01/301613758
      Reply
  5. Nikki says

    September 25, 2018 at 8:36 am

    Your house always looks so amazing! Now that the baby is able to run around and play on his own I'm hoping to start decorarting our house some. Do you have any pointers/tips? Or maybe you could do a post sharing all your craftiness projects or something? I'm so jealous, it's like a serious skill set you have!!
    Reply
    • Courtney says

      September 25, 2018 at 8:37 pm

      Holy cow, thank you! I never EVER would have considered using those words to describe me, haha!! With the boys in the house, I always make sure any decorations I buy are either plastic or something non-breakable (with a few exceptions, of course). Which types of projects would you be looking for? I love sharing that kind of stuff but didn't realize it was of interest!
      Reply
  6. Kayla says

    September 26, 2018 at 10:44 am

    Love the fall decor, Courtney! Your house looks amazing! And your boys are just so dang cute!! I hope you are having a great week! Xoxo
    Reply
  7. Amanda says

    September 26, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    Ice cream for dinner is my favorite kind of meal! :)
    Reply
  8. Fiona MacDonald says

    September 27, 2018 at 9:10 am

    Oh my gosh I'm obsessed with your front steps! I need to up my fall game...hoping to get some pumpkins and we have some scarecrows but loving the other decorations!!! Looks like a blast of a weekend!
    Reply

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