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I’m brainstorming this post to you today from an Adirondack chair at Ste. Anne’s Spa in Grafton. My daily itinerary involves morning tea and biscotti, sun bathing, lunch, reading, hot tubing, afternoon tea and a massage. I may also throw in a swim and a little online shopping to buy this.

Although I am loving every second of mat leave and watching Sam become his own little person, today is a most welcome change of pace from what life has looked like lately (early morning wakeups, diaper changes, nursing, burping, spit ups, pumping, diaper changes, nursing, sleep and repeat). Today I will eat my meals while they are hot and simply linger in a state of relaxation.

You may recall last summer I wrote about Ste. Anne’s. With Sam only being 3 months old I wasn’t sure a trip this year would be possible but a last minute opportunity arose and it feels so good to have a day away.

If you can’t get away, my advice is unplug, unwind, make a pitcher of this lemonade and do a little of this

Or this

Lemonade

¾ cup sugar

1 cup room temperature water

4 cups cold water

Zest of one lemon

1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (approx 8 lemons)

In a pot, make simple syrup by boiling lemon zest, sugar and 1 cup room temperature water over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool completely before using.

In a pitcher, stir together the cooled simple syrup, 4 cups chilled water and 1 cup lemon juice. Chill, strain and serve.