Dunkin’ Donuts

2025-26 School Year–Week Twelve

It’s been quite a week!

On Saturday, we went on our annual autumn walk around Creve Coeur Lake. It was a beautiful day!

Chickadee and I had fun playing tennis:

We made challah from the American Girl Sweet and Savory Treats Cookbook inspired by Chickadee’s original American Girl doll, Rebecca Rubin:

And then Chickadee broke her ankle. We still got quite a bit of work done, but I’m not going to lie…some things got skipped this week! In algebra she reviewed everything she’s learned about solving systems of equations, and then graphed them, too. In history we read about the Boxer rebellion and Japan’s victory over a European army when they defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. In science we continued to discuss the naming of compounds. We continued reading Treasure Island. And we stopped by Dunkin’ Donuts to try their new Wicked for Good drinks…the matcha variety was especially delicious!

I’ve had to rearrange our field trip plans for the next few weeks due to Chickadee’s broken ankle, and I definitely don’t think we’ll be playing tennis anytime soon!

A Long-Awaited Treat

Today was a very exciting day in our household. No, not the baby, yet. But something we’ve still been looking forward to:

Dunkin’ Donuts was the donut shop I grew up with. I’ve never been able to adapt to the Krispy Kremes that are so prevalent in this area….as a matter of fact, I really dislike them. It was exciting enough when the Dunkin’ Donuts chain came to the St. Louis area at all, but they were all so far away, it was a treat reserved for only a few times a year. Now, however, we have our very own store near enough to enjoy at our discretion, (but not too often!).

Yes, I indulged and got a donut and coffee. If anyone wants to judge, go right ahead. But even my doctor’s office admits that there’s nothing wrong with the occasional splurge, and I have splurged so very little since the gestational diabetes diagnosis, that I’m not even sorry about today. It was worth it!

It was fun sharing the “Grand Opening,” (although, I know from driving by that they’ve been open at least part of the week already), with the children, and their fun will continue tomorrow, as Ryan splurged and got them each a donut for Saturday’s breakfast, as well!