A Day of Cuteness

On Wednesdays we always head to Palm Springs for My Gym with our friends.  After class we stop for lunch then run errands/shop at Target, Marshalls, Babies'R'Us...the list goes on.  This week we had lunch at a Mexican Cantina.  The girls were in a bit of a mood but at the same time B was filled with cuteness.  

Here are a few photos from our day.

Playing Peek-a-boo with her chair cover

 B learned how to undress herself...in public.

 She also helped Daddy with the basket at the grocery store.

Birthday Weekend

We had a great time in San Diego. It was a very easy city to navigate and everything was so close. It never took more than 8 minutes to get wherever we were going.

We went to Coronado and walked the boardwalk and ended back there for dinner at a great family friendly sushi place. Our first full day we spent at Balboa Park. What a great park! There is so much to do I could have spent all weekend there. We saw a marionette puppet show, went to the science museum and rode the carousel outside the zoo. That night we drove out the Escondido and had a table full of crab. I don't consider myself a big lover of seafood but this was delicious! Our final day we woke up and went to a crepe place we saw earlier in the Gas Lamp District. Unknown to us, B was coming down with a bad cold, so breakfast was quit dramatic. Either way, the crepes were delicious and had B been feeling better I am sure she would have loved the idea of chocolate for breakfast. After breakfast we headed out to Carlsbad to see the flower fields. It was amazing. We were there right at peak, so all the flowers were in bloom. It was small but beautiful. I wish we were able to get a good family photo but B really wasn't feeling well so we walked the fields then headed home; not before I bought some bulbs and fresh flowers to take home.

All in all it was a great weekend. It was nice to explore a new city. It definitely confused me though. It didn't seem to have an identity. Boston and New York seem to have such a personality and San Diego seemed like a hodge-podge of stuff. There seems to always be things to do and tons of activities for families but the city itself was just confusing. Anybody else been to San Diego and felt that way? Or am I just missing something?

Here is a few photos from our weekend.

B checking out San Diego from Coronado.

Walking the boardwalk with Daddy.

Sushi Dinner

I love B's smile here. She seems so grown-up.

Marionette puppet show. This was 'How Much is that Doggy in the Window?'

Lunch outside the Science Museum

Playing in the Geometry Playground

B thinking she is going to get some of Mommy and Daddy's crab

Chocolate for breakfast, yum!

Pretty Flowers

I thought this was adorable!

To the market we go

I haven't been to great at blogging lately. I have several ideas and some even started and saved but just haven't taken the time to sit down and write. We all got a cold after our San Diego trip and B is better but Gil and I are still trying to kick it. Hopefully I will get some of my posts written soon. San Diego and Easter posts are next on my list.

But until then enjoy this photo of B headed to the market.

San Diego, dancing and precious kisses

Our bags are packed and we're ready to go.

We are off to San Diego tomorrow. I am super excited for my birthday weekend. We plan to spend some time at Coronado Island, a whole day at Balboa Park (visiting parks, museums and seeing a Marionette Puppet show) and on our final day we will be visiting the Carlsbad Flower Fields. We also plan to eat a lot of fish tacos, crab and sushi while we are away.

Hope you all have a fun filled weekend.

And to send you off to the weekend with a smile. Here is little B dancing away (apparently she can only dance with her mouth wide open.)

On top of dancing anytime she hears music; just today she started kissing EVERYTHING! The cabinets, the dishwasher, mommy's booboo. Not only is she doing that but they aren't the big wet opened mouth kisses. They are sweet little ones where she puckers up and makes a little kissing noise. It is super cute. I am really enjoying all her little kisses she keeps sharing.

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Little Ballerina

I think we have a little ballerina in the making. I have noticed recently that when she stands on her tippy-toes she curls them under; kinda like a ballerina in toe shoes. I think it is adorable and can picture her in a little ballet class with little girls all dressed in pink running around with their toes pointed; or maybe a tap class stomping around.

If you know me at all this is very odd because I hated those classes as a kid and am not super girly but I guess you have to try it and let your kid decide whether they like it or not. Either way she would look adorable!

We have also started prepping for the hot weather to come. We got some new bathing suits since she grew out of hers from last year also a new sun hat and a floaty vest for the pool. She has been very excited about all the new things. Before we even leave the store she want to put it all on. She has been in a pool before but not in a while so I hope she enjoys it when we go. There are several pools on the military base here and they are heated so we might go soon. I plan to sign her up for swim lessons this summer which will be a fun activity. I have a feeling we will get a lot of use out of summer pool clothes this summer while trying to escape the sweltering heat.

B couldn't wait to get her new swim suit on so it went on right over the clothes.

B's new sun hat.

She loves to show you that she knows that hat goes on her head.

San Diego Here We Come

Well, I am happy to announce I finally know what we are doing for my birthday. Gil has a 3 day weekend leading up to my birthday so we are headed to San Diego to explore for the weekend. I am really excited. I have started to research things to do but still have a lot more to do. I know for sure we will be going to the Carlsbad Flower Fields. I am REALLY excited about seeing all the flowers in bloom. I have looked into Catalina Islands and a few of the different neighborhoods within San Diego but nothing else is set in stone yet. If anybody has any ideas of what else to do in San Diego other than the different parks, I am open to them.

Aubrie is loving her My Gym class. It is so nice to go with friends each week. Nice for the moms to share the driving responsibility and for the girls to know somebody in class. Both the girls love to explore the whole room but Aubrie loves the stairs. She goes back and forth walking up and down. If she wonders away and another kids gets on them she gets upset...she obviously things she owns the stairs. She is more difficult to rally for the circle time than she was when she was little but what can you expect. She has been doing really well with the other kids so far too which I am happy about. I am happy to say she is not the hitter of the class. After class we go and grab lunch and run errands/shop in the area. It makes for a nice day. I like having a set day that I know we will be getting out of the house.

The weather has become really nice lately. We still have some pretty windy days but are temps are starting to rise and rise fast! We have been playing outside and at the park a lot lately. Aubrie loves to be outside. We leave porch door open now and she loves to walk in and out and play with Kai in the dirt. We might have to get some type of water feature to play in come summer.

That's it for now. Hope you all have a great weekend.

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A little of this...a little of that

Not much to update. This week was pretty low-key. Gil had a lot of late nights and Aubrie and I mostly hung out and met upwith friends. I finally finished the quilt I was making Aubrie. Everything but the binding had been done for weeks and I finally got the guts to attempt the binding. It definitely is not perfect but it was my first project so I am pretty happy with it. We ventured to the market to get more strawberries and tangerines and had a pj date with our friend Makaela while her Mommy had her hair done. That about sums up our week.

Tomorrow we are very excited to be headed back to My Gym. We loved attending every a week while we lived in Hawaii and I just learned that there is one roughly 40 mins from us so we are going to try it out. The program will be a little different because she has moved up a class but I am really excited about it. She has so much energy now I am running out of ideas to keep her entertained all day. I feel like she also needs some more interaction with kids her age. Hopefully this will help the hitting and she will start to learn to share again with other kids. Our friends Lauren and Makaela are trying the class with us, we are very excited to introduce them to the My Gym experience.

This month we will be celebrating my birthday and it will be the first one Gil has been home for in 3 years. I am really excited to celebrate as a family but have no idea what I want to do. I haven't celebrated much in the last three years so I don't even know where to start. I do know I want to see a movie so we might get a sitter that night but other than that the day is wide open. We have a few weeks still to go, hopefully I will think of something by then.

Hope you all are having a great weekend.

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