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Day 1: slides

I may just eat everything in all of San Diego if we stay here too long… Before the sun was even up, Kyle and I took turns working out at the hotel gym, which is one of the nicest gym’s I’ve ever been to.  They have classes too, like TRX and spin and whatnot.  We didn’t anticipate it being as cold as it is in the mornings so my attire makes me want to go straight to the gym rather than run around the property freezing.  But I still did a little of both. For… Read more >

Ho Ho Ho in So Cal

I’m happy to report back to you all that it IS IN FACT POSSIBLE to drive 10 hours with a 2 and 4 year old without using an iPad (or any screen time for that matter). Now, truth be told, we brought the iPad along just in case things were really dire, but I also packed a TON of activities for them – felt toys, magnetic games, books, cds and books ON cds. Each had their own discman and headphones so there would be no arguing and Kyle and I wouldn’t have to listen to… Read more >

Emptying the fridge

I took very few food photos this week and a million other pics, but I decided to pop in to wrap up the week really quickly before our Christmas vacation starts. I brought home some leftovers from my parents’ house on Sunday, but didn’t feel like round two of the same exact meal that night, so instead we had a bunch of other leftovers that were already in the fridge. This chicken and orzo dish. This curry (on it’s fourth meal!) with turkey. And now a quick OIT update. We are A MERE THREE APPOINTMENTS… Read more >

Under a week

It’s just six days away from Christmas but we already celebrated (!) so now I feel like anything else is just bonus time. First of all, we had a real life actual Christmas miracle in that both kids slept in!!!  Here’s how I know my Valley girl is sick: she snuggles.  After three wake ups in the middle of the night, I finally brought her into the bed with me and Kyle at 5.  Normally this is a pointless action and nobody gets any more sleep, but for once she sucked her thumb and fell back asleep… Read more >

Christmas prep and giveaway

I spent most of Friday in Fremont with my little buddy. Although there’s a little bit of stress leading up to these appointments, I look forward to them too because I get to spend 5+ hours with just Mr. P.  There are plenty of distractions – vital signs, nurse checks, and updoses of course – but it’s nice to hang with him. I stopped at Starbucks on our way out of town and brought this bar for breakfast. Share Bar is right!  More like “steal from your mom bar”. This was so good.  It’s divided… Read more >