Beach Day: San Onofre

We met up with some family down at San Onofre this past Friday. They were camping for the weekend, so we drove down to play for the afternoon.  It was pretty darn cold and overcast which was a bummer, but it kept my fair baby from getting too much sun. Funny note: Until pretty recently I thought it was Santa Nofre, not San Onofre.

As a rookie beach camper, I only packed one change of clothes. Since it was pretty much freezing at 4pm, I changed the girls into their clothes and then instructed them to keep them clean. Feel free to laugh out loud. We were all so disgusting by the time we got in the van to go home.  Even Boston was saying, "Eeeew, disgusting!" (That's her new, cute word that she's been saying.)

 

Sponge curlers all night = Beach waves by the end of the day.

Waiting for a wave...

 

And...running for our life.

 

Boston played with toy boats in this little pool for the longest time.

Just staying clean!

The girls had a blast though, cold and all. It was the most quiet time I've had in a long time! All the sand (in every crevice) was totally worth it.

Spring Break

No piano + no tot lot = party time!

We started our party week off with breakfast at one of our favorite spots, Nick's.

Then we met some friends at the beach for a few hours. It was a beautiful day! But, keeping track of my fearless red head and my defiant blond near water about did me under. I'll be posting a story in my next "Seriously" post about our day.

I die over Boston in this bright blue. It's the perfect color for her.

Wednesday we had rain. Nana came to play with the girls and the hubs and I went on a lunch date. Grub at Lucille's and then over to the theater to watch Hunger Games. I love doing day dates. It's much more of a break.

Thursday we played with friends at the park, went to dinner with more friends that night, and then took a drive down to Bolsa Chica Beach.

Our beautiful weather was interrupted again with wind and rain. On rainy days I head straight to Chick Fil A. I let the girls play as long as they want, and then when we're trapped in the house for the rest of the day, it goes much smoother.  Rather than waiting until their restless and then getting out, ya know?

We spent the rest of the day lounging and trying to catch up on our cleaning.

 

Then we started the princess making process in prep for our tea party on Saturday. That post is up next :)

We're off running...

We have done so many fun things in the first 9 days of 2012, I seriously don't know how I'm going to get back into my routine with preschool and teaching piano. Tomorrow is the day. Eeeek!  During the fun I did manage to start working out, and significantly cut back on my sugar and diet coke intake. Go me. I have high hopes that I can keep it up and get back to the grind. *fingers crossed*

Here are a few things we've been up to since our "vaca":

We met our cousins down in Laguna Beach to check out the tide pools.  We could not have had better weather. Mid 70's with a slight breeze. Perfection.




Boston chasing the birds.



We have been playing a lot of dress up. This has been so much fun, because both girls really enjoy it.  Boston begs to put dresses on, "I-na dress", and loves to put all of the necklaces on.  Brighton likes to put on all of the bracelets, so it works out perfect.

Notice, they're still playing with their cars though. Love it.

Yes, mom, I did notice her snot nose in this picture. I promise I wipe it.

Cute video of B & B dancing together: Click here

We hung out with the Thompson's for a last minute pajama party.

We got crazy at Pump It Up.

The girls went down this slide at least 30 times. I love that Boston is the leader. Brighton totally won't do stuff until she see's Boston do it. My dare devil baby.

We got together with family to celebrate a few birthdays.


Aaron and Darrel were so nice to play Candyland with Brighton.  "Uncle Aaron won first, but I won next" is what she told me.

 

This picture just cracks me up. My caption for it is, "That's right. I'm being spoon fed ice cream."

Bos is such an animal lover. She just followed Luke around the whole night. This is her trying to cuddle with him.  She liked when he would lick her.

We also have been playing outside in our awesome weather.

And doing a little stunt riding.

Of course Boston started it. I don't know where she comes up with this stuff!

Now we are looking forward to a 3 day weekend in big bear. Super excited!

Easter & Spring Break

Sorry, I typed this forever ago, and just got around to uploading (super great) photos...

Our spring break started off with a lovely Easter. We did an egg hunt and found Easter baskets before church and then gorged ourselves on food and candy at Nana and Grandpa's after church.

 

I don't teach piano when my students are out of school, so I decided to make it an extra fun week for my girls as well.

Monday we started our week at our favorite place, the Long Beach Town Center. We lathered on the sunscreen and had fun playing on the splash pad and playground.

Tuesday we joined the Guillens for a Park-A-Thon. We parked hopped from Heritage to Liberty and ended at Mae Boyer. Such a fun idea!

Wednesday we met the Thompsons at the Bay and had tons of fun in the sand and water. Boston did not mind the freezing water and just kept wanting to go further and further out. I ended the day by getting a free burrito at Cafe Rio (for Braden) and my favorite tostada salad.

Thursday, Brighton and I returned to Mae Boyer to make a bug jar. I thought they would just have random jars that we'd use by poking holes in the top. Nope! They had super cute lady bug or bee kits for the kids to put together. Brighton l-o-v-e-d it and daddy took her out that afternoon to collect "bugga bugga's". That night I had a fabulous time with some girlfriends at Cafe Rio, yet again.

Friday we were invited to the Attwood's to play in their kiddie pool. We enjoyed the perfect weather and had fun using all of Harley's fun toys.

Saturday we rented Toy Story 3 for the first time to watch while Boston napped, met daddy for lunch at work and came full circle by ending our week at the LB Town Center again.

I am one tired mom, but we had tons of fun!