Sometimes having a hip Tati who knows about the cool spots in LA really comes in handy! Yesterday I put on my cool mom pants and we hauled the kid to the Museum of Ice Cream. Yes, you read that right. Museum. Of. Ice. Cream. Who wouldn’t want to see that? And I knew it would…
**Note: If you skip ahead to the pictures, you can just pretend we had an awesome day! I want to start this by saying that my husband strongly discouraged me from going to the fair this year. He was mostly worried about exposure to too many things right before his eye surgery. But I’ve taken…
Here’s the deal, guys. I’m not like into art. I don’t even know what this particular art installation is called. The worst. But here’s the thing: I like seeing new, unique things. I like participating in whatever thing is all the rage (to an extent). And, most importantly, at the top of my list, is…
Today…? Today, I think I should find a way to decompress. My inner introvert is screaming for some alone time. This last week, I was aiming for mother-slash-aunt of the year, and (besides one unnecessary outburst after calmly asking Stevie to go get his underwear 45 times and he still hadn’t done it) I feel like I came pretty close…
We know some pretty awesome people. And one of these awesome people hooked us up with free Legoland tickets. She had received them through work and knew she’d never use them, so she passed them along to Stevie (and me), lucky ducks! Now, if you are new to the blog, you may not already know…
The Disney day that almost didn’t happen because of allllll the days – El Nino decided to show up on OUR Disney day. It’s hard to believe with how hot it is right now, just 2 weeks ago, we were freezing our faces off. The tram was shut down because the heavy rains knocked over a tree,…
After our disastrous cousins trip last year to Disneyland, I wasn’t so sure Knott’s this year would be any better. But I kept telling myself a whole year has passed! It simply has to be better. Stevie is older and talking a lot more, so maybe that would cut down on the dramatic scenes – for instance,…
If you are a normal person, you are a fan of Autumn. I’m only semi-normal and even I obviously love Autumn. Or maybe I really love the idea of Autumn, considering how hard I have to work to pretend like we’re experiencing Autumn in some way. Sweating in my flannel shirt, drinking hot cocoa with the A/C blasting,…
While Stevie was sick and we were going on multiple daily walks, he started showing some interest in picking up sticks and leaves. He would say “I WANTASTICK” and upon finding a good one, he’d say “IMAKEEPDIS”. This made my mom-of-a-boy heart soar. Not only because he was showing interest in something, anything new, but because this…
Taking Stevie to my favorite Ventura County Fair is a tradition I hope to keep alive for many years. It’s always about 20 degrees cooler up there by the ocean, so it came at the right time and was a perfect escape from overheated LA. This was our 4th year in a row and we had…