Today was one of those days where I actually had a plan. And of course nothing went accordingly! I was supposed to go to Irvine and drop off my camera for servicing. I figured while we were down there in the OC, we might as well pop into Downtown Disney for lunch and a tram…
The Petersen Automotive Museum has always been on my radar, for obvious reasons. But it seemed that every time I tried to take the car-loving Stevie, the place would be closed. It looked like just a hole in the wall, and was right across the street from LACMA, so I was never heartbroken – it was no…
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…
It’s a lot of fun to take my nephew places. He has almost the exact opposite learning style of Stevie and you don’t have to convince him to do anything. He actually wants to learn and try and see it all. Well almost all. He is thoughtful and hesitant about certain things, but mostly, he…
Some days I’m not exactly sure what I’m thinking. Like am I trying to set myself up for failure? Am I looking for frustration? Or am I really that optimistic that I think Stevie and I will have fun at a theme park. I’m going to go with optimistic. And determined. And tenacious. Yes, yes…
A couple weekends ago, my sister came to visit! Yay! She brought my sweet nephew, of course, along with her boyfriend and his cute kids. They had a busy schedule getting all the CA goodness in, and fighting lots of traffic every step of the way. We couldn’t do everything with them because it was right…