Lovin Life!!!!! And our new clothes......

We got a fantastic giant box of gently loved clothes in the mail yesterday!!! From Finn and Chloe (and Marianne and Aunt Margaret too.....). Most of them are a bit big but some fit Edie and Ella now .....there is something to be said about the way Southern ladies dress their babes!!! Fantastic and Exquisite per Fancy Nancy!!

We chose to take the fantastic and exquisite clothes and ROMP!!!

We drank from "big girl" water bottles at the top of stairs....

We fed strawberries to baby dolls......isn't this the sweetest thing EVER?!?!?!?!?
We picked our noses with forks.......
We let the sun glisten our hair.......
We made funny faces.......
We let mommy wipe boggers from our fingers......
We let mommy take pictures of us between her legs.....it is Mothers Day tomorrow after all!
We rode our (annoying) worm on wheels.......
And had major traffic accident. I mean, who has gravel as a backyard Mr. and Mrs. Previous Home Owners????
We made the best of the gravel and panned it for gold. BIG FAIL!!!
We stole Rubis Kong and ran with all our might!
We said .....pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane, pane.....and on and on and on until someone else acknowledged that there was, in fact, a PLANE flying over!!!
We gave our mommy a heart attack or SEVEN by pretending we would jump from the chair onto the CONCRETE before she could catch us!!!!

We live in the best town!!!

The town we live in ROCKS!!! It's a small town right in the center of wine country. There is a fantastic "town green" and during the spring/summer months there are all sorts of weekly events. Every Thursday night there is music on the green ... a different local band every week and you can bring your own picnic and ice chest ... I think that is great because most events like that require you to buy the food and drinks they sell ...that gets pricey!!! I mean 3 dollar waters ....SERIOUSLY?!?!

I was super excited to find out there was a Cinco De Mayo (is that how to spell De?) celebration this afternoon. It is awesome to get the girls out of the house ....even though when it's just one of us with both of them it can get a little stressful keeping them roped in! But with our work schedules it is almost always "just one of us" ....so there is no choice but to brave it solo!!!

Ella Grace has been obsessed with my old cell phone lately ... WILL.NOT.PUT.IT.DOWN! That and her baby ....she carries a baby doll around ALWAYS ....(it was in the stroller when this picture was taken). As a matter of fact the baby and cell phone and bear and "yight" aka little tykes light are asleep with her NOW. So today we were walking along and I turned around to check on her and this is what I found ..... is she texting? calling da -eeeee (daddy)???? As a really funny aside ....we were walking along a man was talking on his cell phone and Ella stopped in front of him, put the phone to her ear and said .... HeyYooo!!! (fyi ... hello) ... she was imitating him.....so cute!!!

One of the great groups that performed!!! Man ... this music is so festive!! LOVE IT!!!
Edie and Ella love to drink from water bottles and big girl cups ....Edie actually sticks her tongue in the glass/bottle and lets the water/juice touch it .... and often says Ahhhhhhhh!
Little wind blown Amish haircut orangutang .....LOVE HER!!!
screwing the cap back on ....
dancing and rehydrating....
put on my my my boogy shoes .......
"what do you mean you are taking a break?"
They had beer .....for sale....outside .....in the public ......in California!!! I had to have one, even though I don't really love beer .....just for principle. It made me very very thirsty!!!
See .....the tongue!!! She is so sweet ..... and looks so much like her daddy!!!!
people watching!!
food covered (and a little snot) sweet face!!!
We ate pizza with knives!!!
GIANT burritos .... this thing was at least 3 pounds!!! I ate a little, Edie ate ALOT and Ella ate some .....we still tossed over half a burrito!! I know we could have saved it but with TWO 2 year olds to keep track of ....the burrito didn't make it.
Ella suckered me into buying one of these obnoxious balloon things. FIVE bucks!!! Now ask me if she has touched it since I bought it ....or has she even looked at it again??? Ummmmm NOPE!!!
VERY shortly after this picture was taken she knocked this entire display over. I think it was the wind but I think the sweet Spanish speaking man thought it was her ....or at least I think that is what he said!!!

Can I get a whoot whoot!!!

We had a GREAT day today!!!

First of all I must give a giant shout out to my super smart husband for passing his CCRN (Critical Care RN) exam. Yeah!!!

He took the test in San Francisco so E Squared and I drove him the hour to the city so he would not have to deal with traffic and parking (or lack thereof). It was a win-win situation because, well it was San Fran!!! It's awesome that we live so close and sad that we don't get there more often.

So, while poor Jon sat before a computer test for 3 hours answering really hard test questions, we played tourist!!! We walked ALOT around Pier 39.

Had fantastic/clear views of Alcatraz! It's often foggy so to have such a clear view is fab!
We watched and SMELLED (yuck, per Edie) the Sea Lions. These guys are awesome and if you ever make it to SF they are a MUST SEE/SMELL. They mysteriously disappeared last year but are back now. I could watch them for hours ...and by the looks of this guy he could be watched for hours.
We paid NINE dollars to ride the famous Pier 39 carousel!!!
WOW
Weeeeeeeeeee

We watched weird people strolling the pier ...
Tried to get a good picture of these flags. FAIL!!!
Ate cotton candy ...
or didn't !!! She gagged. Who gags at cotton candy?
Posed with gold men !!!!
Bought shoes ...
Paid outrageous parking fees !!!
Watched people not pay attention to rules ....
you can't see the sign in this picture, but it's right between those TWO backed in cars!!!
barely missed side swiping bus # 62
And when the people started getting shadier .....
and pimpier .....
we decided to heed the warning signs and turn around!
These streets are S.T.E.E.P.
LOOK ... it just drops off!!! Like STRAIGHT down!!!
There's Alcatraz again ... see it down there at the very very end!!
We passed the crookedest street in the world .....
and laughed at their signs. Seriously, you live on one of the most famous streets EVER and you don't expect noise. HOITY TOITY!!! So we waved to the nice people .....and blew our horn!!! (not really)

Fishermans Wharf San Francisco!!

toddler or preteen???

We love water!!!

My girls LOVE water. Especially Ella. She is constantly asking for "wah er". In the sink, the bath, a cup, a faucet outside or a hose....the girl is not picky. She loves her some wah er!!!

And picking her boogers!!!
And saying "cheeeeeeese".....
Edie likes to hold the water hose. She just stands and stares.....