Gavin had his first dentist appt this week and he was so good. He got super excited to see the dentist. The office was perfect for kids....games, coloring, fish tank. He walked down to his chair and jumped on. When the assistant raised it up, he laughed and said this is so cool. They leaned him back and he saw the TV with a fishy movie on it. Couldn't have been a better office set up. He let them clean his teeth and didn't say a thing..no crying...just a well behaved kid. He got stickers at the end and a new toothbrush and prize. Probably the best "doctor" type visit I have had since he was born.
We also got the seasonal flu shots and Gavin was a champ there too. He looked away as she stuck the needle in. There was a small "owww" face but then I said, Gosh, you were so brave and he immediately smiled. Gavin was a champ. Neither of us got sick either so it cleared up the myth of do you get sick when you get the flu vaccine. H1N1 is next once they get it here in SLO.
Gavin is loving all the holiday catalogs we get and he can look at them for a while...just flipping pages. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
He also likes to talk to his baby brothers...he will put his mouth on my belly and yell "What are you doing baby broddas?". He talks about them more often so I think he is starting to get it.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Staying local
We've been mellow the last couple weekends and plan to be for a while given the "don't go anywhere" mandate from my doctor. We had a nice weekend last weekend for Steve's birthday and went to San Simeon beach for a picnic. Steve and I had a great dinner at Buona Tavola downtown. After almost two hours of sitting and eating, we were too late to catch a movie and I was getting uncomfortable. It was an early night but we got out of the house. The rain last week was random. We got caught in a rain storm, drenched as we attempted to go the library just to find out it was closed for a holiday. Gavin loved it. He held the umbrella and loved to walk in the puddles. Then it was 80 degrees out and we were in shorts again this weekend.
Gavin is loving "cool"...aka school. He wants to go every day but until his "baby broddas" are here, we have to keep him in daycare so we keep the spot open. Once the twins arrive, Gavin will go full time to preschool. Gavin is starting to be a little joker. Some of the things he says just crack me up. Of course, I have baby brain as I write this and I can't remember what he said this weekend. When we asked Gavin what we should name his brothers, Gavin said "Dave". Maybe because he just had a visit from Steve's brother ...Uncle Dave. He wanted to name both the brothers Dave. Yesterday, we asked again and he wants to name his brother's Gavin and Coleson. A couple weeks ago it was Sean and Derek. No clue where he got those names. Jury is still out on what we are naming them.
Gavin is loving "cool"...aka school. He wants to go every day but until his "baby broddas" are here, we have to keep him in daycare so we keep the spot open. Once the twins arrive, Gavin will go full time to preschool. Gavin is starting to be a little joker. Some of the things he says just crack me up. Of course, I have baby brain as I write this and I can't remember what he said this weekend. When we asked Gavin what we should name his brothers, Gavin said "Dave". Maybe because he just had a visit from Steve's brother ...Uncle Dave. He wanted to name both the brothers Dave. Yesterday, we asked again and he wants to name his brother's Gavin and Coleson. A couple weeks ago it was Sean and Derek. No clue where he got those names. Jury is still out on what we are naming them.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Gavin's riddles
Gavin likes to tell stories now. Last week was a riddle.
What goes "he haw he haw"? Has a tail that goes swish swish? and has 4 legs?.... a donkey!!! and he laughs and laughs.
He watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and might have been traumatized by Augustus Gloop. For about 4 days Gavin said.... and that little boy fell in the water and he got stuck in the pipe! What happened to him Mommy? Well, he came out the other side (I assume). Why did he fall in the water Mommy? Because he didn't follow directions and he was being a bad boy. And he got stuck in the pipe? Yep, he got stuck in the pipe. We had that conversation about 20 times in 4 days. He would tell strangers we meet... and that little boy, got stuck in the pipe. He would also add...and that little girl turned into a BLUEBERRY! and he would laugh at that.
We were mellow this weekend allowing the news of twins sink in.. Steve surfed the Jetty in Cayucos twice (Fri and Sun) and got barrelled. A surfer's dream. We hit the local pool and Gavin was a little fish. We chilled, watched Eagle Eye and I got a bunch of errands done, except laundry, oh well. I made a killer Fatty Fattessa recipe (aka Barefoot Contessa). It was 5 cheese penne pasta...super easy and yummy...might not be the least fattening but you gotta feed the twins! It is something I can make ahead and freeze when the twins come. I am starting to walk slower and waddle as the belly seemed to have grown about 4 inches in 3 days. Saying "twins" or "babies" or "the boys" is trippy but kinda fun at the same time.
What goes "he haw he haw"? Has a tail that goes swish swish? and has 4 legs?.... a donkey!!! and he laughs and laughs.
He watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and might have been traumatized by Augustus Gloop. For about 4 days Gavin said.... and that little boy fell in the water and he got stuck in the pipe! What happened to him Mommy? Well, he came out the other side (I assume). Why did he fall in the water Mommy? Because he didn't follow directions and he was being a bad boy. And he got stuck in the pipe? Yep, he got stuck in the pipe. We had that conversation about 20 times in 4 days. He would tell strangers we meet... and that little boy, got stuck in the pipe. He would also add...and that little girl turned into a BLUEBERRY! and he would laugh at that.
We were mellow this weekend allowing the news of twins sink in.. Steve surfed the Jetty in Cayucos twice (Fri and Sun) and got barrelled. A surfer's dream. We hit the local pool and Gavin was a little fish. We chilled, watched Eagle Eye and I got a bunch of errands done, except laundry, oh well. I made a killer Fatty Fattessa recipe (aka Barefoot Contessa). It was 5 cheese penne pasta...super easy and yummy...might not be the least fattening but you gotta feed the twins! It is something I can make ahead and freeze when the twins come. I am starting to walk slower and waddle as the belly seemed to have grown about 4 inches in 3 days. Saying "twins" or "babies" or "the boys" is trippy but kinda fun at the same time.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Adventure weekend
We had a packed weekend in Carmel. We drove up Friday night. Saturday morning we headed over to Moss Landing with kayak on the roof and did our first official family kayak in the ocean. It wasn't a typical ocean kayak. In Moss Landing it is more like a river than an ocean but perfect for Gavin. We all got suited up and Gavin was pretty excited. We had Nana and Papa going with us as well. They rented a kayak and gear and we launched.
The kayak was very mellow compared to an ocean kayak in Shell Beach. There was a ton of marine life. That made the kayak interesting. If there was no marine life, I would probably pass on this kayak. We saw huge pods of sea otters, tons of sea lions, bunches of harbor seals and a lot of pelicans and birds.
We made it about halfway through Elkhorn Slough and turned around. Gavin was ready and our backs were hurting by then. Gavin fell asleep on the return paddle. We grubbed at Whole Enchilada. Cool decor but so so food. Gavin's lunch was tortilla chips dipped in ranch. What can ya do.. we tried with refried beans and burritos. We all had a fun time. Came home and crashed
Sunday we woke up early and made our way down to Carmel Beach for the annual sand castle contest. Last year we just watched but this year we decided to enter. Not sure that was the wisest move. We were the first people on the beach but our castle didn't show it. It took 2 hours to build the base of our "dog house" (Theme was dog houses) and another two hours to keep it from collapsing. Our vision and actual didn't look the same. Oh well. It took a lot of work to keep Gavin from jumping on it. Mom and I did bucket runs to the ocean... back and forth with water. Our backs ached. Steve dug the sand and piled it on top. By the end, we had no plaque for show for our efforts. People with crappier castles won so we were bitter. We decided next year to stick with no upright castle walls....too easy to collapse. That is if we decide to enter again. I like the idea of the beach, lame little castles I build with Gavin that he loves, killer picnic and walk around looking at EVERYONE ELSE's castle. That sounds more relaxing.
After all the fun events, we packed up and drove home. Good weekend but a tad tiring.
The kayak was very mellow compared to an ocean kayak in Shell Beach. There was a ton of marine life. That made the kayak interesting. If there was no marine life, I would probably pass on this kayak. We saw huge pods of sea otters, tons of sea lions, bunches of harbor seals and a lot of pelicans and birds.
We made it about halfway through Elkhorn Slough and turned around. Gavin was ready and our backs were hurting by then. Gavin fell asleep on the return paddle. We grubbed at Whole Enchilada. Cool decor but so so food. Gavin's lunch was tortilla chips dipped in ranch. What can ya do.. we tried with refried beans and burritos. We all had a fun time. Came home and crashed
Sunday we woke up early and made our way down to Carmel Beach for the annual sand castle contest. Last year we just watched but this year we decided to enter. Not sure that was the wisest move. We were the first people on the beach but our castle didn't show it. It took 2 hours to build the base of our "dog house" (Theme was dog houses) and another two hours to keep it from collapsing. Our vision and actual didn't look the same. Oh well. It took a lot of work to keep Gavin from jumping on it. Mom and I did bucket runs to the ocean... back and forth with water. Our backs ached. Steve dug the sand and piled it on top. By the end, we had no plaque for show for our efforts. People with crappier castles won so we were bitter. We decided next year to stick with no upright castle walls....too easy to collapse. That is if we decide to enter again. I like the idea of the beach, lame little castles I build with Gavin that he loves, killer picnic and walk around looking at EVERYONE ELSE's castle. That sounds more relaxing.
After all the fun events, we packed up and drove home. Good weekend but a tad tiring.
Monday, August 31, 2009
MIA for the summer
Sorry to be MIA for the summer. I just didn't feel like updating for some reason. So, end of July we went on a family "sorta staycation" to San Diego. We drove down and cut over on the coast so Steve could surf County Line. We met Wig there for a quick surf session. Had a yummo lunch from a grocery store that Steve said always has celebrities in it... it did not. Then we headed down to San Diego. We had a great little hotel room close to everything and Gavin called it our home all week. We had a pool and Gavin was a little fish. There was free breakfast and "dinner" each night....but the breakfast was average..nothing I would call grub. But it was free so I resorted to your basic bagel and cream cheese each day cuz you can't really screw that up.
The first day we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was nice weather, not too hot. We walked ALOT. About 2 pm we hit our wall and decided to call it a day. We didn't get to each exhibit because the place was just too big. Big hits were the overhead railcar thing where you can see everything from about 100 feet up. The giraffes, elephants and lions were really cool too.
Later that day we drove over to Coronado Island and walked around. Such a cute little place. I could definitely stay there and do the beach. We walked around the hotel Coronado and Gavin said "wow, this place is cool". So definitely cool if a 3 yr old thought it was cool. We had yummy ice cream (forget the name) and enjoyed the scene. Miguels for dinner on Coronado (take out of course) was grubbalicious.
Seaworld was the next adventure. That was really fun. Very interactive and a little more action than the zoo. Gavin fed the dolphins...if you call mom holding the smelly fish and Gavin laying up against the wall feeding the dolphins. :) We also fed the Sea Lions. The shark exhibit was really cool since we got to walk in a tunnel under the tank and the sharks swam over us. We also saw Shamu. Gavin and Steve were all excited. We sat in about the 6th row...even though mommy said this probably isn't a good idea. Got to almost the end then Shamu does his ceremonial splash. Before that Gavin says " Are we gonna get wet?" I say, "Yes, probably". "Ok, I wanna get wet". Splash Splash with an enourmous tail from the whale...Gavin bawling his eyes out. It was a little scary for a 3 yr old. But we got him a stuffed Shamu afterwards and all seemed to be fine.
Next day we went to the La Jolla cove. It was overcast most of the time but still warm. Gavin and Steve played in the water and Steve even snorkled. It was a fun day on the beach. As we walk along the nice green open park, Gavin decided he needed to pee...pulls down his pants and starts to pee in the middle of the park.. no trees, no bush, just wips it out and pees. Training required on the ettiquette of outside urination.
That night we went to dinner at Shelie (Campana) Herman's house. I haven't seen her in over 12 years probably but it was just like old times. We reconnected on Facebook (where else!) and we had a blast. Her house was awesome and we had a great bbq. The kids had a ball. Gavin left and said "I am gonna miss Elle".
We packed it up the next day and drove back home....stopping at Leo Carrillio so Steve could relive his childhood surfing days. Great trip. Definitely want to go back next summer.
August went by fast. We went to Ptown and had Coleson's bday party. Gavin tells everyone now that he wants to go to Colesons and go swimming.... he tells the guys working on the street, the mailman, people in the park. Stopped in Carmel and did a little Big Sur coastal drive home. Hung at the local beaches, went to San Simeon beach, and last weekend I chilled, went shopping with Vic in SB and relaxed and Steve and Gavin went up to the lake for probably the last swim of the summer.
With Sept coming tomorrow, I think summer feels officially over. But the weather is not cooperating...very hot here.
Gavin is loving Batman and Spiderman (aka as Piderman) and wants to be one of them for Halloween. He can write his name and is great with letters. He loves to sing the Bob the Builder song or the Special Agent Oso song. One of these days we will capture it on video.
The first day we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was nice weather, not too hot. We walked ALOT. About 2 pm we hit our wall and decided to call it a day. We didn't get to each exhibit because the place was just too big. Big hits were the overhead railcar thing where you can see everything from about 100 feet up. The giraffes, elephants and lions were really cool too.
Later that day we drove over to Coronado Island and walked around. Such a cute little place. I could definitely stay there and do the beach. We walked around the hotel Coronado and Gavin said "wow, this place is cool". So definitely cool if a 3 yr old thought it was cool. We had yummy ice cream (forget the name) and enjoyed the scene. Miguels for dinner on Coronado (take out of course) was grubbalicious.
Seaworld was the next adventure. That was really fun. Very interactive and a little more action than the zoo. Gavin fed the dolphins...if you call mom holding the smelly fish and Gavin laying up against the wall feeding the dolphins. :) We also fed the Sea Lions. The shark exhibit was really cool since we got to walk in a tunnel under the tank and the sharks swam over us. We also saw Shamu. Gavin and Steve were all excited. We sat in about the 6th row...even though mommy said this probably isn't a good idea. Got to almost the end then Shamu does his ceremonial splash. Before that Gavin says " Are we gonna get wet?" I say, "Yes, probably". "Ok, I wanna get wet". Splash Splash with an enourmous tail from the whale...Gavin bawling his eyes out. It was a little scary for a 3 yr old. But we got him a stuffed Shamu afterwards and all seemed to be fine.
Next day we went to the La Jolla cove. It was overcast most of the time but still warm. Gavin and Steve played in the water and Steve even snorkled. It was a fun day on the beach. As we walk along the nice green open park, Gavin decided he needed to pee...pulls down his pants and starts to pee in the middle of the park.. no trees, no bush, just wips it out and pees. Training required on the ettiquette of outside urination.
That night we went to dinner at Shelie (Campana) Herman's house. I haven't seen her in over 12 years probably but it was just like old times. We reconnected on Facebook (where else!) and we had a blast. Her house was awesome and we had a great bbq. The kids had a ball. Gavin left and said "I am gonna miss Elle".
We packed it up the next day and drove back home....stopping at Leo Carrillio so Steve could relive his childhood surfing days. Great trip. Definitely want to go back next summer.
August went by fast. We went to Ptown and had Coleson's bday party. Gavin tells everyone now that he wants to go to Colesons and go swimming.... he tells the guys working on the street, the mailman, people in the park. Stopped in Carmel and did a little Big Sur coastal drive home. Hung at the local beaches, went to San Simeon beach, and last weekend I chilled, went shopping with Vic in SB and relaxed and Steve and Gavin went up to the lake for probably the last swim of the summer.
With Sept coming tomorrow, I think summer feels officially over. But the weather is not cooperating...very hot here.
Gavin is loving Batman and Spiderman (aka as Piderman) and wants to be one of them for Halloween. He can write his name and is great with letters. He loves to sing the Bob the Builder song or the Special Agent Oso song. One of these days we will capture it on video.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Summer fun
We have been enjoying summer. We had a trip up to Ptown. Gavin loved swimming with cousin Coleson. I went into the Cisco office for a couple days. Then we made our way up to Pine Mountain Lake for the 4th of July.
We brought enough food for an army and ate well. The Franklins came up as well on Friday and we got to celebrate Aaron's bday with some delicious homemade cupcakes from Nik. The boys loved going in the lake. With their life vests, they could float and would get into the lake without any help. Steve's brother Dave came up too as well as our friends the Pittengers. They brought the best blueberry pie! Yum.
Each day we swam, ate, swam, tried to relax if Gavin would sit still, then ate again. The weather was nice and we got in a couple of kayaks rides as well. Gavin likes the kayaks this year. The boys also loved the sandbox that Steve built them along the lakeside. Great activity. Steve did his second annual treasure hunt and the boys actually dug up the treasure in the sandbox. Pirates of the Carribean Pez dispensers was the "loot".
We were lazy last weekend and didn't do much. We got in one trip to Montana de Oro...hit up our favorite Mexican joint..Tus Amigos... and checked out the beach. Gavin had fun in the sand dunes.
Gavin has disgressed a little with going to bed by himself. The chart worked well but since we started traveling and we have been in the same room sleeping, he wants us to sleep with him again until he falls asleep. The other night I sat on the sofa right outside his room and he sat in his bed yelling "Mommy, mommy" about a hundred times... then said "Are you listening?" "Mommy, I am getting mad!". Wonder where he got that from? He eventually stopped and wanted to read books...so I caved for education.
We brought enough food for an army and ate well. The Franklins came up as well on Friday and we got to celebrate Aaron's bday with some delicious homemade cupcakes from Nik. The boys loved going in the lake. With their life vests, they could float and would get into the lake without any help. Steve's brother Dave came up too as well as our friends the Pittengers. They brought the best blueberry pie! Yum.
Each day we swam, ate, swam, tried to relax if Gavin would sit still, then ate again. The weather was nice and we got in a couple of kayaks rides as well. Gavin likes the kayaks this year. The boys also loved the sandbox that Steve built them along the lakeside. Great activity. Steve did his second annual treasure hunt and the boys actually dug up the treasure in the sandbox. Pirates of the Carribean Pez dispensers was the "loot".
We were lazy last weekend and didn't do much. We got in one trip to Montana de Oro...hit up our favorite Mexican joint..Tus Amigos... and checked out the beach. Gavin had fun in the sand dunes.
Gavin has disgressed a little with going to bed by himself. The chart worked well but since we started traveling and we have been in the same room sleeping, he wants us to sleep with him again until he falls asleep. The other night I sat on the sofa right outside his room and he sat in his bed yelling "Mommy, mommy" about a hundred times... then said "Are you listening?" "Mommy, I am getting mad!". Wonder where he got that from? He eventually stopped and wanted to read books...so I caved for education.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Father's Day
We had a fun weekend for Father's day. We stayed local and just hung out around town. Saturday was pretty gloomy but nice enough to go downtown and hang at the park. We got yummy Nonna's sandos and Gavin had fun playing on the playground. We got Gavin down at a decent time and we watched Gran Torino.
Sunday we started the morning with bagels in bed for Steve. I packed up a yummy picnic and we tried out a new hike up on the Grade. Can't say we will do that hike again but at least we tried it. It was along the freeway up in the hills. It was sunny and kinda hot but with some wind. It was a serious incline most of the way up. Gavin was a trooper for most of it but then wanted to be carried the second half.
The afternoon was lazy as Gavin took a nap then we got sucked into Fried Food Paradise on the Food Network. I had a meal of risotto and salad planned and we nixed that for a delicious treat at Longboards in Pismo consisting of fried zucchini, fried mushrooms and burgers. We got turkey burgers but we should have splurged for the real meat. Oh well. It was tasty but we felt kind crappy afterwards. It was worth it when Steve said... now that is a Father's Day dinner. Score!
Gavin and Steve packed up the car on Monday and headed up to Pine Mountain Lake. They are going to go up to Yosemite and play for a couple days. Gavin is very excited to see Papa at the lake. Fun for them! I am back home working. I will either me really productive or soak up the quiet.
Sunday we started the morning with bagels in bed for Steve. I packed up a yummy picnic and we tried out a new hike up on the Grade. Can't say we will do that hike again but at least we tried it. It was along the freeway up in the hills. It was sunny and kinda hot but with some wind. It was a serious incline most of the way up. Gavin was a trooper for most of it but then wanted to be carried the second half.
The afternoon was lazy as Gavin took a nap then we got sucked into Fried Food Paradise on the Food Network. I had a meal of risotto and salad planned and we nixed that for a delicious treat at Longboards in Pismo consisting of fried zucchini, fried mushrooms and burgers. We got turkey burgers but we should have splurged for the real meat. Oh well. It was tasty but we felt kind crappy afterwards. It was worth it when Steve said... now that is a Father's Day dinner. Score!
Gavin and Steve packed up the car on Monday and headed up to Pine Mountain Lake. They are going to go up to Yosemite and play for a couple days. Gavin is very excited to see Papa at the lake. Fun for them! I am back home working. I will either me really productive or soak up the quiet.
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