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.
Monday, September 21, 2009
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.
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