Olivia always has the BEST bedhead.
15 Apr
San Diego, for a day
It seems like more than a month ago, but I think it was just the week before last that Bryan and I traveled to San Diego. Bryan was there for a conference from Friday through Wednesday, but my trip was a bit shorter. We flew in Friday afternoon, and I was home by 5 pm the next day (just in time to host a sleepover for Ava–more on that soon).
It was a quick trip, but that’s just the way I like it: Plenty of time to enjoy a bit of warm weather and none of the worry about leaving the kids for more than a night. We owe thanks to Katie and Tom–they made this little excursion possible.
Don’t tell the kids, but we spent most of the day at the San Diego Zoo–a spot that was new to both of us despite a handful of previous trips to the city.
The kids were never far from our minds, of course, or our conversation…
We stayed in the Gaslamp Quarter, and we had drinks at the fantastic place where I’d held an alumni event a few months before. Then, we found a rooftop bar nearby and watched the sun set over the bay. Sushi for dinner at Nobu rounded out the trip, and I had a quick and uneventful flight home.
7 Apr
Overheard
Rebecca, to the cat: “I saw you chase that bunny, and I’m glad she got away.”
Ava: “Why? If she’d caught her, we’d have a pet bunny.”
Rebecca: “Yeah, I don’t think that would have been the outcome, actually.”
Ava: “What? …oh. Ick.”
Olivia: “I WANT A HAMSTER.”
3 Apr
Throwback Thursday
Here’s a picture of sunny SoCal from March 2010. Looking forward to heading back there tomorrow, even if it’s only for a single night!
31 Mar
Overheard: Weekend edition
Ava: “I’d really like to be president, but I honestly don’t think it’s a good idea.”
Olivia, who is certain her career path will lead to the Oval Office: “WHAT? You don’t want be president with your OWN SISTER?”
Ava: “If I were president, I would change the week to be two days long, and the weekend to be five days long, and that just probably wouldn’t work out so well.”
30 Mar
Milestone day for Team Smith
When Ava asked to have her ears pierced when she was barely six, I agreed immediately. Her father, on the other hand, insisted she wait until she was seven. As it worked out (due to party schedules and spring break), she was actually still six—she had her ears pierced on St. Patrick’s Day, just before her birthday. So, after listening to Olivia grouse for two years about having to WAIT SO LONG for her own piercing, I told her that she just needed to wait until the St. Patrick’s day before her seventh birthday. (Ava, of course, takes issue with this technicality).
However (due to party schedules and spring break), it wasn’t until this weekend that we made the trip downtown to Claire’s. Olivia was excited, but obviously so nervous. I told her several times she didn’t have to go through with it, but she insisted. Ava was much help, assuring her it wouldn’t hurt but for a second.
The process only took a few minutes, but something makes me think it felt much longer than for poor Livie Lou.
Good thing two piercers worked simultaneously—given how she winced, I’m not sure she would have made it through the second ear.
She reported, “That hurt a lot more than it was supposed to.”
But a split second later, all smiles.
28 Mar
Owen fix
I had the opportunity to take Owen to daycare today, so instead of the standard trapper hat his dad usually selects, I went with the decidedly cuter ladybug option.
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