Get your pads and pens ready because it’s time for the Week In Review.
The Week In Review is a list, in its purest form, not of the things you still need to do, but of all the things you have done in the last seven days. It’s an achievement list, an ode to yourself, a celebration of sorts, and a virtual pat on the back or smack on the ass. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
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Ave and I spent most of last week partying like rock stars in San Diego. Alright maybe not entirely like rock stars since our constant sniffling was because of a cold and the 4 a.m. wake up calls were because of the three hour time change. That being said, if you’re going to be sick, San Diego is a great place to be, especially when coffee comes with this view.
Despite these minor blips, we had and still are having a blast. I have to give a special shout out to my girl Laura and her partner in crime, Vegas, who have been the most amazing hosts. They’ve given us their master bedroom, let us take over their home (literally since our stuff is in every room), fed us tasty vittles, shared their wine collection, taken us out on the town and shown us so much love and grace.
Without further ado, let’s get listing:
Ave, my little brother, and I hopped on a plane and flew to San Diego. We ate snacks, played with new toys and cruised the aisles every fifteen minutes or so. We didn’t nap at all, but we did meet another tiny dictator and have a play date in the sky.
The three of us also hit up La Jolla Beach one day to pay homage to the sea lions. Ave was enamored with the bestial creatures even in the face of their overwhelming stench. They are cute, but rank.
We found the closest playground and hit up the park a couple of times. We made it a point to exercise. Ave lifted weights, and I lifted Ave. I also pushed her stroller up and down some monster hills.
We balanced out our physical prowess with a sweet treat and an afternoon at Coronado Beach. Laura knows the way to Ave’s heart is through ice cream, sand and water.
We spent Saturday morning at the farmers market eating all the samples.
We went out to dinner at Cueva Bar one night, an Argentina tapas restaurant.
Suffice to say, we’ve been having a wonderful time, minus one major meltdown on Sunday morning. An irate baby plus a hungry momma equals a hot mess. Thankfully, Elmo videos have the power to save the day. Remind me to send flowers to Sesame Street.
Now it’s your turn. I’d love to hear from you. Link up and get yo’ list on.
What are three things you accomplished in the last week? Big or small. How do you handle toddler meltdowns? Have you ever smelled sea lions up close?
This sounds like the best week ever (minus the cold and the meltdown) I am glad you had such a blast 🙂
Juli@1000lovelythings recently posted…Week in Review – The Challenges of Change
Thanks lovely. The only thing missing was you and Stefan.
Also we now know Ave can handle air travel pretty well. Germany, here we come.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
im so glad you guys are having fun even with a cold and the time change. San Diego is just so beautiful!
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San Diego is beautiful; it’s a little slice of paradise.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Looks like you girls had a great time! I’ve never been to San Diego before but have heard great things about it. Would love to see the sea lions!
Patricia @Sweetandstrong recently posted…2017 Fall Bucket List
The sea lions were really good and you were able to get very close to them. In fact, Ave would have touched them if I had let her. Ha.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
I love how Laura’s doing that thing that all mothers do when they’re feeding kids…half open mouth…like we can will that ice cream to get in the mouth and stay in the mouth : ) I’m so glad you guys get to be together. Eat all the cheese plates for me! P.S. Jonas would have dropped that weight on his foot.
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Thankfully the weight weighed nothing. although Ave did try to pick up Laura’s actual ways; of course!
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Yay I’m so happy you two and the crew are having a magical time in Cali!!! Your little munchkin is too precious for words, she is just like her mama. Little miss personality with Mrs. P. You two will have a future of rainbows and roller coasters and everything in between. I love all the adventures. It’s so great that your flight was nice, it makes me excited for our next up in the air adventure.
We had a mini trip to Galveston last weekend for 3 days of beach, pool, and fun in the sun with our little monkey. She loves the water and sand, it’s great. Now that we did our first beach trip locally and it was a success, I know we will do many more beach trips. I’m not much of a beach person, but I gotta admit that my inner grinch absolutely LUVZ watching Lu play in the sand and having such a blast. i guess i actually can put my personal feelings aside and embrace this cool mom shit. haha!!! oh yeah i’m doing it. it’s GREAT! i love making memories. how much more corny can i get??? don’t challenge me. enjoy San Diego, i can’t wait to come visit you again! or meet up somewhere with the kiddos! did i hear someone say Magic Kingdom?????
I’ve never actual been to Disney World. Can you imagine? Ha. I think we’d get lost with the kiddos there and I hear there is no booze in the park. Ahh.
Ave loves the beach so I think a future beach trip is definitely a must do. I’m so glad you’re embracing all the things, even your own dislikes. I feel the same way about bugs. I pretend not to be horrified and barely even run screaming anymore, although I still want to.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
OK Ave and Lulu will have a future beach trip together! Florida? I’ve never been to Disney anything either so that’s ok if you’re not down with that. We’d be good with anywhere with sand and water. Even fake sand…????! my mom used to take my brother to this little Florida island, Sanibel, every spring break. Cottage on the beach sounds purdy sweet to me 🙂
Let’s go big. How about Mexico?
YES!!!!!! arriba margaritas!!!
I love S. D! My big sis lives there and guess which of my many siblings I visit most often, lol! TypicallyI go when I cannot take one. more. day. of. winter. I used to take an empty suitcase for all of my avocados, giant lemons (from her trees) and goodies at specialty stores that we didn’t have access to, (Teavana,
Lush) not necessary any longer.
I Love the farmers market too, it’s a great place for lunch. Wild Animal Park is my most favorite thing to do, but possibly overwhelming and too large little Ave.
Ave and ice-cream, a very sweet photo of her not grabbing and struggling for the independence of owning that cup! Impressive, so impressive!
Enjoy the remainder of your time there! And boy are you right about the sea lions! Peeeeeeyoooo! Lol! It’s their noise that chases me out faster.
San Diego is magical, and we found the perfect beach/playground for Ave on our last day there. It had slides and water. It was everything she could have wanted, and she had a great time and even traveled pretty well too. She didn’t nap a wink on either plane ride but I expected that and she was pretty happy the whole time. Hashtag success.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Oh! So happy for you all! And, can’t ask for a better ending to a wonderful trip! I’m with ya, S.D. has everything, (everything within its reach) to make it magical! Mt sister doesn’t have a bad view from any window either and she has a LOT of windows! One even with a sliver of the ocean if you squint! She’s up high with views of mostly ofmountains, the valley (a huge ravine), Fashion Valley Mall, and at night the lights down there are spectacular. Are there any bad views in San Diego? The cute and eclectic homes on flat ground (if you can find any) are interesting to look at also!
Me? I fell off my very tall bed because Iwas too lazy to get up and set my iPad on the floor. Broke my arm! Teach me to be so lazy. Today it had to be set. I have all kinds of empathy for children everywhere in casts now!
So happy you’re first ‘big’ Tripitaka Ave went so very well! Where to next?
Trip with Ave! What the heck! This right handed cast isn’t cramping my style but makes a great excuse for those who’ve never witnessed my ADHD/dyslexia combo, lol!
Oh no. I’m so sorry to hear about your arm. That’s really rough and I’m wishing you a speedy recover. Hopefully your hubby can take good care of you.
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
We’ve loved having you guys! Come back any time. Especially now that I know the ways to Ave’s heart include a computer and ice cream. (Thanks for that crotch shot, btw).
We’ll miss you!!!
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Your crotch looks sassafrassy.
I can’t wait to plan our next trip.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Looks like a fabulous trip! Seriously, those – those sea lions are the stinkiest. Sounds like all in all it was a good trip (despite the early wake ups and sniffles).
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Yeah it really worked out well. A few bumps and bruises with the colds and such but I’m so glad we went. We had a great time and now I know we can do it again. 🙂
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
It looks like you are having so much fun – despite the sickness and meltdowns.
I have not smelt sea lion stench and I’m not sure I particularly want to. Some things are best viewed from a distance.
The sea lion stench really was something else. I can still feel it burning my nostrils.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
I’m so glad you have had such a wonderful time. I have loved watching both yours and Laura’s instagram stories 🙂
And those stuffed dates look amazing! Dates are my spirit food…
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The dates were fantastic and pretty spicy too. I loved them.
It was fantastic to spend so much time with Laura and I’m so glad she was able to share so much on IG stories. I can’t always pull out my phone (what with chasing Ave and all), so it was good to have another cameraman; one I happen to adore too.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Ahhhhh yay. So many smiles. So happy you’ve taken this week away to spend with a friend – an awesome friend at that! What an awesome mother-daughter adventure, and many more to come in the future! God bless Sesame Street. I’ve know that for many, many years.
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Baby Einstein isn’t too shabby either, although Ave is rather fond of Elmo and Big Bird, who she calls Duck. Close….
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
So glad you got to go visit Laura. I stalked on IG. And now I love baby A even more. That beach scene –> priceless. P.s I heard she likes blue cheese? Um, WOW! nice job on the palate developing skills mom!
Blue cheese, kalamata olives, smoked salmon….Ave eats better than me. Ha!
You should come to Cleveland and visit. She’d be happy to recipe test for you so long as she got to eat the spoils.
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
I’m typing this w one hand while feeding Jesse. I’ve loved followings yours and Laura’s accounts to see how your trip is going!!! It looked awesome and I’m so glad you could do it.
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I may have to go a little further north for our next trip….
Meghan recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Glad you enjoyed your time in San Diego! Let’s be honest.. The way to anyone’s heart is ice cream.
Ahhh! I can feel the sand in my toes just by looking at your picture.
Hope the remainder of your time there was just as awesome!
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Ice cream is the way to my heart too.
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets recently posted…Week in Review: The San Diego Edition (#101)
Wow I love seeing God’s creatures … Seals are so cute. I’ve never seen seals that close up before. We were just on the beach, but I didn’t see any seals here. 🙂 However I think California has quite a few of them?
Oh yes, the sea lions were amazing. We got within a few inches of them too.
Love this picture of Laura feeding Ice Cream to Ave. Adorable. Laura and Vegas are the best hosts ever, I agree. I had my own freaking PART of the house when I was there. I felt like a princess. I’m thinking San Diego in May. Because beach and a little more sanity than Vegas.
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I wouldn’t mind going back to San Diego again. The beach never gets old.
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