Celebrating at Il Postale

K wanted penne pasta for her bday so we went to our favorite Italian place... They surprised her with a big bunch of balloons as T called for a reservation and well we have been going there forever... One of her favorite presents were sunglasses like Mommy's.

We can't carry cars

Today on the way to school K started to analyze cars. She mentioned to me that we couldn't carry cars because they were too big.(The conversations we have these days are too funny.)

Of course this brought up her favorite subject, baby sis C. She mentioned that we would hold baby C a lot. I agreed and pointed out that we used to hold her a lot especially when she was younger. Of course this brought up her other favorite topic, when she was a baby. I frequently have to draw up memories from a sleep deprived era to explain what she did when she was little.

So we talked about her baby period when I apologized for not being able to hold her as much as I like right now because of the baby. The energy still remains low, and well no sense going on about the list of complaints associated with this pregnancy. Let's just say T continues to be our hero picking up as much as he can at home.

K as always was a sweetheart and reminded me that I held her just last night. (I stole her off Daddy's lap for some snuggles. Yes the same one that is trying to be two parents and doing brilliantly.)

K continues to be amazingly patient with Mommy's limitations. Not that these got in the way of an awesome bday week of celebration to help her celebrate turning 4. Details to follow.

Oh how I miss...

I am missing my closet these days.... I am proud to say I have spent a total of $300 on maternity clothes this time by augmenting what I have left from my pregnancy with K.... Not that I spent much more last time around either.

However last night at school I saw a girl with a skirt with a real zipper, while I was leaving the bathroom for the millionth time and I had to comment. I must have looked really pathetic as she even asked how the pregnancy was going... I am still bummed to say it is still hard... I never thought I would still be sick this far in, but there you go.

I can pull all my clothes from one tiny box in my closet... I didn't even bother to make room to hang anything so everything is on a box on a shelf... Of course the end result is worth it, but I must say I am ready for some real clothes... I guess I will have to go buy a purse or something.

Mommy have some milk

The other night K was sitting on my lap after dinner. She kept offering me some of her milk. I kept saying no, but finally since she had been offering for so long I took a sip. At which point she leaned into my tummy and yelled "C I gave Mommy some of my milk so that you could have some. I hope you like it."

K in ballet class parking lot

Welcome home

K and Gma C made us a huge welcome home sign that went from the ceiling to the floor. It was very cute. K is really really into drawing these days. Everyone really helped out so K was able to do all the things she would normally do if we were home. Gma S came over and played, took K to school and gymnastics. Pmogi took K to school and ballet. Gma C covered nights and mornings and took K to a candy store and to the farmers market. Mommy J kept the girls over at their house for picnics and lots of playing. We are very lucky...

T and I had a great trip. We went to our favorite breakfast place in Santa Barbara, did some shopping on State Street before holing up in Ojai at the hotel. The weather was incredible. We were treated to 70 to 80 degrees everyday. It was cold at night so we got to enjoy our fireplace and one night had an amazing meal by our fireplace in our room... We went for morning walks, tried new breakfast places in town, went to some of our favorite dinner places and just spent time together. T got three rounds of golf in and I studied for my actg midterm every afternoon while he was gone by the pool, by the spa and everywhere else. Not ideal, but still nice to get to spend time together. I went to a yoga or pilates class everyday not that it was very graceful with my lack of balance, but it was still great. We also spent a lot of time just wandering on the resort and enjoying their gardens, dining at their fancy restaraunts and reading the paper. All in all it was awesome to be together.

Yesterday we grabbed dinner in Santa Barbara before heading home and making it home in time to give K a kiss good night. We had found her a cute little backpack with a horse for her to take toys and things to the coffee shop when we go, which she loves. She used the backpack as a pillow as it was fuzzzy and the horse is at school with her today.

Couple time!

Off to Ojai... Thanks to the best Gmas in the world we are off for four days of couple time in Ojai at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. This has been an awesome tradition to implement since having K.. Time to relax and enjoy being two. This trip is extra special as we know we are in for some sleepless nights in a few months and that life is going to change. In the meantime we are very appreciative that we are three soon to be four.

My first Spanish love letter

K has been mentioning that she wrote us a letter at school the last couple days. I didn't expect anything big until I opened the note and found she had written us this in Spanish....

To my love mama

To my love papa

What more do you need to melt your heart (especially when hormonal due to pregnancy).

Our first haircut

The other day N was cutting the kids hair and K really wanted to get her haircut. I have been trying to convince her to get a trim since the holidays, but she really really didn't want to. However as we know N's is an alternate world where wonderous things happen.... so after getting the ok from us, K got her haircut.

Last night she came over with a beautiful haircut... We are all excited.

LA

I spent a long weekend in LA helping A move back to the Bay Area. Very exciting.... After she moved away to go to college we have only gotten a few million hours of phone time, a couple weekends together every year and an epic Europe tour a couple years ago. Now she is back living here so loads of fun ahead. And loads of crazy papers. Last year she and I created the most perfect admissions essay for SCU. Since I had a paper due yesterday we spent part of the weekend editing what I am sure was a masterpiece. As T said when we mentioned we were editing my paper... he would need galoshes. Two English majors together can come up with some umm good writing. Especially at 2 in the morning and this time no wine was involved.

LA was nice and a bit warmer... We packed and organized, but still found time to go shopping in Old Town Pasadena, go to the spa for facials, pedicures and massages, multiple lattes and some really fun dinners. We checked out a really cool and trendy Mexican restaurant on Sat and had yummy Afghani food on Mon. Driving home was of course fun with loads of laughter and chatting. Lucky for me she also knows where all the clean bathrooms are between here and LA after ten years of driving the 5 so even a pregnant girl could make the journey.

K had a great weekend with Gma C and Daddy.

T and I had a date on Fri night and finally tried The Counter. Funnily enough we finished our date at Target and Whole Foods. Ok not quite a first date experience, but still fun.

S turned 4 this weekend so K spent the weekend with her playing at her house and our house. Back and forth the two went, which is fast becoming the theme of every free weekend moment. K had her first ice cream cake as that was S's bday request and was thrilled. Especially thrilled as they bought two cakes and left one with us.

The rain

If you are wondering why we lost our beautiful weather, it is because I got both my and T's cars washed on Tuesday. That's right now we know why all the dark clouds appeared on Wednesday.

In much brighter news, Gma C has just arrived for a month long visit and to be here for our girl's bday.... K is thrilled. The dynamic duo are happily reading books, playing with play doh, taking care of baby dolls and drawing pictures. Mommy and Daddy don't really even exist and so as is the way when Gma C is here we have returned to the back up staff, making dinners, cleaning up and staying out of the way so the two girls can have fun. K had to wait almost seven months for this visit as Gma C was in England and so the lovefest is in full swing.

The two girls sitting in clean laundry, while K tries to read to MoCa

Better start showing some pictures

K had a great time at A's bday party on Saturday although she was very reluctant about giving him the bow on the present. She tried to have me ask him about giving her the bow only if he was going to throw it away. The party was so much fun at Pump it Up with Daddy playing on the slides with her that the bow was completely forgotten.

T got an email about meeting Cat in the Hat at Pottery Barn Kids so we decided to take her and surprise her... She was pretty excited and now we won't have to talk about Mommy's spotting of Cat in the Hat in SoHo and how bummed we were that we missed it.



















We also met up with Tay for the market and park, but a big tragic owwie on our foot left us on Mommy's lap after the market and the flower exploration until the very end. Being out of the habit of the camera I missed on lots of photo opps, but got a few.

Bday party

Argh, the challenges of figuring out a bday party for K... We had booked the gymnastics studio, created the evite and set the date only to find out the teacher we wanted can't teach the course, which was a dealbreaker for our girl. So now we are looking for a new bday party idea. K wants to have her party at the coffee shop where we go on Sunday's before the market... We are looking for other ideas and having a bit of trouble although we would never complain about taking her to coffee for her bday. Her bday falls on a Tuesday this year which means work and class for me. I think we will take her out for breakfast before dropping her to school, but we still need that great party idea.

The coyotes

Over the last few weeks we have noticed that K has gotten up a couple times a week for fear of something or the other. My internet research suggests that this maybe in part because of her imagination or even a change in her life. Since there have been no changes in her life unless she has some anxiety with the baby coming, which doesn't appear to be the issue, we have been wondering what was going on. Last night after tucking her in to bed she had us come upstairs a couple times and after the you must go to bed conversation we heard her chattering for quite a while until finally it was quiet upstairs. T was heading upstairs while I did a couple little things downstairs only to call me up... K had set up a bed in the hallway and was fast asleep. I would have gotten a picture if I wasn't so worried I would wake her... She had brought a pillow, found a big blanket to cover herself and brought her blankie and was fast asleep in the middle of the hallway. Needless to say it was too cute, but we carried her off to bed, tucked her in and didn't hear from her till morning.

This morning when we asked her what happened she explained that she was worried coyotes were going to blow our house down. That three little piggy story has always troubled her. Once in London she had a horrible time napping with Gma C because she was so concened about the wolves that she swore were in the hotel hallway. Looks like we will have to keep working at helping her feel comfy at night.

K's empathy

Now that we are all getting back into the routines of no vacation days, work and school, Gma S was covering for me as I had an 8:30 class on Saturday... On Thursday and Friday K was going to the bathroom every fifteen minutes. On Saturday morning by the time I left for school she had already gone to the bathroom about eight times from 7-8am... So now I am getting concerned. What if she has an infection... So on my way to class I ring the advice nurse who suggests that K has to come in on Sat... Unfortunately I can't take any time from this course so I step out of class and ring K to tell her about the appt and let her know that she has to go to the doctor. For whatever reason she really didn't want to go. My bargaining while on the phone wasn't working so I called T who also rang to try to make her go... No luck.... Gma S (THE SUPERSTAR) decided to pull out the big guns.... a trip to the toy store if she went to the doctor... Of course K agreed and enjoyed the visit, the stickers and you guessed it the purchase of ANOTHER baby doll and comfy pajamas....

So what was the diagnosis.... nothing... that is right she is mimicing Mommy and my pregnancy. As a result K is going to the bathroom because of the baby in her tummy. Talk about major empathy from my girl.

The rest of the weekend was really peaceful. Playdates, dinners out and a date for me and T. We even made it through all our baby stuff and organized everything so we can prepare for C. K has already learned how to write C's name and I picked her up on Fri where she was working on writing her little sister's name. She has also started to talk to C by yelling into my tummy... Too cute... She keeps telling her she wants to see her and can't wait to meet her.

K's baby

Turns out we don't have one baby on the way... but rather two as K is also "pregnant" with her own little baby. Since we are having a girl she is having a boy and since we didn't pick Brooke the name she picked for the baby she has named her little boy Brooke.... Brooke is the name of one of the dollies she got at Target a year or so ago who she loves SO much. K has all the symptoms of pregnancy... frequent bathroom visits, tired, nausea, headaches and the list goes on. It is hilarious to hear her talk about her baby.

And now back to the real world

We went back to work/school today and my classes start tomorrow so the holiday is over... A little overwhelming to know that this is the last break for quite a while as we know adding the little one will be a lot of work. The time off was filled with lots of awesome family time. We did a lot of play dates, park trips, visits to the library, adventures around the area and clocked some time at home trying to organize. Lots left to do as there was no way to get our list done! I think we did burn through our list of things to do with K around the area though so clearly we need to expand our list.

K requested that we take one more day off today to stay home, but there is no way she was going to miss any more school. She flew out the door, opened the garage and buckled herself in this morning. It was just too much to be away for over three weeks.

home again

We rushed from the airport Monday morning to go to M's for a crafts and cookie decorating party. All the kids loved the decorating, the eating of cookies and made some super cute crafts! K and M were so excited to be together after being separated for two weeks that it took some poking to get them to join in with the planned activities. Sugar is a powerful tool though and we have some beautifully decorated cookies to eat tonight.

Yesterday me and K went out to get our first family tree. T and I have never done them for just the two of us and for the first few years we didn't know if K would really get it. This year Christmas is such a big deal there is no way we could skip it. Last night we put the tree up with the decorations we have received over the years and K is so excited... T and I even waited to have dinner till K was in bed so we could have a romantic picnic dinner with just tree light... I missed that glass of wine to totally enjoy the experience, but we still had a great time.

Now we are gearing up for some fun cooking and visiting with family for the next couple days while everyone is home from work etc. And lots of present wrapping late into the night so our girl can wake up to a stellar Christmas morning.

The last bit of Mexico

The 10 day trip to Mexico was fantastic. We perfected the perfect beach day with K and spent lots of great family time together. Our best dinner was on our last night outside the Cancun area. We went to this cool Thai restaraunt that was on the water. Guests got to sit in little huts or tables directly on the water and the server came out with your meals. The food was divine, the atmosphere was awesome and K was an open minded eater that night! Hurrah for small miracles.

The second hotel was a complete flop and so we spent most of our days there luckily only two laughing about the experience. It was in the middle of a jungle and so had beautiful scenery nonetheless. We got to go to Tulum and Coba and check out the ruins. Really really cool. K climbed 150 feet on stairs in Coba to get to the top and we were all rewarded with a spectacular view of the Yucatan Peninsula. The second best meal we had was a lunch in Mayakoba sp? where K got her only mac and cheese of the trip, I had the most incredible tacos and T had fantastic enchiladas with cilantro rice. Yummy. We also saw lots of cool reptiles including tons of iguanas, K spotted a chameleon, saw crocodiles, heard a snake or two and watched beautiful butterflies fly around.

Mexico

Heaven... The travel day was perfect with our rock star traveler. We got to our hotel and quickly tried to meet every kid from 2-5 so we can play.Suprisingly there are a couple of other families here and as T said we are a strong group enjoying our holiday experience to it's fullest. The hotel is decorated for xmas. Even the palm trees have lights around them.Beautiful!

The first night was a full moon and so the hotel set up bonfires on the beach. They set up multiple chairs and brought blankets for everyone so you could watch the moonlight illuminate the ocean. Stunning!

We have spent the last couple days on the beach, digging holes, searching for seashells, playing in the water and decorating sandcastles with our seashell finds. Every morning we start with a walk on the beach, go to an awesome breakfast, and hit the beach for the day. K has been a trooper and takes her nap on the beach allowing me and T to have two hours of coupley time to chat, have lattes and watch the green water. After the nap we clean up and grab dinner. The finals stress is starting to fade.

K has made friends with the hotel pianist and so they play the piano together at night. After dinner last night we got to watch the live band and dance since our naps are so great. K was wearing a twirly dress and we heard her for the first time ever ask to go to sleep after her ice cream from the dancing and dinner adventure. She was asleep in under 2 minutes from brushing so I think she is having an outstanding time.

Caroling!

Last night K and Daddy made me pizza for dinner with no onions the most evil food in the world (at least with this pregnancy). I can smell them from miles away! Our neighbor brought me a huge tupperware of one of my favorite dishes she makes all while I got to take a shower and relax.... I have the best family and friends in the world!!! Gma S called and came by to hang out and so we were all sitting down when the doorbell rang....

We opened it to find carolers from the local high school.... If only I grabbed my camera to catch K's face. It was classic!!!! We bought a cd featuring their xmas music and K requested as a special treat that she listen to it while she fell asleep. This morning 30 minutes after waking up she had figured out how to open the cd player in her room and brought the cd into our room and turned on the music. We are loving the holidays!

Counting down..

Lucky for all of us of K's weird flu bug was gone by Sat morning and we got to watch her ballet recital Saturday morning. Beyond cute... all that pinkness with princess wands, teddy bears and sweet little dances.. The whole group was a bit distracted, but watching them twirl around the room was loads of fun.

Saturday night T and I went up to SF to have dinner and go to a friend's bday at a fun club. They rented out the entire club and so we got to do some fun people watching. It was a nice way to hang out and spend time togetheras most of my weekend was spent studying for finals

And now the countdown has begun until our Mexico adventure. We are leaving Friday first thing for ten days of sunshine, ruin exploring and beach bumming... K is thrilled and because her school closes on the 19th of the month she is going to be home with us until the 5th of January. Lots of Mommy/daughter and family adventures coming our way.

A girl!!!!

Today we went for the ultrasound and were told we have a little girl on the way...

K despite being sick and throwing up this evening just told T "I told you so." She was telling people for weeks up until about a week ago that Mommy had a baby sister in her tummy. And she is right... I do!

The ultrasound prep was not without amusement especially as I drank the water at a lunch with 200 VCs. Crawling out of the Four Seasons and to PAMF was a memorable drive. And as it turns out things have changed since K and they sent me off to the bathroom so they could actually see something on the ultrasound... The baby didn't fully cooperate and so I have to go back because the three hour appointment failed to yield the full details.

pics, pics and more pics

A long weekend

K really enjoyed the long weekend... We went up to Sacramento for Thanksgiving day... Really nice especially as when we stopped for breakfast Gma S taught K how to blow bubbles with a straw... K thought that was just awesome! Pictures to come... Seeing all T's family was nice as always and K followed Gma C's sister around everywhere as they look similar... She is really missing her Gma! She loved playing soccer outside with the kids, getting all the cousins to read her stories and talking with everyone.

Friday and Saturday were just nice family days, doing some things around the house, making a dent on xmas shopping at some local shops for K while she was distracted by the other parent, going to the park to enjoy the weather and just being together. All lovely!

Sunday was definitely the big hurrah as we finally went to the Academy of Sciences. We got to watch the penguins feed, see the white alligator and check out their beautiful coral reef display. We saw the bugs 3d movie, but also left a little bit for the next few visits as we became members. Very exciting, the bummer of course was major major crowds. Yuck!

Afterwards we got to wander in the park and went over to the Cliff House for a beautiful lunch and beach time. K even played in the water as it was about 70. The night ended with Tay and her parents coming over for dinner. The girls giggled and giggled until finally being separated at 9:30 or so for bedtime.

And now the sprint to finals has officially begun.

School closes Mommy & K play

On Wednesday K had a day off so we had a Mommy day... Mommy days mean no naps, don't ask why, it has been this way since she was really tiny...

We went out for breakfast in the morning which was really lovely until the rain came... I had planned to wash my car so that of course must have been why it rained, argh! Regardless we figured out ways to keep dry sorta until we met Daddy and Gma S at their work for lunch. K had a great time especially as she got to decorate the Christmas tree at work... Afterwards we headed to the bookstore to meet Tay and finished the day by meeting Pmogi for coffee... It was a nice if not long no napping day for us to catch up.

Pictures from the beach

Pictures from the Sharks game

Candlelight dinners

When I was pregnant with K I made T have candlelight dinners with me pretty much every night... And so he obliged me by sitting chatting and catching up as we ate dinner... My thought was we would never have candlelight dinners again so why not have them every night even if we were just sitting in our sweats after working and going to the gym together.

Last night after gymnastics we sat down for dinner and K requested candles as she loves candlelit meals. We were all sitting at the table together (K is even sitting still and chatting - a rare moment) when I realized no candlelit dinners don't go away, they are just on pause for a bit. Now we had a beautiful little girl dining asking for candle light and it only took three years. The only difference is I didn't go to the gym, T did and we took her to gymnastics after meeting at home. And now we talk about dolls, scooters and eating candy.

I had another doctor's appointment yesterday. The doctor said that hopefully in another month I will feel better. Basically no relief in sight yet, either take the anti nausea/migraine medicine which T filled for me weeks ago that I am refusing or stick it out... So the migraines, nausea and lack of energy continue. The baby still looks really healthy and we are all still excited even though I am threatening to get a calendar out to start marking off the days till my due date. Especially as the Doctor also said I must return to the gym something I haven't done in weeks because I have had NO energy. Basically she told me I must force myself to go no matter what.... Maybe I will get that calendar out.

Sports and more sports

The whirlwind East Coast trip was freezing and crazy as I spent a day in DC, a day in NYC and a day in Boston. Luckily I got to spend some time in one of my favorite places, NYC for a little bit. And when I got home I had the cabbie drive me straight to meet T & K at Stanford women's volleyball Friday night. K loved the tree and the dollies (the cheer/dance group at Stanford) although she didn't understand why the dollies are being called babies by everyone. The dancing and the festivities were great, but she was rather distracted by the presents in Mommy's suitcase. We went for sushi with M&J afterwards where K consumed more edamame than the table combined and loved her late weekend night, which is getting to be quite a theme.

On Sat we went over to some friends for big game where K got to eat cupcakes after being forced to eat turkey burgers. The food battles continue... so hard to get her to eat... cupcakes make things a tiny bit easier. As I told T, luckily we went to women's volleyball on Fri night so we could see Stanford win a sporting event as the football was not quite the same. Pmogi was thrilled with CAL's win when I met her on Sunday. After the party we headed to a Sharks game where K although bothered by the noise loved the shark mascot and being up high watching everything. Especially since Gma S came with us and covered K's ears whenever the noise levels got too high. Gotta love Gmas! K didn't make the drive home and was so excited when she woke up Sunday to find she slept in her daytime clothes.


Sunday M & K hung with Daddy while he had the two girls solo flying around the market and the bookstore. I am so impressed he took on two three year olds solo! Especially as Mommy headed up to the city with Pmogi for a girls day in SF. P & I went to breakfast at Eat's (yummy fruit crepes) and wandered the Marina and Fillmore areas while the sun shone. We got mani/pedis and headed home when the weather turned... K immediately noticed my nails and demanded to know when I went to the spa. Luckily one of her presents included 4-6 bottles of glittery polish so we had a nice mani/pedi session before bed...

Hot, hot, hot

Gma S covered for me and T on Friday night letting us have a glorious date night followed by connecting with some friends for dessert... This time we didn't come home early and so K was sound asleep when we walked in the door...

Saturday we were going down to S&R's party when we realized there was no way to go down there and not hit the beach. After a requisite stop at Bad Ass for coffee (unfortunately I inadvertently gave mine to the seagulls) we went down to the beach where it was 90. The warmest NorCal beach day we have ever had. K loved it and had a great time and finally even put her toes in the freezing cold water... Just when we thought the outing couldn't get any better, an ice cream man came by and we bought her a pineapple fruit bar that was consumed in under five minutes. The beach was fantastic, but it was made better by an awesome party.

K was thrilled to follow R around for the night and a few times I noticed she almost was stepped on as she was shadowing him so closely. About 40 minutes into the party the power went out on the block because of a fallen tree. I think that made the party even better for K. She ran around with a flashlight chatting with everyone, eating, playing and finally collapsed in our arms at 10pm.

Another nice weekend. It was great to have some hot weather, but now I am missing the last heat wave. When I landed in DC last night the temp was 34. Yuck!

The simple pleasures

We are still happily working through our Halloween candy. K is having one piece a day and sometimes if we are really lucky two, as a result there are lots of candies left. This morning I watched her eat a piece after breakfast and watched the sheer pleasure of her enjoying the sugar. It was actually pretty incredible to see that one tiny Starburst can bring such joy to anyone. The quiet intense happiness that I watched as she had her candy treat was pretty neat to watch.

Watching I meant working with Daddy on a puzzle

What a weekend!

K's weekend started perfectly... Friday night we rushed home from school to open a package Mommy sent K from Nordstrom. Two winter twirly skirts. We have been swapping them all weekend but can't take them off. I think we will have to do laundry in the middle of the night when she is not wearing them... Gma S came over and played with K while T and I went out to dinner with S&R.

And on Saturday T took me to get a feel better present at the mall only to find Santa there already... and cookies and hot cocoa. K was thrilled... especially as we went out for dinner in downtown PA and afterwards took K to the Creamery for the first time. She probably thinks she found heaven. We got a couple scoops of ice cream and sat at the bar twirling on the chairs.... How great a restaraunt where you don't have to sit still and they only give you ice cream.

Sunday we went over the hill for our annual holiday photo shoot and met S&R for lunch. K was thrilled to be with both of them, but particularly R. She spent most of the time following him around well everywhere! After we split up we took K to Bad Ass coffee for some playtime as it is a very kid friendly coffee shop with a matted tumbly jumpy area before finally going off to the beach for the pics. K was a superstar and really loved the post photo play time at the beach. We finished what may have been one of the most perfect family days in quite a while at Ristorante Avanti, where K had her first three course kids meal... Who even knew they had prix fixe menus for kids, but K loved it and finished every bite. And who knew Mommy can order soup at every single restaraunt we dine at in an attempt to keep the food down. On the plus side since we ate out this weekend more than we typically do in a month this helped to keep the caloric intake down.

Our girl

At some point after we got home from school last night K turned to me and said Mommy, you know something, I am happy! Ok, insert loads of happiness and warm Mommy feelings when I heard that. I am wondering if the happiness has come from Mommy letting K have one piece of Halloween candy in the morning. We haven't taken the candy away yet so she happily counts it and recounts it and examines all her treasures every morning. She may be missing a few Snickers that I stole, but luckily she hasn't commented yet.

Yesterday in case anyone was wondering whether she was really my girl K looked at me and said "Mommy, my name is the same as Kate Spade" I had no idea she even knew what Kate Spade was (ok she is daughter, but still we never talk about the shop and I don't ever really even take her shopping)... So when she told T he asked what Kate Spade was.... Her response it is a shop and my name is the same! And since I only realized that when someone mentioned it recently I had no idea either.

You better go vote Daddy

T left the house early this morning to be at the polls before they opened. K was in bed chatting with me as he got ready and so he gave her a quick run down of voting and how important it was. K looked at him yelled Barack Obama right? and told him he had to get to the polls fast! For our early bird Daddy that is not a problem. Luckily K and I hung out in bed reading books for another 40 minutes before starting our day.

Last night when T and K were chatting about the President and who should become President K suggested Aunt Stephie would be best. When Tom suggested that was impossible K mentioned that well maybe Aunt Stephie and Cath could do it together.... All part of our daily conversations about our superstars Aunt Stephie and Cath.

Both batteries are now charged

I failed on photos this weekend. Either I forgot the camera or I forgot to check the battery status.... Horrible!

We still celebrated Halloween A LOT! K's school had a great party Friday afternoon which Daddy flew home just in time to make and we all went out trick or treating in the neighborhood before we scooped her up and took her home for more trick or treating at home. She ended the night riding bikes with S and pretty much collapsed in bed from all the festivities. On Sat we went to the Mom's group party where she continued to wear her costume as a pink ballerina kitty although by this time she was bored of the kitty mask... Definitely not bored of the twirly skirt and we finished Saturday with one final party where she got to dance and enjoy the music still in her twirly ballerina skirt until again we made her go home around 9:30. She is going to be sad that these parties are over and now no late Saturday bedtimes at least for a few weeks until the holiday parties begin.

Sunday T and I went out for a morning date. It was fabulous! We went to coffee, out for breakfast and even got a few little errands done. Amazing how much you can do when you don't need to balance on curbs, stop for sticks or rocks and can just get in the car quickly. It was lovely.... K spent the morning with M and I think she had more fun than we did. Impossible, but she definitely came home glowing...

And Sunday night I returned home from a long school group project to a fabulous home cooked dinner from my awesome husband leaving us time to build a fort in the living room. Most of the fun came from the remodels where we added chandeliers, extensions, higher roofs, baby highchairs and of course a chair for K... It was a really nice family evening and nice to have some quiet after lots of parties!