Fabulously Fun Friday

I planned a special day for the kids a few Friday’s ago.  I pulled Hudson out of school a few minutes early because I didn’t feel like letting him participate in a school activity.  Don’t worry it wasn’t anything bad, just pizza.  I thought by pulling him out early he would forget about it.  Well I had to replace it with something fun so we had a little party at the house .

We went a little craft crazy.   The artistic outlet of the day saw success with monster making, painting, coloring, puzzles and a little bit of book making.

El Cordova

Will took us to Miguelito’s on Coronado Island a few weekends ago.  It is one of San Diego’s best hidden and most delicious.  This is the first restaurant our kids have been to where they were perfectly behaved and they ate EVERYTHING on their plates.  We sat outside on the patio surrounded by cute little shops.  Yes, Will and I both left with Miguelly belly, as he so kindly names it.  We attribute it to the delicious sauce they serve complimentary with all of their chips.

Side Note:  Will swears by their Shrimp taco…we have also made a goal at all of the restaurants we go to, to order the special or whatever the waiter thinks is great.  We have yet to be disappointed.

I Will Go! I Will Do!

I’ve been to a lot of museums and historic sites in my life and I have got to say that the new Mormon Battalion site holds it’s own.  It’s very well done and it even managed to keep my kids engaged the whole time.  The sister who gave us our tour was very sweet.  It actually made me think about my sister Heidi and the tours she gave of the Sacred Grove on her mission.  What great missionaries!

After the tour we panned for gold.  I think the kids enjoyed taking home their chunks of pyrite.

We were the first tour of the morning, not to mention the only people in our tour so Annie got the be the soldier.  I finally had to throw in a comment about Will being a ward missionary because she kept alluding to missionaries coming to our house so we could learn more.  I’ll blame the pink hair.

Who would have thought the kids would even enjoy playing with bricks?

Annie was determined to pump that water.  I think she would have made a great pioneer.  She’s a feisty one!

We Came…We Saw…We Conquered

…and maybe did a little bit ‘o shopping too.

Who knew that mud slinging and fire jumping would be a good fit for me?!  Amber, Brandy and I did the Warrior Dash on the 10th up in Lake Elsinore.  We made a girls’ day of it.  Amber was sweet enough to bring breakfast and we hit up the outlet malls with purse in hand just before the race.  We found some great deals and cute things.

As for the race, we felt great afterward.  I chattered the poor girls to death and for that I am sorry.  At one point during the race, I was recalling an amazing black truffle cake from The Tree Room(If you are ever in Sundance, I HIGHLY recommend it!)  The gal running behind us commented that she would be fine with a cup of water right now.  Oops! Well, it was a short race – just over 3 miles.  Thirteen obstacles were scattered throughout(wall/car jumping, cargo nets, climbing through pipes, barbed wire, etc.).  We did have to go for a bit of a dip in the lake.   As you can see from the picture, the race included a mud bath.  Boy did we smell amazingly sweet at the end.

We stopped off and did lunch at Chili’s on the way home – talk about just what we needed.  That’s right – I finished my plate.  Ladies thanks for a wonderful day.

Pots, Plates and Paint

Both of my kids love to paint.  They are always begging me to let them paint. Suffice it to say I usually let them.  This particular day I wasn’t feeling the clean-up vibe of it all so we headed off to a Pottery Shop.  The kids got to paint.  We got out of the house and I didn’t have anything to clean up when we were done.  I think I’m starting to get the hang of the whole mommy business.