Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Best Buds, Babies, and Feasts!


We started this week with a very fun day!

We had a playdate with one of Ben's best buds at Happy Hollow!



 Look!! I have a cup too!
Cruising with his buddy!

He kept pointing at Tyler - look, Ty's in here with me!
We won't be riding this one again for awhile, probably more for the mommies' sake than the boys although Ben was definitely not too happy. He was leaning over trying to get out half the ride :( he got used to it by the end but I felt super sad/stressed out for him. Especially being empathetic about not liking rides (hence the website name).
Danny the Dragon train was more up our alley! :)
We then got to go meet baby Dexter at the hospital - look at those sweet baby feet!
Tara with baby Dex.



Later we went to the Moveable Feast with our friends for dinner! We have seen this gathering of food trucks every Monday since May and have been wanting to try it out and finally got a chance.

There were about 8 food trucks and a farmer's market stand. They also provide those red buckets for you to sit on, although we saw some families that brought folding chairs as well. There was also some live music which was fun.
Getting our sandwiches from the Mayo & Mustard truck (a sandwich shop in SF - that I would highly recommend because it was delicious!!)
Ben chomping down on Daddy's sandwich. We brought his own dinner but he was more interested in our sandwiches.
Jackie and Tyler joined us for dinner and are modeling how fun it is to eat your dinner on a red bucket! :)

 
Ben enjoyed drumming on the bucket, trying to pick it up, and later throwing rocks in it!

Then we got cupcakes for dessert at Fairy Cakes.

Ben got his very own Ben-sized cupcake for free!

Cute sprinkles you could put on your cupcake next to their free milk.

Ben really enjoyed his cupcake until Jon took the wrapper away from him because he had started eating it. It's very devastating for Daddy to "steal" your cupcake...wow, so glad we introduced sugar. ;)

Jon got a Boston Cream Pie cupcake and I got Salted Caramel - it was seriously the best cupcake I have ever had. Unfortunately, or maybe, fortunately they do not have their own shop just a truck.

 Pretty much every night, or really, any time we are at the changing table he must stand up and look out the window. It's such a fun little nook in his room and I love seeing how excited he is to look at everything outside. We point at dogs, airplanes, neighborhood walkers, blowing tree branches, cars, etc. It is a special excitement when the garbage truck comes down the street. If we are downstairs we race outside for that one.



Ben also loves to point at all of the animals and waits for me to name them for him. This was the blanket that came with his bedding and it ended up being the perfect size to be curtains for his tiny window in the changing table nook. Which was great because we were having trouble finding any cute curtains that would fit that size.
I got to sneak in a nice snuggle at the end of the night because he fell asleep on my shoulder before we got to the crib. 

What a great day!!!


Monday, July 9, 2012

Even Goats Need a Hug

Ben and I visited Happy Hollow today, a park nearby that has a little zoo, farm animals, and rides. I grew up going there and decided to get a season pass this year. I know a lot of people think that he is too young for that but we have already gone enough to pay for it and then some. The pass also gets us discounts into other parks and zoos nearby so we have taken advantage of that as well. Anyway, even though Ben may not remember it I will remember going with him and it is so fun to see him enjoy the animals and even ride on some of the rides. Today we mainly stuck to the animals and did not stay too long before going home for a nap (which is also a nice benefit of having a pass, that you feel like you can just stop by for a little bit).

One of my favorite moments from the day...
Ben giving the goat a hug! He loves to give animals, both stuffed and alive, hugs and I think it is the most precious thing ever even if it is a smelly old goat! :)
We then took a snack break and watched the merekats.
We ended our day with bringing our good friends some dinner - I made an enchilada casserole - YUM!
Ben loved following Jeremy around - he is a year older- he was also determined to give sleeping baby Gabby a hug but Mommy played interference.
This is Ben's "face" - he knows that he is being funny. He scrunches up his nose and then breathes in and out. It is hilarious and completely adorable!