mama's birthday

I woke up this morning and Kekoa had slept in (I guess it was my bday gift!) It was so nice to sleep a bit longer and have some awesome cuddling time too. Hearing Kekoa say "happy bithday mama" was music to my years. A surprise bouquet of roses greeted me in the kitchen (thank you Scott)
We drove to Fremont, dropped Kekoa off at my dad's, hopped on BART, and headed to San Francisco.
Our destination was the Ferry Building for some lunch. 2 words; avocado toast. Oh my gosh, the best thing I have tasted in a long time. Quite possibly the world's most perfect food. Acme bread's green onion slab is brushed with olive oil, garlic and parm cheese, then toasted, and the thick slices of avocado are artistically laid on top and sprinkled with salt and pepper...SOOOOOO yummy. This was an appetizer for us.
It had started to rain, so we ducked into the other end of the Ferry Building at Gott's Roadside, for some malts (me chocolate, Scott vanilla bean), sweet potato fries, salad, and an ahi burger. I was so happy to eat my way through San Francisco! :)
After these yummy treats, we wandered up to Chinatown in search of a cheap umbrella. The rain caught us by surprise and Chinatown is always super fun to go exploring. We not only found a cheap umbrella, but had lots of giggles trying on silly hats and wigs.
We had planned on staying in the city for a lot longer, but the rain made it not so enticing to stay. We headed back on BART and spent the rest of the afternoon hanging with the family.
A wonderful birthday...a little alone time with my hubby and a little family time too! :)

The fabulous Ferry Building.



Trying on wigs in Chinatown.

fussy monkey

Kekoa was so tired from playing with Kaiwei all morning and then not napping, that he zonked out in the car. He always wakes up when I pull off the freeway, but not today. He kept right on snoozing...he actually slept for about an hour in the car.
When he woke up, he was still sleepy and a grumpy monkey. He would stop fussing, fussed for another hour. Kekoa isn't normally fussy, so I thought I better document this rare occasion!

overdue visit

It had been 3 weeks since we had seen the Fremont gang! We were long overdue for a visit. Kaiwei called this morning to ask if we could come play with him...how could I refuse? Kekoa was so excited to see everybody too. He was greeted with many smooches from Kaiwei, who couldn't keep himself away from Kekoa..just smothering him with smooches and hugs, it was so sweet.
The biggest surprise? Little Mackie is up and walking...SO cute!






For his birthday, we gave Kaiwei a set of tools. He is super into Bob the Builder right now and LOVES his tools. His favorite is the drill and here he is making the drill sound.

snuggly time

When Kekoa woke up from his nap today, he wanted some extra snuggle time. We crawled up onto our bed and snuggled in to read stories. Kekoa loves his books and we just checked some new ones out from the library. Snuggle time is the best!

Emma Prusch Farm

I asked Kekoa this morning if he would like to go to a farm. He immediately said yes and told me he wanted to see a cow.
So off we went, to San Jose for a fall festival at Emma Prusch Farm. It is this little farm, right in the middle of the city. The 4H club was there and had brought all sorts of animals. No cows, but there was a sheep, tons of bunnies, and chickens.
Kekoa also got to sit in the tractor and see a Highway Patrol car. His favorite part of the whole morning though was playing at the playground they have there!

The biggest bunny ever...gets up to 25 pounds!!






This one mama!