Solo Mom Weekend

Thursday night John headed to Arizona for his "guys weekend", aka golf, poker and greasy mexican food. I geared up for fun-mom weekend. Here's the scoop.

I picked Lincoln up from school on friday and we discussed celebration options for my last day of work. He suggested making brownies, which I thought was an appropriate welcome to my new professional home-maker status. 


Saturday morning included some pajama bubble time, and an hour packing up for a beach picnic. We did a Target run to spend Lincoln's savings in the Lego aisle. (1/2 hour in the Lego aisle with three boys. Got the visual?) 


We finally made it to the beach at noon. Harrison decided he didn't want any sand on his feet, which is fairly hard to do when you're at THE BEACH. So he spent some time crying on the blanket while sandcastles were built and sand was thrown. Lincoln asked to be buried in the sand, which we followed up with a huge water fight. 


After a Sunday morning walk to Starbucks and play time in the yard, I spent the rest of the day telling Lincoln to stop bugging Harrison. I'm trying to teach Harrison to say "no thank you" to Lincoln instead of screaming. Is that ridiculous? Probably. But I have high hopes. 


John arrived at 6:49 pm. (yes, I know the exact time) The best part of John going out of town is when he comes back through the front door. 

washington girls

here they are, all the way from the rainy state of washington

my sister julie, nieces kate & olivia

and of course it was a cold first day (50 degrees)

but we braved the beach anyways

check out the festivities 

olivia running away from uncle john
harrison "post hospital" pose
lincoln and kate, digging because that's what you do 
john and i, realizing we only like the beach above 70 degrees

sand man

at dinner each night around the table we do 

"what's your favorite part of the day?"

well, ben's favorite part of the year, hands out

the beach

he has no concept that sand doesn't taste good 

or feel good coming out the other end...

three trips to the beach

sand-a-licious

Our first San Diego Dolphins

took jessie out to see some san diego sights today

coronado beach...we saw dolphins! 

collected shells, walked the beach 

hotel del coronado boardwalk 

cookies & coffee

harrison crawled all over, making friends

drive down silver strand highway to imperial beach

walked the pier while the babies slept

the sun set over the ocean as we drove home

hope you move here jessie

More Beach Lessons

1. bring your neighbors with you to the beach. two boys collecting shells is better than one

2. borrow sand toys & apply sunscreen before placing Ben on the sand
3. never, never feed the sea gulls. they're bold. 
4. babies make a bee-line for the surf...but they cry when wet

what did you do this afternoon? 

Sand in every Crevice

We couldn't end our first week in San Diego without a trip to the beach. Being a new "beach mom", I forgot all of the essentials...

Sand Toys

Wipes for sandy hands

Sunscreen

Well, actually I had the sunscreen, but it was overcast, so I didn't put it on my very white boys. Pink cheeks all around. 

Lincoln ran around for two hours straight. 

Ben face-planted and chewed on sand

Harrison crawled around the blanket and acted like he was touching hot coals when he put his hand in the sand. 

John held his swimsuit up with one hand (looking good honey) and built sand castles with the other 

I played in the water and sat on my towel happily looking out at the ocean. Still feel like I'm on a vacation...