i want

i want to remember that he chose to wear his red gingerbread man socks.

aside from his black adidas knee socks, the red gingerbread men ones are his fave.

and then he quietly parked it with a book next to my shoes. 

i want to remember that he loves pick flowers for me.

 i put them in my water glasses on the kitchen counter.

i want to know how that water glass didn't tip over.

i  want him to know how much i appreciate him baking with me.

i want it to be known that i am totally bugged out by the tipping water/flower glass.

i am having crazy ocd urges to fix it.

i think i'll just eat a cookie instead.

{diary of a working mom}

dear diary. have i ever mentioned how much i love, love, love fridays? the are by far my favorite day of the week. there's always 50/50 chance that i'll be getting paid. payday fridays are even more superb because i like to get out my dorky bugged notepad and take care of all my negotios. but whatever because today is not a payday friday.

fridays also motivate me to organize my weekend. i'll use my lunch break today to run to the market to get all the ingredients for my hot dish i'm bringing to mom's group tomorrow.

fridays mean an extra glass of wine to celebrate the week's accomplishments and that's a huge reason to love the special day.

although thursdays are a cool day to celebrate too. i try to remember to acknowledge the little things in life. no better way to welcome a neighbor's new truck than with a champagne toast. welcome truck!

who am i kidding? i like to find reasons to toast anything. a new dyson?  cheers! i blower vacced the patio? here here! we found the bus keys that have been lost for two days? clink clink!

happy friday. another week under our belts, i'll toast to that.

xoxo

love it best

i love it best when i take the boys to do fun things that they really dig. having boys kinda makes me scratch my head sometimes. they don't want to go to the mall or enjoy a nice breakfast downtown. they just want to do boy stuff.

 the little commuter airport had an open house and it seemed like the perfect outing for the boys.

tyler wore his flight suit and won the affection of the pilots.

the gentleman above took a pin off his uniform and pinned it on tyler. 

it was pretty rad.

and then he let him hang out in his plane for a while and showed him a few tricks.

they also spent a few minutes in a huey. 

mama likes helicopters, more than planes, and was happy to see her boys excited about the uh-1.

mama wasn't too happy that tyler got to play door gunner but i suppose there are worse things.

not exactly

mother's day 2013.

woke up early with the boys.

went to see how sick erik was.

he seemed pretty sick.

packed up the boys, snacks, mismatched outfits and beach toys.

stopped for bagels and crappy coffee.

(the starbucks line was out the door at 7:50 am, all men.)

had a very noisy breakfast with the boys. 

discussed everything possible about life.

pet a husky pup that sat at the table next to us.

stopped at a chevron station to fix my crappy coffe and fill up the van.

made it 3/4 of the way to santa cruz when ty started saying he felt sick. 

pulled over to get a paper bag just in case.

forged on.

played in the sand and surf.

watched surfers. 

jumped off big rocks.

it was good.

collected shells for tyler to make a shell necklace. 

packed up the troops and headed home.

showered.

laid out.

drank water.

headed to my parents' for a bbq.

listened to music.

drank a beer.

let others take command of my guys.

ate.

packed up and headed home.

made the shell necklace for ty.

it was a good day.

not exactly the day i had planned but a good day.

rapid changes

same bath.

all shots within about three minutes of each other. 

people always ask

usually, but not always, when women see me struggling with the two that i already have, they will ask me:
'are you going to try for a girl?'
usually, but not always, i reply:
'hells to the no!'
but always I think:
'that woman must be out of her mind. she is straight up crazy.'

dance party

an old gem. must have been october last year while the giants were playing in the world series. otherwise, we wouldn't have had baseball on.