Today is a filler post. Today is my 899th post. Which means tomorrow is my 900th post. Which means it's time to celebrate! Here is a preview of what's to come:
Tomorrow's the big day!
The One with Foxes are Everywhere
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
I don't think there could have been a more appropriate time to name our son Fox - foxes are everywhere! I appreciate all the emails I get showing the latest and greatest fox trends - they're too much fun. Just yesterday foxes were featured on the homepage of Etsy (thanks Reyanna for the heads up - see you Friday!!!)
I love how it even says "Fantastic Mr. Fox" at the top. That's exactly what we said when we announced the arrival of our own Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Here are a few of my favorite fox sightings:
From Mir Dinara
From Greenmot
From Furze Chan
From Sleepy King
From Alexandra Ferguson
From Rylan Carter
From Tory Nova
From Holden's Landing
(Now I sorta wish I had gone the cloth diaper route!)
From Celapiu
(Kind creepy but kinda cool.)
From Prickel Fish Studios
From Dark Cycle Clothing
(Now even my dad, the bike riding king, can get in on the fox trend!)
From Minne Bites
I could go on forever with all the fox stuff I see around the web! Good thing I have a Fox of my own to keep me entertained day-in and day-out!
The One with California Adventure
Monday, February 21, 2011
I know I know. Enough with the Disneyland posts. Sorry Charlie. But at least most of today's pics are from California Adventure instead of Disneyland.
California Adventure opened at 10am and we were so there at 10am.
We headed straight to Fisherman's Warf to get a free tortilla from the Mission Tortilla Factory but it wasn't opened yet so we took a spin on the ferris wheel.
There is construction ALL OVER California Adventure. They work on things during the "off season" so everything is spick and span during the high volume summer season.
Most importantly, they're working hard on Cars Land - to open 2012 so we'll have about a year to enjoy it. We've got to get Fox into that show fo sho!
Artist's rendition of the finished Cars Land:
Cars Land in progress as seen through my eyes today:
These are some signs that were on the wall blocking off the area. I'm intrigued!
Can't wait!
Fox sittin' on Daddy's lap in the ferris wheel. Ahhhh he's so cute to me!
We have yet to watch the World of Color water and light show, but we hear it's pretty spectacular. It must be, look at all schtuff in the water!
We went back to the tortilla place but it still wasn't opened so we took a tour through the sourdough factory instead. Apparently they're still using a piece of the "mother dough" in their recipe. I googled it and it says "The Boudin Bakery in San Francisco has produced sourdough bread for over 150 years. The 'mother dough' was developed by French baker Isidore Boudin in 1849. The bacteria found in the mother dough is unique to San Francisco and has the scientific designation lactobacillus sanfrancisco. The bread's only ingredients are: unbleached flour, water, salt, and a portion of the mother dough." And then Chris went off about how lactobacillus is one of two main bacterias that cause cavities and I sort of fell asleep a little... :)
Boudin Sourdough Bread Bowls are fiercely delicious. Here they are in progress:
Roar!
I love this pic, it's like I Spy. I spy a seagull. I spy a grizzly bear head.
All of the fences blocking the construction are entertaining to look at. This is what my family would call a Ted Warner size bowl of ice cream:
Vintage Mickey.
There's not much you can ride with an infant at California Adventure so we ventured over to Disneyland. Our plan of action: get over to the Tom Sawyer Island since we've never ever been there.
But first, a pit stop to try a Dole's Pineapple Whip Float since we've never ever had one before and we keep hearing they're off the chain.
Then we got onto the raft that sails over to Tom Sawyer Island and chatted a little bit with the Cast Member who was manning it and we asked how long she'd worked at D-land. 13 years. We asked if the raft was on a track or if she was driving it herself. Driving it herself (impressive!). We asked what the best job at Disneyland is and she said what she was doing. I asked if she had to say that. No response. Chris said he thinks he'd like to be a Jungle Cruise tour guide and she said something along the lines of, "Yeah, if talking non-stop all day saying the same thing over and over to strangers is your thing..." Crickets chirping... Little miss anti-social Cast Member, ha!
We had to wait for the Columbia ship to pass by before we could sail over to the island. (Side note, every time I hear or say "the island" I ALWAYS think of LOST.)
The ship made really pretty reflections in the water.
The island was a fun adventure with the crazy bridges, pathways, tree-houses, and more.
If you push a wheel a treasure chest is lifted out of the water. I seriously shrieked out loud when I saw what was attached to it!
Isn't that a little graphic for little kids!?! Haha.
My cute li'l pirate.
It was super duper pooper packed (what were we thinking going on a holiday?) so we headed out after only a couple hours.
Instead of going straight home we attempted to go to a burger joint Chris had seen on Man v. Food called Slater's 50/50.
I'm always up for a delicious burger! We got there at about 1pm and the wait was 45 minutes - it must be good! We weren't up for waiting though so we decided to come back another time.
Fun day!
The One with the New Mantle Decor = Expansion of the Frame Stairwell
Sunday, February 20, 2011
We've changed up the decor above our mantle which lead to the expansion of our frame stairwell. On Wednesdsay we ordered an 18 x 24" canvas print of our Christmas card from Costco and they said they'd call when it was done in about 5-7 business days. Imagine my surprise when I got an email two days later on Friday saying it was ready! That was fast! We picked it up Saturday morning and hung it up right away like so:
I had to move the artwork that used to be where the photo now is somewhere STAT! I've been collecting random frames for awhile now to add to our stairwell so yesterday was as good as any to finally hang 'em up. This is what our stairwell looks like now:
Here's a video of what one would see were they to walk down our stairwell.
Plenty of room to keep going!
The One with Vintage Photos
Saturday, February 19, 2011
My dad is scanning all the pictures in our family's magnetic albums and uploading them to Picasa so they can be stored for time and all eternity. He sent me a link to the album and I've been busting a gut at some of them and also enjoying the memories and loving the glimpse into my parent's lives pre-kids, so on and so forth. I'm super sentimental. I also love that none of these pictures are photoshopped - they are naturally aged and have "the vintage look" that lots of people strive to achieve with actions. Just put your photos in magnetic albums for 20-some-odd-years and it'll happen naturally!
My beautiful mom. Don't know where or when but I love it!
My mom with a perm. Hehe :) Still so beautiful!
My mom lovin' on a kitty. I know where my animal obsession comes from!
My sister, I mean mom (but who can tell, they're like clones!) lovin' on a puppy.
My grandma Doris, aunt Katy, aunt Cissy, and my malm. That's all I know!
My mom as a little girl. So cute. Love her outfit to pieces!
My mom as a little girl dressed up as a Native American.
Me, my brother, and Dad having a campout in our backyard in San Jose.
My 'rents. Pre-kids. Loooove this picture. They look so young and spry!
Two words: Malm's dress. Hehe :)
My first day of kindergarten. Complete with crimped hair and my Little Mermaid lunch box.
Me on my dad's shoulders in San Francisco.
My baby blessing day?? Fill me in Malm!
Some of these are definitely gonna make their way into my scrapbooks!
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