T is braver than I am!

Today was the last summer event at the Santa Monica Library. They sure have kept us entertained every Monday, and today was no exception. This awesome lady came and showed the kids all sorts of crazy animals. Talmage was chosen to pet a hairy armadillo and when I asked him what he felt like T said, "Um...kind of hairy." At the end all of the kids got to take turns petting the boa. Evie and I kept our distance, but T was front and center with...

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Ahoy! I'm a Sailor! I Sail! I'm Sailing!

For some odd reason, James likes the movie What about Bob. He thinks it's hilarious, I think it's stressful. Just thinking about it makes me feel a little anxious. There is one scene, however, that we couldn't help but quote over and over again on Saturday while we were sailing in the ocean. Bob is extremely proud of himself for overcoming his fear of water and is literally tied onto the sail yelling, "Ahoy! I'm a sailor! I sail!...

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Noah's Ark

We finally scored tickets to the Noah's Ark exhibit at the Skirball Museum on a free Thursday. I've been trying for weeks but the tickets are literally gone moments after they are put on the website. This week I got lucky and I'm so glad I did--this place rocked. I'm going to compile a list of LA things that we loved doing (and kinda liked doing, and didn't like doing) before we leave--and this will be one of the top things on the loved-doing...

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Can I be honest?

I was definitely underwhelmed by Sweet Lady Jane's. The buzz about this bakery is intense (lots of celebrity's have this bakery make their wedding cake/birthday cake/etc.), so I made sure to add it to my bucketlist and was super excited to check it out. But after our visit this week my overall opinion is, meh. I'd take a Sprinkles cupcake a-ny-day instead of the cake we got. Anyday.  Beautiful? Yes. Talmage got to pick out the...

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It's Monday

It's feeling like a Monday to me. A 13-minute-drive home from the beach took me 90 minutes today. Everett screamed the whole way because he was hungry and tired. Talmage screamed because Everett was annoying him. I opened the windows and blared the music but it was no use, I could still hear them screaming. Near the hour mark I think all three of us were in tears, and at some point during the trip we started making ridiculous...

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GNO: Kelli Pickler at the Grove

I heard that Kelli Pickler was giving a free mid-week concert at The Grove so I got a couple girls together for a little night away from home. My only other night out all summer was when I went to the temple and both Talmage and Everett screamed the WHOLE entire time I was gone (and a little while after I got back, just so I knew how mad they were that I had left!) I was a little nervous to leave, but the boys did great and we had...

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