Alexis's Birthday Party

We went over to Anastacia & Erica's to help celebrate Alexis's 3rd anniversary of his 30th birthday, as he put it.  Beatrice had a blast.  The Chaine kids (Annabelle, Natalie & GABEY!) have been here all week, and Beatrice has been beside herself with joy.  And today we got to spend the afternoon over there with all the kids (+ Adrien), the treehouse with slide, good food and friends.  I can't believe she can do this slide by herself.  It is really quite steep.  But, as if to prove me wrong in thinking this, or tempt fate, I'm not sure - she did it about 45 times in a row.

It was a lovely afternoon.

Cheese & more

We trekked up to Cowgirl Creamery and enjoyed a picnic lunch and the chance to see lots of moo-cows on the drive up.

Beatrice has also been enjoying playing the "wok wok" game (in which she 'locks' and 'unlocks' all of the doors in the house...over and over and over)

And Sarah B has been having fun trying out new hairdos on Beatrice.  So far only the pigtails seems to last for longer than an hour.

The other day we sat down for dinner and Beatrice had her two bowls of pasta.  Then we heard...

B:  "Pasta.  More."

Z:  "Beatrice you don't need three bowls of pasta!"

B:  "Pasta...peas (please)."

Z:  "Please?  Of course, you can have whatever you want for that!"

The other day we were watching the Olympics, specifically women's weightlifting (in the 48kg and under category).  Wow, could they put up some big numbers.  Anyway, after one particularly good lift Beatrice started grunting along with them, and the TV commentator and Zack had the following conversation:

TV commentator in Beijing said about the Chinese gold medalist:  "Her form was perfect.  Everything about that lift was amazing, absolutely picture perfect"

Zack:  "Well, she is one in a billion."

Me:  Laughing hysterically and falling on the floor

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Now when Beatrice laughs, Daddy will ask, "Beatrice, is that a knee-slapper?"  And then she'll bang on her knee.  Very cute.

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Whenever I pick up my phone Beatrice asks, "Mimi?" (my parents' cat in Georgia)  Today she used her 'phone' and was saying, "Hi...hmmm..." and I asked her who she was talking to.  "Mimi...'n Gwanma...'n Bill"

Mane hairdo

Sarah B gave Beatrice a new look today.  Slicked back and clipped...at least until her hair dried and started to stick up about 2 inches all around her head.  And then once all the clips came out...it was LION time!

Weekend in San Diego

Beatrice adjusted to the hotel and her crib (in the bathroom) pretty well.  Except that she wanted to get up at 4:30am.  Zack and I took shifts.  On the first morning I took first shift and let him sleep 'in' until 6am.  Then I went back to bed for nap #1.  Then I woke up to this:

Beatrice had dressed herself (or at least chosen the outfit) - onesie, B t-shirt, yellow/white polka dot bikini, blue bathing suit over that, and pink shorts for under a dress.  Wow.
There is one Chick-fil-A in SD.  We found it.

On Saturday we spent a very hot afternoon at the San Diego Wild Animal Park.  Beatrice enjoyed her ice cream, and mini-safari.  All my English colleagues said they loved BeBe's "bunches" (ponytails).  Me too.

Beatrice is really playing these days.  Here she is diapering her babydolls.  "Diap diap...wipe...keem (cream)" - she has her routine down pat.  The other day she brought a doll to Jane and said "diap" and then "poop" - so they changed the baby's diaper!

On Sunday we joined John & Jasandra ("Don Don!" & "Jas") for brunch at their/our favorite spot on Coronado.  The picture of Beatrice eyeing up the case should tell you how good it is.  I didn't capture a picture of her licking the glass, but...

Great-Grandpa Don

Sadly, Great-Grandpa Don passed away today.  He was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed.

Bye-bye Mommy!

I left for a work trip to San Diego today.  Zack and Beatrice will join me on Thursday evening, and then we'll spend the rest of the long weekend in San Deigo.  Hooray!

What month is it again?

Today we spent the early morning hours with Karen & Karen at the Alameda Antiques Fair. No, we didn't buy anything, but it is rare for anyone to ask us to do anything in the 4 or so hours BEFORE Beatrice's nap at 9:30am, so whenever we get an invite...we're on. So we joined them for about an hour and a half of touring. KMB bought a desk, which we all approved of. And Beatrice was an angel-baby throughout the whole morning. She actually stayed in her stroller for well over an hour and enjoyed looking around. Perhaps more outdoor antiques markets are in our future.

What struck me as we were leaving was recalling a conversation I had had with my mother the other day. I asked how the weather was on St Simons, and she replied, rather incredulously, "Well, Sarah, it's August, so it's HOT." Right, August. Please take a look at what we are all wearing to the antiques fair. Karen L is wearing GLOVES. Even Zack has on a sweater. This whole cold-mornings-in-August thing in California still confuses me. Having grown up in Georgia, the idea that you can wear jeans in July and sweaters in August is just...strange.

But the fair was cool (pun intended), also because of its location - on the old Navy airfield. The huge boat was pretty amazing. Zack says these cranes are the impetus for the big At-At walkers (??) in Star Wars.

So it did also get warm enough for a swim this weekend, which Beatrice did in her 'pool' out back.

All in all, it was a lazy / layered weekend.