Peas and Thank You

Dream Date

..for Gigi at least.  Lulu is another matter entirely.

We had nothing on the agenda for the day and with it being Winter Break, we were free to go and do whatever we wanted.  I got up and got my workout done as early as possible, followed by a green smoothie in a bowl, so we could attempt to leave the house before the next presidential election.

• spinach
• 1 scoop vanilla soy protein powder
• frozen strawberries
• frozen mango
• almond milk
• cinnamon
• Kashi Go Lean and granola toppings

Because three members of our family have hair care and fashion obsessions, even on a good day God Himself couldn’t get us out of the house before 10 am.  Thank goodness our church has an 11:15 service and we had that pomade intervention for Daddy.

But today we weren’t meeting God, we were meeting Kalin.  I got the crazy notion to take the girls to the Inflatable Kingdom.  Andrea thought this meant we were going to L.A., but really we were just going to a adult store kids’ play area full of bounce houses.

Gigi was in HEAVEN.  We got there and I didn’t see her for about 45 minutes.  That’s not entirely true.  I saw the top of her head a lot.

I’m sure you didn’t see this coming, but not everyone wanted to become queen of the Inflatable Kingdom.

Lulu assumed the position for the whole time we were there.  Given the Great Trampoline Incident of July ’09, I can’t say I’m surprised.

Bones have memory.

After Gigi had bounced to her heart’s content, we went NEXT DOOR to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch.  Honestly, I don’t think you could plan a better date for Gigi unless she could ride a unicorn from one place to the other.

I was worried about taking the girls to a buffet with Pea Daddy to assist in return trips to the pizza and fro yo bars, but I took advantage of Kalin‘s mothering genes (not to be confused with “mom jeans”) and I also took advantage of Lulu’s strange “love at first sight” obsession with cottage cheese.  Pea Daddy, will you sponsor her through her 12 Step Program?

I had a great big salad and a few bites of a meh tomato potato soup.

We went over to the mall and Gigi drooled over Pottery Barn Kids, running from room-to-room yelling, “Look at this room, it’s beautiful!!!”  Kalin and I did the same thing in Williams and Sonoma.

Just when Gigi thought things couldn’t get any better, as we were saying goodbye to Kalin, it started snowing!

The girls tried to catch snowflakes on their tongues, but ended up looking like they were just very “special.”

We headed home with some delicious homemade granola from Kalin in tow.

Being the mean mom I am, I prayed that the snow would have stopped by the time we got home so that I was not forced to put layer upon layer of pink long underwear, pink snow pants, pink fleeces, pink jackets, pink hats and pink gloves on one yet-to-be-potty trained toddler and a preschooler who likes to have “accidents” during giggle fits, just so they could go play in the snow.

Unfortunately, it was starting to accumulate by the time we got home.

It now looks like almost two inches have accumulated.

Someone has robbed my 10 pound Costco bag for a “nose.”

Hurry home, Pea Daddy, so I don’t have to brave the elements/winter wear.  There just might be a mall kiosk hair serum sample in it for you.