Week In Review

I feel like I say this every week, but...Man, were we busy!
First we bought a new microwave oven. Jack did not care so much about the microwave, so long as his bottle is warm he doesn't really care how it got that way. But he loved the box. He and Gracie played in that thing for about 30 minutes, long enough for me to make dinner:-)

Speaking of dinner, Jack decided he really liked to play "dog" and eat dinner out of Gracie's bowl. Although I was completely grossed out, I think it is building his immune system. Everyone in his daycare had stomach flu, including Karen, but not Jack! Coincidence?

Then on Tuesday night, Troy, Nikki and Max came up to Ventura for the evening. Mark, Julie and Everett came over to watch the boys while the four of us went to Cafe Fiore for dinner. We had such a wonderful time...I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard. They brought Jack a cute new T-shirt with comic book characters on it. He loved it so much that he decided to wear it over his pjs the next morning.

We had family picture day on Wednesday in Santa Barbara. The park was beautiful, even if it was a bit cloudy. It had a gorgeous pond with ducks and turtles, lush gardens, little wooden bridges crossing trickling streams. What a lovely setting. Unfortunately, Jack wanted NOTHING to do with the camera! Our little ham refused to make eye contact with the photographer. We could not believe it. We tried everything! We jumped and danced like maniacs, we had other people jump and dance like maniacs, we tickled him, made goofy faces, everything. When we finally left the photographer said to wait before we paid her. "I don't know if we even got anything. I'll take a look and let you know." Well folks, that was three days ago and we haven't heard anything yet. Last year she emailed us a preview the next morning. Hmmm. We'll see.

Today we are off to San Diego for the weekend. Rob has to be there on business, so Jack and I are tagging along for the ride. We will hang out by the pool a little and hopefully visit Sea World for the first time on Monday. Stay posted for our mini-vacation posting soon.