BIRTHDAY TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO

On Thursday we went on a little lunch trip to San Francisco for my birthday. We had to celebrate a little early since Sal has a crazy work schedule this week. I hadn't been there in well over a year. Oh did I miss it so. I almost had forgotten how much I loved it. The idea was to go to the zoo, but once we got there we really just wanted to have some lunch and walk around the city. We weren't very tourist-y this trip. We just pretended to be a San Franciscan family for the day. Which is a far stretch from where we live, and its only about an hour and fifteen minutes away. I would love to raise Roman in such a diverse atmosphere with everything at your fingertips, but then I get into my Gemini-self and think about how fun it would be to live on a small farm, growing everything ourselves with animals everywhere. It's a toss up and that's why as of now we are in between both; the suburbs. 

This was Roman's first trip and he was awesome. I think he enjoys people watching just as much as his mama. First we went to get some burritos at Tlaloc in the financial district and it was amazing! It's organic and they have their own farm, as well as specialize in low carb burritos. Sal did good. We got the food to go and ate at a nearby park where Sal used to have lunch when he worked there. While walking back to the car we stopped at Specialty's Cafe & Bakery for a chocolate cheese danish. All we have to say is yum. Then we went to the pier where local artist were selling anything from jewelry to paintings and pipes.  But that became more of a mission to find a restroom, thank goodness for Starbucks is all I gotta say. Then we spent the rest of the day shopping for our trip to Italy. It was perfect. A great birthday gift. I always prefer a trip or adventure over anything you can buy. We promised ourselves to visit more often. See you soon San Francisco. 

*bucket list: after all these years of living in the bay area I rode on a cable cart in SF for the first time. =)

EASTER

happy easter.

The left side of the picture was Roman last year and to the right was Roman this year, with the same bunny ears on. Yup, my little boy celebrated his second Easter (already). This year we took pictures with the Easter Bunny for the first time. Roman wasn't having it and I don't blame him, because I think they look creepy too. So Sal and I had to jump in the picture. We "attempted" to color eggs and it was an epic failure. We used food coloring and followed the directions. To me the color was so washed out and faint. I wanted vibrant colors. There's always next year, right? Then we headed over to Sal's mother's house for delicious food, tons of family, and Roman's first time participating in an Easter egg hunt. I adored seeing him play with his cousins. He is hardly ever around any children, and when I see how excited he is, it makes me feel guilty that he doesn't get to do it often enough. It is something that will have to change.

 For me, Easter was bittersweet due to the fact that my family did not celebrate it.It made me remember the Easter egg hunts we would have at my aunt's house and her delicious deviled eggs, my sister always finding the most eggs and being able to have all of us under one roof. Now we are all adults and there really isn't any children in the family. It felt like the end of an era. That's why it made it extra special for me to be with Sal and Roman, swarmed by children laughing and playing. You can't help but think back about when  you use to do the same things.

lol.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Wishing all of you a happy holiday season!

xoxoxox

ROMAN MET SANTA

So, our little man finally met Santa. I say this because we said back in November that we were going to take him early, but noooo. We waited last minute and the line was ridiculous. It took us an hour to meet Mr. Santa Claus. Having a 10 month old wait in line for an hour is scary, but Roman was actually well behaved except he has picked up this new thing where he likes to yell at people. He was yelling at a 7 year old boy who was in line behind us (poor kid). Luckily everyone thought it was funny or at least pretended it was. I had him dress up in some Christmas pajamas I had bought him earlier and he was a huge hit, he looked adorable! So my little man is in full fledged clingy mode at the moment, so he was fine while we were waiting in line, but once we handed him to Santa he was a little curious and looked up at him and the the water works came. I picked him up and then he started smiling at him. Can't take that boy away from him Mama and Papa, even if your Santa.Now we have a lovely photo of Roman crying on Santa's lap. At least it was a free photo, but i still think it came out cute (of course). Then we treated ourselves to some Red Robin and Roman had a nibble of some french fries for the first time, he loved it!

My boys in line at the North Pole.