On Thursday we went to lunch with Sylvia and her girls Ellie and Natalie. Lauren and Ellie sat at the table next to us and were quite the big girls. They were excellent and I think they felt very grown up sitting by themselves. On the other extreme Allie and Natalie pushed these big girls home in the stroller. What a fun time we have with those Mosiers.
We have been going a little stir crazy here without our normal outdoor activity or school. We hosted a play date yesterday to help pass the time. 5 moms and all of their kids came over for lunch and play. It was such a great way to break up the day. Pictured are Natalie, Lauren, Natalie, Allie, Ellie and Zoe.
Our friends, Hugh and Jennifer, had to evacuate their house Monday due to the wild fires here in San Diego county. So Jennifer, Hugh, Clara (2) and Maya (4 months), Gus the dog and Pendleton the cat came to spend the night with us. We were not affected in Coronado (other than school being canceled for the whole week due to poor air quality). We were happy to host our friends for the night. We had a nice dinner, a walk to get some essentials (beer) and the girls took a bath together. They made it back home the next afternoon to a house that was just fine.
This is Lauren's Daisy Girl Scout troupe. Chad wasn't a big fan of her signing up for this. He compared it to Boy Scouts which he did not do as a kid growing up. I have to say that she loves it though. Lauren Gauvin's mom is the troupe leader and all of us moms help out on different days. They meet at the library every other Wednesday. This past Wednesday was a ceremony and she got a couple of pins and the center to her daisy (which I need to iron on once I find our iron). She had to recite the girl scout promise while holding up three fingers.
Today after church we decided to make a trip down to Mexico. Being the food lover that I am I had heard of Puerto Nuevo's lobster meals that they are famous for. After talking to several people we were in a quandary as to whether to go or not. Some people are very apprehensive about driving into Mexico. Well, we being the adventurous people that we are decided to give it a whirl. Several things were eye-opening about the trip. First off you have to purchase Mexican driver's insurance (which runs about $20.00 per day). There is no check to drive into Mexico. They don't stop you and check ID or anything...it is just come on in. Now we were a little startled about the line of traffic to get back into the US though. It was backed up for miles and miles. We were hoping this might clear out by the time we came through.
So, Friday at 10:30 is the time that Allie lives for during the week. That is her 45 minutes at Island Tumble. Ms Robin teaches class at a studio right around the corner from the house. Allie literately runs the whole way from the house to Island Tumble. I have gotten to where I don't tell her that she gets to go until 5 minutes before it is time to leave. Otherwise she asks me every other minute if Ms. Robin is ready for her. This is Allie's friend Zoe who takes tumbling with her. They are also in preschool together.
There was also not a line to see the panda. This was another first. I have tried a number of times to see them, but the line is never worth it in my opinion. The new baby panda is still inside with his mom, but these other guys were pretty cool. They were chomping down on some bamboo. For some reason I only took pictures of the animals at the zoo instead of us looking at the animals.
On Sunday we went on a drive around San Diego to hit some of the big spots. After winding our way through downtown and the gaslamp district we headed over to Point Loma. You have a great view back down to Coronado from up here.
After that we went to La Jolla to check our the harbor seals that like to hang out in the tidal pool. After finding parking (Chad gave me the really tight spot to test my parallel parking skills, which I passed with flying colors I might add) we walked down by the water. The seals were not really hanging out that day, but we had a fun time wading in the water.
It is Kim, Tim, Tori and Sarah in town for the week. They got in on Saturday and we took them up to the Hotel Del. We had a drink, listened to music and caught up. We have had a great visit so far. More posts to follow...
It was a pretty fun night we had at the change of command dinner for Skipper Drew last week. Thursday night the whole squadron met at a Brazilian Steakhouse for drinks and dinner. The wardroom presents him with a surf board with the VRC-30 logo on it. We had never been to a Brazilian Steakhouse before and the food was delicious. They bring around 15 different meats on these huge skewers. Our favorite was the lamb and the skirt steak. Didn't feel like eating meat for the next couple of days.
The joys of being the second child... Here you will find Allie and her new found friend (and also second child) Riley. Every Wednesday and Saturday Allie gets to hang out while Lauren gets to play soccer. Today Allie and Riley were getting a little bored waiting for their older siblings.
Allie does get to play soccer too. She is part of a Little Rascals soccer class on Monday afternoons. I promise to post pictures from her soccer lesson soon.
