grandparentals.

levi's parents originally were supposed to go on a fabulous trip with us to Big Sur for his break. but then he went and decided that he needs to be an oral surgeon and do lots of extra stuff {i'm not a little bitter about not having a spring break, obviously} so we cancelled our trip and just stuck around here with them, so they could see levi for a few moments. 

unfortunately, he spent most of his free weekend sick, so that was thrilling. but i'm sure they enjoyed seeing him for the couple times they did. 

we started their time here, by taking them to off the grid in fort mason. so fun. zak absolutely loved it. he's a people person, what can i say. 

and then of course, grandma needed her sundae from ghiradelli's, so we definitely couldn't pass that goodness up. that sounds delicious right now. i need my spouse to get home with our food! 

on saturday, levi and his parents drove ferrari's around candlestick park while i went to breakfast with some friends and their kids, i don't have any pictures from that obviously, but they enjoyed themselves. 

to make it somewhat of a vacay, we went to the beach house and showed grandpa and grandma our favorite spots. like phil's fish market. the most amazing clam chowder, and any other type of seafood you could want. 

sunday we made the effort to go to church, but it was stake conference, so instead we went to the santa cruz boardwalk. it was nice and warm. and minus zak wanting to go on every ride that we didn't want to pay for {i can't believe it starts this young!} it was awesome! we had funnel cake, pretzels and tons of delicious things. love me some warm weather. 

 levi left to go work at an oral surgeon's office for his externship at 5:00 monday morning, so we stayed at the beach house and played for a bit, before deciding to go to the outlets and head home so we could spend more time with levi. 

this was the best part of the outlets. the troller car. his face. haha. 

needless to say, our children were not totally thrilled shopping. but they were such good troopers. love them. 

after we went to a japanese cook it in front of you place for dinner, we came home and surprised zak and levi with a mini birthday party so they could celebrate with grandpa and grandma. it was pretty fun, both had no idea, so that's always a treat ;) 

as you can tell, zak was super stoked. they got him some sports things to make him a more well rounded child. haha

we tried to dye eggs with grandpa, but the interest was lacking. probably due to the four days in a row zak went without a nap because we were doing such fun things. by the end of their trip, he was whiny, tired, cranky, and whiny. 

we spent the next three days recovering from their fabulous trip here, and getting our lives back on schedule so mom doesn't want to kill everyone by 4:00 ;) so fun to have adventures with grandma and grandpa though, if only we could see them more often!

party hard.

to celebrate levi being done with finals before he went to the hospital for oral surgery rounds, we went to a delicious hamburger place on fillmore, and couldn't pass up sift on the way back. levi's samoa cupcake was to die for. i could go for one of those right now. nom nom nom. 

p.s. notice their matching shirts. zak wanted to match greysen today. boys are so fun. 

 the weather was gorgeous and we always love getting to explore the city more often. 

zak also invited dad to go to rockin jump during one of his reading days. and like any man, who could pass up the opportunity to jump on trampolines and do tricks as much as you want?  

don't mind my crappy pictures.

 the foam pit is way too hard for zak to climb out of. so much easier to hitch a ride on dad. 

 both of them had a blast. zak got tired in half the time he usually does because dad just keeps going. he loved it. 

dad got approximately one day off this break. which was super lame. buuut, we decided to make the most of what we got, by "inviting dad to go play with us" as zak would say. sad day when your kid has to invite you to go play with them instead of assuming you will go with them. but in any case, we had fun while it lasted.

 for our one and only partial day off before levi's parents came, we ventured to the discovery museum to show dad our favorite place. 

i'd say it was pretty successful for them. i love when i have someone else to entertain zak while i can just snuggle with greysen. and plus, it's always fun when daddy comes to do things with us. 

loves of the day.

some things i'm loving now. 

my new lipstick. i consider this an achievement, because we rarely get dressed. but when we do, for some reason red lips add an extra pizazz. if only i could get over the fear of having it on my teeth though. 

ha. someone else loves lipstick too. note: i did not help him do that. 

zak's adorable new shoes. love me some nordstrom rack goodness. especially when they have shoes that don't require me actually lacing them, because it's pretty much the worst. dang right i have "no time to lace". 

these moobs. man. boobs. moobs. i guess i could just write boobs. baby boobs. in any case, i love them. his fatness is so ridiculously fun. i just want to squish him all the time. =) 

my sunflowers from costco. they just brighten up the day. 

the fact that greysen just might be getting enough hair to have bed head. it's only taken 8 months. come on baby, let's start looking like a kid and not like an old man! 

zak's easter egg painting. it's quite beautiful. we've finally learned how to not make everything brown by smearing all the colors together. i think it's pretty cute. 

my new iphone screen.  i spent way too much time downloading all these shortcuts for my apps. but everytime i look at it, it makes me happy. it's an asian app call cocoppa if you want to waste three hours of your life changing your phone. 

driving across the bridge 1. with no traffic. and 2. on a gorgeous day! 

when dad gets to come play with us. zak's been counting down until he could push dad into the foam pit at rockin jump. his life has been made today. 

these ridiculously dumb eggs. that only look good from far away because pinterest sucks balls and  makes crafts look easy. so i guess i only kind of like them. but i still am glad i have some easter decorating going on here. 

this bracelet. i'm addicted to this dumb website. and every time i see this bracelet come up i seriously debate getting it. but then i become too cheap because twenty five bucks... now that's just too much. apparently i'm not an expensive jewelry person. my husband should thank me. but j crew has this bracelet for $125 and i covet it quite frequently. i should just man up and buy this one. 

i'm glad to see that my browsing tonight consisted of pinterest, pinterest, pinterest, facebook, blogging, shopping and facebook. thrilling. and to think my husband says he's going to pull an all nighter for his finals while i do this. i feel so productive. 

talks

it's my goal to post more things on this blog so that i can remember things we do other than the fascinating events we take our child to. so this post is dedicated to my favorite things zak has said in the last few weeks. we've all been sick the entire last week, and it's been torture. so that has made zak's comments especially memorable. 

"i'm coming mother, i'm coming"-- we can thank tangled for that line. the enunciation in his voice is seriously hilarious. 

"mom i haven't met my friend diarrhea yet"- i have no comment about that, other than he was listening to the doctor tell me he could get it with his medicine they were prescribing. 

"mom, i just need a little snack to keep my energy up"

"snickers, i just need a little space. snickers, i'm trying to go peeps {his word for peeing} here!"- this was when he's standing up and she comes and tries to get in the toilet. 

wow.... so much potty talk. sorry about that. let's continue. 

"mom, why is greysen freaking out? simmer down man! simmer down!"

"how do my lips look? i bet they look fantastic"- putting on lipstick. he may need a more present male role model, just kidding, just kidding, babe. no worries, he still loves his trains. ;) 

"is it my birfday yet? cuz i'm gonna turn three and then i can have some gum"- his motives for turning three are quite clear. 

"hey babe, hey babe, where's my owl?"- talking to me. oh the things he picks up. so observant. 

"mom, greysen says he needs to take a nap now so i can watch mighty machines"- he can watch an episode when i get dressed, which is when greysen takes a nap in the morning. so clever. 

"what can i earn for you mom?" he has to do one chore in order to watch tv. in case you couldn't tell, he's watched a lot the last week with being sick, i had to do something to break it up. it works quite well actually. 

chugga.

Last week, my friend sent me this picture saying "I saw this and thought zakary would love it!" 

and I immediately thought, "we would be the coolest parents ever if we took him to this". yes, my self-image is what concerns me when it comes to our children. haha. but in any case, we told him we would be going to the train show if he was soooo good, and he was supppperrrrr stoked. 

it was pretty fun, it made me feel a little bit better about his obsession, that there were a million other kids looking like zak, wearing their train conductor pants and shirts. at least, ours didn't wear his thomas hat/overalls/shoes like some kids, because that would have been a little excessive. 

 for some reason when zak gets super excited about things, he totally shuts down. no smiles, no talking, he just looks around and is very involved in them. it's a little annoying because you want him to be stoked to see all these train things, and he just says "yah" "uh-huh" and doesn't talk to you, which if you know him, you know that never happens. oh, and taking pictures of him was a chore yesterday. 

but this place was sweet. a true train lovers heaven. train tables, model trains, conductors, songs, trains to buy, a ride on thomas. he was in paradise. unfortunately for him, it was very hot, and the rest of his family wanted to go after two hours. 

and of course, greysen just chilled. well, he actually sweated because it was roasting in the events center. he's such a good babes. 

these pictures were the best we got from the whole day, and it was torture getting them. 

greysen on the other hand was loving it. don't mind my weirdo face. 

they're so cute. 

a train whistle, steam train, train magazines and coloring books later, i think this kid should be set for a while. hopefully. you never can tell with almost three year olds. 

oh wait, he's already asking to ride the $50 p/person skunk train from the brochure he found in my purse. never satisfied.