::friday::

everyone was in such a wonderful mood...

ira and liv were laying around reading each other books...



emers was riding his trike and dressing up in the girls clothes...



we went to target and shopped the christmas decorations for an hour...



then we went to the library and checked out ungodly amounts of books and played on pbs.org



ira rented, watched and drew pictures of PIPPI LONGSTOCKING.



we hung some decorations...



then we went to see twilight at the drive in. It was a totally random decision.

the battery in the van died. we needed a new one. so we drove all the way to this auto store and we were halfway to the drive in. i mentioned to jared how depressed iw as to miss the premiere AGAIN.... he was like, "lets go now." i looked it up and we had only 45 minutes to go 30miles. we hurried down the road and got there 8 minutes after the start time, but they were still just showing previews.

Liv and cedric were fast asleep.


ira wanted nothing to do with vampires- as evidenced by this window drawing of a vampire with a cross through it....


so she watched movies on the iPad.


i was so excited i couldn't breathe....




this is a dark pic of ira enjoying popcorn with me during the previews.


ira said "the drive in is awesome and i want to do this again next week, but NO VAMPIRES."


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Thursday....

ira woke up and made me this- she said it is everything she wants for christmas/solstice season...

to see a reindeer, bake some gingerbread cookies, have a christmas tree, look at the stars, presents and LOVE.


then she got to work setting up this pool for her pet shops...




emers turned a pearl necklace into a baby carrier...











we ate super nachos....



and took really quality family portraits...


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happy birthday to me....

ira had set up a present....

i had to follow the hearts....




that led me to her decorations and then to her card she made me....


that contained these jewels...




jared came home at lunch and i blew out my candles...

this was an outrageously expensive gluten free and dairy free pumpkin pie. we had it with dairy free cashew based ice cream. Big splurges.


then we read some of MAMA'S favorite fall books...







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Emers...

This little boy is about to turn TWO in a month!

He is just the sweetest thing. Really. He melts my heart 10,000 times a day.

This morning her brought me a baby and a scarf and said "wrap, back. Yeah"

Then he took his baby for a rode on his trike...







Then for a climb...



And for a jumping dance...











Aren't his faces precious...







And he wears glasses for shoes :P



Buddha dude.







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Monday. really.

so, what else should happen as we return to the California coast?





we. get. sick.....


ira got the worst of it in tucson, so she was feeling FINE and ready to entertain us all....


(thankfully)



Blue's Clues Game a.k.a. "Guess what we want"


she made blue paw prints...



and a handy dandy notebook...



the CLUES....





a coffee mug (not pictured)



apple juice....


a mouth....




mama made hot apple cider!


i was right!



then ira designed a "pretty crystal mine & museum"



and liv and embers played blocks and with our barn...



and we had a tea party....



with some natural jello...






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Wrapping up the weekend right.....

Saturday morning we woke up here-

right smack dap on the brink of the ocean.....




we went outside to enjoy the view and do some oceanside hula hooping....
























we hung out until about noon, then packed up and hit the road. We usually drive up the %, but its so depressing and sad to go passed all the factory farmed cows and the dry oil fields.... we chose to take the slightly more scenic route... the 101. The RV is a bit big for the 1! at least until we get a little more brave!



on sunday morning, Ira woke up with a craft bug in her.... she was the first to get sick, so she is pretty well all fixed up- now we are all sick!

a moustache...





a ring for mama...




a bracelet to match my ring...




a headband to match my bracelet and ring.... note my awesome bed head hair.




liv, despite her not feeling well, decided that while daddy was unloading our van, she was going to dig....


and she found her first earthworm!!!




she scooped it up and chased her siblings with it.

love it.



jared made us all gluten free and egg free cornbread. it was so delicious, he could sell it.





we ran to target and to the laundromat to wash bulky blankets after the trip. it was a taxing trip with half of us being sick. The littles insisted on going, though. we medicated with pumpkin spice latte for mama and cookies for all.



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