we heart san francisco

 

we heart san francisco

really.

we do.

i've been there three times now and jason and cashel and i have been there together twice.  it is quite possibly our annual labor day weekend vacation spot.

this year we decided to drive.  we really wanted to drive so that we could get a better lay of this beautiful land of california. 

boy was is a long, boring drive.  ranch after ranch after ranch.  lots of cows stinking it up.  windmills, and flatness with hills and mountains in the distance.  

we'll fly next year.  

cashel is quite the little traveler though.  he does really well.  he's never been that good in hotels and at restaurants.  anytime we're in a hotel, he wants to go home to be with his stuff.  he doesn't cry or anything, but it's harder to keep him entertained in a hotel that you would think.  he doesn't eat well in restaurants either.  his healthy food goes out the window when we travel and he gets a lot of chocolate milk along the way.  

Usually the first thing we do when we get to san francisco is to go to this great museum.  cashel loves it!  there's a great park close to it and after we get done looking at the museum we just walk around.

we had gotten a recommendation for a chinese restaurant in china town.  it was quite a wait and food was good but it was just simply entertaining to eat in such a crowded place!

the next day we did do a touristy thing that was awesome - bike the bridge.  notice the bottom left picture - potty break!

on the other side of the bridge is a cute little town called sausalito.  we had ice cream and rode the ferry back.  check out the amazing clouds!

jason and i admitted while we were there that we're city people.  there....we've said it.

happy new year!

i was reading a blog of a friend of mine, heather's, and she has written that she just didn't feel like blogging this year.  once i read that i felt a lot better about not having posted in quite a while.  and i noticed that for 2011, i posted 45 times versus 56 times for 2010 and 35 times for 2009.  quality, not quantity.  that's my story and i'm sticking to it. 

the fall was simply exhausting.  i knew that it would be.  i took on a new role last year as vice president of my local mom's club.  our cabinet wields lots of power.  watch out.  don't mess with us. 

no, really, we do great charity work but what really got me was that i was in charge of this event called the preschool forum.  it's an event held at a local coop nursery school on a sunday, where local families can come and find out about preschool options in our area. 

the fall is always busy and quick, but this year was crazy.  luckily i realized this back in the summer and was prepared for it as much as possible.  get this, mine and jason's anniversary is on november 5th, grades for me ended the 4th, grades and comments were due november 8th, cashel's birthday is november 10th, the preschool forum was november 13th.  yikes!  so when did we have his party (which i still haven't posted about)? november 5th - on our anniversary!  yep!  it was great.  really.  i'll post about it once i really get my posting mojo back - i'm running on fumes here about to fall asleep but am determined to post something tonight. 

so, i'm not really trying to complain here, just trying to keep it real.  there are not enough hours in the day.  so, to make myself feel better - enjoy this random smattering of pictures from the fall.  they are in no particular order.  i'll get some fresh (albeit posted-very-late) stuff up soon.

 

look at flash.  so stoic and ready for battle with evil.

 i did not eat a powdered donut.

 just two boys climbing a tree.

 the tongue!

 do you see what he's touching?  the famous freckle.

 watching for bears in nana's neighborhood on thanksgiving day.

 miss clara - she has convinced cashel that his full name is cashmoney barnes.

 hanging out at poly.

 with mama at poly.

what a cutie pie!