Speaking of Falling Out...

The tooth fairy visited our house for the first time this week!  Yep, Sophie lost her first tooth.  Surprisinlgy  enough, she wasn't scare of it coming out and actually wiggled it out on her own.

She requested a gold Sacagawea gold dollar coin from the tooth fairy.  Unfortunately, the falling out happened at night and that particular coin wasn't one the tooth fairy could round up.  But she was able to scrounge up a gold dollar coin with William Henry Harrison on it.  It came from Sophie's piggy bank, but our plan was to secretly exchange that coin with a Sacagawea one the following day, and hopefully, she'd never even realize.  The problem was, at 1 o'clock in the morning when little miss Sophie decided to come into our bedroom to show us the coin the tooth fairy had left, she turned it over and asked me to read the name of the person whose face was on the coin. The second I said, "William Henry Harrison", she responded with, "That's just like the one I have in my piggy bank."  Still not sure why a 5 year old would remember him on the back of a coin she hadn't seen in over a year, but nevertheless, we now had a little problem.  We couldn't just exchange it without her knowing.  So the next day, Lance, I mean the tooth fairy, went and got a Sacagewea gold dollar coin.  We had Sophie put the gold coin she had "received" under her pillow again with a note to the tooth fairy asking if she would exchange coins with her.  She did of course, William Henry went back in her piggy bank and everybody came out a winner!

Falling Out

So this may be a gross picture for you to look at, but just imagine how gross it is to me!  This beautiful pile of hair is what I am currently losing on a DAILY basis!  It's that super fun post pregnancy hair loss!  Maybe the fact that my hair is pretty long makes the pile look worse.  But regardless of that fact, there is in reality enough hair falling out every day that I actually have bald spots.  I even looked into Rogaine for women, but it can take up to 4 months to see results.  I hope and pray that in 4 months my hair will be growing back on its own!  Until then, if  you see me run my fingers through my hair and scream you know why.

It's crazy all the things we do for these sweet little babies.  I can list hair loss for sure, weight gain~30 pounds worth, and even a lovely little "skin-stache". What is a skin-stache you ask?  Oh, only a darkening of the skin above my upper lip that looks just like a mustache only it's not hair, it's just skin! So pretty!  Someday, my body will be back to normal and all this will be a funny and yet horrifying memory, right?  Besides, she's worth it! :)

And Ponies Too!

For many years in a row we used to make pony rides at Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay a part of our Halloween celebration, so when Avery couldn't ride the horses at Western Trail Rides, I couldn't resist loading the kids up for the day and driving to the coast! The weather was PERFECT and the traffic was light!  What more could you ask for?  With BBF Sara along for the fun, the girls (and I) had a great time!

More Horses

I love Groupon!  I get their emails every day and I love scoring a great deal!  Earlier this year I bought a Groupon for half off horseback riding at Western Trail Rides in Sunol...only $30 for two people to ride for a half hour.  Because of our crazy summer, it took us a lot longer to use it than we thought, but we finally did!  Only Sophie got to do it because you had to be 5, but she had her dad as her riding partner and loved every second of it.  Avery, Riley and I hung out back at the stables and petted the horses there.  Such a great place!

A New Family Pastime

You're going to think we are crazy, but the saying "Don't knock it 'til you try it" will come into play here. We have decided we love going to the horse races!  How did this come about you ask?  Well...Lance's Lieutenant, Frank, is really into the races, betting on them even.  He told Lance about a thing called "Off the Grid" that was going to be at the races for a few Saturdays in September.  "Off the Grid" is basically a huge gathering of food trucks of every variety.  Usually it is at the Presidio on Friday nights, but for this event the different trucks would be rotating through each weekend at Golden Gate Fields, our neighborhood horse racing venue.  My parents were in town and we were looking for something fun to do so we thought we'd check it out, the food trucks, that is.

It was $6 for adults to get in and then you could go crazy.  My father went under the pretense that you paid your $6 and then just went from truck to truck consuming all the food your stomach could handle or that your arms could carry. Not true, but at least it got him there. You do have to buy the food from the trucks, but wow, were there some choices!  There were breakfast food trucks, Filipino food trucks, falafel trucks, hamburger trucks, creme brûlée trucks, cupcake trucks, hawaiian food trucks and so many others to choose from.  I'd say about 30 in all.  It was fun just exploring the trucks, to say nothing about eating the food.

But the surprise of the day was how fun watching the horse racing was.  Of course we never bet on any of the races.  We just cheered as the horses ran by us so fast they created a breeze!  Sophie and Avery got to go in the stables and see the horses and jockeys up close. Riley got to be cuddled by Frank's  wife. In the crowd there were a lot of young families (another shocker).  It was perfect weather, right there on the bay!  We had a great time and are looking forward to our next trip!  You should join us!

Any Resemblance?

The second I saw this picture of Riley...

I thought of this picture of Lance!

Of course I knew all of his girls are born looking like him, but this one even makes the same facial expressions! Love it!

A Bridal Shower

I threw my first bridal shower.  It was for my "adopted" daughter & former nanny, Meaghan.  It was so much fun planning it and it came together exactly how I had hoped!

 The prizes!

 A beautiful sign a friend made!

 The party favors: little purses with two Godiva truffles and a monogrammed tag.

The buffet table

 The drink table

 

The Bride-to-Be!