03/52 AT THE AQUARIUM

i have been lagging on my weekly posts, but really, what else is new? i am now trying to put together luna's birthday party and scheming ideas to make her special day fun for everyone. so that's what i've been up to. that and niko's school has so many events to keep track of lately, but i love it!

we recently went to the aquarium near our house and its a bit small, definitely smaller than long beach but it was great! i loved all the anemones they had and the jelly fish were beautiful too.  i turned into a kid while looking at the different sea creatures, just fascinated by it all. niko had a bit of trouble with "the swimmer" the diver skeleton they had on the ceiling but other than that the kids had a great time. afterwards, we hung out at the cold windy beach and ran around and played with sand. oh wait that wasn't me, that was the kids.

 

02/52

we drove down to san diego last week after two months of missing our loved ones. the holidays were hard without these people but we just packed the car and drove. my kids were in puppy heaven since my friends mom had puppies in her backyard. one of the puppies ended up with my mom in law only ten minutes away, so we are happy to have puppy love close to us.
also, hugo. the pug next to niko is his best puppy friend. those two love each other and have disgusting makeout sessions.
the day we have our own pup, niko will be complete. this boy of mine loves dogs so much! although with luna around i don't think it's such a great idea, this girl has a rough hand and reminds me of elmira from the looney tunes. while we were visiting the puppies luna launched one off the couch. whoops!

THE PORT

we live extremely close to the port of l.a., im talking a few blocks. no wonder its been so cold lately, i forget where we live now. this week i took the kiddos there to walk around and get out of the house since its been so cold we haven't been able to do much. then i realized why i stay home. we froze out booties off the entire time. we found a few adorable spots and snapped some photos, then rushed home to make dinner and put on our pj's.

01/52

guess where we went last weekend? it was the most random thing too because niko is always saying how he hates chuck e cheese and im like "oh i know, me too!"
but sunday afternoon he requested to go and i thought, well why not. we got there and it was super packed, per usual. but we only played a couple games and left. niko got over his fear of the chuck e cheese mechanical band. i have a special place in my heart for those robots. and on the way home we spotted a rainbow. there hasn't been a rainbow that hasn't made me smile.

since i am so bad at keeping up with posts, i will try to do this. weekly photos of my kiddos. i post daily on instagram but its not always my kiddos and they change so much so quickly. i think this is going to be extremely rewarding. got this series idea from bleubird.  

SANTA WAS HERE

this has got to be one of the most laid back christmases since i've been a mama. i haven't done much shopping yet... and haven't stressed about it. today i just figured out what i will get the kids and most likely do my shopping during the week. but since niko's in school now, and its a co-op, we've had a couple christmas events and they were so fun for the whole family. each year niko's school has a block party with all the other businesses on the same street and we "the school" host the santa claus. raoul was in charge of setting up the booth and was so proud of the backdrop for the photos. he was able to hang out with the other moms and get a kick out of their silly sense of humor... we love all the families in niko's preschool. i love the sense of community the co-op brings. the day after raoul and i took luna to see "elvis santa" at my favorite vintage shop in long beach, in retrospect. niko was at his grandmas house and after being sick and cooped up in the house all day, we decided to get out and get a photo with the silly elvis santa. both santa photos aren't smiley... but they're not crying either so it's a win for me!

luna's dress: handed down, baby gap. niko's sweater: target. beanie, oshkosh. 

i didn't take many photos of the christmas parade because we were in it. and it was starting to rain but since we we're close to the front of the line i was able to snap these and posted them on instagram.

TINY FRIENDS

yesterday we met up with our friends at a park in long beach. somewhere in the middle since we live kinda far away from each other. it's still far since there's alwayyyys traffic in l.a. but we made it. i love how little kids are so fearless of falling into a big pond with ducks and turtles but man do i almost have a heart attack.

on Luna: vintage romper, salt water sandals. on Niko: shirt, shorts, shoes from good ole target.