This weekend had many unexpected turn of events all starting on Friday. Bobby and I had to drive out to Agora Hills (on the way to Santa Barbara) to have dinner with our main sponsors for LA Country Club (David & Mimi Wood and Denny and MaryAnn Kristen). Uncle Bob and Aunt JoAnn joined us too. While at dinner having a fabulous time, our nanny called to say that Caoilin was throwing up. There goes our Saturday!
Caoilin managed to feel fine the next day and slept well Friday night, but we didn't want to risk getting anyone sick. So we stayed home from French Class and the afternoon birthday pool party and canceled our dinner/play date with the Goods. While sad to miss all the fun activities, we managed to have a pretty nice day despite it all.
In the morning, after walking to the Venice Grind for coffee, we stopped in Earl's Gourmet Grub right next door, which is the new sandwich shop our friends opened up on Mother's Day weekend. I tried their breakfast salad, which was quite tasty. They seem to be getting a steady stream of business, which is great. I think it's a big plus being right next door to the Coffee Shop, which has it's own very loyal following. I then had to run a bunch of errands, including going all the way to the Valley, while Cael napped and Caoilin took it easy. She hadn't quite gotten her energy back.
On the way home, I stopped once again to Earl's Gourmet Grub, but for lunch this time around. We ate lunch as a family, which was a nice change of pace. Then we decided to take the kids on the bikes to the Airport park. We literally got 1 block from the airport when Bobby's back wheel locked up! The bike wouldn't move. What's worse is that we were sitting in the center left turn lane amidst tons of traffic going both ways. We had to get the kids, the trailer and the bikes all off the busy street. What a nightmare! Bobby then took my bike home, picked up the truck and came back to get us. We drove straight to the bike shop (next to the Coffee Shop where Grandpa got Caoilin her helmet) to have them take a look. $300 later, we have a new brake system on order. Ouch! I guess the weight of the kids trailer and the baby seat (with kids and stuff) was too much for the bike's brake system.
While we were waiting for the diagnosis, we popped into Floyd's Barber Shop to get Caoilin an ever so needed trim. We splurged and got her a shampoo to go with the haircut. She had a ball. It was so funny watching her. She had to sit on a booster seat of course and had a hard time keeping her head still. But the lady managed to do a great job and her hair looks great. I'll download the pics from Bobby's iPhone to the web soon.
I love the convenience of our neighborhood, where you can get coffee, breakfast and/or lunch, repair your bike and cut your hair all on the same block! Pretty soon, there will be an organic market added to the mix of the added hardware store, post office and notary public! Our neighborhood is getting better and better.
So, while we didn't make it to the Airport Park, we still had quite an adventure. We were all pretty pooped that night, so I made steaks for dinner and we settled in rather early that night. Good thing because Sunday was really busy!
Sunday, Cael officially started swim classes. He was so cute and seems to be adapting very well. I had to hide while watching him because he would start to get sad if he saw me. But so long as I was out of sight, he was happy as a clam. I hadn't officially changed Caoilin's class time so that they could be back to back, so we hung out in the courtyard after Cael's class until Caoilin's class.
Caoilin actually had the best class I've seen her take so far. She was really improving on her kick and listening to her teacher really well. The sad thing is that with her new class time, she has to have a new teacher. We are going to miss Nathan. He's been so great with her. The nice thing though, is now the kids have back to back classes with the same teacher first thing in the morning. That gives us the rest of our day for whatever.
After swimming and naps, Caoilin and I ran to Home Depot to pick out paint samples for the Condo (our tenants move out at the end of the month and we are readying it for the market). Then we visited a friend who had a baby a while back before zipping home to pack up for our next meeting. We went to Patrick & Dorothy's for more swimming. Above are some picks of Cael in the pool with Bobby.
After swimming, we headed over to Jimmy & Brooke's for a BBQ with the Klein side of the family (it was Bob's sister's birthday). The kids had a ball (pictures to come towards the end of May).
Good thing I was smart enough to pack the kid's pjs because Cael fell asleep in the car on the way home. I managed to get him into bed and back to sleep without a lot of effort and he slept straight through to 7 am! This 1 nap per day seems to be working a bit better for his sleeping habits.
This morning was chaotic. Our new French Nanny, Nadia started today. This afternoon, Bobby and I have our final interview with LACC. Fingers crossed! Hopefully the next time you out-of-towners visit, we'll be able to treat you to some golf!
XOXO
Looking forward to seeing all of you Michiganders next week!
Aubrey
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