Labor Day Weekend

This morning's walk with a sweet little guy.

 

Happy Tuesday!

How was your Labor Day weekend? Ours was great!

I'm looking forward to going back to work feeling relaxed and creative- I had four days off!

I took some snaps of our adventures this weekend to share here. Nothing fancy- just the everyday moments that make me smile. These last four days have been filled with all of the truly important/life-giving things- love, family, friends, and fresh air. You know, the good stuff :)

 

On Saturday, the Pea spent the day at Lucas' parents house while we went and adventured all over San Fransisco. We started our day with the best jalepeno/egg/cheese/tomato tart, breakfast croissant sandwhich, and excellent coffee at farm:table. After that we did some shopping and ended up in the Marina district for more coffee at Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters. This place had the coolest wallpaper I've ever seen. PINEAPPLES! EVERYWHERE! What.

The Pea and I spent Sunday together just relaxing and reading (see above photo. domino Magazine=Interior Design porn)  and playing and teething and screaming. You know, the usual. I notice more and more lately that Gavin really needs days where our time is unstructured so he can play freely. He gets really frustrated without his own space to do his thing. Such an independent little man. Much like his mama, he enjoys solitude.

Monday morning (Labor Day), we headed up to my hometown in Sonoma County to spend some time with our people! The Pea spent the afternoon with his Grammy and the pug trolls that live at Grammy's house, while I went to see Molly and Everett. We spent the day driving and wandering around Sebastopol (my hometown) at The Barlow. If you ever find yourself up for a hippie adventure- Sebastopol is the place to be. The Barlow is a recent shopping/dining development filled with lots of cool shops and places to eat/drink. Favorites: Taylor Maid Coffee, The Nectary for the best juice (try the Ciao Bella), Circle of Hands Waldorf Toy Store, Tamarind for unique hand-crafted clothing, jewelry, and accessories, and Zazu Kitchen + Farm for awesome farm to table fare.

I was missing my girl and her little, so it was definitely a much needed soul-sista' kinda day.

Munchkin Miracle 360 Cup

Meanwhile, at Grammy's house.... Gavin was excited to see his trolls and to drink out of his new "big boy" cup. We've decided sippy cups are for weenies.

 

On Monday night Uncle Brian came over and spent some time with me and the Pea. We gave him some tickles (the baby, not Brian- ha!) and he signed back to us for the first time! I was starting to feel like sign language just wasn't going to happen for this guy, and last night we signed to him "All done" after he finished his dinner... AND HE DID IT BACK! MULTIPLE TIMES. AND TRIED TO MIMIC OUR LANGUAGE.

It was crazy. His Daddy and I tried it again this morning and Voila! He did it again.

Now to work on "Eat" and "More"!

 

How was your Labor Day weekend? What did you do?

XO,

Maddi & The Pea