On Tuesday, we went to Manresa Beach which was nice and even though it's just a few miles north of Sunset, Sunset was better. Maybe it's the names? Either way... The BIG highlight was the dolphins doing fancy tricks! So, so exciting. Forget my girls wanting to be marine biologists, send me back to school! There must've been lots of fish because there was a ton of birds and I could see the dolphins the whole time we were there although they only did tricks the one time. Another monumental highlight was Greta sat up all by herself for extended periods of time. She had a little help via a pothole in the sand for her chubby buns, but she did it! And not always sitting on her pothole. I'm super excited by this new step because I think she'll be a billion times happier if she can sit up and watch things around her. I'm also very sad because I don't want her to grow up. I want Greta to be this way forever!
Conor and I celebrated our happy five years by getting a babysitter and heading to San Francisco. We took a boat tour around the bay and committed to returning to tourist Pier 39 again. And then we went and ate a delicious dinner at a little French restaurant called Bistro Central Parc. I've totally fallen in love with San Francisco. The colorful houses are darling! The whole thing is charming. SF makes me think of a younger, funner, hipper cousin of NYC.
This beach is my favourite so far! It's everything I expect from a California Beach plus it's 16 miles south of Santa Cruz so it's quiet too. I'm tempted to stop trying out other state beaches - Sunset is that grogeous! But.... we're planning on visiting a different beach this afternoon.
Greta is a real roller. She can't sit up by herself, but baby, she can roll! She rolls all over the place and can get to pretty much anything! She loves this freedom. She rolls from the living room to the kitchen when I'm preparing supper (that's approx. 10 turns) and she rolls between toys. I sprinkle toys all over the place and she gets her exercise. Wait... our house is always like that.... sprinkled with toys. Anyways, it's pretty much the cutest. And I love it! Holly never fully utilized rolling so this is a whole new proud mama time for me!
These days when I dress the girls, Holly says, "need picture" by the end of it. She's digging the mini photo shoots even if she doesn't sit still very well. Holly also takes many imaginary photos of us throughout the day. "Cheese Deda. Deda, DEDA!" she she progressively begins to yell as she tries to get the perfect shot of Greta. You know you take a lot of photos when....
These photos are from the first time Holly expressed her need for a picture.
