Myke & Me Plus ThreeFour

I feel like I always start out with the same line..."Things have been so busy lately"... but it's true, they have. As always. It just is how things are. I thought we were busy when we had just one child. Now we have triple that amount and we are triple busy (if not more). It's just non-stop all the time. Right now I'm having a little break because all three are in their beds for rest time. No, not all three are sleeping...in fact, I think I can hear at least 2 of the 3 making noises or talking. No one is screaming bloody murder, though, so I consider this a successful rest time thus far. Hey, I actually got to check my email! Actually, I check my email all the time on my phone, but it's the responding to an email that really means I have found a free moment in my day! That or getting a moment to vent on here.

So, yes, we've been busy here in San Diego, but a lot of it has been FUN busy-ness so that is the kind of busy that I don't mind.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day! Chloë doesn't usually attend preschool on Tuesdays but because her class Valentine's Day party was on that day we stopped in for an hour to join the festivities. I may have stayed home if I had known Ms. Gina & Ms. Abi would have me doing the Hokey Pokey in front of a roomful of sugared-up 2 year olds! We had fun though. I even got to read a couple stories to the sugared-up two year olds. I was surprised they had any attention span at all after all the cookies and goodies!

Chloë's valentine- not sure why it's showing up sideways

Enjoying their grub

Let's see..what else...We had a really cold (we're talking 50's & 60's) week last week with a couple rainy days. Rain down by the beach = snow in the local mountains! Chloë was off of preschool on Friday due to the holiday weekend so we headed up to the snow with a couple friends (left the boys behind...as much as I would LOVE to take them to play in their first snow that would have been near impossible without Myke along with me...not to mention that they don't have any type of winter gear to speak of). Mount Laguna is the nearest mountain to us and it's about a 45 minutes drive from where we live. East. I think at it's highest peak it reaches an altitude 6700 feet. That's where we headed.

Jax & Chloë with the snowman

Okay, because I never have enough time, the rest of the blog with be a photo essay of sorts...

Last week Chloë had a little play date with her friend, Samantha.

Clean girls having a snack

Dirty girls playing in the dirt

Bath time - Check out that water!

Not sure if they came out clean or dirty after this!

Over the weekend I took Myke on a (surprise) getaway for his 33rd birthday! I convinced (conned) two friends (and they are WONDERFUL friends, I must say) into watching all three kids for over 24 hours so we could go on a mini-vacation. After much thought I finally picked our location:

Mexico!!

Only KIDDING...we did not go to Mexico. We went to Temecula, which is wine country here in San Diego. It's about an hour's drive from our house so not too close, not too far. Perfect for when you only have one night. We had a really nice time eating out, tasting wine, sitting around an outdoor fire pit at the place we stayed. We stayed in a cute little cottage within walking distance of Wilson Winery. I found it on VRBO.com. Love that site! Here is a picture of the cottage: