We had a fabulous long weekend! July 4th I spent at the outlet mall with my friend Jen where I scored some fantastic deals, we're talking Kate Spade purses for $50-$75! Then we had a delicious sushi lunch together. Marc had a medical procedure on Friday so he couldn't eat all day. After I got home I entertained the kids who were waking up from their naps for a bit before we took a family outing to the mall. Friday the kids went to day care, I took Marc to his procedure, when he was done we had a nice lunch together before getting the kids.
Saturday we planned an overnight stay in Sonoma. We first headed to Sonoma Train Town which was FABULOUS! We all had so much fun and it was a perfect size for the kiddos! Jacob is not so keen on rides and he clenched his fists, screamed and shook with anger as the train approached but once we were on and he settled down he had fun. The carousel? Not so much! He hated it and tried his best to climb off and onto me while it was going around. Riley on the other hand, she's my roller coaster girl. I went on a little roller coaster with her and she got off and said "That was AWESOME! Can we do it again!?!" She's going to be riding Space Mountain with me at Disneyland in no time! After a few hours at Train Town we headed to lunch at the Black Bear Diner, the kids were desperately needing a nap but we managed through with very little meltdowns thanks to iPhones.
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| A family selfy, the kids really were having fun, Riley was worried the train was about to leave and Marc wasn't sitting |
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| Me and my little man |
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| 2 girls as Riley would say! |
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| Getting ready to roll! |
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| Wheeeeeeeeee! |
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| Jacob was NOT down with the carousel, especially when they started going up and down! |
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| Famalamadingdong lunch! |
After lunch we went to a winery, some fun for the kids, some fun for the adults, it's only fair! We went to Artesa mostly because of the views. The wine wasn't half bad either! ;)
At this point everyone (by everyone I mean Riley and Jacob) was cranky so we decided to pull the plug on the hotel, which had Riley super upset. It would have just been a disaster with them so tired and we thought they really needed to be in their beds so we canceled the hotel but to make it up to Riley we decided to stop at the Jelly Belly Factory on the way home. We didn't tell her where we were going but that it was a surprise for her so she was on the edge of her seat in anticipation. When we pulled up and she saw the sign she got super excited. We got there a little after 4 and the tours stop at 4 but there were a few other families there asking so we got in on the last tour. It was great, I had never been there but it was so much fun with LOTS of samples. Jacob even had his first Jelly Belly (just for the record Riley would have never had a jelly belly at 18 months, I think she had her first one somewhere between 2-2 1/2, curse of the second child!) and he was in heaven!
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| She is bouncing off the walls with excitement here and she hasn't even had any Jelly Belly's yet! |
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| Os was very proud to have his own bag of Jelly Belly's! |
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| Jelly Belly Factory hats! |
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| Best picture ever! Jacob wants more Jelly Bellys!!! |
And how did we finish the day??? With a delicious deep dish pizza from Zachary's! It was an awesome day!
