Last night my mom and I got to take Dylan (nephew) on date night! Or in Dylan's words, "I get to go on a date with Nana and Tee Tee!" He was very proud to be both of our dates for the night too, he even got dressed up for the occasion.
Yep. That's Dylan all spiffied up in his button down shirt, shorts and Star Wars slip on faux vans, he was stylin and proud to hold both of our hands.
We started out date night with a little Red Robin, you can never go wrong with Clucks and Fries and a Strawberry Lemonade! Then we headed to Brea Olinda High School to see a musical performance, Beauty and the Beast! Dylan has never seen the movie but he has seen the commercials on TV for the real performance of Beauty and the Beast. We were a little worried at first because Dylan tends to get bored a little easily and he also doesn't like loud noises, not a good combo for a musical performance. To our surprise he loved it! He sat on Nana's lap the whole time and didn't want to leave. He had a great time for his first musical performance, I'm so glad that we got to experience it with him. I must admit, the high schoolers that put on this performance were incredible! They did an amazing job and its no wonder why they kept a 4 year old's attention for 2 1/2 hours, just incredible.
So that was the start of my weekend.
Then, this morning we headed to our first Childbirth class. This class is put on by our hospital and is a series of 3 classes called Prepared Childbirth. I'd say that's an oxymoron and I'm not even a mom yet . . . but . . . I assume that you can't really be "prepared" for childbirth, no? I suppose every bit of education is helpful though. Marc is not happy about having to go to these classes with me and my brother thinks that childbirth is a natural thing that we should just know how to do. I agree to an extent, but I also think that if you are given the opportunity to further your education through classes or books then you might as well take advantage of it. It won't hurt us, it will only benefit us. I was actually pretty excited to go to the class this morning and it turned out to be really good, I really enjoyed it. I'm excited to go again next week now! Marc won't be with me next week which will be a big bummer and makes me sad but on the flip side at least I don't have to hear him complaining about being there for the whole 3 hours.
What am I most excited for this weekend though? Refer back to the title of the blog please. :)
Yep, it's that time of year again when we get to say Adios to crowded and polluted California and Hola to the beautiful clean and clear skies of San Felipe Mexico! To those of you who haven't been to Mexico or who have only been to the tourist towns of Mexico I'm sure you're thinking, "um what?" Most think of Mexico as a dirty, stinky and scary place to be . . . . some places are. Then again, Los Angeles can be a dirty, stinky and scary place to be also. This is what our Mexico looks like, you tell me what you think?
Stinky? Nope. Dirty? Not even close. Scary? No way!
Clean? Yep. Beautiful? Absolutely. Safe? You bet!
My grandparents retired down there roughly 30 years ago so I've been going to Mexico at least twice a year since I was 6 months old. I've never missed a Spring Break in Mexico in my 28 years and being 8 months pregnant isn't about to stop me now!
The other great part about going to Mexico is the fact that my 90 year old Great Aunt Glady will be flying in from San Francisco tonight and will be traveling with us. She is the best! She is super funny and witty and certainly does not act like she is 90 years young! In fact, she just about runs everywhere she goes because she doesn't want people to be waiting on her. She is one of the greatest people on this earth. The funny thing about 90 year old Aunt Glady is her day to day routines at home. She goes to church every single morning except Sunday, she volunteers at places like the Boys and Girls Club and get this, in her words, "I deliver Meals on Wheels to the old people!" Hilarious! Anyway, Glady is my grandma's sister and about 12 years older than my grandma. Its funny to see them together in Mexico because my grandma waits on her hand and foot, my grandma doesn't really do that with people so its great to watch!
Anyway, so yes, my weekend is cracking up to be a good one. Can't wait to go to Mexico and can't wait to share my blog with you when I return. On a side note, all of my Words With Friends people, don't worry when you don't get a play back from me for a few days, no cellphones in Mexico make for no play time. So sorry, I will miss you all! I have about 11 games going right now and you all rock!
I hope everyone has a great week! If any of you believe in a higher power please pray for save traveling for all of us . . . oh and no preterm labor either please :) Thank you!
Adios Amigos!
Jen :)
Have fun in Mexico, Jen!
ReplyDeleteSay hey to Glady for me. Oh, and grandma and grandpa, too.
Your post reminds me of how horrible a grandchild I am. Eeep! Oh well...I'll just add it to the list of things I do wrong!
Adios!