labor day weekend

Farewell summer, I will miss your white pants, kiddie pools, and long days.

I will not miss you heating up my house to 86 degrees, your termite infestations, and your "oh wait, my apartment doesn't have a hose that reaches the deck, and I have to fill up my kiddie pool with buckets" broken backness.

Thursday Night: Dindinagogo- a food truck gathering at a local high school.  I did my research and knew what I wanted: The Grilled Cheese Truck.  It's a really popular truck, and I knew that the line would be long, so I got into it right away.  Doug took off to scope out the rest of the trucks and find the friends that we were meeting.  One hour later- I finally get my food.  Meanwhile, Doug has been socializing with our friends, playing with Kennedy and eating a delicious giant hot dog.  When I got to our table, everyone was done eating.  I ate alone.  Let me tell you: my grilled cheese with smoked pork, caramelized onion, mac and cheese, and sharp cheddar was amazing.  Worth the one hour line?  Maybe once.  I definitely will not be ordering it again.

I was too starving by the time I got my grilled cheese to take a picture.

Friday: Sarah drove up from San Diego to visit.  We made avocado egg rolls for lunch, shopped, then we prepared for a girls night out!  After I put Kennedy to bed, Doug stayed home and gave me a special treat of girl time!  We went out for sushi and cocktails followed by lots and lots of dancing!  We danced for over two hours nonstop. It was perfect.

Saturday:  Doug spent most of the day baking and decorating cupcakes for the Dr Who premiere party we were going to that night.  I totally blew it by not taking a picture.  We don't even watch Dr Who regularly, but we're never ones to pass up an excuse to dress up in costumes and eat.  Kennedy was definitely the cutest Doctor in her extremely long multicolor scarf.

Sunday: Church, swimming, and a BBQ at Ben and Holly's house.

Monday: Breakfast date fail.  Going out to eat with Kennedy is, well, challenging.  We spilled a cup of water, had a diaper blowout, and the restaurant enjoyed lots of happy screaming.  We'll wait a few more months before we attempt it again.  The good news: it saves us a lot of money to always eat at home.  That afternoon we BBQ'd and swam with Purdey and Joe.

And on to bigger news, Kennedy learned 4 new tricks this weekend!
- She can go from the crawling position to sitting position.
- She pulls herself up to standing.
- She juuuuust started clapping.
- She has MASTERED the jumperoo!